New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-09
CHAOTIC PRICES FOR FO0O
NOW uOUsEKEEPERs ARE PERPLENhD
by THE CONFUSED RATES
cRocERs. BUTCHERS AND FishhoN"r"' "''N''
PRICES ARE WIDELY DIVERsE-IAb' La"
COMPARISONS OF THEIR RArES-"hAi
TIE TRApEsMEN SAY ABOUT THE

THE TRADEsMEN SAY ABOUT IliH
LACK OF UNIFORMITY.
, -. r,ces that prevails among the
,.r,od ~ mysterious retail groceTs, m-d'-ue"'
! rd esbmoneers in this city is rnessurao's d. -
n,exlng 10 metropolitan househeepers aS ''v
present and unsoived ''servant-giri ques''o'' -
~ m, local grand army OF competing pu'N.S''
the consuming public seems TO IN h'S -
tho stanle articles OF food essential ior t'e '"',
| .o,oo ~ human life according to his own i""'
,,uoI cundtty or caprice Apparently no Oh" -
influenced by the rates which others N 'ne S".l0
Ines OF business charge for similar h'H"' - W
chand.se. , -, food
| Many aver that prices for the same KINGS Vi 1o0'
are practically uniform throughout the Guy 'u,
,h,r o,eart,on Is rot verified by the experience "a
| = Tribune reporter who has recently Deeh aiho's
| Thorn taking notes In pursuing MS ihd"i'ieS' '
| renorter called upon many dealers IN 'ie NJ
snecidel lines OF business in various paris Oh '"i
| extensive section Of the city lying between f0
tenth and One-hundred- and-twenty-hi'h s'7; II
r-,rs, .pd Tenth ayes His questions we're paser
| narticular.y upon the prices OF those popuia' az,
| nutritious kinds Of food commonly cohs""." -
conservative people who chiefly eat 10 I'VE a'''
no, unon the generally exoroItant rates cxac'ed TOT
| tho rare and costly viands eagerly Sought Wy eN
| ,ravagant epcures who mainly 1--WE 10 eat
INVERSE PRICES FOR GROCERIES.
, rbere are few extensive retail grocers who nave
/
! goo1a are kent though OF grades ranging from 'he
! lowest TO the highest; who issue cataioSuss' anu
! arc ALWAYS ready to furnish complete prite-ns's'
| whose nrices are moderate and uniform, ana whose
customers may be sure Of getting the precise &c cos
| which they order at moderate cost ana III 'oneS'
| weight and measure
For the purposes OF this article the prices i those
| ,su Loading dealers are designated In the Appeared
| table as STANDARD" and those OF other erocers
| within the boundaries described are set down uh-
| der the heading 1.-The avenues In quoting the
nrces OF tea the price Of the lowest grade IS eNen
hrst the next higher grade omitted ana the grace
next higher then given, thereby showing the RAJ &c
of prices for the grades Of tea In common use Inc
| STANDARD" prices for the higher grades range
from the quotations given up TO 81 a pound, for
which at the stores OF these leading grocers ma
| terla may be obtained for the brewing OF the cup
that cheers but not inebrates,' and on quafiing
| which the most fastdlous ep.cure might well re-
| ,oice that he was rot born before tea Only the
best grades OF coffee popular for family Use are
| ouo;ed but the choicest brand OF 1t is OF hat
| kind OF
| Coffee which makes the politician wise.
And see through all things with his half-shut eyes,
A LIST OF STAPLE ARTICLES. WITH THEIR
PRICES.
Following Is list OF staple articles and the uni
| form prces charged for them by the fe" Leading
grocers who issue pr,ce-lists and the widely diverse
| prices which are charged by other grocers IN the
! different parts of the city visited: