New-York tribune., 1885-10-19

The list might be indefinitely cYtcrdcl, but it was de-
sired c)nne mainly products which the people of
York had sell and to the most important Of those
products which regularly quoted In the markets AT
the first glance it will be noticed that even the
prices only three Of thirty articles above the
level OF October IsSi Wheat is higher for that fact
the farmers iebtcl 70 short crop rather than to
Democratic victory and 10 Chicago speculation and the
unspeakable turk in Bulgaria. rather than to the In
efablo virtues Df reform President. Wool hds quite
recently madea rapid advance, and Is now worth little
more than il year ago. though the same quality
above quoted sold for only 80 about July /. In
vegetables generally. there has not been much decline
and those who know how trying the last season has er
and how scanty have the in many for
the labor OF tho ter, will not regard the prices now
obtained brilliant evidences OF prOspe ty. Low as
the prices of manufactured products we're year ago,
they are even now still lower though decidedly better
they have been during the past trying Iron
IS stronger and steel rails have advanced within o
few weeks 81 per ton STANDARD shcctiuss sold IN June
ccnts and print cloths in July at % cents, but
for these products the prices are low cnough now Man
ufacurers Of railway supplies ami material almost uni
vcrsaly report lower prices than receive year
ago and SO low that many feel no desire to
business which at present returns profits. Many OF
the concerns arc therefore doing nothing. Wheels and
axes railroad cars which cost S9j last yoar can bo
bought $50, and railway that cost $3.50 last
year been recently soI for Sfj ana others costing
$3.50 Last year been recently sold for T}7i The
wages paid in manufacturing establishments generally
notwithstanding recent advance In few instances,
appt ar to whole fully 10 per lower than
they were year ago. But the farmers have suffered
in the very products which, in times Of real pros
perty. most readily command a satisfactory price,
Hops arc selling at just half the price obtained year
ago. and the loss the farmers Of NewYort, in this
article alone probably exceeds $2.50DOO0 Neyertho-
less, the prices obtained much higher than were
pad a short time ago. Dispatches show that in many
cases the crop sold quite recently prices .uch
below cents, anl in a number OF than
4 cents was Obtained. There has been improvement, it
is true and all hope that it may continue. for IT was
never greatly ncoled On the few million pounds
Of tobacco grown in this State the loss has not been
large but tho small decline Ia hay though only per
ton, would loss to the farmers OF New York Of
over 100000 il they could get other good Of It
except by sending it to market The gain in the Price
Of wheat more than balanced to the farmers in this
State by the decline In corn, which, the quantity
usually raised in New York, means loss Of more than
S54OO,OO0 within the past year. The decline IN oats
also loss Of about 500 900, and in the articles
~ far mentioned tho loss already aggregates over
900 and yet most important losses have not
| been reached.
In butter alone, the decline OF within he past
year means t0 the producers Of York loss OF more
than $S,OO000O, and yet that statement by means
measures the full injury they have sustained. For
months this year. prices have only remarkably
low. but the market has been that sales have
been especially difficult Yet il will he remembered that
the denagOgues who advocated Mr. Ceve,ands election
a year ago urged with peculiar earnestncss his alleged
zeal as Governor benefit the butter interest and
claimed that unlimited prosperity would be the
result OF measures for which they falsely gave him
exclusive credit The decline in cheese though only
about l6. 8 per at present, is very important
But the qualities which now sell at 9i2
cents and 10 per pound at the factory. selling
during the summer at only cents. The loss in the
value OF milk hardly DC computed with accuracy.
Probably more than 3OO.OO0,OO0 gallons marketed
yearly by the people OF this State, and the difference in
price, may be inferred from the decline in butter and
cheese, has been very great.
The heaviest loss Of ALL prororonately has been IN
the market value of animals for food and In the PRODUCTS
OF animals In beef the percentage Of decline has been
only 1917 and in calves only TO- per cent but these
figures represent for the State an loss The
d"cno in mutton has been little less than 10 per
but that also means large SUM 10 the producers OF New
York The decne in hogs and hog products has been
rsngy large. ranging from Is. per cent for lard