Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-12
ORANGE GOUG|NC
STILL GOING ON
Prices Down Shade But Too
High for Grade of
Fruit Sold

Despite what Food Administrator Nit
| ehcli said Thursday about the price oi
oranges 30 cents To 81 80 dozen ac-
enrtiing to the size and grade of the fruit,
being gwen as fair prices profiteerinc
IN oranges ls still going on. King street s
irulicters today were charging n dollar
| aud 81 % 4 dozen for fruit dccidedly under
size and which certainly should not have
sold for more than the minimum figure
ninety cents named by Mr. Mitchell
Nor could shortage Of supply be given
reasonably n an excuse for the high price,
for there was plenty Of evidence that the
stocks were large
Had II not been for he food admins
traitor : announcement IT is quite I'M
poSsible 10 say where the pricc would
have been today Certainly an effort
would have been made Ia bo ost thlnpe to
the two-dOllar mark since on Wednesday.
the day before the announcement was
made the same oranges that were selling
on last Saturday for a dollar had gone 10
NJ 30 And thus at \ time when he fruit
- reai sick room necessity The city.
Of course, holds many persons who can
afford Ia pav 81 - and 81. 30 n dozen for
oranges for their SICK, Int II also holds
manN. Wany more who can not These
are the ones who are suffering from the
gougc
For The Information of tho public. i
should be stated that ncxt week there
should he a decided drop in prices Car
loads OF the fruit destined for ot her places
have ncon diverted - Philadelphia
whifh = wberr local dealers get fholr sup
ply and vesfertlaN five carloads arrived
here Twenty more are due next week
Hteh prizes here then ran have only ono
meaning Tint the dealers do not intend
10 lef up on profitccrlng
HARKTr OTHERWISE STATIONARY
hing street farmers curb market IT,
day was INST about stationary. condi
ton which II has been in for The past few
weoks Eggs were still nj ~ cents
dozen, although onr OF two staIl holders
serc selling a 20 cents Butter was NJ
is old figure 81 cents and here was
no sign nf change n poultry
he Vegetable hst likewise was IN
ztattis quo corn selling II - TO 30 cents
4 dozen, lima beans n from - d 40 cents
2 quart and So on down tho iinc IT last
Saturdays prices
But they arc TOO high for curb mar
ket and decidedly higher than PhiladeI-
phla curb market Hero IS what the
Pnblie Ledger says todav of the curb !
market there which viii afford VII
nlngtdn housewives some Ido1 ~ what |
,enefits are reapcd Is her sisters Ii that |
.ity from he curb market whlle she l.
paving through ne nose Tor All she gets |
IS m eyample of tho saving this curb |
market affords hc most delicious. tender |
.arn conid be purchased for % cents 4 |
paskei. or p cents q dozen while he l
tores Werc charging 40 and 80 cents 4 /
lozen Tomatoes were 80 cent 4 basket I
mi IT the stores tacv were : and Al - |
basket The farmers 1T the var market /
tcre selling liam beans 1t - cents half /
,eek and Ire stores were charging - |!
mi 80 cents quarter oi peck
Il was he same wav with string beans t
,hfc5 Were - cents a half peck at the /
market and 10 cents 4 quarter ncck at the
tores White turnlps We're IL cents a
alt peck and ~ cents 4 quarter peck 1T
he stores Gabbages we're ) 10 n cents
,iead. and n the stores thev We're >eli-
az from ID % u cents apiece
MEATS Nor DOW HERE
In Philadelphia the wholesale prlce ii
he lighter cuts Of meat has gone down
q to 40 per cent and retail prices are
xpeeted to follow SUIT Meat dealer
ere say that no such thing has happened
! Wilmington and fIIrt hermore they de-
lare they do not expect It 70 happen
ext week ought t. have a considerable
lie to tell in PhlIadeIphla in the meat
ne. and the same sort of a tale ought
) be told here Ii prices fall there
prresponding drop should take place
ere-or he food adIujuISt ratfT should