New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-18
PROVISIONS CONTINUE TO BE DEAR
80 MARKED ADVANCES But THE MARKET rs
STILL FINN

STILL FIRM.
The provision market ruled Arm yesterday and
dealers who had stocks OF staple goods on hand
demanded high prices for them. In fact. high
prices prevailed In all the transactions In the pro-
VISION trade. although there marked advance
n tho price o, any one article over that OF tho
previous day. Flour about held It's The
advance In the price o. -four within the last two
months is about Is per cent TO the small consumer
twenty.hve-pound bag OF four which could for
merry be bought grocery store for 65 cents now
briggs more than 81.
The Chicago bakers yesterday advanced the price
o, their nve-cent ioaves o. bread to six cents and
II rumored that the bakers In this city would
60 likewise.
Meat remained about the same Yesterday a.
the previous day. and with the exception Of beef
could he purchased In the markets at reasonable
rates. The following prices quoted in tho
Washington Market yesterday: English saddle OF
mutton. a cents to Is cents pound. shoulder OF
mutton. cents. cents and cents breast OF NUT
ton cents legs OF lamb Il cents and Is cents lon
chops q cents; rack chops IS cents; pork. from s
cents 10 IS cents, according TO cut.
capons. % cents pound; western capon. 20 cents
Philadelphia spring broliers. 81 rs to 81 IS pair:
state broerf 81 70 pair; breakfast broilers. So 60
a dozen. large SIZE. 81 81. Vermont ducks frozen.
l6 cents pound: spring ducklinss. 20 cents to 25
pound; Boston goslings. e cents; wild mongrel
turkeys Is cents; Philadelphia FOWL II cents: state
fowl Is cents salad fowl. 10 cents
The fruits which are in season were moderate In
price yesterday. and the reports from the fruit
growing centres indicate that the general fruit crop
this year Viii be large one. WatcrTclOns In
the market ana are selling for - cents each
EgSs continue cheap, and quoted yesterday
at Is cents dozen. Considering that four OF them
are said TO contain as much nutriment as pound
OF good beet, they arc at present prices cheap
article OF food.
Butter. tea coffee. sugar and groceries In general
remained al about the same prices yesterday
those previously quoted.
1T seems apparent" said .weil;known citizen
yesterday, that some retail dealers In the
OF life have made their minds make =
much out OF the war as possible. and they have.
previously stated In The Tribune. raised prices 10
remarkable degree on articles which the has
not affected In tho slightest way. These articles
include fancy groceries and many other things.
The public should remember that. barring -four nd
harrelcd meats the war has not caused any serious
advance In the wholesale prices OF goods. The war
has TO do with the outrageous prices de-
manded by some storekeepers for their goods than
the King ~ siam has with the bad craftsmanship OF
the Spaniards."
a noticeable feature OF the advance In the price
OF -four is that corn and oatmeal have not gone
up much. and neither has rye -four Some time
ago American went TO Europe to demonstrate
10 the people there the value. usefulness palatable
and cheapness OF Indian corn meal staple
article OF food. Should -four continue Increase
in price. the use Of corn meal "A food might be-
general