Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-02

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prices. with yellow beans selling for
Z to 10 quarter. A few stands had
peas on sale at 20 to 25 a quarter,
with sugar peas at is cents a box,
the price asked during the last six
weeks.
Lettuce Comes Down
Small boxes of tomatoes sold for
15 cents at most places, while the
quart box brought 20 and 25 cents for
solid ones. California head lettuce
dropped back to 20 cents. Potatoes
ranged from 10 to 20 cents a quarter;
sweet potatoes, Is cents a box, 25 and
80 cents a quarter.
Other produce prices were: bananas.
30@35c; beets, bunch, sc; butter.
| country. pound. 62@G5c; creamery, 65
a CSC; corn, dozen, 20@35c; egg plant,
| Z. 10. ~. 15@1Sc; lemons. 40c; lem
ons. 40c; oranges, 40@60c; peppers.
1@2c; radishes, rhubarb and carrots,
bunch, &c each; watermelons. 65, rs.
soc; cantaloupes. 10, IL, is. zoe; pears.
15 @2Oc box: bacon, pound, 45@55c;
ham. 45@60c; chickens, dressed,
pound. 80, 55@65c; live, 35Q45c.
Will Ask For Samples
Several members of the local
food committee have expressed their
intention to get samples of food
offered by the government, and
compare it with products sold in
Harrisburg. This plan is the re-
suit of many kicks yesterday be-
! cause of the committees desire to
drop the projects to buy government
goods.
Another plan is after the sam
pies have been examined to make a
bid to the government. One man
put it to-day in this statement, THE
government is no doubt high on
prices. The people paid for the
goods now in government ware
houses and it is not fair to them to
be asked to pay prices out of rea-
son. If a reasonable bid is made
to the government | believe that the
goods could be purchased and sold
to Harrisburg people at low prices"
That Harrisburg is paying higher
prices for food than are asked in
Philadelphia, Wilmington and other
cities was told by r. j. Wheeler, the
councilman from Allentown. He
has been in this city investigating
the prices and finds that in his home
town, in a district where truck farms
are not so numerous as in this vi
/ cinity, garden products can be had
at from 25 to so per cent. less than
| in Harrisburg. He purchased two
| IOIlldlOeS III Ollc VI IiiC WY illehi mus
! for Is cents. In Allentown toma-
| toes are selling for two for five
cents. He made other comparisons
| referring to the high price of let
tuce in Harrisburg. Altoona is pre-
pairing to buy second carload lot.
The Altoona Tribune prints the fol-
lowing:
Second Car For Altoona
"That second car of food and
canned goods may be ordered soon
from the Army surplus supply otfi-
Ger at Baltimore, was the state
ment last night by City Manager
Hinkle, in discussing the popularity
of the first car, which was disposed
of this week.
Numerous inquiries have been
made by Pennsy shopmen concern
| ing the placing of another order, and
| the Standard Refractories Company
at Claysburg, expects to take lib
eral portion of the goods secured in
the second consignment. Inquiries
have also been made at the city
| treasurer's Office this week, and con-
siderable enthusiasm is being evin-
| ced.
"It is expected that a definite re-
ply about how much canned goods
and other commodities wanted, will
| be Forthcoming by Monday from the
general manager of the Claysburg
industry.
mo difficulty was experienced by
the city officials in disposing of
the first consignment of bacon,
canned vegetables and other pro-
ducts. All the goods were sold out
yesterday afternoon.
1.-THE sole deficiencies in the first
car were a can of tomatoes and one
of corn. These were found to be
due to a split seam in both cans,
which caused the contents to spoil.
"Mr. Hinkle declared that while
the city does not expect to continue
in the retail grocery business, the
second car will undoubtedly be OBJ
tanned, as long as sufficient interest
is dem monstrated to warrant the or
der. Further announcement per-
tanning to the arrival and disposi-
tion of the next consignment will be
made as rapidly as details are COM
pleted."