The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-26
VEGETABLES UP
IN PRICE HERE
Potatoes Retail at 85 and 90
Cents a Peck,
ONIONS SCARCE ARTICLE
Cabbage, Fruits, Beans, Lard
Show Advance,

Nhlc Oklahoma CITY in no sense
faces starvation such as conironts New
York CITY, Philadelphia and other
large cculcrs sharp advances in the
price Of practically all staple vegetables
'hr' morning have placed ordinary ar
sDIc' Of diet far from the reach OF
the average purse
Between Saturday and this morning
the following articles have made huge
gains IN retail price potatoes, onions.
cabbage wrct potatoes apples, oranges,
lemon, lettuce. navy beans lima beans.
and lard
only mo article, have declined They
are egg, and bananas
Potatoes, 90 Cents.
| Potatoes registered the greatest adj
vance Last Saturday not too fancy
pud' were retailing here for 10 cents
I per peck $50 per bushc This morn
/ ING consumers were paving IS and ~
cents per peck, $40 and $50 per
/ bWhcl Local groccrs predicted today
/ that potaloc, viii be retailing at 81
/ per peck before the end Of the week.
and one wholesaler declared they would
reach S. wholesale before any relief i,
gained
Cabbage which has been selling hero
az 10 cents per pound now costs llI
cents onion, advanced today from IS
cent, pound to ~ cents and there
J, only a lew hundred pounds IN town.
Within short time no onions can he
had At any price
Fruit Advances
Advances OF 50 cents per box on
apples, = cent, on orange, and 50 cents
on lemon, over the price OF week ago
are reported here today hy retailers:
lettuce which has been selling at whole
sale for 7i cents a basket is now ~
! cents navy and lima beans rose thi,
mornug from Is cents a pound 10 W.
cents, and lard, which has been retailing
I for ~ cents per pound, now costs y
cents 4 wholesale Increase OF a quar-
ter OF a cent per pouyd IN compound has
not sc, affected the retail price OF that
article
Eggs. which dropped from their price
oi 40 cents to the lowest price OF the
ScaSon--3o cents per dulcn-werc the
only staples which showed and apprc-
clablc decline The warm weather Of
the past two weeks ha, caused a large
egg production
Good bananas can he had here today
tor from ~ cents to Is cents per dozen
the lowest price IN the past year This
makes bananas the cheapest fruit on
r the market
In spite OF the fact that rice, spa
ghetu and maCdronl are the only sat-
| isiac,ory substitutes Tor the out -oi-
| sight potato, local groCcrS declare that
sales OF the three articles show no ap-
prcciablc increase
he only hope groCcrS can hold out
, for lower price, Is home gradcnlng As
long a, the present vegetable shortage
continues, they say, higher and higher
: prices can be expected
! Housewives to Meet.
, Members oi the Oklahoma City
Housewives league are to meet At
; 30 o'clock this afternoon on the sec
ond floor OF the Culbert,on building
} to debate WAYS and means oi combat
, lug todayS startling advances in the
, prices OF practically all staple food
stutiS
1t has been practically decided by
, the housewives that the boycott system
will do little or no good naSmuch as
high prices on vegetables are without
douh, due to shortage
Home gardening will be encouraged
, among members OF the league and in
, the city generally It was stated this
morning by Mrs I ! Bonnell, presi-
> dent The household budget system
also will be discussed Rev { 6 Bod
Z well, pastor oi the Unitarian church,
|, will address the league upon this sub
lcot lie has emplaycd the budget
system IN his own home for several
years.