Evening journal., 1902-04-18

Spring chickens are now more of a lux
ury than ever. What are known as stew
ers, old fowls, can be bought for 16 cents
a pound, but the young fowls known as
broilers, bring 40 cents a pOunu
The scale of prices in Philadelphia is
about the same as the above. Chuck
there is selling from 16 to is cents a
pound, and pork chops at 16 cents. But
ter is dearer, running in price from sc TO
AZ cents a pound Potatoes are some
what cheaper than here.
The claim of the beef trust that the
scarcity Of live stock is responsible for
the rise in price is disproved by statistics.
These show that the amount of live stock
and meats on hand today is greater than
ever in the history Of the country. The
receipts of hogs at Chicago in March
were 797,000 as against $4,000 for the
same month last year. The falling off in
the purchase of meat is indicated by the
fact that the shipment of hogs from Chi
cagO last month was only 1876, as COM
pared with 193,7O5 in March, 1901.
On April there were 59,0OO,O0O pounds
of cured meat at Chicago A year pre-
vously the figures were 13S,OOO,OOO. The
receipts of meats at Chicago in March
were 7S31,954 pounds and the shipments
59,154,S94 pounds, while a year previously
the receipts We're 11,525,j67 pounds and
the shipments 64,O97 ,45O.
RECORD OF SHIPMENTS.
Receipts of live stock at Omaha dur
ing March were much heavier than in
the same month of the previous year.
The figures are:
March, March,
1902 1901.
Cattle ...... ,.......... $500 53,SOO
Hogs ......... ......... 2O2,6OO 16S 500
Sheep ........ .......... 10000 115,0OC
Total ......... ....... S71,1OO $4,000
The Meat Trust has sent out a circular
to local retailers asking them TO push
sales on canned goods" They quote cut
rates on all canned products. Some Of
the prices follow:
Irish stew, two-pOund cans, one dozen
to case. 50.
English mutton stew, two-pound cans
one dozen to case, 81.
Roast mutton, six-pound cans, one
dozen to case, $3.50.
Plum puddings. one-pound cans, two
dozen to case, 95 cents.
Mince steak, twO-pOund cans, one
dozen to case, S2.25.
Roast beef, two-pOund cans, one dozen
TO case, s2.40
This is done to try and keep the peopl,
from buying the product of independent
packers in the East The Eastern men, II
is said, will meet the cut.
BUTTER MAY DROP.
a local dealer said this morning that
he did not fear an increase in the price of
butter of tie ordinary grade. Cows viii
soon be on grass" he said. "Fhat al
ways has tendency to lower the price
Many people cannot eat grassy butter anC
the demand will not be so great. The in
dication is that the price will drop
Creamery butter made from cream pro
cured from granted cows may go al
high as so cents pound. The price o
corn is so high that people cannot affor'
to feed it to their cows an,
the old crop of butter has beer
about exhausted.
The reason for the increase in the
price of chickens and eggs is the fact
of feed being so high. Bran is twice
as high as last year, and corn is selling
for from 73 to so cents a bushel.
The catch of shad has been small
and they cost about as much as beef
Good shad sell for from 40 to so cents
each. Mechanics cannot buy them a
that price.
Potatoes are still going up. Thos'
that remain of last years crop arr
poor The new potatoes are anxiousl.