Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14
demand OF every dealer TO label his fish,
whether fresh, storage or frozenP

demand OF every dealer TO label his fish,
whether fresh, storage or frozenf
THE CURB MARKET.
The curb market in any city should
reflect to the consumer the saving OF the
overhead expense. Does ours do that?
Instead, We pay often more to the pro-
ducer than to the retailer. A dealer sold
eggs at 60 cents per dozen last Saturday
and the farmers asked rs and 80 cents
The farmer makes three profits--as
producer, wholesaler and retailer.
"The farmer should get profit, but,
according to facts, there is something
very wrong somewhere. Having had
experience in farm lines, l can see the
farmers viewpoint as well AS the con-
sumer's, but these facts present a situa-
ton that seems little off. Unless
curb market does what it stands for, any
city is better off without it. Other cities
that have smaller population than VII
mington can support several goou mar
kets. The space they furnish to the
farmer costs him several times more than
what it does here and the prices are more
reasonable. York, Pa, Is good ex-
ample.
THE holding Of foods by dealers until
than sell them for less is most important
matter to investigate and steps should be
taken to overcome this situation. Lettuce
and parsley, kqle, etc, often are kept
until unfi. for food, then peeled down to
nothing and possibly sold for a little
lees.
TIRE DEAL ER's FART.
sTf housewives are expected to do their
r.
evprv dealer be made to sell his wares be-
fore they arc unfit for food? This brings
out the fart that the dealer can make
more by allowing part of his produce to 90
10 waste rather than sell il for less. New
York statistics show that lettuce has been
sold at profit of $500 per cent.
Lest spring, when cabbage wae being
sold at Is and 25 cents pound. n farmer
informed one woman that cabbage Was
scarce, and yet that same party later on
brought in one barrel of cabbage after
another of pale yellow stuff that should
have been condemned. Yet it WAS al
lowed TO pass.
WOMAN INSPECTOR.
There should be a woman food in
sprctor This matter could be worked up
for the near future. Men are all right in
inspection \ mechanic. bricklaver or
some such artisan can not fill the job
II requires person conversant with foods,
chemistry, biology.
MaRKET TRAIN.
9TH encouragement of market train
to lower parts of this State into rural
SECTIONS would help the situation. Last
summer / purchased corn near Milford
for II cents a dozen. In Wilmington
It wa. 40 cents for similar quality.
Farmers are not systematic in their argII-
ment on prices. They argue that there is
so much wear and tear on wagon and
horse this must be paid somehow. Yet,
if consumer offers to get the produce even
in large quantities they make no dif
ference at all in price.
"It might be we'll worth while for this
club to consider the adyIsahilitv of having
every egg producer stamp name snd date
on egg before sold. Denmark has done
this for wears and with great succcSs.
This gives the housewife some redress
when she pays big price for eggs and
finds bad eggs IN her purchase. In many
wavs could this country profit by what
Denmark has done in regard TO the food
situation. One writer has stated that
Denmark perhaps could be considered the
greatest democracy in existence when it
comes to the food production and its
handling.
SEND OUT CIRCULARS
TT might be we'll to get up a circular
giving some essential points rega riding the
reduction OF prices and get them to as
many housewives as possible, to arouse
in them the feeling of dire necessity of
making a tremendous effort to eradicate
this evil which is becoming more intense
every day.
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