Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-12-02
wholesalers Effect lowering
Sugar Declines Again-De-
mand for Potatoes Small
a, Beef Moving Slowly, but Lamb
and Pork LOins Go Well

to-day to sell for IL cents. formerly selling !
for IA cents. !
Retailers to-day received the following
letter from Fred Moquin, the wholesale
paker' beginning December l. we an
nounce decrease of one cent a loaf on
butter krust Bread at wholesale. We
nave asked the other bakers of this city
To fail in line with us, and hope they
will be able to do so. We have been !,
making every effort to reduce the price
OF our bread but cost of materials has
made 1t impossible until the present time.
We believe price reduction now is as just Il
ana fair as was the increase when the
added cost Of bread materials made It
necessary. We hope in the near future
to be able TO make a further reduction to
our mutual benefit We heartily thank you
for your past patronage and cooperation
and trust your sales of Butter Krust
Bread will increase rapidly under the i
new price quotation"
Tho retailers have fallen into line and
promptly made their reduction The
breads affected include Moquin's. Fas-
setts, F'rasers and National Biscuit com
pany. The Direct Importing company, I
which bakes its own bread has made a
reduction to IA cents.
Weavers Home Bakery on Cherry street |
| has made reduction to "A cents, also, and 1
that retaied at 30 are now 25 cents
Sponge cakes formerly 81 are now 20 cents.
| The downward tendency in bakery prod |
ucts is due. it is said, like the lowering
| in prices Of other goods. TO lessening |
demand. There is no particular secret !
| that there has been a falling off of trade |
the past month, it is understood. Employ |
ment has something to do with It. and
also the fact that people are now able to
get materials. ike sugar. for instance. at
a more reasonable price than formerly
and the novelty of making their own
cakes. etc. is taking hold
BEEF SLOWS UP
Beef is said to-day to be moving slowly.
there being little demand for 1t one whole
saler said NIB and pork loins are
going strong and fast Pork loins are
wholesaling to-day at 26 TO 2s cents drop
of 10 cents from last weeks price, while
| lambs are rs and 80 cents, with a tendency
to go higher
| VARYING accounts of Thanksgiving bus
mess were procured to-day. One grocer
said the trade was slow UP to Wednesday
afternoon and then picked up and went
fast. with the result that the sum total
was good business.
MARKET GARDENERS
Among the market gardeners who have
been in the city are the following:
Harvey Merrihew of South burlington
celery. soc doz.; lettuce, 6oc doz.; hubbard
squash. Sc ID; oyster plant. Ioc bunch,
CABBAGE Sc lb.; squash, Sc ID; parsnips,
1-2 c ID
Ralph Jones. Shclburnc Road-turnips.
81 30 bu: carrots $50 bu.: cabbage, . l-2
c lb.; lettuce, soc box.
The men selling turkeys. chickens etc.
have not of course, been in much since
Thanksgiving G. f. Minkler of South
Hero has been in town. selling pork at
2oc H., and veal at lie ID.
APPLES AND PEARS
Apples and pears are pronounced to he
: not up the average this year. at least not
quite. nor have the grocers and fruit
men stocked up very heavily with them.
! The Burlington Fruit company has been
buying of the following: John Coda, Grand
Isle. Northern Spies, Baldwins, Fameuse;
Dr. Branch Grand Isle Spies. Badwins,
Fameuse. also of the Grand Isle Orchard
company. A. j. Poquette, r. Dubuc. of
Grand Isle: T. =. Kinney. South Hero;
George Seward II. J, Conrad, and j. c,
Stickney of Wilsboro. \. Y.
Pears have been bought of II. II. Bris
toll Vergennes. Thomas Hard, Charlotte.
Wilbur Lacomb. North Ferrisburg.
James Cassidy of Hinesburg has been
in town selling apples for 81 to Sc barrel
and pears at the same price.
Eight tons Of Concord grapes were re-
Gently bought OF Messrs. Conrad and
Stckney of Willsboro, \. Y.
.. PRICES OF APPLIES
! Northern Spies are priced at IS a barrel
Greetings. 81 Baldwins. 81; Sptzenbergs,
50: Peewkes. Sc.
DEMAND FOR POTATOES SMALL
, Potatoes, II is said to-day are not sell
: ing very we'll. the demand for them he
ing compa ratively easy. They are
priced at 30 cents a peck. with a whole
sale price of usually $50 bushel. Sweet
! potatoes are selling for five cents pound,
o SUGAR DECREASES
Sugar is quoted to-day at another cent
t reduction, being priced at IL cents a
pound. On Monday one store, not on
Church street. had sale of sugar In 100
n pound lots AT s1.95. Not so very long ago
y We were frantcally buying at about o5
: cents "a pound and wondering /: We hadn't
o better try to store away few thousand
II pounds and sit guard over them,
: BUTTER PRICES
! \ No. butter is listed at rs cents a
pound to-day. though this is not the only
h price to be found. The Milton creamery
s has been in the city selling direct to
e housekeepers for 81 cents per pound. 1t
= is said to-day that the butter market
l. price is uncertain as regards upward
leaps.
- FRESH EGGS AND OTHERS
:. The price of eggs is set at rs cents to 81
la dozen. with the chances that the u
price, or nearly that, is asked for the
> strictly guaranteed fresh article. The
y wholesale price is established at 81 to Il
- cents.
= SOME MEAT REDUCTIONS
,r Three important reductions are found
to-day in the meat lists. Roasting chick
c. ems are SO cents, five cent decrease
p ducks, also 50 cents: and fowls IS cents
A. Leg Of lamb is IS cents, lamb chops bo
n spring lamb, forward quarter. 49, porter
o. house steak is 20 cents; sirloin DO; veal W
Is veal chops IS and Al,
ly FRUITS
- Florida oranges are 60 to ~ cents
dozen; CALIFORNIA; 40 cents to 81. Grape
fruits are Il and 20 cents each. Pears
are 80 and 80 cents a peck. Almonds
he walnuts. pecans. etc, are plenthu''
ID CRANBERRIES AT IS CENTS
~ Cranberres are quoted to-day at J.
III cents.
u. Wax beans are in at 30 cents quar-
~ Caulifiower is so and 60 cents each. LeeK'
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