Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-11-19

OF orders that the men IN charge c0uio
not begin to keep up with their entries
10 required at least one hour for many
persons 10 from The outer edge OF the
crowd to the car where the orders
were being received.
we Just couldn't accommodate the
people" said Mr. Harrington. at noon.
at the Hotel DUPONT where he had 1ed
with a hamper Of money. i Just
had 10 fec for awhile. he added, "bul
there Is capable force Of men on
the job. and they are taking orders and
will continue 10 take orders until
everybody Is accommodated. Our ex-
pertinent Is q success. and we arr
satisfied with 10, satisfied with the pro
/ % We are taking without gny goueine
/ OF The public. We will sell TO con.
mission men II they want 10 buy
from us. We have nothing againsl
them, and, I might say, we win sell
10 them at prices lower than we are
! charging the general public II ihe>
come 10 us In good faith. at prices
that will leave them a profit. too
Many grocers bought potatoes from ne
this morning, and we had no hest
fancy Ia selling 10 them. We VIII
sell to anybody. In any quantity VIC
intend TO stay In Wilmington until vs
MI up the town. and then we intend
to move southwark and do the same
thing In cities an the way 10 Florid3.
II Wilmingtonains don't buy at these
favorable prices 70 will not be our
b fault"
, IL will require a whole lot Of tabu-
lating and counting tonight 10 show
Just how many carloads Of potatoes
were sold The FIRST day, but there vas
, not much doubt In Mr. Harrington-
mind at noon that 40 least i've car.
, loads had been sold during the morn.
4 ms. While there was a brisk demano
! FOR apples, 70 was not anywhere 90
great as for potatoes
p Here is the way Mr. Harrington hos
= figured % an out: The potatoes were
purchased by Mr.. Harrington for 81 a
: bushel and he is adding 40 cents Tor
g. storage. 30 cents for BROKERAGE and in
!. The event the potatoes are purchased in
d Wilmington az the price Of si3J per
+ bushel he simply adds the 10 cents
10 freight and advertising charges. He vii
10 book orders at $40 a bushel at thf
e shipping point, he SAYS, The buyer 10 %,
The freight which Is about ten cents
n a bushcl ...--
a Mr. Harrington sold a carload Of 10
n iatoes 90 Ernest s. Tate. manager on
P, the Hotel dupont consisting Of Jll
r, bushels at The rate OF 81 20 a bushel.
o Mr.. Harrington declares that there Il
no excuse FOR the prevailing high price
Of potatoes, that the potata crop has
been exceptionally large, and thousands
OF bushels are being held in storage
simply TO keep up the price. BY sell
v ing the potatoes at the aforementioned
/ prise, he is making about ten cents n
bushel for his brokerage services. dex-
pite the fact that his price is so much
lower than that OF the Wilmington deal
" ers who have been charging H.Q
q. and 50 a bushel
ad Mr.. Harrington says he has eighty
&c i've carloads Of potatoes and apples 60
10 sell. Each car contains about 600
In bushels Automobiles. from the lin
NO CUISINE down, trucks. wagons, the small
ng boy with his coaster wagon and ever
baby carriage were utilized 10 carry
,ut away the precious tuhers.
mn A young couple. evidently comm
Inc upon the scene by accident, were 3
eager 20 get some Of the potatces b
"a fore It was too late that. no olhe
n transportation being available. the
4
NJ room for the potatoes.
ci, BOYS with wagons eagerly piled the
eeI trade and carried on the purchases "a
on many customers. One little fell0,
ge' proudly stated hat be had made
III liar already
no Nilkens. Siaais and. Company had
ry, carload 81 potatoes al the same ya.i,
'ty Quoting them al $50 a bushel. uies
me paNing just arrived from the West
Commission Men Indignant.
as When interviewed regarding Mr.. Har.
n ringt0ns potato sale. four Of the city s
leading commission merchants united n
voicing their protest against what they
unanimously termed as an outrage.
raw DEAL and "hoodwinking OF The
public They claim that Mr.. HARMS
tons produce is not FIRST class and that
he Is charging more for his products
than he has any right TO "conslderine
the quality Of them"
;, G.. W. Dlegans, who conducts com
III mission business on East Fourth street
i, was highly indigant st Mr.. Harring-
~ tons giving this city such a raw deal
as he termed 70. He claims that mer-
chants produce is far below standard
dc snd also clalms.thai the people are be
ing hoodwinked into buying produce
it, that isn't worth The price they arc
le paving
lg- ITS an outrage said Mr.. Diggans
and wish YOU would say for me that
lg- would be willing 10 sell the same kind
mt Of No. / potatoes for $3.50 a bushel and
pm the No 2 kind for zoe a bushel."
is some commission merchants werl
on gathered together discussing the mattel
all this morning and several Of them re
he marked that they were surprised a
30 the mayor for permitting such an oni
rage while one Of them went so Ia
De- as TO say that he Thought the MAKO
on ought 10 tar and feather him for d,
M ing such a thing"
leu Not since the arrival here last aih u
'as OF the Jerseymen, who for a few da,
dared TO sell things cheaper than (
re- other market men in this city, has su
nls stir heeE made In market circles. Sir
lse then, IL is pointed out by several hou
eils wives who were asked their opini
'eu the commission merchants and mar
~ men have had things their own wa,
~ until today. when Mr.. Harrington's
~ ~ rival this morning so apparently M
~, the market men.
Prices for sweet and white potai
and apples quoted today by the comm
pled sion merchants We're as follows:
mem White potatoes. Chester county =
dsrs 81 60 TO ST so a bushel
80, | White DolafOos Irish COhhlcrl, ST.