The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-03


 Have you tried a piece of grouper fish?
 You may think you have not, but the chances are that you have, and She above species of the finny tribe has prob ably been worked off on you for snap this supposed snapper was rather tough in texture and not as toothsome to the taste as other buys you have made.
 In other words, the unsuspected con- stunning public is buying snapper steak and carrying home grouper. l watched this transaction at retail fish stand yesterday. Of course, all stands may not do this.
 This might pass muster if the retailers would give the customer the benefit of the cheap wholesale price on grouper The wholesale price is 1S1ac pound in barrel lots, or He in less amounts, while snapper wholesale at 200 by the barrel.
 Our Uncle Sam is boosting the grouper because It is cheap fish and getting more plentiful every day. But the school ing tuition is coming high, and the buy ing public is not going to learn much about this cheap fish if the retailers con tinue to slice it up and sell it for snap per at soc.
 How about having this grouper put or sale as such and sold as the govern ment desires--cheap? It seems to me that 20c would allow good margin of profit. as this specie has but one bone and cuts up very economically.
 And again, the restaurants are serv- ing grouper and listing it snapper on the bill of fare. And the same old price Is tackled out on the end of the line In the price column. And the taste is cheap CT than snapper, 100, for the game mas been worked on me.
 It seems if the best government on earth foots the advertising bill on this fish, and placards the town with htera- ture, that the least the merchants and restaurants can do is to cooperate in this campaign and sell grouper as grouper, and at a reasonable price.
 It wouldn't be bad idea when puy- ing snapper to put the question jamb up to the man behind the scales, and ask him if 'it' was really snapper he was weighing up or its neighbor, grouper.
 Let's back this new fish, for it's good and wholesome, but let's insist on grouper price.
 All dealers were enjoying fair day yesterday and many new shipments were received. There is no prospect on any
  spell has nipped much Alabama green stuff
 Butter made an unexpected rise Of Sc.
 Quotations were as follows;
 Poultry
 Roosters-- 20c.
 Turkeys-Live, 35c. Ducks--30c.
 Fryers-1a to 2 lbs. 5oc lb.
 Hens-35c
 Geese-15c. Fresh Eggs. scaS7c,
 Butter Creamery-67@70c. Fish Spanish Mackerel-2od2lisc Pompano-SSc. Salt Water Trout-D422c. Mixed Fish-12c. Red snapper-Headless and drawn. 20 G2lc Gray Snapper-Headless and drawn, l4c. Fresh Water Perch-121ac. Groupers-14c. shrimp--r G12hc. D. S. Clear Bellies-SSt24S4lac. D. S. Rib Bellies-3l 1sq321ac Premium Lard-327sc. Silver Leaf Brand Lard-SlAc. Choice dressed beef, 22q25c.
 Hams-Regular. 33a35c; skinned, Ss@S0c' Picnic hams, 22c. Bacon--45dl49c. Pork loins-31c. Produce ~ Lemons-S5 box Peanuts-Spanish roasted. Sec; span l ish, raw, Sc; Virginia No. 1, 1015c Cabbage-Florida, S450@4.15 per crate Rutabagas--$2.75 per 100. l Sweet Potatoes-SS.50 per 100 lbs. l Irish I'otatoes-s2.5 50 per 100. 1 Onions Red Globe, $6 per 100. l Lettuce Florida)-s45Q per hamper' I iceberg, S6. l Beans-S per lamper. | Peppers-s7 hamper. | Spinach--90c doz punches. | Oranges-California, S, Apples-Fancy Ben Davis, S9.o0 barrel' fancy wnesaps Q75, 1SS, 20W. A.25 box: I fancy winesaps, (96, 1l3, l25. 15o. 16S). $2n l box, fancy new town pippins tSb, ll5, lzo. l l50, 16S), s4.25 box; fancy new Ben DAVIS l (96. 113 150, 163). $425 box. Bananas-Extras. SIC lb I Celery-Crate $6. | Cauliflower--Hamper. S | Grapefruit-$5. Tomatoes-144 size S45O: lsO slze' $s' Limes--$l.25 per l00 Strawberries-24-at. crate, B. Meal and Feedstuff Mixed Horse-s70. Old Style Hulls-$21. Velvet Bean Meal-$4s. Corn Chops S.75. Corn-$l9s. No 2 White Oats-a3c per bushel.