New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-16

cratic Administration, as the interest Oh JULIUS
issued by Cleveland is S1l 100000 yearly.
Molasses is to 8 per cent higher
porto Rico molasses Is now quoted at ~
cents and was quoted at the same price
year ago.
Pork Is over 1914 per cent higher.
Moss pork was quoted on Saturday Mt ~ 20
against So 80 n year ago: which is lower anu
&C. not "33ih per cent higher" Hogs are quoted
at SO 10, against SO SO year ago.
Mutton is over % per cent higher.
This grain Of truth is apparently introduced
n conceal the far more important fact sup
pressed. that beef, now 81 %, ana year ago
S441 Is not 4 per cent higher
Potatoes are more than 100 per cent higher.
Tho average of quotations in tho market Is
81 e. against 81 06 n year ago, an advance
Of q Der cent, and not more than loo per
cent: and the fact Is dishonesty suppressed
tbot the difference is wholly due to the failure
Of the crop.
Ann,cs arc more than 100 per cent higher.
Annlcs in fact. average 50. against 81 Oh
pcr barrel year ago; which Is not over loo
nor cent" but again the failure of this crop IS
dishonesty suppressed
Butter Is more than Is per cent higher
Best State butter is quoted ut 20 cents,
against IS cents year ago; which Is not
more than Is per cent higher
Eggs are over 10 per cent higher.
The best State eggs are quoted Mt % cents
against &c cents a year ago; when is lower
and not cover 10 per cent higher.
Wool Is from so per cent to 100 per cent
higher and tho trade in woollen goods Is strug-
ling 70 get the prices OF woolen cloths up TO
a par with wool. Who is to pay for this IN
creased cost Of wooen cloths!
The average Of 100 quotations Of domestic
wool by Coates Brothers is 2o.73 cents, against
1892 year ago; which IS 90 per cent ad-
vance. and not from so TO 100 per cent
higher" Also, the truth is dishonesty sup
nressed that woollen cloths are selling only
141 per cent higher than year ago, taxing
the average OF many representative goods or
standard grades, and that the cost OF made-up
clothing has not yet advanced AT all. when
the people do pay higher price for clothing
| they will pay It for the restoration OF work
| and prosperity to more than n million people
| dependent upon woollen-mill operatives. OF
whom about n third were idle year ago.
| shoe makers are trying hard to get this III,
| creased cost out OF boots and shoes. Is this OIL
supreme benefit TO the great majority?
The average OF quotations for hides az ohi
cago Is 1876 against 1852 year ago. al
! advance OF Il per cent, but not OF ~ pei
cent" The fact Is dishonesty suppressed ina
| the average cost Of leather is to-day shade
lower at BOSTON than a year ago. and that inc
average selling price Of boots ana shoes, taxing
the standard grades OF each class, Is Ia pei
| cent lower than n year ago
Would anybody suspect from these asser
| tons bv THE Boston Herald that inc aggre
gate cost OF several hundred articles covering
more than nine-tenths OF the cost OF living Is
now less than per cent higher than II was
October 81 las. Year, Yet that Is the fact; Tho
game articles and quantities mentioned IN the
article OK The Tribune last Tuesday, which
cosr November l s7Tei9, cost In the SANE
markets S7C.2l1 October 81. 1896. rise OF los
per cent Men who labor hard TO cram man!
falschoods into small space have one excuse
without some really startling feat OF falslnca
ton nobody would forget that labor has more
employment and gets better wageo than In re
| cent ycars.