Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1913 — CUT SALE PRICE OF APPLES [ARTICLE]

CUT SALE PRICE OF APPLES

Women Ask 5 Cents a Quart for Same Kind Grocers Sell at 12 and 15 Centa. New York. —A big cut tn the price of apples was announced by Mrs. Julian Heath of the housewires* league At the Queensboro Bridge Market Baldwin apples, such as retailers hare been asking from 12 to 15 cents a quart for, were placed on sale at 5 cents a. quart Mrs. Heath, who conducted the sale In person, sees an entirely new situation in the matter of the high price of apples. It Is the retailer, she says, who Is keeping up the price this time. So, tn addition to selling the apples at the Queensboro market a campaign will be made all the week among the retailers in the hope of getting them to come down with the price.