New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-15
Articles.

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Flour Flour WIZ WyS@ibn skos;.. 100 2Ss ~ ago
| Flour South Dakota 100 y "a 2Ss
| Flour. Oklahoma -'-...-- 100 i09 ~ ~ SS9 rs
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oats oats South Dakota........ 100 100 \ ~ 81
9 9sts Ram Mihn and Ind Ter 100 ,93 122@2
II will be observed that the average prices OF all
the articles named above are much higher thah tncS
wore last year. and II should be remembered thaV cS
| COMPRISE in value more than one half perhaps V"o
thirds OF all the purchases by the Indian Bureau All
~ them are farm and ranch products. The most I'M
nortont item under the head Of groceries" Is sugar.
~ which about OOo 900 pounds are purchased inns
Il, reo,lrcd to he of medium quality, graduated Last
wear IL cost SO As a hundred pounds; the Mckinney
prceo this year Is 81 - hundred pounds
In respect TO woolen, cotton and linen CLOTHS ana
| clothing. hardware boots and shoes hats and caps
o,,onItrrol ,mnlements household articles, In fact
nearv all manufactured articles purchased the quality
k much superior TO the quality Of like goods oought
last year. In some cases 1t IS as much as Oh per cent
better and in great many articles 1t Is 20 10 ~ pr
| cent better The Mckinley prices however, OF a
large majority OF the manufactured articles purciisea
are as low as or lower than last years prices anu
taking all the purchases together, the indians VIII re-
o,,o n good deal moro for the money than they
| did last year. when Mckinley prices" were not IN
| vogue
re moor mans blanket is veteran in TIE service
NJ free trade orators and newspapers it does duty on
every OCCASION and barrels OF tears have been sheo
upon It in Congress and elsewhere during, 10, these
| many wars Every year the Government buys many
thousand pairs OF al-woo Mncknac blankets 90 by 20
inches I'm size and weighing eight pounds TO the PAIR
The quality Of these blankets has steadily improved
! from year to year In 1881 ten years ago. uhdeF
| H. Tho nyQr0r mani
| as SO n pair Last year, under the tariff of 1883,
banrets of the same size and weight but OF better
quality, cost SO 80 pair; this year. the mckinley
price of blankets Of the size and weight but OF
still better quality is SO 81 pair. SO much for the
| poor mans blanket.'
In 1881 blue flannel sc IA cents yard In 1890
IL cost 26s2 cents and this year article at least
| so per cent better costs 292 cents per yard.
| In 1881 red flannel cost 1920 cents yard; in 1890
n costs 2Cs2 cents, and this year flannel OF better
quality was bought for $3.50 cents yard
|. In 1890 women's woollen hose cost 81 rs dozen
| pairs: this year the same. Mems wool SOCKS cost
So 2s a dozen pairs in 1901 they cost - - IL
Woollen rnittens which cost So O6 2 dozen pairs In
1890 cost 80 In 1891. Blue kcrseys, United STATES
| Army standard" which cost Al "a yard last year.
| were bought for 81 60 a yard In 1891 THIS year
| mnch better quality OF nnsey was bought than last
| year and the price 1903 cents yard, against
II o5 cents The difference in quality Is at least 40
nor cent The same remark is true OF brown sheet
ipcs which cost SO cents yard last year, and SOY
cents in 1901 Cotton duck for tents, etc. cost lol
cents a yard in $780, and 923 Tor the same qualify
| in 1891 The sack coats bought this year are
at least rs per cent better IN quaiy ul'n
| those Of last year, when Kentucky Jeans coats
- 40 90 and satinet coats 81 60 against So 80 and
| 70 a. respectively, in 1891. Mems overcoaS cost
~ II in 1890 this year they cost 10 cents more put
| the quality is much SUPERIOR
| In 800 mems shoes cost 81 02 pair In 1891, 81
boys, shoes advanced from s3 to 80 cents ana the
nrces of women's girls and cldrens shoes were the
same ercept that the cost OF women's shoes Of the
hest quality purchased declined from 81 2 to 80 cents
par Mems boots declined from 81 rs 10 al 10, and
boys, boots from 81 80 to 81 25 pair. Rubber boots
declined from 81 90 TO 81 49, and arctic overShoes oil
all sizes also decreased in price. Mems wool hats
increased from 80 cents TO A. cents Dut the qualify Is
much better than last year.
snoo cotton declined from 4o cents to 81 IL cents
dozen and linen shoereah from SO cents to 40 cents
n pound while other linen thread advanced to ii
cents n pound. Needles, sharps, which cost 81 10 n
thousand in 1900. bought for 73 5-o cents TINS
year. and knitting needles declined from "a 20 80 rs
cents gross. Scissors cost cents less ana shears
cents less dozen than in 1890.
Pint bowls ironstone ware, cost "a IL cents dozeh
in 1890 and "a cents in 1891 quart bowls declined
from 81 to 60 cents q dozen; quart pltchcrs' from
81 O5 IL 81 o5 dinner plates from 81 to GO cents
and Die plates from Al TO 40 cents dozen while knives
and forks advanced rom ia ccjls W ocVN pan
Butcher knives stationary at s5 cents while hand
saws advanced from sl2 % to s13 10 dozen-an In
crease OF nearly per cent. instead OF more Than W
Der cent as some Traders assert Axes cost 80 10
dozen in 1890; this year the best axes made cost
IS IS a Dozen and handes declined from 81 % 10
81 81 Dozen Grass scythes fell from ~ 10 10 "A 10
a Dozen Hay forks and manJre forks advanced Il To
30 cents dozen. less than per cent. instead oil
more than so per cent, some Free Traders declare
The advance in the price Of planters hoes and garden
hoes was about the SAME.
on the other hand, iron bolts Of various sizes
which averaged 81 cents last year, cost only "a
cents IN 1851. Plough steel fell rom ia cents
TO 90 cents pound, and cast steel rom
ess cents to GA cents a pound. Wire nails
which cost 245 cents TO 81 cents pound last year
were bought fir "a 10 2.5 cents In 1891. Fence wire
barbed which Is controlled BY trust as petroleum
!, and whlskey are, advanced from Jl9 cents 10 3D.
, cents pound while wire cloth for screens fel
from / Il TO Ia cents pound. .
Quart sin cups advanced from 81 40 10 81 40
dozen, 5-12 OF cent cup, o. ABOUT $40 OF per
cent, pnt tin cups advanced from 30 10 e5 cents
dozen, or 5l2 OF cent a cup. Timed lIon spoons
which cost 90 IL cents a dozen IN 1870, were -
cents In 1891. Cooking stoves. win IRON and TN
furniture complete were TO per cent higher In
both years and the price Of stovepipe was the same
The scales bought last year, as well this year
! we're manufactured by Jones OF Bnghamton.' Tn,
Mckinley prices demanded by Colonel Jones In
and received hast year For four ton hay scales IA. price
In 1880 was ESQ., in 1891 1t was only $40. In
oo the cost Of iCo9 Dy Reu9 wo pattern sfs y wa
1000 pound platform scales cost s3i: this yea
: SOS m
. trine lower than last year. Moving machines al,
reapng machines respectively cost the same In boil
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