Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-12

and sold at % cents alive at the pens. Old
cured western hams have been entirely sold out
Lard is high. ''Pork might be higher" said the
dealer, but at the present prices there is not
much being exported There is apt TO be plenty,
therefore. for home consumption. and prices. |
think, viii not be much higher than now"
POULTRY AND EGGS.
The pouftrymen say that there is little or NO
change in the usual prices. An egg dealer who
was spoken to did not anticipate any great rise
in the price OF eggs. Last winter eggs brought
% cents dozen. Now they are selling at from
80 to 35 cents.
VIEWS OF COMMISSION MERCHANT.
commission merchant who watches the
general markets very carefully was asked his
views on the situation and said: 81 do not take
much stock in this talk Of scarcity. Our coun-
try is too big for that 1t is the gambling In the
necessaries of life that puts up the prices The
poor have to suffer on that account. There is
another thing that consumers have to suffer,
and that is the
OUTRAGEOUS DEMANDS OF THE RAILROAD CoMPA-
MES.
1t costs as much to get produce from western
New York to Washington as it does to ship
from England. The New York Central railroad
last year delivered New York apples in Liver
pool at the same rates that the same apples
were delivered here. The freight rates from
Rochester to New York city are lust one half of
what they are from Rochester to Washington.
The people Of Washington are paying q good
deal more Ortheir produce on this account than
they ought. Why
POTATOES ARE BEING SHIPPED NOW FROM IRE
LAND TO NEW YORK.
They have been in the New York markets for
more than month. They are brought from
Ireland at 10 cents abushel 1t costs US Is cents
bushel to get potatoes from western New York
The freight rates from Europe are so cheap that
l see some one in Liverpool has contracted to
lay potatoes down in New York for 40 cents a
bushel He buys them in Ireland for Is cents.
BEANS ARE BEING BROUGHT FROM GERMANY,
although many are shipped across the country
from California. There is no real scarcity, con-
tinued the commission merchant; this rise is
all due to speculation. Some one tried to make
a corner in beans little while ago, and the
prices went up, but it broke, and they are cheap
again. Rufus Hatch went to the produce ex-
change In New York, a little while ago, and
bought half million bushels of corn. Every
body believed that there was to be corner and
prices went up, upon which he sold out. Some
people think they can get up corners i'm produce
but they find soon that supplies keep coming in
which they have not the means to control, and
prices go down."
The APPLE CROP.
''The Virginia apple CROP has been good, said
wholesale produce dealer, $50 we have had
apples cheaper here than in other parts of the
country, but that supply is about given out. 1t
Is not bearing year in other parts of the
country. 1t is hard to get New York and Ohio
apples. I understand most of the supply is con-
sumed right in New York city. Cider is high too
What we paid IL and Is cents for last year we
have to give 20 cents for now. man who
lives in Garfield's old home. in Ohio has been in
the habit of making cider for me. Finding
there were no apples in Ohio he went early to
Michigan, leased mills and prepared to go to
work. have just received word from him that
there are no apples there. Cranberries are
scarce, too. and they want more for them in Bos-
ton than we can get for them here.
THE CATTLE SUPPLY.
A well-te do farmer, of Loudon county, Va,
who ships his produce all over the east was
interviewed by The STAR man on the same gen.
eral subject.
ut has been very hard year on farmers" he
said. ''They have lost heavily on their cattle
The loss is in the weight as well as the quality
Cattle generally fatten in September and OctO-
Der, but the pastures were burned up by the
drOuth, so they had to feed them on long feed
at a time when they are usually pastured In
good seasons cattle in Virginia are pastured as
late, very often, as the first of December The
farmers lose from Sc to $40 head on their cattle
on this account, and were forced to sell by lack
of means to keep them during the winter
The western cattle men are not much
better off, 30 you can look for very
high prices during the winter. Maryland
and Virginia both suffered severely by the
drouth. LoudOn did not suffer as much as other
counties, for we had rains there in September
and had very good corn crop. The lower
counties suffered most. The farmers there have
had to buy corn. There is no hay to sell, for the
farmers have to feed it to their stock and the
wheat crop In Virginia is very Short
PRICES LAST YEAR AND THIS.
In the lists given below an opportunity is
Afforded Of comparing the prices asked at the
present time for leading staples in the provision
and produce markets with those asked a year
ago IN the same grades The quotations used
are those Of the general wholesale market:
1880 1881
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