New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-22
PRICES ~ THE NfEEE7S.
AZ UNEXPECTED RISE ~ THE PRICE OF BUTrEG
TENWnEEEIIs ABrNDNNT

! M CNiXFEcTED RISE ~ THE PRICE OF BUTrEn
STRAWBERRIES ABUNDANT
The fcatur. u The week IN the markets has been
the remarkable" ri" In the price Of butter due To II
sudden and wholly unexpected shortage IN the r.
cip,s. The rise BEGAN Monday morning when
Ia" lest Western EleIn creamery butter sold on III,
Mercantile Exchange for - IL cents N wholesale
Though the ri@r began on Monday, the Hight receipts
had been a Of among the dealers on
Friday and saturday Of last week. but no advanfac.
was taken Of the low rates TO lay In supple,
The deficiency I'm supplies WAS 80 much more Der.
c"publr on Monday Tat Tuesday the price nd
Vanccd 10 20 cents; on Wednesday II went 10 30
cents; on Thursday To - cents. and Yesterday tE.
closing price % Cents II j. not believed that
the top has been reached yet, though the abnormal
picc about II cents pound NOR than was paid ut
til, time last yea, will undoubtedly have the eff ct
Of hunyng up receipts by express from all over m.
country. In fact. already this market has been draw
Ing on California for butter. In the last three weeks
not less than eight loads Of grass butter have
reached here, having come through from san Fran
cisco. Tire are several reasons given for the short
supply. one Is the extreme latencss OF the spring
In the West. where snowbanks three feet deep aud
trains stalled In snowdrins are sill reported An
Other Is that owing 10 the retailers lowering their
prices greatly lately. In cases OF fancy grades TO
20 and ~ cents pOand the consumption was largely
Increased and the marhct soon cleared Ip Yes
tcrday the street butter ceiling AT wholesale
for 20 cents. The retailers, taking alarm have
rushed up their prices cents ahead 81 th" Wholesale
figures.
The exports Of butter since May /. this year have
been C7,oio packages for the same time last year
they Were IOJG00 packages The receipts hc>e since
May have been 1.G0S. 80 packages against l.a.-
ia In the same time last year 4 package contains
On average. sixty pounds.
Receivers here OF Southern vegetables and perish.
able produce greatly disturbed the action IL
the Pennsylvania road In landing this freight In Ter.
sey City instead Of the We,t-st piers, as hereto.
fore. A circular issued by the Fruit Trade anl
Produce Association to shippers Is thought Ia contain
"a yelled suggestion that shippers boycott the read
The commission merchant, declare that much OF this
delicate prnucc will be- ruined before can b. cot
To the consumer II It Is nloadcd from hr ears over
In Jersey. Fine Florida cucumbcrs are selling for 10
cents each. string beans bring - cents a quart
II 10 II bnshcl Havana i,oatoes. 30 cents a quart
ana Tomatoes 20 cents quart box.
atra"b"rrirs are becoming Abundant, and fin. fruit
is sold at tho Broadway stores for - cents u quart
The fruit Is coming from as far North MS North
'moih' III" best Charleston berries cost - cents
North River roe sind ar. selling for 20 CENTS. ard
me hlcks Tor 40 cents caclT. southern 30
c.hfS ana bucks % cents. Long Island cultivated
prrc'denrcd scarcity Of brook trout in the nark.Is
il.S spriis Large fresh inach"rc have appeared IN
he market. and they soil FOR 80 cents 10 II. south
en- Spanlsh mackcrcl cost 80 cents n pound: striped
] H's 30 10 20 cents black bass. Is cents: blnefsh
II cenis bnckhsh. 10 c-nts: I've cod. II IL cents
STEAK col ~ q. to - cents. ana market cot.
- cents ana white perch. 10 10 IL cents. Crab
i""' s"iIs inr 20 cents pound crawfsh. =. hun
I0ait scoiiopS' 40 cents quart, and sEriups. 50
cents quart.