Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-16
ISLAND EGGS AT
50 CENTS, COAST
PRODUCT 90 DOz.
SUGAR RetaiIs Is Pounds for
ST.; Butter Selling at 60
Cents Per Pound

There is no shortage of California
eggs in Honolulu at present, nor mas
there been any actual shortage of cold
storage eggs The shortage is In ISL
end eggs. The hens refuse to lay at
this season, partly because they are
moulting, and partly because hen is
Just naturally contrary anyway.
Fancy ranch eggs are being sold to-
day by all the leading grocers in Ho-
nolulu at 60 cents dozen, and there's
more than enough on hand to supply
the demand These eggs are bought
in San Francisco fresh from the
ranches, are shipped on deck to Homo
lulu and are put into cold storage here,
but not until after every egg has been
candled, and none saved that are not
perfectly good.
Seconds are on sale today and have
been all this week at 55 cents dozen.
These eggs are all sound and guaran
teed by leading grocers. but they are
of mixed colors as TO their shells.
They may be used for any purpose for
which fresh egge are used.
Fresh island eggs, when they can be
had at ALL retail at so cents dozen
this week.
"To my certain knowledge said C.
j. Day, manager OF G. ]. Day & Co.,
eggs have never sold in Honolulu at
any price higher than IS cents dozen.
To say that We are selling eggs at 81
a dozen is preposterous. In the &c
years that have been here eggs have
never sold for more than IS cents a
dozen-and this week they. are only so
cents. We get most of our eggs from
the Kemoo farm near Cashier. They
are all freshly laid when we get them,
and we usually sell them the day they
come into the store. Cold storage
eggs we are selling this week at so
cents dozen, but 1t Is because our
supply of California eggs is made up
of smaller eggs than those we handled |
last week at 65 cents dozen. 1.-THE |
eggs We get next are larger we shall |
have to pay more for them, and shall |
sell them, possibly, for 90 cents, per-
haps more
Butter, the best procurable, is so
cents a pound at all groceries. Grades
not quite so high, but still good eating
butter, are selling for IS cents a
pound
The manager of one of the largest
groceries in Hawaii said recently
that in 400 warehouses in the states
there were actually 5,S73,6S9 cases, or,
to count them by the egg, 2,114,528,040l
eggs now in cold storage, and that he
could see no reason, with this great I
supply on hand, why the price of cold
storage eggs should increase in Homo
lulu unless it should be found impos-
sible to find cargo space for shipment
of eggs on incoming vessels.
Flour is selling this week in Homo
lulu for exactly the same price that is
asked for the same flour in st. Louis,
Chicago and San Francisco In New
York prices on the same grades of
flour are higher.
Sugar that is selling this week in
Honolulu at $7.45 for fine graduated
in 100 pound lots and retailing at ~ /
cents pound, which means three I
pounds for 25 cents, six pounds for
SO cents and 13 pounds for 81, is sell
ing at from 10 to II cents pound in
the Middle West and the East.
Considerable concern is felt by gro.
GERS as to future shipments of perish.
dQI6 SOOUS. a IuuIOI OH tuO SIIB6lS
to the effect that the Hawaii Meat
Co. had cornered all the cold storage
space On the Oceanic line had its orr
gin, probably, in the fact that all the
cold storage goods on the last Oceanic
vessel were consigned to the Hawaii
Meat Co.
May & Co., Ltd, recently received
a cable from their jobbers in San
francisco saying that boat due to
arrive here two or three days before
Thanksgiving had refused to accept
for shipment large order of Thanks
giving goods-celery, tomatoes, ruta.
baga, cauliflower, Hubbard squash,
etc.-for lack OF refrigerating space
The cable asked if shipment on one
of the Matson boats, due here full |,
week before Thanksgiving, would be
satisfactory. As week is long. time
to keep vegetables fresh, after they've
already had a week on board vessel,
May & Co. are put to it to see Just
what they can do about their Thanks.
giving goods, and have cabled their
jobbers to insist upon the later boat
handling their order.
There are plenty of apples and other
less perishable Thanksgiving supplies
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