New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-25
VAIL OF THE ICEMAN.
FREEZING WEATHER FAILS TO STOP
IT'S PLAINTIvE SOUND.
WITH soRRowFUL MEN HE TURNS TO THE
TERRIBLE RAvAGEs" OF THE "VoRAclouS
ICE BUG" AS AN EXCUSE FOR

WITH soRROwFUr. MEN HE TURNS TO THE
..rFRRrRIE RAyAGEs' OF THE "voRACIoUs
ICE BUG" AS AN EXCUSE FOR
EXoRBITANT PRICES.
The wall of the iceman comes with the regularity
of tho seasons. When the days are lengthenng ana
nature gives promise Of returning SPRING then the
festive iceman lies awake nights connecting plaus-
Bile reasons for putting up the price on the con-
gealed cooling commodity: and be the weather
what 1t will. the iceman is at loss for his
excuse
\ moderate winter Is his delight mild one is
an unspeakable joy and an open winter transforms
him into an animated smile though he leads his
patrons to believe him worthy object Of commits
GRAFTON.
Ice in this part Of the world is positive neces-
sltv and with a small supply and "combna ton"
the price has naturally driven 10 the point OF
excessiveness. and the day was when the ice'nan
could look down from his frosty throne upon the
thirsty. perspring world and arrogantly ask: nat
are you going do about 1t 20
The ice machine which turns out IFS transparent
blocks Of chilling comfort In any cline which makes
the mint juep and the sherry cobbler possibility
on the Equator and fresh missionary In Matabel,-
land has done much toward destroying the Dictator
ship Of the iceman.
THEY MAKE THEIR OWN ICE
The great breweries. the largest customers
Of the ice Kings, now make lneT own lc'' '"c "lb
s,au;hter houses, the cold storage warehouses
many hotels and public institutions are consumers
Of artificial ice and many private families take
the manufactured article The shop made product
has become a dangerous rival to the real lake
river and stagnant pond article and still the Ice
man keeps mp his old wall about short crop which
is always sent cut as forerunner OF the higher
price circular
This year a most inopportune time chosen
to send ont the high-price forecast. While the
reason for an advance in price was being put IN
type the severest cold snap Of the winter was Dc
hunt along the Hudson and the lake regions read
g. ce enough had formed to allay any possible
danger Of the crops being snort
sCrIrrIcAL ABOUT \ SHORT CROP
with clear sky and temperature ranging from
five degrees above to twenty-five degrees below
zero in the lce-malting country people are likely to
look sccp;ically stories about short ice crop.
Still the resources in the way Of high price
haustihle. ard when the weather IS bitter c3ld ana
Ice s forming In abundance. rs " Is now, ne say
bira TO- H1rvest it. Thc lack Of work the un-
doubted anxiety The part of thousands TO Src,i"
ridi'nl"i. Ills Year: and the poor iceman all
else falling. the weather. labor and al being IN
excuse left for hgh-prced icc-the icebHs
This yoracious insect. the creature OF frenzied
Unsuitable appetite for ce which 1t devours ana
honoycomhs and leaves only whom II has reduced
as the iccman sheds in anticipation OF It's r2vages
the CHANGE WHICH IT MAY BRING ABOUT.
4 few vistatlons o; the dread icebug ana the
picturesque icchouse OF the present time. with its
queer drawbgilges and it's mortgage in favor or
the ice nonopo,sts. will give way TO glass and
metal structures built with view TO resisting
tho onslaught Of the dangerous vermin.
l. Is "a well-knoy-n fact that stately and majestic
ehips have been attacked. and their sea worthness
i,opardiz"d 10y tiny creatures OF the sea, when
bor. into their .lulls OF metal-like density.
Even the metal-sheathed ships have not escaped
these attacks. and II seasoned wood and tempered
iron are unable To resist the anmalcuae Of the sea,
h.. result of "A conflict between the icebug and the
frozen element easily foreseen ana with the pros
n.ct ~ an ic. famine IL Is we'll take advantage
of th. present low temperature and shudder. Ice
Will be too high next summer-if the lcebuS gets III
its best Work-tO indulge in that luxury