Evening journal., 1919-12-24
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TURKEY PRICES
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keys so quickly az the 75-cent price tha
ne had TO slide to make change. An
other man said he had been sold ou'
three times from ! O'Clock yesierda!
afternoon until 2 o'clock this morning
and was that minute waiting for fresh
consignment from out OF town. Thrifty
q housewives inquired the price OF fowl
and everywhere received q 20 and n
cents quotation Some expressed their
ind'gnatl0n in no uncertain terms
3 mddie-agod woman standing at Fifth
ana King streets. this morning, COM
mentcd tn this wise:
'Iil be shot, ] vow and declare / Will,
before I give anyone % cents a pound
S f0r an old turkey hen" Others eX-
pressed q similar opinion in varying
f, phfaseology.
70 is thought that number Of pur-
chasers IN WILMINGTON are waiting that
Inevitable slump IN the turkey prices,
: which comes every Christmas eve, be-
. fore they venture 20 make the most i'm
porian. purchase OF the year in the way
OF "eais'
"a Golden-hued chickens sold for wide
: iv varying. golden-hued prices. Some
dealers asked but 80 cents pound,
some were content 10 receive 40 cents,
.s0me wanted 90, and not few thought
that 55 cents pound was fair re-
tlrn for the expenditure Of SO much
.chicken wire and chicken feed. Chick
,cns seem 20 be plentiful this year
One poor woman who apparently
could not afford TO have a turkey for
Christmas dinner, asked dealer
fhc price Of chickens. When told That
they were 55 cents a pound, and aver
agcd from $50 10 SO in price, she
turned slowly away with tear in her
eye What she and many more like her
will eat for Christmas dinner IS prob
lematical
Ducks were about the cheapest thing
in poultry. in sight. as they were bring
ing 90 cents q pound In some places, ana
80 cents at others. Geese sold at FROM
40 10 30 cents Ye Gods and little fishes
We remember when turkeys brought
20 cents a pound, chickens II cents and
ducks and geese went a begging at from
AZ 10 70 cents for i6 crnces averdu-
puois
And as to the "trimmlns' here is
what the prices were this morning:
Grape fruit, 20, i2 and 70 cents each
oranges OF ordinary quality, GO cents
a Uhatuf NNN0N itNllaN va AAtN1i 80
cents; tangerines, 40. 30 and ~ cents a
dozen; crsnberries, 10 and Is cents a
quart: celery, % 80 and 80 cents
bunch, or cents a stalk; sweet pota-
toes were 2S, 20 and - cents quarter
peck: apples. 90 80 and 40 cents quar-
ter peck: onions i5 and IS cents
quart; fruit cakes country from 81 to
s. apiece the cakes weighing from
pound up to 3 pounds; English walnuts,
% cents a pound; almonds, 55 cents a
pound; assorted nuts. i5 cents; hazel
nuts, 40 cents; butter nuts, 40 cents.
As usual the egg price varied widely, !
The cold storage variety selling from 80
60 cents dozen, the store eggs at
20 and 20 cents, fairly fresh eggs at
cents and the products OF the coun-
iry hen 'laid This morning one dollar, /
hank youi Some OF The curb brokers
were selling their eggs at 90 and 9Jl
'ents as well as the higher price. One
Foman from the rural districts was
ling eggs at one PUNK. while a man
the next stall was selling his eggs
r 30 cents.
The funny part OF this story is that
the woman was nearly sold out OF |
eggs, and the man admitted that he |
had not sold a solitary egg the entire |
morning People thought that the /
Woman's eggs were fresher because her 1
price was higher.
Flr, spruce and pine Christmas trees
took another tumble this morning |
some NJ The dealers were stubbornly |
holding out at their Yesterdays prices
~ 81. $3.50. g and $3.50 FOR the dlf-
'ercnt grades OF trees, but the ma
i0rity OF the tree merchants had come
lown from their perch and were sell
ng perfectly good big trees at prices
iron 30 cents 10 $50
Holly wreaths which sold for p
c,n,s Yesterday brought IS and 20
cents tls morning Bunches OF holly
which had erstwise retailed at two
bits were knocked down at dime.
Crowfoot and runnins pine were and
10 cents 3 yard
Even King Mlstletoe worshipped OF
old by the Druids, fell somewhat from
h.s lofty throne. as a reasonable bis
lwg could be bought FOR The narlor
rhaldelier by parting with 30 or %
rents. It's cheap at that. or course
tie bigger punches We're bringing In
ihe dollars.
Nreaihs OF pine, Life Everlasting ana
crowfoot could be obtained this morn
ing FOR 10 cents. Many dealers were
ietting them 50 for > cents Laurel Is
now 80 cents yard
So 70 will seem that the price oi
the decorations has taken a tumble. but
The birds are slill soaring, although
actually dead.