Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-26
FOOD HAS WIDE
RANGE In PRICE
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| 80 cents. but to-day a few went up
| to 90, the price asked about two
weeks ago.
! The housewives, however, are
meeting this situation, and have
| solved the high cost problem to a
| certain extent. They do not form
! an organization for boycott, but
when they find a certain dealer
whose prices are higher than others
! in market they not only will not
| buy the certain commodity that is
! high in price, but also do not pur-
chase other produce he is offering
/ for sale.
Then, too, the women who buy
! practically their entire food supply
in the local markets, help each 9TH
er to find the farmers and truckers
who are changing the lower prices.
This is evidenced by the groups
of two to five women who meet at
, the doors of the markets and plan
their campaign. They district the
aisles and each one goes along and
asks prices but does not buy. They
meet at the other end of the mar
ket and compare their lists and
then going in a group buy from the
dealers whose figures were most rea-
sonable.
One woman is explaining this sys-
tenn declared that she and her
neighbors saved from so to 75 cents
for every IS spent by following this
plan.
Beating the Game
To-day we wanted corn. Every
dealer in the market except one
asked three for ten cents, or thirty
five cents a dozen for large ears.
The one exception had very nice
corn and asked only thirty cents 4
dozen. We all bought from him.
Another dealer had large punches
of beets, containing seven and eight
to the bunch, and asked only five
cents each. We patronized him. We
buy practically everything in that
way and it soon results in a large
saving. I believe that if other
women worked out the same plan It
would do much to bring down
prices.
For example, the farmer VINO
was selling his corn at thirty cents
q dozen, disposed of four and one
half dozen ears to us l watched
him for a few minutes. He had a
fairly large crowd of customers
around his stand all the time. An
other dealer who was charging
thirty-five cents went by and at
tempted to call him away, but was
unsuccessful. I am certain that he
wanted to tell him the prevailing
price of corn in the market. But
the man with the lower price solo
almost all that he brought to mar
ket before I o'clock this morning.
Others charging higher prices had
large quantities on hand at that
time and were making only a few
sales.
Marketing early will help also IN
saving money. If the dealers are
kept busy at the opening OF the
market they do not get much time
to talk to others about prices and
sometimes they have produce on
sale at a lower figure than any
where else in the market"
Keeping Up Prices
That there will be a determined
tight to keep prices up is predicted
by some of the consumers, one of
whom repeated a conversation over
heard to-day:
How much are you going TO
charge for beans?" a trucker was
asked.
Twelve a quarter. I have fifteen
half bushel baskets and I'm going t.
get that price or 1 won't sell them
here" was the answer.
nat are you going to do with
Sell them to grocers and they'll
get that and more for them from
the people who buy produce at the
stores. can get almost that if
wholesale them and then I don't
heed TO bother any more about
Plentiful, but High
Beans We're plentiful in market
but the prices were ten and tweIyo
cents as compared to eight GEMS
a quarter just two weeks ago.
Ihere was no explanation given for
the advance. Everywhere the farm
ers admitted they had more beans
now than they probably would have
at any other time this summer,
Apples, best suited for COOKING
and baking, were down to 10 cents q
quarter, with a few asking as hiyh
as Is and 20 cents. Bananas were
20 to 30 cents a dozen; beets ) and
. cents a bunch; blackberries 20
ana 20 cents box; cabbage 3 to
~ cents cents a head; cantaloupes
~ 10 Genus edcn' carrots, cents:
celery, 6, and 10 cents; cucun9.
oers' 2, 8, 5 cents; pickles for can
ming. 75c to s1.25 for 100; eggs, Is
to 55c; huckleberries, 20, %, 25c:
lemons, 80, 35, 4Oc; lettuce, Sc:
oranges, so, 40, soc; peaches, box
y. 15c; pan, 20. 25, soc: plum
box, 10, u, 15c; pan, 2Oc: rasp,
berries, red, box, csc; raspberries
20, 22c; onions. box, 10. -, IA, 15c;
tomatoes, large, and 1Oc each.
box, 25c; watermelons, so, 60, *
soc; new potatoes, one-fourth peck
Is, %, zoe. i0N'
Ham and Poultry High
Bacon sold for 45 to 55 cents
pound, the prevailing price ro,
months, while ham was As to 80
cents. Chickens, dressed, brought 30
t. SO cents a pound, and only two
dealers in one market weighed
their chickens and told the custom
ers who asked the prices how much
the poultry weighed.
Small chickens, dressed. sold from,
so cents to S1.25. Larger onns
brought S1.40, $3.50, up to s2.25.
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