The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09

the county money in the banks at
1s % Understanding to the US
urers about $4,000 the year of
the taxpayers money.
When The Producers News tells
the facts, these boys get sore and
boycott.
Now take the hardware stores.
for instance. They don't sell an
articles for much less than 1000
and hundreds of articles at 5000.
Plentywood people and Sheridan
county farmers have been paving
these prices for years.
Now of course they are MARKING
down and they will mark down
some more before the mess thew
are now in is over.
The writer was looking over the
prices advertised for groceries in
weekly paper in Minnesota. Take
the paper from Alexandria. Min
nesota: Here are some prices: com.
pare them with Plentywood prices!
Is it any wonder that farmers in
Sheridan county send to Savage
for their groceries instead of buy
ing in Plentywood?
Prices at Alexandria last Satur-
day:
Oranges, fine, big and juicy. one
cent each; Pork and Beans. Van
Camps or Campbell's, 8 cans for
% cents; Corn, fancy golden. 2
can sfOr 25c; Dates, fancy bulk. ?
lbs. for 25c; Lard in cartons. two
lbs. for 23c; Coffee, lib package,
steel cut, Csc; oranges, extra
large juicy ones, dozen 29c;
Another Store
Peanut butter, 2-fb quart lar 35
cents; soap, Big A, white naptha
10 bars for 29c: Hershey's cocoa
18-tb can Ice; Shelled walnuts. q
pound, ga cents; Cocoanut, Dun
hams's A-fb pkg. 1Oc; 1a-fb pkg.
19c; Coffee, Folger's steel cut, a
pound Al cents.
Wheat at Alexandria is: No. /
hard 5Sc; No. 2, 55c; No. 8, SOC:
barley 25c; oats Ice; flax s1.27;
butter, cash, zoe; trade 24e; eggs
16c.
At Kolstad's clothing store: All
overcoats at u of regular marked
price; fine dress shirts, regular
1925 value, $1.29.
National Tea Co. prices: Soda
crackers Sweet Girl, 2-fb box 25c
block salt Acc; soap, Peg 10 bar:
29c; National milk, 8 tall cans 25c
pink salmon, 3 tall cans 45c; corr
meal, yellow or white 5-tb bag FOL
23c; Quaker oats, large package
19c; head lettuce, big head, Toe
fancy fresh spinach 3 lbs for 23c
Van Camps or Campbell's beans
or soup, 3 cans for 25c.
Johnson's Grocery: Tomato souE
| Campbell's, 8 for 23c; R. and S
supreme coffee, pound SIC; whea
cereal 15c; rice, fancy, 15c; corr
peas, tomatoes, Mayflower No.
cans, 8 for 29c; navy beans, Mich
igan hand picked, 8 pounds for q
cents; Old Dutch Cleanser = fol
15c; milk, Jack Sprat, larg,
cans 25c; macaroni, spaghetti o.
noodles, Jack Sprat, 4 pkgs. 23c
Pineapples, Jack Sprat. whole sic
es 21a cans, 27c; soap chips 19c
prunes. large, 80 to 40 size. 2 lbs
for 25c; Sterling malt, large can
49c; yellow onions 10 pounds fo,
19c; Is OF. jug, Jack Sprat, con
and maple syrup, both for 45c
candy jelly beans 1Oc per pound.
J Z Hardware: 10 of. tin pail 1Oc
12-qt. gal pail Zoe; 1896 floo
mat 10c; flash light batteries SC
lcups, saucers, platters and bowl
l0c; Aluminium kettle soc; tin cup
II for sc; enamel stew pans 1Oc
bread pan SC; colored alarm clock
89c; house broom 39c; coat hang
ers 5 for DC; clothes pins, so 70
ten cents.
Dry goods: 70x80 blankets, cot
ton, 69c; Jersey gloves per pair Il
cents; mems work pants soc; chill
dren's cotton stockings 10 cents
children's bloomers 25c; children
} rayon and cotton hose 25c.
Another grocery: Sunkist orang
es good size, doz. 26c; Amaiz
syrup, golden half gallons 29c; ga
SOC; Sunlight jelly powder, all fla
vors, 8 pkgs. 19c; Gold Dust, larg
pkge. 19c; sauer kraut, two ~
, cans for % cents; McMurray's va
nilla 2 OF. bottle &c; 6 OF. bottl
% cents; Libby's Rose Dale labe
peaches or apricots 215 can 23c.
The above prices indicate wha
the consumers pay in Minnesot
towns for the things which the,
must use every day. Now below /
printed the advertised prices O
/ Plentywood grocers:
Spaghetti, 2 cans for Csc; oven
! baked beans, B & NJ 8 cans for q
cents; Home Brand Jello per pkg
z cents; Mixed vegetables, No.
! can he; oranges, good size 8 do7
CSC; Blue Flame Coffee, BIB ca
: $1.50, together with china cup an
saucer, or plate; Picked pigs feet
per lb. 15c; whipping cream, pric
not advertised. This store also ha
ripe tomatoes, new cabbage, grape
lettuce and sweet potatoes bu
! does not confide the price to tn
; public-just a little ashamed o