Evening journal., 1920-11-29
THINK PRICES
Are AT BOTTOM
Clothing Manufacturers
Have Made Heavy Reduc-
tions, Merchant Says
FOODSTUFFS ALSO
ARE NEAR NORMAL

According to opinions Of clothing
merchants, wholesale grocers and
other dealers in foodstuffs. prices
have reached rock-bottom.
Among the commodities slated for a
drop IN prices this week is milk
Which will retail az i3 cents a quart
beginning Wednesday.
IN speaking Of any further reduc-
lion IN clothing prices David Smell
lcnburg, OF the n Snellenburg and
Company said:
"BoUl makers aud retailers have
made drastic reductions In the past
few weeks, and have mark q their
prices in conformity with market
conditions. The public should feel
aoN that j. can buy with confidence
lhai IL is Citing bedrock prices
The shoe market is reported In
much similar condition TO that Of the
cl0ihing. Sharp cuts have been made
and The only further reductions eX-
pected viii be due mostly to press
ne need Of ready cash by dealers
MILAN +. Skellenger Of the Re
tail Grocers' Association and chair
man OF the new wholesale section Of
the Chamh Of Comm,rce, holds
much the same opinion with regard
10 prices OF foodstuffs as that held
by Mr. Snellenburg with regard TO
clothing
Il feel as though foodstuff prices
have reached a bottom sad Mr..
Skcrlengcr last night The CON
sumer may not have wholly realized
it yet however, because prices have
been coming down gradually. Butter
and eggs. Of course. are governed by
the eeason and naturally VIII rem M
high an winter. Beans. sugar and
compounds are. ! believe. at lowest
point especially SO far as concerns
wholesale trade"
According to Miss Clara South
wick. secretary OF the Consumers
League Of Delaware, Wilmington
housewives are open 10 congratula-
tlonS on the continued reductions on
many groceries and provisions, except
meats. I'VE have seel the price of
bread fall from one 20 two cents a
loaf in the last seven days said
Miss Souihwick last night. while
sugar Is down 10 ten cents and cof-
Zee has dropped most decidedly Eggs
and buttr naturally are high az This
season Of the year. but should fan as
spring approaches. Cheese also has
witnessed a decline and importdtions
from Europe should tend 10 decrease
the prices further. Apples are low
er. while lemons, for which there
was little sale whdlo sugar was high,
have come down TO as low as i5
cents a dozen.
Potatoes. a staple article OF diet.
have come within peach OF the ordi-
nary pocketbook at from i3 10 -
cents e quarter peck or approx
mately $40 a bushel."
Miss Southwick said she was hope
ful Of seeing meats decline because
Of increased consumption Of other.
artioNs OF food now so much
cheaper. She also called attention 90
The reduced cost Of rice. which now
IS IA cents a pound ns lead of i6
During the war rice SCARED 30 un-
usual heights
Advent OF colder weather Is re-
sarded as likely 30 malnlain prices
OF anthracite 10 yer, % ..rly present
rates As given by Wilmer Sirad'ey.
preside OF the Diamond Coal and
Ice Company, are approximately as
follows:
Egg. sil.25: stove. si4G5; nut. sI4.75.
and pea. si235 According 10 dis
patches from Washington the Inter
state Commerce Commission regards
the coal situation IN the East so much
improved that n has moved It's prl-
or.ty order for movement OF coal
cars Robert D. kcmp city fuel dis
trihutor. is Of the opinion that anthra-
cite in quantities sufficient To meet
tho immediate needs 0f consumers
viii continue 10 low into Wilming-
ton daily.