Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . d oats, bbl Beans, yellow-eyed Beans, Canadian, white .... Rice, Siam, cwt Sago and tapioca, lb Sugar— Standard, granulated No. 1 yellow Cheese, , twins Eiiiis. case 0 35 Breakfast bacon Butter, creamery, per lb. ... Butter, dairy, per lb Butter, tub Margarine Lard, pure, lb Lard, compound American clear pork 60 00 Beef, corned, Is Tomatoes, 3s, standard, case Raspberries, 2s, Ont. case Peaches, 2s, standard case Corn, 2s, standard case Peas, standard, case Apples, doz Strawberries, 2s, case Salmon, Red, spring, cases Pinks Cohoes Chums E
Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . d oats, bbl Beans, yellow-eyed Beans, Canadian, white .... Rice, Siam, cwt Sago and tapioca, lb Sugar— Standard, granulated No. 1 yellow Cheese, , twins Eiiiis. case 0 35 Breakfast bacon Butter, creamery, per lb. ... Butter, dairy, per lb Butter, tub Margarine Lard, pure, lb Lard, compound American clear pork 60 00 Beef, corned, Is Tomatoes, 3s, standard, case Raspberries, 2s, Ont. case Peaches, 2s, standard case Corn, 2s, standard case Peas, standard, case Apples, doz Strawberries, 2s, case Salmon, Red, spring, cases Pinks Cohoes Chums Evaporated apples, per lb 0 18 Peaches, per lb Potatoes-Native, barrel 2 Onions. Bermuda 2 Do., Texas 2 Lemons, Cal., Messina, case 9 Oranges, California, case 6 Grapefruit, case 6 Pineapples 7 00 Bananas, per lb 0 08 12 0512 05 14 50 3 900 90 11 7510 009 50 10 350 19 9 20 8 700 250 370 400 440 420 380 330 32%0 27%63 00 4 25402040000000 6 20 15 00 11 0014 00 8 500 190 19 3 003 003 0010 00 9 00 7 00 8 000 08> June 21, 1918. 35. General Store Handles Produce at Loss? An Interesting Letter From a Western General Merchant Exemplifies the Way the Produce Handling System is Operating Against the Merchants Interest —What Can be Done to Remedy Situation? THE following letter was writtenby a Manitoba general merchantto a wholesale grocer in is voicing a complaint which has beentroubling retail merchants for manyyears, and the wholesale trade in Winnipeg think it time that something wasdone in order to protect the country re-tail merchant from paying exorbitantprices to farmers for butter and letter reads as follows: I beg you to try your best tosell these eggs for a good pricebecause I paid for them 33 cents perdozen. I am writing you this specialletter to explain to you the profitswe have on the egg business. I begyou to be so kind just to figure upall the expenses we have before wedeliver the eggs to the wholesalerswarehouse. This shipment eggs cost me 33c a
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