Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-12
COST OF LIVING.
In LOCAL MARKETS
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to do with the, lowering of prices
of these articles, especially of eggs.
The egg laying season has been ad-
Vanced from three to four weeks
by one of the mildest winters of
years. The hens have been able o
get to the unfrozen ground where
they have been able to find much
material which has aided much to
increase the product.
The snow of to-day and continued
cold weather which will cause
frozen ground, may cause an as
cension in price of the hen product,
dealers believe. With the grounds
frozen again, it will be necessary to
return the hens to their shelter.
The egg production in this case will
be somewhat cut off. poultry men
affirm. The cold storage product
figures little in the living costs.
Very few are being offered for sale,
being forced from their resting
places to tempt the general public.
Substitutes for Butter
Substitutes for butter have fig
ured largely in bringing an early
reduction in its price. With the price
of butter approaching the eighty
cent mark, oleomargarine and nut
buffers, selling at from 80 to 80
cents per pound, had probably their
largest sales since being placed on
the market. Even now with the
butter price returning to a nor
NAL basis, the substitutes continue to
enjoy a much wider sale than they
had previously.
Potatoes are coming on the city
markets in larger quantities, but
thus far there has been little ten
dency for the price to decline. The
high grade goods were selling at 81
per bushel, approximately the same
figure as three weeks ago. Seconds
are on sale at some stores at 81. so
per bushel and one dealer even
quotes a price of $40 per bushel
for a medium grade article.
Much in Storage
Cold storage and other warehouses
throughout the country are filled
almost to the bursting point with
products that had been stored up,
many of them for government use,
contracts for which have since been
cancelled. These goods will soon
be thrown on the market for gen.
eral use. But thus far the influ-
ence of such goods has been slight
ly felt. The prices of articles in
the appended list have remained the
same for the past three weeks:
Navy (pea) beans .... 12-16c
Lima beans ......... 151Sc
White beans ......... 15c
Cornmeal (bulk) per lb. SIC
White -four (12 lbs) 80. 75c
Spring -four G2 lbs.) =. 75c
Pure lard ............ 26-32C
Compound lard ....... 24-2Sc
POTATOES ............. $l.40-S2.OO
Granulated sugar . 91a Lie
The retail price of meats among
city meat dealers is lowering
around the same figure as, it has
done for the past several months
The wholesale price has assembled
somewhat within that time, dealers
tell, but they have deemed it wise
to hold to the same figures.
The New York Times, relative tc
this situation 1.-The investigation
of the packing interests caused a
decided drop in the prices of meal
during the last few days of Janu.
airy. Now that the legislative skies
are clearing, the prices of beef
lamb, veal and mutton are clim bins
again"
City dealers believe they cannot
maintain their present figures Ions
unless the ascension of the whole.
sale prices ends. But meats in the
city markets. most of them fresh
meats produced in this territory
little influenced by the packing in.
,ests, are selling at Rgures cousid.
erably lower than prevail in the reg.
ular meat markets.
Cheaper in Markets
In the appended list are men.
toned the meat dealers prices o1
January "a, of to-day and the price.
prevailing in the local markets to.
day: