Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . ar pork 67 00 70 00 Beef, corned. Is 4 25 Tomatoes, 3s, standard, case 5 40 Raspberries. 2s. Ont., case 6 20 6 45 Peaches, 2s, standard case 4 40 Corn. 2s. standard case 5 00 Peas, standard, case 4 00 Apples, doz 4 50 Strawberries, 2s. Ont., case ... 6 00 6 20 Pork and beans, case 4 00 5 50 Salmon. Reds 15 50 Potatoes - New. native, barrel 3 25 3 50 Onions, Canadian, 75 lbs 2 00 Lemons. Messina, case 7 00 Oranges. California, case 6 00 9 00 Grapefruit, case 7 00 7 50 >•» PROTEST HIGH COLD STORAGERATES Wholesalers at Regina are protestinga
Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . ar pork 67 00 70 00 Beef, corned. Is 4 25 Tomatoes, 3s, standard, case 5 40 Raspberries. 2s. Ont., case 6 20 6 45 Peaches, 2s, standard case 4 40 Corn. 2s. standard case 5 00 Peas, standard, case 4 00 Apples, doz 4 50 Strawberries, 2s. Ont., case ... 6 00 6 20 Pork and beans, case 4 00 5 50 Salmon. Reds 15 50 Potatoes - New. native, barrel 3 25 3 50 Onions, Canadian, 75 lbs 2 00 Lemons. Messina, case 7 00 Oranges. California, case 6 00 9 00 Grapefruit, case 7 00 7 50 >•» PROTEST HIGH COLD STORAGERATES Wholesalers at Regina are protestingagainst the high cold storage rates effec-tive this spring. They are out of all pro-portion to rates in other cities, thewholesalers claim. Even allowing forhigher cost of operating here, the claimis made that the increased cost is notsufficient to justify the greatly increasedrates charged. Storage rates here foreggs are 20c and 15c, as compared with12c and 12M>e at Winnipeg and with13c and 9c at Montreal. Vpril 19, 1918 37. Harris Abattoir Co. Suffers Million Dollar Loss by Fire Part of the Plant Valued at Nearly a Million—Loss of Almost Half a Million Dollars in Goods Loaded for Shipment, or in Process—Margarine Plant Not Affected. FIRE which broke out in the HarrisAbattoir Companys plant, on Avenue, Toronto, on Tues-day evening, destroyed part of a plant,with a roughly estimated damage of amillion dollars, while the loss in the pro-ducts of the company will total half asmuch again. The fire started compara-tively early in the evening from somecause that has not yet been ascertained,and before it was under control it hadthe three-storey frame packing houseand the three-storey smoke room com-pletely destroyed, while the brick saus-age department was partially loading platforms, with its numbersof tracks, were also completely destroy-ed. The killing department and the large freezing and cooling plant that im-mediately adjoins the Iburned structu
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