Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-10-22

ipw MUcii HAS N BEEN REDUCED by LARt


nov sIucH HAS n BEEN REDUCED BY LARGE HAn
rr yEsTs AND aLUrTEp MARKETS.
l. From the Springfield Republican,
| !, It is interesting to DISCERN at this season o
large harvests and sluttsa markets just how
much benefit the consumer has from the reluc
ton in tile expense OF living, There ought tt
be, and We believe there has been, a considera.
BILE reduction. 1t IL difficult for each family tc
see this perhapa but II ia probably quite appre.
ciable by those whose monthly or anr,la
surplus depends upon the saving OF II barrel OF
| -four or n webb of sheeting Most families iii
the middle rank Of life have contracted habits
of expenditure which render them ilisensible to
reductions in tho cost of tho necessarieb. Such
only realize diminution of the ontgo, they
are able to cut oil some considerable eXttava-
gance, such as vacation trip, team, or ex-
pensive social habits.
In the necessaries of life, rent is the irrt con-
siderahon, and it ia generally lower for bigli-
priced tnnements, hut not much lower, we ap-
, preheni, for cheap tGnements, for which the
demand never fails. In food, tioIr has fallea
20 per cent on the cheaper grades and fully 20
per cent. on all, making srednction Of about s2
a barrel No. spring Milwaukee wheat, quoted
year ago IN New York at aI.42, il now quoted
at sl.lO, reduction of almost exactly 80 per
cent. Corn on tile other hand has risen fully
80 per cent. and salt pork ia 25 per cent. higher
than it was last year.
HNsttS III SeHtiNi siDW NJ Fctititlivu. tfID-
ceres and farm produce are almost the same,
but tue reduction in the price of tin makes a
sensible reduction in all canned goods. which
are entering more and more into consumption.
Another evidence Of the reduction in the cost OF
food is the reappeaiance of respectable restar-
rants, which offer hearty dinner for 35 and
even 20 cents,
There IL marked reduction in tile cost of
wearing apparel. lteady-made clothing is tha
apparel of the multitude OF men. By its means
Al.
the iine of machinery and the division of labor
in large manufactures renders possible in the
Wholesale construction of clothing. This I'M
portant staple has now reached II point not
much, il any, higher than the prices paid before
the war.
In the other departments of dry goods there
has been considerable fall. Raw cotton is l615
cents at. New York, or lower than it has been at
all since the war. The jobbers' quotations of
sheetings for September were II cents, against
IL, last year, Is in 1858, and 10 in 1854 Merri-
mack prints lOl4, aganst l2 cents last year, 16
i'll 1868, and 10 III 1864 corset jeans about the
same spool cotton 70, against 72 last year, ITO
in 1868 and 200 in 1864 delaines have been 20
cents for some years, tie price before the war
being about l6. These goods enter largely into
consumption, supplying the underclothing aud
bod-cothing OF the people, besides vast pro-
portion of the apparel Of women.
There is an equal reduction in the small wares
Of dry goods, ribbons and trimmings. Much of
Euls feuuctOh ID neutral2eu by the prevalence
of fashions which demand for Il dress pattern
about double the number Of yards formerly re-
qnired ; but perhaps this ilorid development Of
the dress (or moro properly speaking, OF the
gown is compensated for by the disuse of addl-
tional outer garments. The reduction on all
lines Of dry goods since September /, 1873, is
estimated at from 10 to % per cent. by the most
intelligent dealers. Boots and shoes have not
varied much, we believe, nor have household
furnishings.
To :ecapituate, there is reduction i'll rents
of the higher class, a considerable reduction in
important staples of food and reduction in cio-
thing and all dry goods to nearly ante war prices
This is one Of the alleyiatips circumstances of II
season which, III spite Of all ''hollerng TO the
CATTLE is going to continue dull, Even at these
reductions of prices we have important mann-
facturss going upon two thirds production
These oft-repeated periods of cnrtailed produe-
ton point to but one result, which, it seems to
us, mil-managers and mill-employes may as well
face first ms last, such feadiustment Of wages
and of prices az shall insure M adequate market
and constant employment.