Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-27
GROCERIES SELL
FOR LESS THAN
MARKET STANDS


One Of the great differences in prices
was noted on Pillsbury xxx flour. The
Liberty Market advertised 1t at $135 for
Il twenty -four pound sack. Montani &
Co, in the market sold the same quantity
fer $1.90 and p. J. O'Mahoney & Son for
$1.85.
Baldwin and Greening apples were adj
vertisei at six pounds for % cents by tie
Liberty Market At Stand No. 1S1-1S4
! Greetings were selling at three pounds
for % cents; at Stand No. 600-G23 Green
ings were six pounds for rs cents; at
Stand No. 5O5-506 Baldwins were cents
per pound, straight, and Greetings four
pounds for % cents; at Stand No. 45S
| Greenings were two pounds for 10 cents,
or four pounds for % cents.
For 10 cents a dozen Sunklst lemons
could be purchased at Liberty Market
while the uniform price throughout the
market on Sunkist and Blue Goose lem
ems was 20 cents.
Florida sweet oranges were much
cheaper at the Liberty Market, where
the medium sized were advertised at 81
cents per dozen. Throughout the market
the Blue Goose brand in the same size
were 20 cents
CENTS PER POUND
DIFFERENCE IN CRACKERS.
While Taggart Yrk Butter crackers
were advertised at 10 cents per pound at
the Liberty Market the stand OF the Tag
CART Baking Company at the city market
sold them for a cents per pound. Other
SHAREHOLDERS said that the Taggart stand
was the only one at which Taggart York
Butter crackers could be purchased
If cranberries were desired to decorate
the cold remains Of the Thanksgiving
turkey for Sunday they could be pur-
chased at the Liberty Market for is
cents per pound. 1t was possible to buy
a much smaller and cheaper grade at
some market stands for IL cents; but
the same grade as sold at the Liberty
Market went for an average of Is cents
at the city market At Stand No. ia
they were Is cents; at stand No. 45O-451
they were Is cents or two pounds for
81 cents; at stand No. 1S1-1S4 Is and 20
cents; at stand No. 217-21S, 20 cents or
two pounds for 80 cents; at stand No
HAS Is cents, IS cents or two pounds
for - cents
Sugar prices showed a wide range in
side the market. The Liberty market ad-
vertised graduated sugar at 3 lbs for
80 cents. The cheapest price discovered
inside the market was at StNpd No. 1894
and Stand d, whore 1t was 10 cents per
pound. straight. Stand asked 10 cents.
Stand c, 10lAc; Stand No. II, 55 cents
for lbs
There was no difference between the
IS cents per pound price advertised on
Three + coffee by the Liberty market
and every city market stand at which
inquiry was made.
l.. S. Ayres & Co.'S grocery department
advertised the highest grade creamery
butter az 70 cents per h.. and a cheaper
grade at 81 cents. Stand No. Q had one
81 the recognized best grades at 20 cents,
but II was explained that this was pur-
chased before a drop In price, effective
within the last two or three days; Stand
No. 1874 had the same grade for GO
cents; Stand No. $3.50 had IL for 81 cents.
while Stand No. 10f-lO2 was selling one
grade for 63 cents and another for 20
cents.
BEGINS HUNT
FOR BACON.
4 The Eyres grocery advertised KinCan' 5
Porter" brand and Morris's "Matchless"
brand bacon for 30 cents per pound. The
meat department Of the city market was
/ seirched high and low and the only COM
/ peting price found was al Stand No. 3G3.
where n bacon. said by n clerk TO be of
/ the standholder's own cure, sold at 81
for lbs and NJ Stand No. 1876, where
own cure sold Tor ~ cents per 10.
I Klngan's Reliable" brcak fast bacon,
/ packed In fancy l III. cartons, was sold
D for 60 and G5 cents nj such market stands
as kent It. Stand No. 305 had this pack
I age for 60 cents. Stand No. 294 had its
own cure for 40 cents per ID, in the
chunk, and 30 cents sliced and trimmed
Stand No. SAT sold various Armour brands
FIR from 80 20 10 cents per H.; stand No.
2Go had Arnour's sliced for 30 cents
Stand No. 31J-3JG sold various brands for
! 30 cents: stand No. 800 had Kingan' :
( Reliable" not packed in cartons, at 80
cents. stand No. 80 offered one Of
Swift's brands for IS cents.
SHAREHOLDERS who were told that their
I prices were being compared with those
! OF the groceries. said they could not hope
to compete with chain groceries on
staples because the chain stores were
able 10 buy I'm mitch larger quantities ana
sell at prices less than the market stands
were able 20 buy at Neither Ayres nor
/ the Liberty Market are parts Of chain
systems.
The SHAREHOLDERS also forgot to men
/ tion that few Of their number pays more
( than SGI per year rent while the outside
/ groceries, must spend hundreds, some
/ 5Imes thousands, of dollars per year for
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