. Canadian grocer January-March 1918. e. Competitive Buying Sent Prices ScaringThere was also a very large amountof red and stemmy corn which is veryundesirable, and when this became ap-parent to the broom manufacturers anddealers, there was a rush to secure thebetter and loneer ctops, with the resultthat instead of prices going down ashad been anticipated, thev went up vervrapidly, and corn showing any lengthor quality could not V»e bought for lessthan from $400 to $500 per ton. Thismeans from 20 to 25 cents per poundfor corn in the fieds, and when thereis added to this a freight rafe of abou
. Canadian grocer January-March 1918. e. Competitive Buying Sent Prices ScaringThere was also a very large amountof red and stemmy corn which is veryundesirable, and when this became ap-parent to the broom manufacturers anddealers, there was a rush to secure thebetter and loneer ctops, with the resultthat instead of prices going down ashad been anticipated, thev went up vervrapidly, and corn showing any lengthor quality could not V»e bought for lessthan from $400 to $500 per ton. Thismeans from 20 to 25 cents per poundfor corn in the fieds, and when thereis added to this a freight rafe of aboutWa cents per pound and 7% per cent,war tax, it can readilv be seen thatbroom prices must rule very hi<rh. It was difficult for anyone who didnot visit the broom corn market in theWest to understand how prices couldsoar skvward so rapidlv after he hadbeen advised for some time that therewould be a large crop, and that priceswould be lower, but those who visited(Continued on page 39) February 8, 1918. C A X A I) IAN C, HOC E I! 21. An imposing array of small canned goods and other foods specially adapted for use in boxes to be sent to soldiers overseas, in the OverseasGoods Department of the Jackson & Son grocery, Guelph, Ont. I he view of the Jackson store shown herewith illustrates the extent ofshelf room devoted to the Overseas Department and the maximum dispay value secured in the arrangement. Selling Overseas Goods by Display Jackson Bros., Guelph, Have Established a Reputation For Themselves in This Line —One Hundred Tasty and Suitable Articles to Choose From — Keeping the Department Moving Stimulates Interest. A FEATURE department which hasgrown into a more or less perm-anent fixture in the JacksonBros, store in Guelph, Ont., is the over-seas goods section. Located in the cen-tre of a district which has respondedwell to the call of the army, Guelphoffers a particularly fruitful field fortrade in the specialties which are re-quired to finish off the parcel to theso
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