The evening world., 1894-07-11
KEEPING PRICES UP.
Meat aud Provision Dealers Using
the Strike as IN Excuse.
Supply from the East Offsets the
Famine in Western Stock.
Bnt Local Wholesalers Are Stiil
Waving Bu2uboos,

The strike hns been u-cI almost since
Its UeEidG!is hr ,ocll dealers az an en-
use Tor raising the prices of all sorts
If produce.
The ltveu'ng World" has given promp;
ana accurate attention to every variation
in the situation, pointing out. Wherever
possible, thlsc advances tia. were genu-
lie and noe that were ncliti,us
The conditions of the beef market pre-
sent Il tinc riddle for both the housewife
mand the expert nttehtiuu of Edward
Atkinson at an early date.
The strike at chicago had been de-
"ldrtd "A week aud the te.ups were
still. in their embryo stage when sud.
deuly. Monday. July .. tho small
butchers aud retailers found the price
Of beef advanced from three to five
cents The local slaughterers and the
agencies OF the Chicago dressed beef
concerns moved at once. and If some
believe. that there was a CONCERTED ac-
ton they are not to be blamed for
Ii Is true that receipts OF Western cat
tie and dressed meat rapidly declined
until with the completion of the block
ade they were stopped altogether.
At the same time. however. there be-
gan to pour into local yards an UMPIRE
ceiented Cow of cattle, and although
beef has al no time been actually scarce,
the famine price first fixed has not
yielded y point
The relative merits Of the grades of
cattle may enter into the situation. but
1t would probably require II worlds con-
gress of butchers and cooks to settle
that point.
supt. Noyes, of Swift n Co., the chi
ago packers, cans buck in his chair
ana declaims that his customers will not
take the common grass cattle which the
East affords, but require prime Western
beef. Mr.. ne.monico, who has area Is
spoken for the other side, says that he
does not want the stringy. range cattle
If The West, but must serve his patrons
prime Eastern beef
Meanwhile the retail butchers In all
the markets are bowling that they are
the sufferers. 1ney say that they DON
dare charge th.ir customers AN advance
proportionate to that. assessed by the
retailers. Yet family folk find that m-a
Here are some or the retail prices OF
this morning taken at Washington Mar
ket. and Il Is quite likely that these fig.
mres average lower than the charges OF
! PJrterhouse steak, o. to Is cents O
! pound: slron, % to % cents: roasts. II
/ to 70; rounds, IA to 10, ana chucks. 10 t.
horizontal rise of two cents Is put
| on all cured meats, which come in larg,
part from the West, ana have been cut
, OFT from the East The retailers have
| to pay 81 a hundred more, and they get
" from their customers at this rate:
Hahn, ~ cents; bacon, 10 cents; salt
! PORK. IA cents: lOins Of pork, Il: smoked
tongue, II cents, corned beef, lG to i
| cents, Sc.
| The prices OF mutton Al and cents
mound ana Of lamb al 8 and 10 cents
! nave not been much disturbed, and hold
| to their common annual average.
Butter Is advancing, as great deal
/ OF the Eastern supply is drawn from
! Illinois and Wisconsin,. First class but.
ter retails at rs 10 25 cents a pound, faiI
table butter at 20 to ~ cents, anu cook
Ing butter at iG to Is cents. which is a
slight advance.
EGGS are up also a trlfie. Western eggs
being 20 cents dozen. while eggs from
rearby sources are at e to % cents
There Is no change In the price OF
vegetables and little excuse for impos.
ing any increase upon any kind of gar,
den product, Fine Virginia potatoes OF
this years growth are retailing st the
normal price of 81 cents a bushel, and
othe: staple vegetables accordingly.
The foreign and California fruit mar
ket Is ~ hopeless condition. No calf
fruit is overlooking the locai market
because II cannot 10 shipped East.
There are five ship loads Of Mideicr-
ranesn oranges and lemons az the
wharyeJ. Each ship carrier $500 boxes
of oranges and lemons. ana as the iruit
win average 30 10 The box there arc
jJ,NU,0O oranges ana lemons in New
York. They are being disposed Of AT
1 daily auctions.