The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1919-08-01
Evening World Reader Acts on
the Hint to End the
Profiteering.
CURE FOR GOUClNG.
Women Can Save Over 90
Per Cent. on Their Fruits
and Vegetables.

lerHoN AneNueT hue ueiOuEh W III
{ the Glasses described by the write
( its
y The Editor Of The pvcnIns World;
Your newspaper has, as usual,
gone straight to the point and
told ita readers just who is re-
sponsible for the high cost OF veg
etables and fruits raised In plen-
teous quantities within cannon
SHOT OF New York City. You have
made Il perfectly clear that the
retail dealers In various sections
Of the city are the profiteers whom
the consumers should get after.
You have also. as in toSday's Is
sue. shown us housewives how we
can help to put a stop to their
greedy exploitation Of US while at
the same time performing a pa
triotlo service for the poorer peo-
pie among us. who are the worst
sufferers from this form OF prof
iteering. The actual case OF the
Par1gviile woman who at an ex-
pense Of % cents. including her
carfare. bought in one OF the push
cart markets fruits and vege-
tables which in the stores Of her
nOlghborhood would have cost her
ta27." should be an Illuminating
lesson TO the rest Of US, and
doubtless would be a warning 70
the grasplns retail deaiers II they
did not count on the weaknesses
OF certain classes OF housewives.
After reading your instructive
article to-day / resolved TO follow
the example Of the ParlSville
woman and do my buying in the
pushcArt markets, Also. ! de-
cided to ask a number Of other
housewives In my neishborhqod 20
join me In an endsavor 70 make
the retailers VINO have been
muloting Us progressively for
months and years see the error OF
their ways.
HOUSEWIVES WHO DO NOT
WANT TO HELP, .u
/ now understand. an never be-
fore, what The Evening World ls
cup against" when II seeks TO
serve the best interests OF It's
readers. Some OF the women
whom / approached frankly
shrank from the effort required TO
ave the 70 per cent. which they
agreed probably could be saved
by going with me. They were SIM
ply lazy. Others. VINO ought 10 be
members OF the mobility" in some
country that maintains such an
institution. feared 70 get Into
such q crowd" as they bad seen
from car windows at these mar
kets. still others dlsEusted me
with their vain airs. They would
have me understand they did not
need TO economiEe. though ! hap
pen 70 know. that In some cases,
nj least, they are wives of sslaried
men who have a hard time maxi
ing ends meet.
However. 1 aid succeed In get
ting the cooperation Of half q
dozen sensible women. and to-day
we ara going tO'a pushcart market
for oar purchases Of vegetables
ana fruIta. Perhaps when some
AZ lha alhcltora realize that we
have saved 4 goodly sum OF
money without bringing scandal
upon ourselves they Will fall into
line. But even our little coterie
NAV be able 20 make some Inn
precision on the greedy retailers OF
V kSoTII FIR HOUSEWIFE.
New York, July 81. 1919.
II consumers desire further pre-
that retailers In all parts OF the cI
are making exorbitant prohts
grown Vegetables let them con
pare the prices they are called on
pay at the local stores to-day VI
the prevailing prices the dealer
10 pay at the Ganssvoort and Wal
bout Markets.
PLAIN FIGURES PROVE THE r
TAIL oouolhG.
Potatoes run from " to t5.s5 a b
rel. There are about $50 pounds Il
barrel. II the small retailer, pay
a low rental, asks more than 8 ce
a pound he Is prohteering. The pT
at the pushoart markets ranges tr
3 20 4 cents a pound for select DO
toes. Small ones can be bought IN
for cents "A pound.
Green corn OF nrBt quality QaI
full ears) costs the retailer from
10 40 cents a dozen. II Is plentiful
the wholesale markets, and daily
coming more so. Next week II will
at its best, both az 20 quantity
quality. and probably will be at
cheapest. To-day most OF the re
stores In the city demand 3 cents
more an ear for it-some OF Il
much more. In the pushcart mari
the same grade can DC bought Il
cents an ear.
Cabbages, which also are plent
now. bring an average OF cents e
for heads weighing from three or
pounds. Whether your local low-l
dealer sells them by the head
pound, he makes a fblR pnofit II
oNa e.oau Y,n0ra than 0r0rn 4 An ~ n.