The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-02


same. Inferior descriptions are boing
offered as low as pence loaf, and
the trade admits that it has never
known a time when bread was so
cheap. On best buffers and also on
bacon there is reduction of half
penny per pound. Sugar, which is no
longer luxury but necessity of the
first Importance, has,
ing its already low value-fallen in
price penny per pound, and even
more, for grocers seem to rival one
another in almost giving away sugar
as an inducement to purchasers of
their tea. Seven pounds for pence
may be had, but this price means that
it is sold at loss. Three half pence
a pound for manufactured sugar re-
turns slight profit to the retailer.
Sugar being abundant has led to the
cheapness Of jams, two-pound pot
being IL pence less than formerly.
Strawberry is an exception. Marina
lade, in consequence of the deficiency
of the orange crop, is, however, dearer,
but is likely to be cheap again at
that cheap jam, so far, has affected the
demand for butter. No great con-
sumption is generally looked for until
the homemade stock is exhausted.
Best eggs from France and Italy are
Is per the great hundred Q20) cheap
er by Wholesale, and proportionately
so in retail. Timed meats have be-
come almost unsaleable, one or two
unfortunate poisoning cases having
created prejudice against them.
They are, of course. cheap. Coffee and
tea have not materially changed, so
far as the private individual is con-
cerned. Housewives in such articles
as soap and soda have to expend less
now than last November. Primrose
soap has declined 5s per hundred, or,
by retail, about halfpenny per
pound. Beer, wines, and spirits av-
being that as hops are plentiful there
is an improvement in the quality.
Grocers and oilmen generally are of
the opinion that the public like buy
ing in smaller quantities, notwith-
stan ding that more is to be had for
the money
On clothing of nearly every descrip-
ton there is considerable ed1ction,
especially by the large houses which
have obtained speedy success by buy
ing for cash, and being content with a
settled percentage of profit. These
extensive concerns are able to mark
their goods in complete correspond
ence with the falling trade quotations,
but small retailers, who obtain long
credit under the .'dating" system, are
often entirely in the hands of the
wholesale house supplying them, and
market. A very heavy decline, to the
extent of one-fifth of their value, has
taken place in ladies' mantles, which,
for the sake of their superior finish and
low price, are imported from Germany;
but that country has been obliged,
it is believed, to sell at no profit at all,
the warm season having restricted the
demand. Whilst Bradford dress goods |
remain much as they were, there has |
been decline in merinos, velvets and |
silks. The latter trade is greatly de-
pressed, but velvets are much worn.
A gentleman of twenty-eight years. ex-
perience says he has never known
goods so low in every department. In
French merino is men,
toned. Six years ago it was sold at
2 shillings III pence per yard, whereas
the price for exactly the same article
is now shilling III pence, the dimin-
ution having been going on steadily
for the past three years. Manchester
stuffs--cottons. linens, calicoes, etc.
average q per cent cheaper, or
saving of Is pence on every FL laid
out. The present price of gloves,
hosiery, haberdashery, lace, fancy
goods, and trimmings are all to the
advantage of the customer. Boots are
learer, although the old prices for the
Inferior classes are maintained, at the
expense of quality, leather having in
.reasad in value, and the cost of labor J
laving been augmented where the new
hird-class statement" was adopted
" the trade. 1t is possible not only
o clothe more economically, but to I
urnish for less money than required
or the same purpose year ago. Car t
ets, cretonnes, and manufactured t
tufts of every kind from Kiddermin- d
ter and Huddersfield are all less cost h
Y, the saving being equal to dis b
cunt of shilling, and sometimes 18
ence in the pound. Wool flannels and o
lankets from Wales, lace curtains from &
'ottingham and Scotland, and towel n
lgs from Manchester are likewise +
ieaper. Even cabinet work and q
iroumongery are obtain V
Die at lower rates. Still it is the ex- :,
srience of large firms, having class 81
trade chiefly affected by a depressed
,ndition of the labor market, that in =
der to make the same returns it is !.
,cessary to secure larger turn :. -
yer. profits being smaller this year =,
an st.-Lo,,don Telegraph. - -
Sleeps Horn HOrse-ShOes. 81
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