New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
NEWS OF THE MARKETS.
s'rik. Affects Meat Slightly-Eggs Said Not
To Be Scarce

There are great chunks Or both optimism and
p.Ssimsm wing around in the markets these days
Large dealers who cater TO rich people take a
suniy view ~ Iife-prices all right and supplies
cutie ADEQUATE. Small dealers look discouraged
Hand live uor2- said Of the latter bitterly,
repeating remark that made to him. .'Oh.
vel Fnaz Il is for people with small incomes but
miliiouaires don't mind one fruit and vegeta-
bic man declared that in al his ten years expert
rnce he had known il difficult TO get -'iIo-
Ilies And = sell At prices people are willing
70 pay ma ke 10 profit and IL aim for bit
n margin things are left hands. ] get SO
tired putting away stuff every night and throwing
cat what's spot. 1 feel IL / never wanted 70
sst ny teeth into an apple or a pear again
said h.
Al the same. the markets look attractive to peo-
Pie whose purses are not too nabbv- There are
H.ctsrines. FOR example, pink and juicy. stra glt
from California. and & basket. There are
fHs75 Fos Of waierInelons. 10 cheaper than tfo,-
have been. bat still dearerse cents each There
ere al kinds of "a ncy pears and grapes. biC Bari
lstt pesrs from 30 cents each. Malaga grapes
~ = cents pound. Muscat grapes at . cents a
pound and beautiful plump Tokay grapes at q 3
far fairly large basket. The familiar purple Of
fhs Concord grapes seen yesterday in the mar
sets. Tfey have just arrived and are ~ cents
basket.
Berries law. gone to the bad A few huck,e-
berries and biackberrics offered at u cents a
Quart but Nature watered the stock so badly be
'ere she Eert Il that the wary buyer VIII moi
Invest But rosy checked crab apples are here at
= cents quart. Green apples. the ordinary kind
are n cents the half peck. Csntaloupes are from
= cents unless the buyer wants 1ne sitt
.ased Montreal variety, which cost from - 10 50
spiece
Tomatoes the hothouse KIND. are 81 cents for
small bssketful but the common garden TO-
rnstoes msy be had Cor just half that price Musll-
rooms trffe shy. and 81 % pound Green
com is Just in tz prime and costs 40 cents Dozen
There Is plenty OF IL that price. Pears are still
abundant a. g. cents half peck, and lima beans at
|" cents for the amount String beans are
% cents a quart
The plebeisn cabbage is here in great force and
IL IL rr-7re aG
lfttuce escsrole and chicory cost 10 cents bunch
Sarnaine Is - cents Carrots are cheap. BIG
bunch costs only IS cents which Is not high wh'sl
ne value or that generally underestiTated vegeta-
be is known Not only are the delicious and
wholesome cooked-or raw, people ssy-but
me tops make fine greens 5nd IL any roots are left
over fhey can be followed out. filed with water
sfa hung vi. when they viii send out feathefy
sprouts and make nice ornament for the home
The drivers strike has seat the price Of met
10 70 trihe, but then IL was pretty high already
wen scarcity OF feed has done It's worst. little
ftirs Ike strike cannot harm the meat supply.
me veteran butcher was inclined TO think the strike
~eoo not amount 90 much "A strike is serious
vhlia Il lasts ht strikes generally fZzles nova
0ssss he said philosopfiically There are always
'hen waiting 80 take the strikers places But don't
Fou make The mistake OF thinking that drivers Of
.asaf wagons are &c be Hurnbered among unskilled
pofsIs They've got TO know how There's a
sn&ek of loading a ason just right IL
asnt learned the wsy- 90 handle meat he
n'esk 'he bones, which Injuries II: he may stick
re hook into t1e wrong pert hanging it up, and
svol nice roast steak"
- stf1ke prices for meat about as follows:
s.o.s, beef is from 12A TO 20 cents pound.
NoTcAns 10 the cut: sirlon steak Is q cents and
poferhouse 90 cents. But housewives should not
pair. for corrlea beef IS only from to 10 cents,
80 ssinhoEe. which makes nourishIng soup. is only
o7i's a pound. lamb chops % cents the
--aoiGsriers are 1y and the forequarters IL
outlets are 25 cents a pound, the breast and
s1lo.ts OF sesl are - and the leg IS cents.
-sH'ei's nave arrived. sEnclts believe ia cold
- r" Tsrr1 bs ths Tor tile1n: but that tns
sls'Y = sst;ing cool enough TO satisfy them. they
.Ie.e% isssy 20 s:aE around They are 30 cer.ts
- noT'- 7uehsi, fne cnes. are plentiful
'5'sey waters Large dealers complain that
- rasfest 2e- enough al then. 10 freeze for Tlex.
"a s;t,tcsez't Gssto the day ia :ie - IA tfcre-
- ssid flas-s are bnefish FOR New Workers to-day
- - - cents pound. Fine spanish nsacsSerel
~ Long leland 10 cents New gerse., s1an-
-. ieasi2eTl s.ii - - cent?
'.e r1asesse tsrtles tlat SCI Fulton Mar.e. zap
'os5nisrt ago ere al IL t.e souo now but