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l- -j- t tkt georgetown herald wednesday jan 14th 1948 x editors corner the lowly cabbage in the umellgrft j the cabbage on f our basic vegetables i having its day in fact news about this succulent mem ber of the vegetable world is on a par with the abdica tion of king michael of rumania the arabjfcwiah clashes in palestineand the discovery of oil at tilbury if we can judge frorn the prominence accorded it in current issues of the daily newspapers and vhat has- of course which has been caused by an iflartiestriftjon impp bot jawjo shipments froiqri the unte4 stated and pti- vseuent bittagpf supply yfiich cannot iuifjl the pre- ientdetnanck j l- in -order- to trace thvtpry from its spurce havafced qick licata but iocalvveable and- fruit impressario to fcpllaborate prtan item which 7 fclrfor up a few ppints of conjecture irt the reader a mind more particularly about cabbages but also some gen eralizatians on the fresh fruitand vegetable business as affected by the import bans v in ontario the main distributing centre for fruits and vegetables both ddmesticand imported- is the toronto wholesale fruit market most commodi ties are sold on commission some are bought outright and resold whejr commission goods are not available toronto being the largest market brings the most and the biggest buyers to the metropolis wholesalers and retailers travel there in truck and tractor trailers from as far as north bay windsor niagara falls a k ton for this reason toronto is the pulse for price- setting of fruits and vegetablesin ontario arid this price like everything else adheres more or less rigidly to the law of supply and demand 7 rr yr- jprices set in fall season in october and november root vegetables be gin to be brought in from the fielda they are stored either in outside pits rootcellars or in cold storage to use cabbage as a representative of the vegetable world when supplies are plentiful the price is usually set at 60c to 75c a case according to quality then as the season advance prices increase so that by january the price is generally ground lorwhen imported cab bages begin to arrive in that month the demand for the old domesticproduct falls off to nil and prices drop to as low aa 50c a crate or they are dumped back on the fielda aa fertilise- any grower who happens to have stocks on hand stands to lose heavily so much are we dependent on our american neighbour that beginning in december our consump tion pfim ported v isj0 per increasing by april to 100 per centt the imporriianretfective november 1 5th came at the worst possible time cab bages selling the previous day for 125 a case were- boosted to 250 the same with every other vegetable affected wild speculatfonspriceadvances and pro fiteering wasexperienced the following week by the toronto wholesale market as vegetable stocks are usually on hand i week ahead the- wholesaler prof iteered the farmer reaped none df the increase as soon as stocks 6n hand were used up supplies were deple ted toatvautimejowjlpnet from th tim on the grower held the reinsand thewholesayerpaying the highest price got the goods with cabbages at the pre sent time selling for 450 to 550 a case the growers are getting the extra prdfita not the wholesaler or re tailer why prices vary there are always differences in costprice of similar articles which reflects itself in the selling price if the retailer purchases direct from the farmer his cost might be 10c a pound and if bought from a wholesaler 12c a pound the retail price would thus vary from 13c to 15c a sixpound cabbage could then sell for anywhere from 78c to 90c depending on where the re tailer made his purchase on the same market there could be small or soft cabbages weighing a pound or less selling for as low as 10c our jdaily newspapers have been guilty of sen sational journalism in their comparisons with prices at torontos st lawrence market and the hamilton mar ket with higher prices in retail stores they have not pointed out the proper picture that these markets are supplied by small farmers and hucksters with profit motive and thatjpurchasers are not regular customers but a transient trade atjeast half the merchandise on these markets is of inferior quality left over after tradespeople have- purchased for their stores reporters covering these markets have not included this impor tant item of quality in their stories one might by the same token- make misleading comparisons between a four dollar shirt and a dollar fifty shirt a steak and a pot roast merchants deserve confidence with publication of sensational stories which distort the true picture daily newspapers have put the legitimate merchant in a positipruoivhere he cornea in fat much unjustifiable criticism common sense would tall us that merchant with an established business panics too much his customer relationship profiteer at their expense market hucksters tan gim away with thlf beca of die transient nature of their trade for jhara are always new buyera in search of bargains and clarification needed the latest statement quoted from ottawa by hon douglas abbott is that the fruit and vegetable ban will be continued throughout the winter this dock not go far enough it will be necessary for otta wa to deteirrnine a longrange policy in order that gro wers 5n both sides of the border may plantheir crops accordingly j impost bans are to be maintained into next winter it would mean the american grower must t either seek another market or cut dowrr onhis produc- tion of banned items and the cana grower v safely increase his production if bothparties clo thts rand the ban is later lifyedbit will mean trjnt fheire will ije a shortage of imported vegetable ajrtd consumers will le pay infy high priccsfor aninfeiibrl storage pror duct which itself willbe scarce for we cannot expect all our dameaticgrowerstq take- too get a riskvvith- put- aasurance from tne pbtr80i5rce thatcopditidns noticharige na4 i theuimfc for- the coiintfys ec- oriomy to be- plannedrin order to avoid repetition of a situation yhioh- has i lilt every wnsumer wheje it hurts t square in the centrfe of the pocket book mp conservatioifilnis presented by cartings conservation club colour sound legion rooms the gtolpllowjn herald ttnrinf 1hr linmninnltlss of v georqetown glemwirrxms tjorvau umehousc hoftnby stewarttown ashcrove bauutnafad terra cotta w i subuription kate 260 a year single copies be i advertuinff rates quoted on pplicatioh walter c b1ehn pabluher and editor garfiold lmcgilvray stafp lealie 1c curk hu droomhead harold d corey herrinston jcy 7thc horald is jnintod uucli wedneaday afternoon at the office oa st cicorgtwnauthormtid aa second class mall hoat office dent ottawa v rmimbeils- or the cdnaillah ycokly ifowspapcia association and tei ontariavrjdoboc dlvlsipn ofthe cwjjv i aummtwmrimtm 845 pm friday january 16 everybody welcome tom hewson representing willoughby real estate agency hudson cars rep trucks woods electrical equipment milkers 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