The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-11-22
TURKEY SPECIAL"
brings THOUSANDS
{. OF HOLIDAY BIRDS
Up to Noon To-Day They Win
Bring 81 to S5c. a Pound,
Then Less.
By P. @. Fog.
Especial Food Exp.~, Evening World

Especial Food Expert Evening World)
The turkey special" an express
train from St Louis loaded with
dressed turkeys for the Thanksgiy-
ing dinner. due yesterday morning,
aid not get into the LacKawAnna yards
NJ Hobolen until late last night and
unloading commenced at midnight
BY noon to-day thousands OF bar
rels OF anO holiday Stock win be IN
sthe Wholesale market
Tho wholesale district was con-
geEted yesterday with buyers from
New England and other nearby
Z States. and hundreds OF automobiles
were parked on the side street Sew
{ eral carloads of turkeys were
brought over from the Jersey ter
yninals by express between 10 A IL
and p. M, which were readily
snapped up by the out of town buy
ers and loaded on auto trucks.
Most Of the large wholesale houses
On Washington Street and in the
West 24th Street district reported "a
/ good volume OF business, almost en-
Rarely to customers from nearby
Dtates. One Of the large receivers on
West 14th Street said: "Our Hdvices
are heavy and think fancy turkeys
viii bring $40 to Soc. up to noon
Monday, when the local dealers com
mence to stock UP. Then look for a
bower market"
Another leading receiver stated
ehnt the non-arrival OF the turkeys
an the morning caused a short mar
ket Sunday, but prices, he said,
would 20 lower whom the supply got
40 market to-day,
The demand was for fancy holi-
nay poultry. and full-breasted, young,
dry-picked turkeys sold in the whole
maio market at 54c., but thin turkeys
sold at CSC. to sic. a pound Maryland
dry picked turkeys will commence TO
arrive this morning and these go TO
tho high class uptown dealers, who
full dry-picked stock.
Wisconsin fatted goslings, when
weighing over twelve pounds each,
! hre bringing 40c. and fancy celery
4 fed ducks are bringing 42c. in the
wholesale market. Some very nice
Canadian turkeys were attracted here
by the high prices, and when fancy
Bold at 5Sc. a pound.
One of the leading poultry and meat
distributors from Bridgeport when
rpeen yesterday. gave his views as toy
abe expected volume OF turkeys sold
an New England as follows: I'VE are
buying very few turkeys. A year agU
j bought several hundred barrels OF
turkeys for Thanksgiving; this year
my needs will not call for more than
t15O barrels of turkeys, Tens OF
thousands of working men are laid
1 %, and while most of them could
afford to do 80, very few Will go TO
tue expense OF buying a turkey"
The million Hebrews in the metro
Dolitan district call for large guam
httdeB OF live turkeys to be brought
Z here for the kosher poultry dealers
There were 100 carloads of live poul-
! Try at the LRckawanna yards at
Hoboken last night, nearly one-half
OF which were turkeys, ducks and
geese for Thanksgiving. The whole
sale market on live turkeys on Sat
, urday was from 45c- TO soc. a pound,
hut some OF the large dealers refused
! 10 pay over 46c-, and that will be
the ruling price.
Hebrew housewives should not be
charged more than SOC. a pound for
turkeys, while 4Sc n pound on fat
geese and soc. pound on fancy, fat,
= KOSHER dressed ducks is the limit
Fat fricassee chickens should not
cost over CSC. and roasting chickens
soc. TO 42c. a pound retail.
The Evening Worlds Fair Retail
Prices TO consumers will appear on
Tuesday and wednesday. when the
quoted prices will be based on the
prevailing Wholesale cost TO retailers.
The further declines in the whole
sale markets on beef. lamb, mutton
and veal are pretty generally re-
hected in the prices charged cor
! sumers. especially in the larger mar
Z gets. but in many neighborhoods
/ especially between 50th and 10th
Streets on the west side, the house
wife can save more money at present
by shopping around now than at any
Z other time for years; II is not un-
usual TO ind retailers selling the
Same grade and cuts of meat at a
7 difference OF cents a pound, and
-sOmetimes as much as 8 to 10 cents
q pound Trinii.Ang cuts Of meat Is
almost entirely abandoned and
shops are putting the entire steer
over the scale and very little goes
into the tub until after the meat Is
wei ghed and charged against the
consumer.
The dressed steers are mostly OF
medium grade and cost lie. to lSc.
IN the wholesale market, and some as
low as Ice. In neighborhoodB where
COW and common steer Def is used
the wholesale cost was not over l2c,
10 15c. a pound for the whole carcass,
2 The finest rib roast from medium,
steers should not cost consumers
z more than 85c., and many shops re
tailed the first cuts of rib roast al
sac. and the chucks at csc. TO SOC
Sirloins were retailed at 32c. to 34c.
while the range on porterhouse and