Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-01
KING STREET STICKS
TO ITS TALL PRICES
Despite Falling off of Trade Due
to Strike Bound City, it
Wants Top Figures.

what doth it avail if by being reason
able in my prices. and thus win big
trade, | lose nv own extra proht
That's the twisted pretzel-shaped logic
of the King street farmer mar ketcer II Is,
was and ever shall he, me- doubt. unless
some titanic mental upheaval rcadlusts
things and places foresghtcdncss where
highsightedncsS, now rcars ITS solid wary
head
No greater evidence of the curb
profiteers rapacIty--and that $ the only
word for II twas needed TODAY than a tour
of the street market In the first place
there was plenty of foadstutfs. stocks being
larger and more varied than on any
market dav this spring, fact due largely,
If not entirely, TO the advance of the
season Next, there wasn't as much trade
as usual because street car travel through
out the city is tied up by the trolley
mems walkout, and housewives from the
more remote sections of town decided
that Saturdays marketing would have To
be done some other way than by walking
10 and from King street and toting
heavy market basket ON the return Jour
nev. or paying somebody else tn tote IT.
GREAT CLANCY FOR a BLIND MAN
One would suppose that light demand
and heavy supply would make prices low.
but this phase Of the law of supply and
demand never has appealed to the curb
markcteer and never will 50 today they
kept the prices up, doubtless because those
superior minds, tho E'dcr Statesmen, had
IL all dope,t on. that business woudn't be
overbrisk. So fqIrcs must be set CORE
spondinglv llgh for the farmers 90 get
theirs "
Not onc not even tho ultra superior
Council Of Perfection. which IS supposed
So know more than the Elder Statesmen.
secured the chance 10 put one ever on
the sophisticated housewives. who have
learned 10 shun the hing street IUre to
t,u, elsewhere and to tell Their friends 10
do the sane and also IL Sho. Every
S,vcring thing - W. alou1 Nrat i
doesn't know concerning the market
Yes, nus am, not ono SAW Re CiiaLCe Z.
make folks believe that tho it,-,ntr
narketeer is a good. handwriting, poorly,
rru arGlcd fillcr Of ti.; soil eager 10 s2cri-
fee himself And it' goods for tie benefit
of his fellows, AID not = hard boiled
''tiehtwad" boarding ~ i."tatcc> and
pelf getting three separate aud distinct
profits and autoipntI,t,.. and ,uVing four
end-a-uuart4r per cent I.ih.rt. bonds
instead OF chipping IN q teEsp"t Or thc
Rel Cross.
10. TnE cIovrN moor
oh. the lost opportunity oh the
what might have rccu'
But the public IS thankful because It's
only been proved again that oven = gum
shoe can't disguise 3 clovcn hoof
And SO the farmer marketecrs asked IL
cents a dozen for eggs again \ on see.
they're starting in early for that Christ
mas time dollar a DOZEN which they
boosted they'd get last year but didn't
Butter was to cents pretty generally
although some. either camoufaglng for
the others TO make il appear there no
price-staDdard or suffering from collie IN
the conscience would CracIouslv lct You
have pound for !55 cents
And strawberries AZ % cents ono
would imagine that this rare day in June
would sec the best II them down to Is
cents Nothing stirring. although there
were lots and lots of nearby hcrriea IN
market Even the modest guosebcrrv.
which ernerges from it's striped cocoon to
make one Of the best pcs that ever went
under the great American Pie Belt
showed high tendency on making lis
debut for the season, being priced Al Is
cents box. Last year II our mental reg
lste- serves us right thew wcrc II and ~
Beets also hove In sIght on the farmers
stalls today Fifteen cents bunch They
prlce
Now about potatocS This is an
awfully sore spot for the farmer-markcteer
When he views the hoard he has from last
years crop. held for stiff prices this spring
he has a real old style compton fl
Just look st the money lost And his |
trying heaven and earth and his very last |
hope-cJttlng prices TO get shut Of
them Today YOU could buy bushel Of !
them from 81 10 down TO 90 cents. de- /
pendent upon how YOU caInoufiaged your !
willingness TO purchase II that isn't re-
marksble we don't know world wonder /
when we see II.
Asparagus, nearing its journeys end for !
1918, WAS % 25 and 30 cents. according !.
TO quality Some OF the lower-priced stuff !
was mighty weedv-lool1ing
Peas and beans not from nearby |
farms but sold by the fruiterers and /
stores. were fairly plentiful a p cents q |
quarter for the former and b cents a |
quarter for the latter Tomatoes were 5 |
and 20 cents box poor buying Big |
husky eggplant. from Southern farms, /
were 20 and % cents
The farmers had plenty Of Young /
onions and radishes the latter ranging
from two for ) cents To ten cents bunch, !
the former al iast week 5 figures
1flerr1eS were also ldlElN pentHui ~ =
two boxes for \ quarter for ordinances and I.
Is cents box for the better ones.
BEEF UP ONCE MORE.
In the nlarkethouses and butcher shops
the butchers were suffering from another i
beef-rase foisted upon them by the big /
wholesalers. Last week prices were up
cents a pound. and today another I
cents were added.
I've and the public are the goats, said .
one butcher. Il guess they're trying TO I
drive us out of business and make folks i
forget what good old bull-meat tastes /
like"
Sirloins were 50, rump so, rounds IS
and as. chucks 35, cross cuts 20 and PIN
bones 80 and 40
Down in the FISH market, where the
fishermen sell at first hand, you could get I
fine trout and crOakers at three pounds /
for quarter for the former and four
pounds for a quarter for the latter And /
they were doing big business, too
But wherever YOU went along King
street you were shown that 50 far as YOU |
were concerned AZ least II was very much
better to give than to receive