Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-03
VIANDS FOR TABLE.
Staple Meats Change Not, Though
Cattle Are Declining.
GOOD EGGS STEADY, BUTTER FIRM.
Poultry Very Scarce---Fish Supply is Not
Up to the Demand.
FLORISTS REPORT A QUIET TRADE
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH
FRIDAY. August 2. 1889. J

OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
FRIDAY. August 2. 1889. J
In the line of staple meats trade has been
slow the past week. Prices change not,
though live cattle are little above one-halt
the price they commanded a half dozen
years ago. Iu response to the query, "Why
do not roasts and steaks drop to correspond
with reduction of cattle?" A Diamond market
butcher said to-day, ''the price of hides, tallow
and the rough parts of the beef have declined
so much that our profits are no greater than
when we paid Sc per pound for live cattle. A
few years ago we got l5c pound for calf skins
now the price is SC. The best hides bring &c,
and it is not long since we could get lOc. A
few years ago tallow brought Sc, now it sells at
ito &C. Boiling pieces sell for whatever they
will bring and the range Is not above half the
rates OF five or six years ago" With all allow
ance made for depreciation of hides, tallow
and rough meat, butchers who sell the choice
parts of the beef at 10 to 20c per pound, must
be reaping a handsome profit if they sell much
stuff. The highest price paid for beeYes at
Liberty this week was 81 %.
Fruit and Vegetables.
Supply is ample for all demands, and while
the weeks trade has been fair the general drift
is toward lower prices. Ann Arundel canta-
loups of the choicest quality are on the market
at a range of 20c to SOC apiece. tomatoes are IN
better supply than last week and lower.
California fruits are in fun supply, and prices
are drawing nearer to the average consumers
pocketboOk. RaSpbcrrles nave NATURALLY passed
away for this season.
Butter. Eggs md Poultry.
Creamery is a shade higher, and country rolls
are in better demand than last week, with an
upward tendency of prices. Eggs are un-
changed, but the difficulty of securing an arti-
Gle entirely reliable grows greater from week
to week. Hens are apparently taking then
Il, lrrVI
to be SO the balance of the season.
A peddler from Clinton, who comes to the
city weekly, said to-day: Il have never known
poultry as scarce on my beat as II is this sea-
son. bring from 80 to l50 pairs of chickens to
market every week, but cannot of late get any
nearer to the city with my poultry than Char
tiers By the time get that far all my chick
ems are gobbled up. You may say to DISPATCH
readers that we will have short poultry crop
the coming fall, but abundance OF all vegetables
and cereals"
Florists report quiet all along the line. Home
flower gardens are at their best, and a multi
tude of the good customers for the beauties OF
garden and conservatory are at present seeking
rest and pleasure by the seaside OF on the
mountains.
The fish supply has been below demand the
past week, especially for cheaper grades. A
leading dealer said: Il could have sold five car
loads more than could secure of this grade
the past week."
Following are the prices of market basket
materials as furnished by retail dealers:
Meats.
The prices called for at the Diamond Markets
remain unchanged The best cuts of tender
loin steak range from 20 to 25c, with last figure
for very fancy, which are very often no better
than the zoe article; sirlom, best cuts, from is
to 2Oc; standing RIB roast, from 10 to Zoe; chuck
TOAST. 10 to l2c; best round steaks J5c; boiling
beef, to SC; sweet breads. 20 to SOC per pair;
beef kidneys. lOc apiece; beef liver, &c pound;
calf livers, 25c apiece; corned beef from to lOc
per pound. Veal for stewing commands l0c;
roast l212 to l5c; cuslets, Zoe per pound; spring
lambs, fore quarter, Is TO Zoe; hind quarters, 20
to 25c. A leg, of mutton. hind quarter, of
prime quality, brings l212c; fore quarter, &c;
loin of mutton, l5c; giblets, &c per pound.
Vegetables and Fruit.
New white potatoes, Is to 2Oc per half peck;
egg plants, 10 to 25c; dollhouse grapes. 81 90 per
pound; tomatoes, homegrown, 25c per quar-
ter peck; new cabbage, to l5c; bananas, 20 to
3oc a dozen: new homegrown carrots, SC
Rgaen Ien; c pe4 dpzeE
sc per bunch, 6 for 25c; radishes, &c per bunch;
cucumbers, SC apiece: new beets, SC a bunch;
string beans, 2Oc half peck; homegrown golden
wax beans. 2Oc half peck; new Southern
onions, 25c half peck; homegrown
squashes 5 TO 35c; homegrown potatoes, l5c a
half peck; homegrown peas, 20c per half peck;
black currants. l5c per quart; currants, l0c per
quart; watermelons. 35 to SOC; cantaloups. Is to
Soc; huckleberries, l5c quart.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Choice creamery Dutter, Zoc. Oood country
butter. 20c. Fancy pound rolls, 30c.
The ruling retail price for eggs is 20c.
The range for dressed chickens is 9Oc to
81 25 per pair. Turkeys, l5c per pound. Spring
chickens, 90 to 75c per pair.
Fish in Season.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, l21fc; Cali
fornia salmon, 40c pound; white fish, l212c; her.
ring, pounds for 25c; Spanish mackereI, 3Oc
to 35c n pound; sea salmon, 40c a pound:
blue fish, % to Soc; perch. l0c; balibut, 25c;
rock bass 30c; black bass, zoe: lake trout, I215c
HOLSTERS, 25c; green sea turtle. 2Sc; mackerel,
20c small, 40c large. Oysters: N. Y. counts,
81 20 per gallon; clans, 81 25 per gallon; scol-
lops, 5Oc quart; frogs 81 90 to s. 90 per dozen;
soft shell crabs 75c per dozen; devil crabs 85c
per dozen.
La France roses, 81 009l so per dozen; Bride
roses, 81 90 per dozen; Perles 81 90 per dozen;
NiphetOs, 81 90 per dozen; Benefits, 81 90
per dozen; American Beauty, 25c apiece; Mer-
NETS, 81 90 per uozen; carnations, 35c a dozen;
Maiden Hair fern, SOC per doz. fronds. Bermuda
Easter lilies. SS % per dozen; Jacquemilot
roses 75c to 81 so dozen; peonies, 81 00a dozen;
moss roses, 81 90 a dozen; June roses, 81 90 q
Nzen; forgetmenots. 25c a dozen; water lilies,
:: dozen.