Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1910 — FOREIGN EGGS HERE. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN EGGS HERE.

Duty Five Cents a Dozen, but Still They Keep Coming. There is a duty of 5 cents a dozen upon foreign eggs coming ~ into this country. That was pui on presumably in order to protect the American bac from the competition ot the pauper hens of Europe. Be that as it may. we. the consumers, being restricted to the products of the aforesaid American hen. have been paying very steep prices for our eggs. Either the American hen is not doing her duty or t here must be biding somewhere underground millions of eggs that ought to be in the market. Meanwhile spine of the wholesale dealers have begun to rebel against the cold storage niongpolists and have begun to import egss from Europe, it is estimated that 1,000.900 dozens of these eggs reavtns! New York the oth er week ’ They are sold here wholesale at; 22 ceiits a dozen, whereas the cold storage eggs cost 25 to .30 cents a dozen So that, after paying the duty, the importers are still able to sell them cheaper than the home laid eggs and make a profit If these European eggs, which are said to be better than cold storage eggs, continue to be sold here what frill the < > l.i storage gentlemen do? Will they g> to congress and’demand .an extra 5 cents duty on the ground that they are being iiffured by .unfair f reltrti compeli;ton? People who permit a tariff am eggs deserve an egg famine ~ ’ Patronize The Democrat’s Job Department for best printing at lowest prizes. Call and see!