Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-07

w. 'c''''ilS ABOUT the same for the
reason that the demand has kent nae.
with the supply.
T"lat"es are away up" said Il Wa
yer street market man, last night
lhcH retail for 81 a bushel no,y ana
'heN are very scarce. too. In Houlton
we price of Aroostook potatoes is now
-" ana inside Of Il week | am in
formed the price will be much higher
lhan that. In fact. a dealer up thar.
writes me that before IL DAYS il will
cost from so to $50 a carload more than
IL present Today. Aroostook potatoes
VIII cost landed in Augusta. 81 cents =
pCShei. onions AZ" away IN. too. They
're h"W worth cents a pound Th.r.
W"s a short crop in This State ana that
accounts for the high price.
squash are costing $50 a ton a;
wholesale for domestic. while in Boston
the price is much higher. | have ius,
petn reading in the paper how a man
"ut IN Minnesota has succeeded in cor
E"ring the squash market.
Just before Thanksgiving he sent
agents throughout the country AMI
bought up eight carloads of pumpkins
ana squashes. which were sent East.
me h"ne demand speedily used what
was left on the market ana il was dis
covered today. that there is not Il
squash to be had in the northwest, with
the possible exception Of 2no dozen own
ed ny one farmer. He realizes TIE sit
uation. and il holding out for s. a doZ-
en-. which is equivalent to Il retail plice
of - r"nts each. However. this price
ana higher must he paid, as the Nishl,.
supply has been shipped to Boston. The
long n"riOd of drOuth reduced the OUT
put OF pumpkins ana S,luashes to a
mere handful this season. but no one
seemed to realize this fact until Ros-
ron had secured almost the entire crop.
Around here pumpkins are about
all gone. Hardly any are being
brought into market. Eggs are still at
'N cents. \ few small lots are brought
il; today, but the quantity was not suf-
ticent to affect III" price in TN" least.
Good creamery butter is Il cent 4 pound
higher than it WAS a while ago and We
have to get . cents a pound fog the
best.
Meats ara about the same as they
have Docn FOR some weeks. Chickens
are slower than they nave been. / have
only had one lot nrGcrcd ms since
THANKSGIVING. Tn" retail pric. is there
fore a cent 4 pound higher than il was
Then. 1t is now L cents. Fowl is
worth J., cents. but there's not much
coming in.
Apples are very scarce and non" are
being offered at present. 70 show how
scarce they are it is only necessary to
tell YOU that canned apples could be
bought last spring for $l..' a dozen;
now the same quality of goods Will
cost 3d.. That's an increase Of nearly
100 per cent. Why. even the d-fash-
ionrd dried apples now cost cents q
pound at wholesale while a year ago
thcv were retaileG at 8 cents. 1t costs
money to eat apple sauce this year.
PluncS are cheaper than usua! ana
there's plenty of them III the market.
"Cranberries are worth 20 cents Il
barrel more at wholesal" than they
were a while ago. The price has jump
ID from S6 10 $50 Il barrel. This is a
GOOD Increase. | bought several barrels
FOR delivery on or before Jan. !. ~ less
than S. ana ! think I'll make good
it'll. speC nn them.
"'Thcse changes in price hay" ~rok-
.n Of cover most everything that ! can
now think OF. Prices in other goods
are stsple most Of the time. Something
unusual must happen to cause nuch
chang. in staple groceries.