New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-24
TURKEY PRICES SOAR.
Twenty-eight Cents Pound Mark Reached
Perhaps More Before Thanksgiving.


Since the turkey. 1t seems is the one bird that
doesn't know enough come in out OF the
rain, Thanksgiving tables all the country are
going TO suffer because OF last summers many
transforms. Twenuy-eight cents a pound, with
prospective plus mark following for tomorrow,
practically puts this meat out Of the reach OF the
household OF limited means, and there is no pros
pect Of any reduction from this high altitude before
spring. Except in large quantities and where GUS
toners DO qubble a a few cents a pound one
way the other. it hardly pays to handle the
meat this season, say retail dealers. Many Of
them holding of hoping Wholesale glut VIII
send the price down tomorrow. but II the cold
weather continues this IS the fo-iOrnest kind OF
forlorn hope. for. short the crop is-about 40
per cent less Of the average-it all be dis
posed Of almost anything this side of so cents.
IN previous years from 10 TO - cents pound has
been the limit
This high price means that many household
Where Thanksgiving has been the red letter
dinner OF the year will have this season TO sub
stitute plain chicken for the traditional turkey,
60 without Many philanthropic institutions in
this city have already done this. But even chick
ems. while plentiful. considerably higher in
price owing TO the shortage in other lines The
famed Vermont turkeys all go 20 Boston this
season. and the market for game Of all kinds is
crippled. German hares OF which large houses
handle only something like two three thousand
a season, selling them wholesale at 81 pair and
upward. are scarce far. Egyptian quail.
Va WHICH single dealers get rom elgnCy-fiVe 70
ninety thousand during the year. These last whole
sale at from Sc to 81 50 a dozen. Blackjack and
English plover. from SO 30 to So 30 wholesale.
come over in lots Of hundred to hundred
and twenty thousand French capon, the poula-des
du mans Of the restaurants. and their "canards de
Rouen" this season average few cents higher
pound than heretofore
BEARS AND LITTLE PIGS.
For all such game the Thanksgiving demand in
rba ar-11Tar de fr5 hole
All the big hotels have standing orders with the
wholesale for Thanksgiving roasting pigs and
bear meat. OF the former which is almost ex-
clusively Thanksgiving Wand something less
than a thousand. from 81 30 to So apiece and
under two months old, are handled by a big Wash
ington Market dealer during the week Immediately
preceding this festival. The same dealer average
from hundred to hundred and fifty black
bears season. each weighing around $50 pounds
and being under two years old. There is no retail
bear trade, the large hotels and restaurants being
the only customers There old Bruin his hide
having netted something like $40 is served as dIet
uignens d'oursin at prices scarcely higher than
the usual beefsteak and Is considered great deli
cacy. Only black bears used. and the meat
is rich and highly favored.
The pumpkin is an exclusively Thanksgiving ad-
tunct. At later holidays the rnince pie holds its
own, and only on this American anniversary does
the golden prids Of old New-England figure. This
year the crop IS short TWO or three previous
years OF plenty put the price down-to 81 and 81
a load-that farmers STOPPED raising them fer at
They are Tetailed at from s. 50 to $ 30 dozen and
there are hardly more IN market than enough
principally from Western and Northern New-York
70 this city. New-England raising scarcely more
than enough for her own cOnsump ton now. The
perennial restaurant pie is concocted from the
canned article, and does not depend st al on the
The sweet potato crop on which the demand IS
always third or more greater during the week
low the average this season. owing 70 wet and
n0fd v-aa v-nn Ia be-
the reverse from q sweet potato standpoint. All
this means from three TO five cents increase on
the peck. and an inferior article at that
CRANBERRIEs POOR IN QUALITY
Cranberries another Thanksgiving specially are
short and poor in quality from Cape Cod, and fine
ages the crop a whole, though the ew-England
berry is tradftienaIy the better article The whole
sale price s. 90 IS a barrel G0s quarts
failing at about 10 cents a quart Wisconsin IS the
only Western State figuring IN the cranberry
market and this year it contributed about 10000
CT the total 100 600 bushel crop for the country
In the matter OF celery, for which there is al
ways a very heavy demand during the last two
I11 70 the average The California crop lust com
ing in quoted OF excellent quality, and ranges
cording 10 its degree of perfection. averaging
retail something Ike % cents bunch.
The nuts and raisins trade almost doubles around
Thanksgiving There IS considerable shortage
in black walnuts. and figs are trife higher this
an invariabIe feature Of Thanksgiving week
about the big markets and wholesale houses IS the
by phanthropic institutions, big ard little. to beg
even down to haadfuls Of nuts and hatful OF ap-
pies wherever their pleas are listened TO. And TINS
Is everywhere with hardly an exception, Tor there
IS something in the air about tEis time OF the
seeking opens I'D hearts and purses and reminds
even the most forEetful % the common ties OF
simple money FoPs 4i9 ba ana ' tBa 0asf
paIatiaI house on holidays Ike this.