Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-11-21
FOOD SOMEWHAT DEAREP
An Advance in the Price Of Pro.
visions OF Almost Every Sort.
LOSS 0E<fGGS IN COLD STORAGE

Hho Thigh Prices May Prevail Through
Zout the Winter-vagnrics OF the Pork
Msrket-A Lcsscned Demand For Ham
-Cold Weather Causes n Jump i'm tho
Prices OF fyegctabIcs-The Egg Ma,kc,
New York City (SpeciaD.-Follow-
mg the election there has been more or
less of an advance in the prices of pro-
visions of almost every sort. In some
zines this is attributed to special
causes which make it likely that high
prices will prevail throughout the win.
ter. In other cases the advance Is
cohsidered by dealers as merely re.
action from rhe weak market of sever.
nj weeks ago.
Pork at wholesale has gone up three.
eiShths of n cent Il pound since the
election, but is more than half n cent
cheaper than in midsummer \ de.
cline in the prices of nll hog products
is always expected in the fall. and the
fact that 1t has not taken place this
year is considered by dealers To he nj
most equivalent to Il rise In other
words. the price of pork now is about
one cent II pound higher than it was
Il year ago ut this season. The Quan-
tity i'll the market is about the same
rs usual; but for some reason or other
more pork is being eaten.
The ineXplicable vagarieS of the
popular appetite are well illustrated
just now by this market While all
other pork products are advancing I'm
price. ham, usually considered the
choicest. is cheaper than il has been
in
on record bacon costs more than ham.
the difference being about two cents
in the pound. Wholesale The great
consumption of bacon hy the in
creased United States Army is re
sponsible for much of this. but the
retail grocers, II is said. find very
little demand for ham. in spite of its
low price. while housekeepers are us.
Ing more bacon than ever before.
Whether there has been new action
by the Beef Trust or not. there has
been no advance in the price of dressed
Deef in this city. II is cheaper now mt
wholesale than IL was six weeks ago.
though 1t has rallied somewhat since
the election. The prices quoted by
one wholesaler were as follows At
the end of September. nine and n quar-
ter cents pound; just before election.
eight and quarter cents; now, eight
ana threc-Quartcr cents.
Dealers are looking for an advance
tn poultry very soon, though prices
have not yet changed. The movement
OF mutton, it was suggested. may lie
IN the same direction. The cold
weather has caused jump in the
price of vegetables. especially peas.
beans. eggplant, and okra.
Eggs and butter are already selling
Mt winter prices. Butter costs twenty
five and Il half or twenty-six cents a
pound, about the same as Mt this time
last year. The best eggs are twenty
SIN cents dozen, which is three cents
per dozen higher than in November
lS.o. commission man gave the
Following explanation of the peculiar
conditions which have brought about
this advance:
Inc regular winter falling off in
the supply has surprised us by coming
month earlier than usual 1t appears
that the hens are moulting premature
iy, and have stopped laying Further
more. we have not the usual large cold.
storage supply to draw from. The
storing of eggs is usually a matter of
speculation and last year. on account
D1 the open winter, II was not Drofita-
ble Millions of dollars were lost on
coId-storage eggs last year and there
was so much hesitation about going
INTO the same enterprise this year that
the number stored is admitted to be
TAR less than in previous years"