New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-03
MEAT PRICES GO UP.
.,orrArE OF THE WESTERN SUPPLY
.,.r LAST SHIPMENT or BEEF FROM CHI
, MAIZE on FRIDAY-ADvANCE IN
PRICES YESTERDAY TO BE CON

IL
o.co MADE on FRIDAY-ADvANCE IN
PRICES YESTERDAY TO BE CON
rINrED TO-DAY.
.,- o,.,. is threatened with the worst fresh meat
=. i, has experienced within twenty years on
l,,,r, or the railroad strike" said big deaier
ee.o-5,v There has been no time WITHIN 'hat
.sr,1 whom Chicago WIS shut off entirely Tor SO
- ,fr,e as it has been since the present strike
began. ,, - ,os,o1 moot has
- tro,o chicago for this city since last Fri
49, During the blizzard, in March lSSS' no'hins
- 49,, meat line was sent from Chicago 10 'hs cl'E
- ,v,o days that time has been Almost douoled
-, and there appears TO be no way or telling
when anything viii start;
prices on all meats. whether they come from chi
49, moi went up with a bound yesterday morn
10 although the active stoppaSe OF eastoound
'.s fro,, Chicago had not been felt at this end
.,e line up TO that time. The last train win ths
I ~ freight which started from Chicago on Fri
So, o.iu arrive here tomorrow. The usual amount
uai dressed and undressed beef came in yester-
o. ~ h,. IN spite Of the fact prices went up
u"s, ..o,si, and the demand was fully three times
- .st as the supply. The consumers viii have TO
- froo, % TO 50 per cent more for meat within an
.-a,,si,- short time and unless the backbone of
s,r,,,s Is broken it is only question Of short
A., arhen fresh meats Will be scarce at any price
ARGE BUYING 81 EAGOR thS.
rso oxnorters became frightened yesterday and
=. ,s largely due 20 their buyngs that the demand
!. - rnu,h greater than the supply. They have
- their steamship contracts and the companies.
49, are afraid Will hold them to their agreements.
rS,sr tomorrow the supply VIII be shut off FOR
.rohsb,, four or five days at least even should the
,rre end then and the exporters are not sure that
q wifi not be for a longer period of zine than that
For ,ha; reason they grabbed up everything in
sight.
1--we cattle advanced from 50 75QS a hundred to
v-,9Ss1O Dressed beef went up ~ cents
n,und Yesterday. and it had already advanced con-
s,derably over :he prices Of few days ago /; sold
for from to 10 cents pound yesterday. Last week
the price ranged from 6i2 to Si2 cents. The prob
abilities are tha; i; VIII 20 sin higher to-day and
much higher tomorrow unoss the strike is broken.
This means a considerable ADVANCE all along 'he
line in fresh meats.
The consumers began to feel the advance yester-
dav as the retail butchers tackled from to cents
pound on nearly all fresh meats
OTHER MEATS ALSO GO Up.
Bee, is really the only meat which Is affected by
the strike bu, the rise in price OF this product
affected all fresh meats and sent them up from o
10 80 per cent. There IS no scarcity in lamb and
mutton as yet. because this ci,y draws supplies
largely from the South AZ this time OF the year
Virginia supplies mos, OF the lamb, and It comes 20
this city on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad There
beng no strike the Eastern end OF this line up
affected Lamb and mutton followed the genera,
trend Of the market however. and went up from
This city is also drawing a considerable quantity
Of s supply OF fresh meat from Baltimore and
Pittsburg These sources have not been shut of as
yet Pit,sburg has considerable stock on hand
but when i is called upon 70 supply the dehcency
menis, the Smoky City's stock Will soon run short
no ADVANCE IN PORK YET.
The prices Of pork have no; gone up to any ex-
tent II will feel the general rise. however. should
the strike continue Pork IS not eaten much this
time OF the year consequently the demand is not
great When every other kind Of fresh meat goes
high that poor people cannot afford 10 buy II,
however, they Will buy anything which IS within
their means, and pork Will undoubtedly 20 up also
In some ways New-YOrk Is IN better situation al
cnnatl and Cleveland depend almost exclusively on
Chlcaso ior tnelr iresh meats As the suppIles ION
mat point have been smut on eniirey thcse Two
cities already feel the famine more than New-1ork
The demand is so immense IN THIS city. however
that as soon as there Is the slightest shortage In
the supply the effect becomes evident.
ne Sn2rmous supply OF peel Wa.ch usualiy co.hes
from Chicago eTery day VIII probably be stopped
back on the limited supplies al P!ttsouTg ana Ball-
more. The unusual demand Wi soon exhaust me
viii then have 10 look 20 a conslderabic stock OF
stllfed cattle in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
a telegram which the Eastern houses OF Armour &
Co. received yesterday. They were instructed not
week they were gad T. sell IL ior from 6i2 10 sis
cents pound
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS HARD HIT.
The buyers for the big restaurants and hotels
were hit the hardest by the advance Some Of them
have contracts for the season, but those who have
not had to pay from 70 cents pound for
their meats yesterday morning they they did
week ago There vas no use OF COMPLAINING pc
eause the large consumers were lucky 10 get any
beef at all
=, Every pound Of beef in this marke, could have
pesh 500 Tor export Yesterday, but Of course the
customers 50 far X IN their power
Inc retail dealers with whom Tribune reporter
many bitter conp,a,nts from their cDs,oners Many
0i mem decreased the quantity of meat which they
Ns,ussIy bought. or purchased poorer quality.
He.y On Us Contingent resources FOR beef The rag
Neweey ye ana noqEh Eaitern m S E1G
r. poyf az II s this supply win not last long and
fresS, fe, IL II tne strike ias's there viii be genuine
Az nies; some good news comes from Chicago to-
~ APec,ed that prices viii 20 to an almost
p.E"D.'oIy % -, hgure tomorrow morning. A. best IL
bob yJs seVeSaI days before the Chicago cea.ers IN
Ger Ger normal conditions After the wheels Of the IN
is9 are started aeain In Chicago there viii be
rS te@eh the Atlantic seaboard. Meantime'the supp.y
wi ~ oe rrt snort and The prices VIII be high
me eastern consumer and the Western producer
W.. ooih be large losers by reason Of the strike.
stock STOCK On hand IN the East WIN make many thou
sanls OF collars but their gain viii be nothing com
"st" tht combined OAreS OF the producers IN
the West and the consumers in the East Large
uea.tTs IN ether kinds OF meats VIII also pocket a
use IN beef has dragged everything else in the
Hesh-meat line after II.
BOsTON'S THREATENED BEEF FAMINE.
Boston, July 2-In consequence Of the tie-up OF
freight trains in the West there has been since
saturday an advance in the price OF beef from 81
I" ~ hundred. and the prospect is that 1t Will
iaplaly advance still higher. Every dealer In