New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30
SOME ESSENTIAL ARTICLES.


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SOUE ESSENTIAL ARTICLES.
One Of the most important Items in the prod
nee trade is milk The amount consumed In
New-York yearly Is estimated at 3Oooo'VU
quarts The territory drawn upon for this sup
ply is large \ great deal comes from orange
County ~ y. and the nearer parts or New
Jersey For the present population OF THIS CITY,
however the supply OF these districts would De
ei tirely inadequate. Ten years ago mix couid
not be carried greater distance than ioo miles
without souring. and in those days the supplies
drawn from the territory within that radius
we're found to be amply sufficient The demand
however. increased with the growth Of popula-
ticn. ard 1t was found necessary To go further
adeld to meet It, This was rendered possible
by the introduction Of refrgeratng cars. by
means Of which the milk be kept fresh for
an indefinite time To-day large part OF the
milk supply Of this city is drawn from terri
tories 400 miles distant.
New-York State, New-Jersey. Pennsylvania
and Ohio will all contribute toward supplying
Greater New-York with dairy products the
product of any Of the States named "ouid
be entirely Inadequate The years receipts or
butter alone in New-York were llo.ooo.o~
pounds The amount Of eggs received was H.
COG barrels ard 2,6G6.692 cases. or 2,ooo.ooo"U
eggs 1t Is not to be supposed that all this
vast amount of provender was consumed VIII
In the city limits great deal Is distributed
through the country. while the exports OF put
ter and cheese are valued at about So'VV'V"'
The exnort of eggs. on the other hand, is COM
paratiyely small. The United Kingdom is sup
piled from ireland and France. and the rest OF
Europe is self-supplying On the WHOLE the
darymen have done fairly we'll during the year.
az both the export and domestic demand have
kent up For one thing, the trade Is TO DO
congratulated that the low prices asked TOT
butter have driven oleOmargarine practicaiiy
out Of the market The cheese market has
shown a marked improvement on that OF LOU"
in spite of the fact that the Ranes bill cur
tailed the demand in the city. The egg market
has remained about the sane.
A very important factor in the produce trace
IA the business done by the commission mer'
chants There are over 800 produce commission
merchants in the city, while there are less IMAM
200 regular produce merchants. The business
done By the former is somewhat more extensive
than that of the latter. who for the most part
deal only in butter eggs, cheese and milk Inc
commission men handle vegetables and some-
times fruit The produce commission men are
not altogether content with the work done last
year. The trade large. but an excess OF
supply resulted N low prices and consequently
small profits.
New-York not only supplies the retail men OK
the East but indirectly great many or th0se
In the northernn ost States OF the SOUTH FOR
instance If a Maryland grocer wishes TO lay In
a stock Of soap he places his order probably
with Baltimore firm, which, IN It's turn, sets
the order filled in New-York. To give any esti-
mate of the volume of the soap business IN tnls
city would be impossible, as the avenues through
which the article is distributed are numerous.
To say that it amounts to SioV"'VVT ra annua'rS
ka II mo
single firms in the city doing business Oh over
So UtO.O yearly 49,,
To give an idea Of what one factory produces.
II may be mentioned that there is place In en-
cinnati that is in the habit OF sending down whole
trains loaded exclusively with soap to be distrio-
uted through the cities of the South. This rae
tory is probably the largest In the country. but
there are many smaller ones in New-fork.
Again. the city receives the product not only OF
her own factories, but also the greater part or
all that is produced in the Eastern states. mus
1t will be seen that in the matter OF consumption
and distribution combined NeW-fork Is taT
ahead in the soap trade.
The imports and exports give but little notion
of the magnitude of the business; In the ten
months preceding October, 1876, S.i2,.2i worm
of fancy soaps imported, the total import
of soap being Says, 100. This total Is less than
that OF the similar period of 1879. which came to
Sf;25 1873 The demand for the fancy foreign
article, however. has increased to the extent OF
SlS963 The exports for 1896 were So6i,22l, FOR
During the last year the soap business has
been fair The demand for perfumed fancy
toilet soaps is constantly on the increase. IN
deed, it is estimated that there are over JUN
different brands now the market. IL Is true
that the general tightness of money during the
last year led to a temporary demand for cheap
and inferior soaps with catchy names ana ,s az,
tractive wrappers. In time, however, the pubic
found out that II was not good economy TO BUY
a trashy article. and toward the end or the year
the demand for good soaps revived on tho
whole considering the peculiar conditions which
prevailed last year. the soap men are To be con-
graduated. for they were more lucky thah ous'-
ness men in general 80.
AS a distributing point for all food products
any sort Of thing that can he found In gro
Gerry decatessen store or meat marx.
err New-York Will outcass any cry OF the Last
being distanced by Chicago only IN meat In
the poultry trade NewYor Will be paramount.
The great producing srounds when Suppl pr
the New-York market with its fowl game. tur-
KEYS ETC. are Ohio Pennsylvania ana inc
New England States. The demand IN THIS Guy
Is enormous The entire poultry pr3auS s oI 10;
State Of New-Jersey is a mere drop In the sreat
ocean of New York consumption. Last year
the supply Of these goods was Unusually shorI
the result being that with the increases
demand prices advanced fully - per cent; un"
pleasant FOR the poor to be sure but emlnenty
satisfactory to the dealers. The trade III this
city is further increased by the growth OK 'x-
port trade. This is quite an innovatioh' pe-
ing but few years old and Is as yet but sH'aIi.
not amounting to more than rev 'housan"
cases annually. Last year. however. the IN
crease was marked and there Is every reason 10
believe IL will continue. At present the enormous
English demand Is almost wholly met with
goods imported from France and Ireland. These
countries are productive enough. bur the land
devoted 70 farming is ridlculousy small COM
pared 10 the great poultry raising tracts OK
America The result is that the cost OF pro-
duction In either OF the former countries Is alb
normally high. Judged from American stand
ards: and high cost OF production means high
retail prces There can be question
that in a very few years the London market
will be largely supplied with American poultry.
as IL IL now with American beef and Australian
mutton OF course, the lions share Of the ex.
port trade will fall to Greater New-York