The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-05-10

Gentle spring is here with both
her dainty feet and ten little toes.
With her, hand in hand. still stand
the Food Hogs. They passed a mis-
cradle winter but they have hopes
of enjoying a better summer. They
are up to their old tricks and, with
a bit of camoufage in the daily
papers, hope to keep the people pa
tient and accomplishing.
The Herald squirrel squatted up
on top Of that smooth, shiny, slip
perry top rail few days ago and
chartered as follows, viz:
lowing to the high cost of hay
and feed, the usual reductions in
prices of milk from winter to sum-
mer basis will not be made on May 1.
Prices will be continued at their
present average basis for house de-
llVeries at from Is to 18 cents
quart. The price will be reduced
one cent in Minneapolis on that date,
it is announced.
"Both hay and feeds were ad-
vanced again last week and they now
are higher than ever. Besides that,
new grass is not yet available for
cattle in this part of the country"
said a dealer in explaining the diff
culties under which dairymen are
operating. .--~--,--- ---~s-7's 7's
1.-THE dairyman asserted that the
bush fire of last October had a para
Lying effect upon dairying interests
in this district, but his records show
that improvement is rapidly taking
place and the outlook now is that
conditions will become nearly nor
NAL by the close of summer"
These profiteers assume that when
the poor suckers see it in the daily
papers, they at once swallow it as
gospel truth. The facts are that
much cold type stuff is not written
advisedly, with proper research and
by experts. Camouflage, rather than
facts, is what the Fat Boys want
when talking to the poor consumers.
Let us, dear reader, take little
excursion out of the field of fancy
and into the realm of fact.
The daily papers of Duluth and
Minneapolis for Sunday, April 27,
contained market reports that must
be assumed as correct. On that day
and date, milk sold at Is to 18 cents
a quart in Duluth and IL cents in
Minneapolis. The price in Duluth
was 371k per cent higher in Duluth
than in Minneapolis.
Of course the honest milkman, es-
pecially the Big Fellows who have
both a monopoly and cunning pow
ders for turning lake water into
salable milk, will tell narrowing
tale about high price of feeds in and
around Duluth.
Market quotations on that day and
date mentioned prove that No. 1
timothy hay sold at $50 to $40 ton
ton in Minneapolis during the final
days of April while, in Duluth, SINH
lar hay was quoted at $33 to $34 a
ton. In other words, hay was worth
20 per cent more in Minneapolis
than Duluth.
When hay is worth 20 per cent
less in Duluth than in Minneapolis
and milk is worth 37h per cent
more in the Zenith City than in the
Flour City, either the Duluth deal
ers are making excessive profits or
the Minneapolis dealers are headed
towards quick, unavoidable bank
ruptcy.
That's some spread in the differ
ence in prices, fellow citizens.
Now trot out some kept-journalis-
tic Sophocles and let him explain
that figures often do lie and that you
cannot believe what you see with
your own eyes, hear with your own
ears or understand with your own
brain.
On Sunday, April 27, extra quail
ity butter cost 66 cents a pound in
Duluth and SO cents in Minneapolis,
difference of IL per cent in favor
Of the Flour City as against the Zen
ith City.
Eggs were quoted at Al to 43
cents a dozen in Duluth and 40 cents
a dozen in Minneapolis, a differ.
ence Of per cent in favor of the
larger city.
Navy beans were quoted at 81
cents pound in Duluth and IN
cents in Minneapolis, a difference OF
IL per cent in favor of the latter
city.
On April 27, cabbage cost 25 pc,
cent more in Duluth than in Min
neapolis, the price down there being
cents pound as against 10 cent.
| in this suffering city.