M'UDIES IN K(i(, MARK I. TING 823 



ANALYSIS OF RETAIL PRICE OF EGGS IN NEW YORK CITY 



Producer's price $0.20 $0.20 



Shipper's charges : 



(a) Labor in collection and packing . .005 

 (6>) Cases, fillers, and packing . . .0073 



(c) Transportation charges to city . .0106 .023 



Commission for handling 01 .01 



Jobber's charges : 



(a) Cartage from dock to store. . . .00133 



(6) Candling and grading 00666 



(c) Storage and insurance 016 



(</) Jobber's profit and charges . . .01 



(e) Delivery to the retailer 004 .038 



Retailer's charges : 



(a) Operating expenses, io^> . . . .0271 



(b) Retailer's profit, 5% .01497 .042 



Price paid by consumer, #0.313 . . . $0.313 



In the light of such information as the writer has been able 

 to secure, certain modifications would have to be made in the 

 above table in order to reflect the operations and charges in the 

 Twin Cities. The commission man's margin of one cent per 

 dozen would not appear in a statement for the latter markets 

 since the jobber's returns cover the profits of the only inter 

 mediary between the country merchant and the city retailers. 

 Modifications would also need to be made under what is termed 

 shipper's charges. 1 ; ese are largely handled by the country 

 keeper in the Twin City territory, and the practice of the 

 latter, as already stated, is to pay the fanner as much as is 

 cd from the jobber after deducting proportionate expenses 

 for transport and other necessary items. 



While the above-mentioned differences would make the middle- 

 man charges less, there are otlu i which operate in the 

 opposite direct imi. Twin City dealers place the ( \jx?nse and loss 

 on candling and grading at twice the amount shown in the above 

 table. The higher figure is declared necessary in order to candle 

 eggs when they are placed in storage and again \\hen they arc 

 taken out of storage and placed in new fillers. The ditierence 



