The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-11
KEEPING PRICES up.
Meat and Provision Dealers Using
the Strike al an Excuse.
Supply from the East Offsets the
Famine in Western Stock.
But Local Wholesalers Are still
Waving Bnynboos,

The strike has been used almost since
its beginning by local dealers as an ex-
cuse for raising the prices of all sorts
Of produce.
The Evening World" has given prompt
and accurate attention TO every variation
In the situation, pointing, out. wherever
possible. those advances that were senu-
Inc end those that were fictitious
The conditions Of the beef market pre-
sent fine riddle for both the housewife
and social economist, and ought to com,
Atkinson at an early date.
The strike at Chicago had been de-
clared n week and the tie-ups were
i seny in Menas s'ry July stage s Tsen small nnd
butchers and retailers found the price
of beef advanced from three to FIVE
ssnts The bssfa
concerns moved at once, and II some
believe that there was a concerted &C
ton they, are not to be blamed for
1t is true mat. receipts of Western cat
tie and dressed meat rapidly declined,
until with the completion Of the block
tEe same tme there be-
gan to pour into local yards an unpre-
cedented flow Of Eastern cattle, and al
though beef has at no time been actually
| not Welded point.
The relative merits Of the grades. Of
| cattle may enter into the situation. but
1t would probably require worlds con
gress of butchers and cooks to settle
| that point
supt Moves, Of Swift & Co.. the Chi
caso packers !eans back In his IN, chair nlr
take the common grass cattle which the
East affords but require prime Western
beef. Mr.. Delmonico. who has already
| does not want the stringy, range cattle
of 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. They say they do not dare
charge their customers an advance pro-
saiers. Yet family folk And that meat
Is somewbst more than high enough.
Here are some OF the retail prices of
this morning taken At washington shin ton Mar q
ures average lower than the charges Of
most UPTOWN shops.
Porterhouse steak. . to Is cents q
to 20; rounds. IA to 16. and chucks. 10 to
A horizontal rise OF two cents is put
Of from the East The retailers have
to pay 81 hundred more. and they get
Ham, l6 cents; bacon, Is cents; salt
pork, IA cents; 1oins OF pork. IA; smoked
tongue II cents. corned beef. Is to IS
| CentS, &C.
The prices Of mutton at and cents
a pound and Of lamb at S and 10 cents
have not been much disturbed, and hold
| to their common average. va.
| Butter is advancing, as a great deal
| Of the Eastern supply is drawn from
| Illinois and Wisconsin. First class but
ter retails at % to % cents a pound. fair
table butter at 20 to % cents. and cook
ing butter at Is to IL cents. which is a
slight advance.
Eggs are up also trifie, Western eggs
being 20 cents dozen, while eggs from
| rearby sources are at q to rs 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 at the
normal price OF so cents a bushel, anG
| other staple vegetables accordingly.
The foreign and California fruit mar
ket Is in a hopeless condition. No Cali.
fornia fruit is coming In, and foreign
fruit is overlooking the local market
because 1t cannot be shipped West
There are FIVE shiploads Of Mediter
ranean oranges and lemons at the
wharves. Each ship carries 5000 boxes
Of oranges and lemons. and as the fruit,
will average 200 to the box there are
S5, 900 900 oranges and lemons in New
York. They are being disposed Of a
daily auctions.