New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-05

tho dark for time after their fan.
All dealers who have bought az high price will Of
course do their uttemost 70 avoid selling NJ lower one
and the tendency for retail prices, after uation
not to return their normal level I'll long after whole
sale nrces have done The rates OF the whole saer
who deals with business men, and whose profit
sale IL Influenced directly by the ruling quotation, are
but the myriads Of small retailers who pass unnoced
enabled to keep their prices up long after
larger and more conspicuous merchants nave reduced
theirs Of the best illustrations OF TINS state OF thngs
the loaf OF wheat bread, when IN more Easily HpC
from the fact that It has no regular stand
ard OF size weight, and dehes quota
Every baker has his own rnic Tor t ne
size and price his loaf some change the cost Ol te
article by increasing the price, others Dy rsseb Ino
loaf While material was gong np-nour ~ par
cular-loayes grew smaller or prices larger toncues
both very fast But now that -four II down TO about
half the maximum price, loaf when waS !. nm ~ seya
In "a cannot he found anywhere Tor less IMAM scEen
cents and in proportion OF families are erN'u
with bread at exactly the same prices as IN fns han
now II needless TO remark that this peculiar sse VI
things bad one, 1t fayors the rch VINO can Duy
large quantities Of large dealers, ahd initiates "e"'
the poor, who must buy in a small way ,.,,..o,
the of the needfu clothes and OF the
BILE Shoes the situation II but little better foek coat
which $40 in March '6j costs at least 80 III harcn
70 vest which then cost Sc now costs pantaioons
then SI2 are now s. OveTcoat marked goo theh 10
marked $40 now and other articles OF clothing are re-
duced in about the ratio. Ready-made Doot5 anu
made outside OF this city are II TO 20 per cent lower
now than then but cymade work is really not reduced
all Indarubbers are little higher than ever SHOES
made to order are not a particle lover IL.
is making usurous profits none are entirely independ
foruitous circumstances put prices higher than the
state OF the market would seem to warrant mus tio
tailors and cothiers would have brought down their
prices very much lower If labor had continued at the
prices of three years Skilled labor IN that
branch having advanced the past about 10 per
cent II has impossible to lower the manufactured
garments i'm proporton with the decline OF material
similar rise in labor is alleged the excuse FOR the
high price OF shoes. Leather has come down consider
ably, and work made out OF the Guy Is SOLO at
a reduced rate IN consequence; but the triumphant
unions have raised 80 high that ~ Is almost
impossible the makers to sell city goods made 10
order at less than the highest prices How the pro-
dncors and vegetables would explain their seem
ngy exorDitant charges 1t Ia difficult TO though
they also could undoubtedly find very plausible eXpaLa
tons Taking ali these things, however, said IN good
faith the vast disparity between the fall in gold and the
fall IN the neeessaries OF life still remains argu-
ment unanswered and neutrality-suspicious. that
prices the whole are arncally held up, ana should
and must como down.