Deseret Evening News | 1910-06-18 | Page 7 | Farmers Not Responsible for High Cost of Living

FARMERS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGH COST OF LIVING A wholesale product produce pro lIlI dealer cleoler In Sew New NewYork ew York yle sends the followIng statement to time lilt New Sel York Times This shows the difference between the wholesale and antI retail prices J for ro or tho the W k ending Slay May 28 antI and am ulo milso ul shows shola how little of ot the till con on consumers sumers umfra dollar can reach the farmer producer luce WHOLESALE QUOTED PRICES S S Strawberries 00 Strawberries s t F a w t b e c r rles to Oc a n box Wholesale do to 10 1 toe lOc Jerseys c to 10 toC lot lOc per Ie quart C Delaware Sid hl and I c to toSo toPo toSo So Po Norfolk tan fun fancy taney cy ey C IC to So Sc Pineapples SIc ac Pineapples Sc to 10 toto toto to 10 euch ISo Porto Poto Rico 40 10 to tic lie Cuba Ie 3 to lV Rc Florida fc 6 to lOc 0 So 2 to 10 aeh lOc bc Florida fan fancy fane cy e to 10 cm Florida straight 13 22 to Florida la small sinai to j S 2 Cull Call California fornia Cornia IW to 10 S 4 Porto HIM SUO to tS 8 3 Cuba SISO to 10 SO 50 Apples A I O j tr r Apples per doz dox Newtown box 7 to tn 10 dozen anti Arkansas to 10 tile the box hick Black B Asparagus Oc to Asparagus 16 to 10 Oe per pc bunch So tier per dozen extra Hunt Giant t 75 to 10 4 These Th are a r seldom sold old to shopkeepers Spinach Wo 00 per pe er Spinach ZOr SOe to tn Ole COc half hair peck pek Per x r barrel hArrel 21 JI half I pecks ecks to tho the bar barrel mel rel le Oreen cabbage Green cabbage 2 t lOc 10 each ich to 10 st per pP barr barrit or 0 cr erR crate tn of ut 60 10 o to toto 60 to ge Tomatoes ia c per pcr f i to I ll hi lit S flite le 24 to I th crate Cucumbers IDe Cucumbers tl SI 1 to I each per TO ro 0 to 10 hers bern I lie l I 1 SUO to apiece all e jK 1 per tr r crate rU M 0 to 60 00 lower c tl It to Midi ier half hair bar barrel ba eel rel about SO 80 flowers I three tl I 1 per PI 10 hunches fo Co o lOt lOc hunches hs Bermuda 13 11 P e r m ii 1 ii a and nati lou Florida new nr 10 o j Itlo now how no potatoes 1 Ola la tONI UK Hoe a T aquart i t S 2 to III Sf 4 per pr hati hl quart ret rel aboUt a ut M So nr or Si 2 Ii bushels Sweet 1 Street ni Li i tOe lOc 10 u II most mt It In to I tl SI 1 per I r b bas hot kt 30 31 lo to I 40 0 quarts These e wholesale fiur do tb not hot represent enl ent what the Ih and guy r denorn rl h Out of these prin pIo H a must come contI mid X I mind and upp turn were sere w made iliad on the sales salos nt mit these 1110 the wholesale prices TIO l Items cover cOP or more incur or of Ihl Now No N ow how much or mf the spent for ro these articles artIcle does docs the farm farmer er Cr