The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-03-17

sturgeon are sold to local buyers, who
com the former and pack the roe of the
latter for shipment 60 Germany as
cAya.re.
TRUCKING.
All q thes peJple-some more, some
less than others-engage in trucking.
For few weeks during the pea season
more boats are in demand than at any
other time 4 the year. and often
hundreds of barrels have t. be left on
the wharyes for the next boat. Euglish,
OF green peas, are the chief product
"a ugh potatoes both kinds). straw
berries. asparagus. tomatoes. cabbage
and other vegetables are raised IN large
quantities. Many acres are annually
planted IN tomatoes, the first crop
being shipped to market and. when
prices drop. the remainder are sent t
the local canneries IL is thought that
more peas have been s0wn this season
than has been the case for a number ot
years past, the outlook being for good
crop and good prices. Fewer tomatoes
will be cultivated. owing chiefly to the
shutting down Of so many OF the can
nsries because Of the high price Of tin.
HAS ITS EFFECT.
Throughout the Northern Neck and
Rappahannock Valley many operators
tomato and fruit canueries have
announced that they Will not operate
because Of the high price Of cans and
boxes A. W Kriete, the big packer OF
Essex and. .Middlesex. contemplates re-
iucing his out pat, and Jno NJ Lyell,
OF Richmond, though having already
bought his cans, Is, owing to the recent
drop in the price Of canned tomatoes,
seriously thinking Of selling his new
stock Of cans and resting this season.
But Eli Sharp. at Sharps Wharf has
been brave enough to buy a new outfit,
and will this season begin the business,
though is may be but on small |
and safe scale. Along the Potomac |
side Of the Northern Neck several large |
packers have notified their growers that
they will not this season open their |
factories.
The cause Of this is the old. old cry in
politcs-trust and monopoly-which,
with these people, is coming home in n
iearfully practical manner. Tin has
gone up within few months from Is
or 20 cents a pound 20 - cents, having |
jumped from % cents to it's present
figure during the past few weeks
Americans were not long in finding ont
that the plea which caused a tariff to
be placed ON tin was bogus one, for
there is no tin to be found in this
country. We have been accustomed to
believing that itsll came from Wales, but
that is only partially true. Much sheet
tin is made there, but the raw material,
the ore, is found nearly altogether in
the straits of China where it is mined,
or picked out. by women and children.
Hollanders command this output ard
they are the people who have recently
raised the price so enormously OF
block tin in order 70 get square
with the manufacturers Of American
tin (simply- sheet iron dipped in tim
for vieiug with them through aid Of
the tariff In the sale Of sheet tin.
There is also s..trust among solder deal
ers, and even among the box, or Gaze
makers.
Owing to these conditions, and the
one previously mentioned Of the drop
In the canned fruit market, which
deters wholesale buyers from buying
"fntures"-or future deliveries-from
the canner, the business throughout
the entire country will be seriously d.
minished during the season Of 1900.
Needless to say that the Gamers view
with great delight the recent deci.
sion Of the Illinois Supreme Court
against trusts, which caused the offices
OF the n-plate srust in that State to be
hastily closed and nine special cars
chartered to remove their dear person
yes and valuable effects instanter into
New York State.
PERSONAL CHIT CHAT.
Mrs Geo. n. Anderton. who has
been spending a few days with friends
at Urbanna, returned Wednesday to her
home at TappAbannook.
Mr.. Herbert Mitchell aud Miss Ru-
by Minor were united in marriage in
Essex county on Thursday night by Rev
Frank B Beale The groom's mother
and brother. residing at Irvington. at
tended the ceremony.
Millenbeok. which is one OF the pref
tiest locations for city 10 EASTERN Vir.
ginis, is having q new warehouse bull
and will shortly have repaired, or re-
placed, the wharf at which the Weems
steamers stop.
At shsrp's wharf many prominent