New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-14

HE EXPOSES SOME ALLEGED SHARP PRACTICE
AND DECLARES THAT THE GREED or THE
RETAILERS Is Az INJUSTICE TO THE
WHOLESALERS AND THE Public
THE ENORMOUS DISCREPANCY
BETWEEN Wholesale AID
RETAIL RATES
Consumers complain bitterly that the retai prlceS
exacted for FISH IN this city arc o"' 800.
oass,vo IN comparison with the low wholesae '",'S'
o.o,,ouy ,rhon the market Is gutted' az II mas
- Cor the last two or three weeks wheh "no''
..,or, have hoen compelled to sell seNer"' n''''S Va
soasonablc fish for merely nominal Ir''''' W
so,a many tons Of spoiled stock 10 l'n'i. '''
., ho converted into fer'ilzins material 'n', az
~ o.,o,ish.1 n the high prices demanded Tor
h..s and other meats. because 'hcy "',o"
oa,,, have 70 be raised and taken care o' ~ oo''
,1,', cos, for several years on ranches anu
~ l., which large amounts OF cap''H' "'' "
..o1 before they become marh''"O'' 49,,
.r,itle into cash. They also h"o" =, d..
- 90 he driven and transported Oh ram
,,g distances before reaching inc mar ,ho
so At great cost for freight. feed'hs UNI WV
ooa y, the modern cowboys or ca'.'' o
VIC .orsoa,6 tho oldtne drovers. But '''i a."
h,,dantlv suppllcd by nature ff'e Va n,,.,
cont for catching and Transporting ,, ana
abound in the lakes and rivers Oh '' W. ,non tho
az tho great ocean whose waves yea =. ,he
' , ,ooco,st from the St Lawrence l" ""
p.o Grande HouseIeepers sec larse ',, Gov q
"'o Ao,o cargocs almost literally 'sod io' "
~ 80, {, is incomprehenslble 10 them 'hat
,,o, ,bov geek 10 purchase the same mn ivy
on1 tho nrico exorbi,antly multiplied Dy 'i'o 'e
taller.
A WHOLESALER DENOUNCES THE Rf'lAi"
Frs.
q.
-, T.. ain, said a leading wholesaler or uito"
r,sb Market to a Tribune reporter mo o'hei u'''
.hut there Is no good reason why ,'''S S"
all do So II Is an injustice TO pJth Inc
and the consumers for the retailers 10 r''oA W
h,ph standard Of prices when hsh are "''' ''
1, tho Wholesale market and many nave 10 DO
thrown away because they cannot pe soin o'o.
,ho, hecome spoilcd. When there Is gIut IN the
.h,o,ale market Il Is usually caused by an over
sunulv Of what the trade calls trash VINO" "'"'
,rs,,od and unma rketabe fish. such as can be
dismissed OF only by pcdlers In the poorer "e's"'o'
hoods and which must be sold at extremely cne'p
nr,ces rhen the retailers big and little ALIKE but
ma r,ic,Iorly the big ones come into the market anu
ga cola about prices They refuse TO take any OF the
,,.,le ash and insist buying only the large Ones
which they demand shall be soid 10 the'" io' '
same ruinously low prices for wnch IL i heceSSa'S
TO sell the. little ones 10 get rid or ,he''. ne 'e
,ou.-s will hold of and beat down prices FOR hours.
until the WholesaierS arc '''''P -. -
they have heavy consignmcnts dalIy ana must as
far as possible. dispose of their STOCK e"cn u"s ~
oraer 20 have clear decks for receiving the next
days consgnmehiS'
STALE FISH PETAILED FOR HIGH PRICES.
an such cases particularly on Saturdays "ne'
a., aro ,,sua,Iv cheapcr at wholesale than on other
davs Of the week many retail ers buy at %" prices
NO, only The quantity OF fish they need ior use a'
once hnt also enough carry them through TOT hVe
or six DAYS The surplus over what Is requ'reu III
immediate consumption the retailers put INTO ,ren
icehoxes and buy no more TIL that extra supply IS
exhausted by this means the retainer SUI" -
steadily deterorating and wheh cus'o", 80
49,. ldors several days later. they receive stae
All hut At high prices Meanwhile. ais the retaiiers
have stopped buying. the stock OF wholesalers 's
accommodating. BY packing fresh hsh In ice as soon
as they are received the wholesalers can Keep t"o"
I'm good order for a week. but when they aie 'AAe"