Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
PAY TILL It HURTS
KING STREETS IDEA
Comparison of it's Prices With
Philadelphia's Greatly to
its Disadvantage.

No. Mrs. Housewife, it was not, abso-
lutely no, the Liberty Loan workers VINO
devised that slogan about buying tii u
hurts. 1t really was the folks along hing
street. who supply your table with 1000,
and tho original form of il was Pay til
it hurts. w.,
And there isn't a housewife IN Whining
ton who can say she hasn't paid until 1t
not only hurt, but left decided ache
behind. Prices in the curb farmers
market always were entirely too high,
considering the nature OF the market ana
the fact that n large and nearby agricul-
tural region supplies it. But OF late 1t has
gotten worse.
Time was when one could go to the
hucksters and the other-than-farIner
stands along hing street and get things
little cheaper than from the agncultuusts
themselves But that time now seems to
have gone into the discard, for the erst-
while cheaper marketeers have taken n
leaf from the farmers book and are
nrofteering lust as keenlv rs ever he did.
\ COMPARISONS WITH PHiLADELFHiA
COMPARED with Philadelphia curb
market, King street is place only tor
millionaires Here are prices winch OBJ
tanned Yesterday in both oil the two street
markt Is the Quaker City sustalns take a
look over them and then think what YOU,
Mrs Housewife, paid today for the same
stuff
Anples. 25c per y peck; 81 .00a Ii per
basket. Apples. cooking, l5a20 per ?
peck, soc per basket.
Bananas, 25c, soc, Soc per dozen,
Beans. green. wax, 20c, 25c. 3Oc per =
peck
Reets SC per bunch: 3 for Toe; Tor &c.
Cabbage, l0al2c per head
Carrots, 80 for Sc; 4c a bunch.
Celery, stalks for Toe
Corn 20c. sc. soc per dozen
Cranbcrries. l2al5c per quart
Chickens. live. 81 4ai0c per TO-
Caulihower. 35a40c each.
Eggs. guaranteed. storage, 53c per doz.
Elephants, 5al0c each
Grapefruit, ;}-4 for 25c; '1a1c each.
Lettuce. sc, &c. Zoe per head
Onions. l0c, l5c. 2oc per peck i'aSOc
per basket
: Grapes Tokays Ice per Ii: SOC per
carrier
Oranges. .;lc. -0c. 6Oc, sc per doz
Potatoes No | 25a5Oc per ; peck !,
SI.l0. - -. Sl}0 per basket. s. per
.u~hcl No > 2oa25c per ! peck; 81 per
a>Act
sweet potatoes. 10. !, 2-a&oc por )
rrrn. ST Is pcr basket, No 2 30a25c
ncr peek 75casl per basket
Peppers, green. 5al0e per dozen. red.
Pear. hci.fcr-. ooao5c per = peck,
o5ca>i per basket
Peaches. sc per peck
Lemons. 27a5Oc pcr dozen
Radshcs. red and white. per bunch. :
ior .lc 3 for l0c
spinach. l0c. l5r. 2Or Per peck:
40a75 per $ basket
Tomatoes. red. 95a30c per ! peck.
green l5c per peck, SOC pert basket
Turnips, white, l0al1c per peck. i0r
per . basket yellow, l,la20c per peck
6OcaSl per 81 basket
squash, SC each
WHAT KING STREET ASKED.
King street farmers wanted 50. - and
90 cents for eggs today, UnhluShingiv and
without shame Philadelphia food adj
lninistration SAYS that 6S To II Is . faIr
prlcc for fresh candlcd extras. which are
~ good as King street ever dared 10 sell.
King street also wanted IS cents pound
for butter. Philadelphia food admins
traitor says 6S to Il cents pound is . fair
price for full pound mark YOU Of fancy
fresh which Is also as good as hing street
ever dare 10 sell
King street farmers and Others
wanted / ) and Is cents Tor a quarter Of Il
peck Of white potatoes. according 1o
quality Pmladelphia's fair price was
o5a3Oc for firsts a half peck and 20a25c
for seconds hing street wanted l3a20c
quarter for sweets. according to size.
In Philadelphia, the fair price was
20aoSc and l5a20c Tor the half peck.
Reflect on this
King street wanted 20 cents y quarter
for VERY average kelfer pears Phlladcl-
phia - to 50 half-whch IS more food
for reflection. King street also wanted -
cents to a dollar basket for these pears
Lima beans were 20 cents pint shelled
or 35 cents quart Philadelphia was
selling them rodded 81 % TO 80 cents a
half peck
Apples were p cents q quarter for good
fruit In philadelphia the far price was
Is and % cents half peck
Phladelphia's food administrator lssu s
virtually every day q list Of fair prIceS
One issued last week here was by no means
as complete and was little higher.