Last week R returned to the calendar. To squeamish folk who believe the ancient adage of the inedibility of oysters in summer (R-less) months, it was a signal to start gulping them again. To oystermen, who indulge the superstition to conserve oysters through their spawning season, it was a signal that the 1940-41 oyster season was ona season in which they saw a chance to make big money for the first time in nine years.
Prices were $7~$8 a barrel ($1 a bbl. above 1939), might hit $9. From 1935 to 1938 they had sagged...
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