The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-20
Report Food Administration Has
 Set Price On Cold Storage Eggs
nv JOHN c. MOSES

| With business fairly good for Satur- day. the wholesalers closed week ot ups and downs Many staples are short and promise to remain so. From New York comes the informa- ton that the federal food administra- tion has fixed the price of cold storage eggs. This Is as it should be, as prices for second-rate Cor cold storage) eggs are going beyond reason in the whole sale world. Most of this grade of eggs have been stored for months and were bought in at prices ranging from IS to 25 cents at the outside. By the time the consumer gets hold of them the price has gone to 60 cents, or three times the original price paid the farm CT or country merchant. A special from New York says:
 The federal food administration has fixed the price for eggs. This telegram from Washington to all federal food administrators was made public yester- day:
 The poultry and egg section of the United States food administration ad- wise us that after a careful study of costs and other factors involved, the food administration considers the | following to be fair wholesale prices | for storage eggs now in stock: For Chicago, 40 cents per dozen for stor- age first, and Al cents for extras; for Buffalo and Pittsburg. Chicago prices, and differential of 1 cent; for east ern seaboard centers, Chicago prices, plus differential of cents. We have sent this telegram to exchanges. Tt is the desire of the food admin istration that the public be enabled to consume the remaining stock of stor- age eggs at the cost indicated in pre- vious telegram plus reasonable profit Any one asking more than such a profit will be considered as profteering. 1 The food administration holds that la wholesaler or jobber who is out of eggs and must purchase to fill his req sonable requirements will be permitted
 to sell such purchases at a profit not
 to exceed 21a per cent on car lots and
 4 per cent in small lots. said purchases not exceeding one weeks requirements; ! but the burden of proof as to the neces- sity of the purchase lies with the buyer | Consumption of stored eggs at this time is necessary, as their food value will soon begin to go down rapidly, and your assistance toward securing this consumption will be appreciated" 1 With the government looking after cold storage eggs, the farmer can com mand price in keeping with increased
 feed prices Hen feed is now quoted at
 sS.75 per 100 pounds, wholesale. l have
 bought as low as s1.90. This is an in> crease of nearly 100 per cent. The farm
 CT is up against a production cost that is double what 1t was three years ago. That's why hens are quoted at 2S cents
 wholesale today and country eggs at
 from 50 to 60 cents. Poultry and coun- | try eggs are short and promise to re- 1 main so. And the old hen has closed down during this cold spell with other manufacturing concerns. But we can't blame Garfield for this, as the action
 came before his manifesto was issued. | The fish market will open Monday morning all shot to pieces, so to speak. w. F. Bailey of the Standard Fish com pany revised prices late yesterday and reported catches on the coast are very 1 light, thus making the initial cost | higher and requiring a rise in figures
 here. Not a pound of fish was on hand
 Saturday in the plant of the Standard | company.
 All other lines remained firm and ] unchanged.
 l Quotations follow:
 | Poultry
 Hens-27@asc.
 Flyers 3oQa2c.
 l Gliineas-45c.
 Roosters-17c.
 Extra Graded Eggs-50c.
 | Candied Eggs-49c.