Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1910 — Help! 45,000,000 Eggs Are Imprisoned [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Help! 45,000,000 Eggs Are Imprisoned

hens of Illinois Indiana, Michigan and Ohio have since April laid 45,000,000 eggs for the cold storage man, according to farmers who have sold their producT to representatives of Chicago cold storage houses. The eggs will remain In the warehouses until the high prices of last winter are duplicated. Housewives feel that the usual corner in eggs will take place next year. South Water street commission merchants admitted that warehousemen have canvassed the four states for the last three months, buying up fresh eggs from the farmers and egg com-

missioners. “Chicago cold storage houses are filled with fresh eggs.” declared a merchant today, "and I have been told that 45,000,000 eggs are now stored away in warehouses, to remain there until next winter when the men who form the egg pool can demand high prices for the product.” The millions pf eggs bought up by the cold storage representatives will not be put on the Chicago markets for sale until there ten scarcity. — The eggs were purchased from the farmers at an average price of 13% to 24 cents a dozen. Two cents a dozen is added to cover insurance, storage costs, etc., which brings the total cost up to about 26 cents a dozen. If'the eggs can be retailed In Chicago next winter at 45 cents a dozen, at which they were sold last winter, there will be a profit of 19 cents a dozen or a total of something over $700,000. . ’