Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-28
CANNED GOODS
! MAY Be LOWER
INDICATIONS ARE STAPLES IN
CANS FOR FALL MAY DROP
SLIGHTLY.
BUYING TRADE JUST NOW
WAITING FOR PRICES
Best Information Obtainabls Locally 10
To the Effect That Drop Will Be
SIiaht-6utter 10 Back Again to Jan
uary Quotations Gardeners Find
Seeds Higher.

II With the season of the year here
when wholesalers and retailers of food
stufs are buying what is known in
the trade as futures" in canned goods
for delivery next fall and winter, the
market is uncertain. opinion differs as
to prices and the whole buying trade
is waiting The situation tends to pro-
duce an uncertainty in the market as
to what canned goods the housewives
will buy next fall are going TO cost
her.
There is. however, encouragement
in The situation. From the best source
of information locally il would seem
that staple canned goods probably will
not cost any more. and may cost less
next fall than they have in the last
year.
Slight Decline Indicated.
The indications now are that prices
on staples. such as corn, tomatoes ana
beans will be down from 10 to % cents
dozen wholesale, which may or may
not result in slightly lower price at
retail But it will be about thirty days
condition that prices can be quoted
with any certainty.
The situation in the canned goods
trade is Identical with that in all other
lines where buying for delivery late
IN the year is essential. The whole
sale is waiting to see what turn the
| market is going to take before placing
| his orders with the packer. He does
not want to be caught later by fall
| ing market. For identically the same
| reason the retailer is waiting. He does
not want now to buy stocks that later
may go of in price.
| In this line of futures as in all
| others, the time is soon coming when
| both the wholesaler and the retailer
! will be forced TO buy II he expects 10
| get the goods. Until then prices that
| can be depended upon TO hold can not
! be quoted
Butter Higher Again.
! No decline in the general prices OF
commodities or staple goods seems in
| view for the benefit Of the housewife.
| who probably will have TO continue as
| careful planning for some time to come
as she did during the war. The rise
in -four rep orted a week ago darkened
the outlook on bakery goods prices,
altho, as yet, no advance has been
quoted.
Creamery butter has advanced again
and is now at the high price it was in
January, 20 cents a pound. Country
butter is now quoted at so cents. Eggs
are 81 cents a dozen.
Garden Seeds Higher.
The high cost of living has even ex-
tended TO garden making. as garden
seeds are higher than they were year
ago. Packages Of the common varieties
Of seed that have sold for ) cents are
:. now cents. The wholesale dealer say
there are more seeds in a package but
that remains to be seen. However there
| Is speck Of consolation in the fact
that onion sets. which went to % and
80 cents q pound last year, can be had
| for 10 and Is cents now.
Grocers are quoting no change in
| the prices of fresh vegetables in the
EJnarket this Week from those given out
for the past few weeks. Fruits also
vary little from the last quotations
Apples and naval oranges continue
high, the latter because the end OF
the season is near and grape fruit is
some higher but much nicer. Bananas
are selling for II cents a pound