The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-15
MEATS WILL COST MORE
Housekeepers Must Be Prepared for a
General Advance in Prices
by Tomorrow.

The Easter market this year is of
nature to please the eye. There is an
ample variety to choose from and plenty
of fresh spring stuff to tempt the faded
appetite. OF the latter mushrooms are
the latest arrival and sell at 20 cents per
pound The supply is somewhat limited.
There is also fine Utah pie plant at 10
cents, new garlic at 40 cents, celery at 10
and cents, green peas at Is cents, new
potatoes at 10 cents cucumberS 20 and 30
cents, caulifIower 20 cents and aspara gus
20 cents There are strawberries at 10
cents and fine pineapples at 40 cents.
Spring lamb is bringing $3.50 for the
front quarter and $175 for the hind quar-
| ter. There has been a good supply, but
the Easter demand is depicting stocks.
There is a rather scant supply OF spring
chickens and they are selling at % cents
Utah springs are as yet too small and
the greater part of the supply is from
Housekeepers must be prepared for a
substantial increase in the price of all
meats on Monday Dealers cannot supply
| the demand and prices, they say, must
go up. Mutton is scarce and the best
quality is almost unobtainable The in
/ all classes of meats
Another scarce article is hay and it is
| unusually hard to find. Alfalfa is selling
at ST a ton and timothy at so 1t is not
expected. however, that these high prices
will continue long
| There has been an extraordinary de-
selling at $3.50 a case.
! Following are the latest prices quoted
Hay. Grain and Straw.-Oat straw, per
bale, 40c; alfalfa, 75c cwt-; timothy; baled.
soc oW DeT %feas per cracked corn cWS
$40; oats, cwt, $190: rolled oats, S1.95;
barley. rolled. $50: flour. bakers No 1.
high high patent patent $40; rye. $50: graham
flour. s.. 50nS2.70; cornmeal, $2.00nS2-5o, ten
pounds for soc; bran. s1.l0; bran and
Meats.-Prime ribs. 171kc; porterhouse,
2O@25c; pork. 10G171zc; mutton chops, 121zQ
| L. ~ It'd
quarter, S1.75 each; veal 1SG20c; veal loaf.
SOC; BELGIAN hares;; zoe per pSound;
| 221sc; brothers, fresh dressed. pound, &c;
frozen broilers, CSC pound; ducks. &c;
turkeys. 271sc; geese &c; squads 25c
Fruits.-Lemons, per dozen, soc; oran-
ges, per dozen, 25660c; bananas. per doz-
en-. 2Oq3c; pressed figs. 1e015c per pack
25c per pound; tangerines, 25c a dozen;
grape fruit, 40cds1.OO per dozen; cocoa
egetables.-Potatoes SL1O per bush
ell; California lettuce, 10c per head; Utah
sc pound; cauliflower, per pound, zoe:
celery, 10c per bunch; artichokes. 10c
each; oyster plant. three punches for Soc;
parsnips, two punches for &c; cucumbers.
20c each; dry onions. sc per pound tur-
nips. SOC per peck; Utah spinach, SC; as
paragus. 20c a pound; flat Dutch cab
pound, Toe; Utah lettuce, &c a head; Cal
ifornia rhubarb, 10c per pound; Utah rhu-
Dairy Products.-Creamery butter, per
pound soc; dairy butter Csc per pound
cheese, pound, zoe; strained honey. per
mound, 15Q25c: Swiss cheese, pound. zoe:
iimburger cheese, pound, Coo; cream brick
cheese, Csc; Edam cheese, SIPS each;
Neufchatel, 1oc per package; Utah fresh
eggs, dozen, zoe.
Fish-Salmon, TIC; yellowtaiL I5c: hall
but, 15c; striped bass, Z21kc; Goldfish, I5c;
shad. 15c: wnitefish zoe; sturgeon, I5c;
catfish, 171hc: barracuda, 15c; founders
15c pound; rock cod, two pounds for 25c;
soies, 15c a pounds; crabs. S0935c each;
sea bass, loo; kingfish, 15c per pound:
oysters, New York counts, 25c a dozen;
blue points 30c dozen; kippered sal
mon, zoe per pound; anchovy, zoe per
pound; Holsters, 20c per pound; shrimps,
zoe per quart; prawns. SOC per pound;
smoked halibut, 20c per pound: herring.
SC each; salt mackerel. 1O635c each:
smoked cells, per pound, soc; mountain
trout 40c per pound; fresh mackerel, I5c:
rainbow trout, SOC per pound; salmon
trout, SOC pound; crawfish, zoe per pound;
crawfish zoe Ter pound; red snapper, per
pound zoe; brook trout, per pound, Soc;
sandals, per pound, zoe; perch, 15c.