New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-07
PEICES ~ THE MARE E1S.
ROUGH WEATHER. AFFECTS THE COST cF I'\'
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ROUGH WEATHER. AFFECTS THE COST - ''N
NC Ni.TFRI Ally.
The rough midwin;er weather has its ehect upon
The rna-~et, in increased cost OF living ana "E"''
prices all around. The first thing tn ieei 'he e"0''
of Lad weather j. the f>h business. FOR when INV '
are tossing IN mountainous waves III" fishermen WIN
not venture out in their little cochles"lls OF shacaS'
Butter and eggs likewise are at the top "''o'' ~
some parts Of the city retailers are selling the oesu
Elgn or amcry al A. cents a pound, while NJ cents
pound Is alou the ruling price. TEcr" mas Dcci "'
extraordinary corslmptjvc demand this winter lor
good butter. This joined with Hight MAKE III inv
producing districts has caused the ADVANCE i'."
Boston and other Eastern cities have drawn h'dN',
en- the stocks held here to make good thef shorSc'
(;ood Western creamery butter soils Tor 80 Genus
pound and State dairy and country butter for 20 TO
80 cents sweet or ,msaled butter brings 90 CENTS
For the scarcity of the cod weather Is directly
respopslble there being much risk 81 freezing
for country merchants to ship them. Tic pest Lohs
Island eggs sell at seven for % cents or 40 cents
dozen I'm some places. and As cents dozen III o'hN'
state eggs cost 80 cents and Western eggs 81 ana ID
cents dozen.
Southern roe shad sell for 81 and Fl %, and bucks
fer 60 cents each Live Goldfish cost 10 cents n
pound, pompano IS cents. Spanish mackere 20 cents
largo striped bass 90 cents and medium sized ones
rs cents green turtles 90 and 23 cents. green Coinh-
bia River salmon IS cents black bass and sea bass
1e cents, native shcepshead 30 cents NVr'h
Carolina sheepshead 90 cents, paddock cents.
small white perch 10 cents and large perch lo CENTS
veakfsh ~ cents tomcods 10 cents. chicken haibut
20 and % cents and strge halibut 20 cents ana
smells 10 to 90 cents pound. soft crabs can DO
had for 81 80 dozen, scalops 80 TO 90 cents
quart live Maine Holsters - cents pound, turtle
steaks u IL cents red snappers Is to Is cents ana
frozen salmon trout / 5 cents pound.
The sharp rise In the wholesale price OF hog products
ho ro.a IN nd
Fresh pork tendorloins cost D. cents pound froSh
hams and fresh roasting pork 10 cents and Vermont
sausage 20 cents pound.
From New-Orleans and Cuba just now are coming
green peppers used in making salads which cost 40
cents and 81 "A dozen. The recent cold wave In the
Gulf States nipped considerable open air vegetation
intended for Northern markets, and cons queniy
scarcity and high price IN other lines are seen In
these products. Green peas from Florida COS, II
peck: string beans are worth 90 cents a quart; Re
maine lettuce from Florida sells for Is cents head,
and common Florida lettuce 10 cents; egg plants
from Cnla and Florida be had for 10 TO 30 cents
each summer squash from Florida sells for and 10
cents hohOusc dandcon greens 90 cents quart
three heads OF Boston ho)use lettuce cost % cent?
green ohra is 10 cents hundred, and green hothouse
olives 10 cents bunch dollhouse tomatoes cost 60
cents a pound, and Southern tomatoes grown In the
open fields 30 cents a quart Norfolk spinach
Is 90 cents half peck: Brussels sprouts - cents
CaulitlOw"rS. 10 to 80 cents heal. fid>lt'
I; cents Il bunch. and Boston cucumbcrs 20 and -
cents each Michigan celery the st. sells Tor % 10
CO cents a dOzen roots, and celery from Rochester,
Long Island and New-Jerscy for 20 cents bunch