Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-24
TURKEY DINNERS
ON THANKSGIVING
BIG BIRD WILL COME AT A
REASONABLE PRICE.
Denver Is Favored by Slash of Cold
Storage Prices In the East; Many
Table Foods At About the
Same Figure Charged
Year Ago

1t now looks as if turkeys would be
within the reach of most everyone's
pocketbook. The government has or
dered a very large quantity of storage
turkeys to be sold by Dec. 1st. Most
of these turkeys are in the East, very
few storage turkeys here, but throw
ing this great number of birds on the
Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago and
other markets will, so dealers think
send more of the fresh stock to Den
yer and consequently lower prices
than were expected a few weeks ago.
Other Thanksgiving foods are about
the same as they were last year. Pas
cal celery is 25c for a special bunch
of from three to five stalks and from
25c to 90c per dozen stalks, and &c to
three for 25c for single stalks. Head
lettuce 121Hc to 15c, Boston head SC
and leaf lettuce two for 15c, Hubbard
squash &c pound, Sweet Potatoes 5
pounds 25c, best White Potatoes, 10
pounds 25c, 100 pounds S2.35; this is
60c per hundred cheaper than last
year at this time. Red Potatoes z
pounds 25c, 100 pounds $2.S5, 40c
cheaper than last year.
Flour is S5.35 and S5.45 per whole
sack, 65c higher than last year; soc
worth of sugar is the limit the gov
sumner at one time; SOC buys pounds,
which is the same as last year.
BUTTER-The creameries are from
45c to 4Sc per pound, tub butter 43c
and Butterine 2Sc and 33c per pound.
Eggs are 40c, 45c and 55c per dozen.
A good substitute for potatoes is
suggested by dealers in turnips The
downtown stores sell big, hard, white
sweet turnips at Is pounds for 25c,
100 pounds for $125. Rutabagas, 8
pounds 25c, 100 pounds $3.50. Pars-
nips lbs 25c, 100 pounds $3.50 Cab
bage 10 pounds 25c, 100 pounds S1.75.
Dry Onions pounds 25c, homegrown
Spanish variety Onions pounds 25c,
and the genuine imported Spanish
Onions pounds 25c.
Apples are very reasonable accord
ing to the fruit merchants. Jonathans
are from $500 to $500 per box; Ro-
man Beauty, $3.50 to $500; Ben Davis,
S1.15 to $1.25; Ganos, $500 and S2.25.
There are some 25 or 80 varieties of
apples offered in the Loop stores at
prices ranging from s1.25 to $500 per
box; SITS and $500 buys a very good
box of apples. Bulk apples range in
price from to II pounds for 25c.
Concord Grapes, 35c per basket;
Malaga and Emperor Grapes, 60c per
large basket, 25c for small basket
Bananas are 35c, 4Oc and 45c per
dozen. Lemons 40c per dozen. Oranges
25c to SOC per dozen and Grape Fruit
10c to 15c each.
For your Thanksgiving cooking cit
ron is 30c per pound. Orange and
Lemon peel 25c per pound. Large
packages Seeded Raisins two pack
ages 25c, and large packages Seedless
Raisins 15c.
There has been no material change
in fresh meats for some time. Milk
fed springs are 32c per pound and
hens 2719c.
The above prices are delivered
prices as charged by the downtown
stores. There is some reduction from
these prices in the strictly carry away
store. The Grand grocery has been
announced as strictly carry away
store at specially reduced prices in line
with the suggestions of the Food Com
mission that everything possible
should be done to keep down prices.
The Grand embraces what was for
merly the Colorado Meat Company
Market, the Chicago Dressed Beef
Company Market and the Grand Gro
cerv. By the elimination of deliveries
and other expenses that can be dis
pensed where service is not required,
! it is claimed that considerable reduc-
| ton in prices will result.