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 of produce this morning for about two dollars and seventy-five cents. That is, I save about one dollar and twenty-five cents on what you'd pay to the grocer on your block, or your regular butcher. But it takes two hours of my time, and then we can't tell how long these city markets will last. If they are to be open in winter, the city will have to lay floors of concrete, my husband says, and provide better protection all round. That means the city will have to charge the dealers for rent, and then—up will go the prices. Seems like you have to pay somebody his price or give a lot of yourself in saving."

"It is discouraging," said Mrs. Larry. "The chief trouble I have is in taking care of goods in quantity after I buy them. You have no cellar or pantry in an apartment-house. There are closets and bins enough in my kitchen, but winter and summer it's too hot, vegetables and fruit spoil."

"And that eats up what you save going to market. Buying in small quantities comes high. Now if a lot of women could go together and buy and then divide up, they could save money."