The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-13

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LEAD ALL ADVANCES-CITY
NEW. YORK, Aug. 1S.-Ten, IL not
fifteen, cent sugar seems bound to
come MS a result of the European war.
or the worlds annual production Of
$4,000. 900 tons. 100000 tons come
from the countries involved in the
conflict. What part of this is being
harvested Is being used as food, not
for manufacture.
In other words. this years produc-
ton of sugar will he only little
more than half It's usual figures.
Three years ago, a shortage Of I .000.=
600 sent wholesale prices to az
cents n pound. Brokers and dealers
agreed yesterday that a retail price
of 10 cents was assured, while few
doubted that tile higher mark would
be reached.
Fifteen cents a pound is already
being commanded in England. ac-
cording to reports received here yes
terday. Through the Foreign Office
500, 900 bags lave been bought for
England, although there was an an
nouncement at the British Consulate
!, General that the government itself
was not In. the market.
Flour is going up us rapidly as
sugar. Standard brands reached n
Wholesale mark yesterday of SG.40.
(which means a retail price of $3.50 a
barrel. The jump within week has
been nearly 20 per cent.
Eggs May Reach New Record Price.
| Egg shipments, to England began
yesterday with coo cases of 100 doz-
,en each, all that could be moved of a
i 1,0OO-case order. With the market
open, eggs are lakely to go up to n
point unheard OF before.
Marrow beans wholesalcd yester-
iday at $3.50 a hundred pounds. fig
lure hitherto unknown. Peas went
up CORRESPONDENCE.
Domestic cheese advanced one-half
cent pound.
Canary seed has gone from 8 Y to
II cents a pound, while caraway seed
and other spices have about tripled,
caraway, for instance, having gone
from tx to % cents pound.
Butter was one OF the few staples
That stood still yesterday.
Emil Joseph, for many years a
butcher in Washington Market, got
cut bills and receipts yesterday tc
refute claims of the packers that re-
tail advances were not warranted by
Wholesale increases in the cost Of
meat. He was selling meats general
lily at 2 cents a pound more than llis
last Saturday quotations, while the
advances of the packer to him had
In some instances been , or 4 cents!
Mrs. Julian Heath, president Of
1.-THE Housewives League of America
conferred yesterday with District At
torney whitman on what she believes
Ito be unwarranted advances of food
Iprices. A John Doe proceedings was
discussed as a possible means Of as
pertaining II either packers or re-
tailers are coneertedly raising prices.
butchers insist that packers have un-
rrecented stocks in storage and there
| Is no physical justification for In
creases in wholesale quotations.
Gamers. whose season extends well
into September, are expecting trout
BILE as result of the shortage OF tin
Even solder-which is composed Of
equal parts OF tin and leads like
lly to be affected. a
Both tin and anthony continued
their upward way yesterday. Tin.
which sold for 81 cents a pound less
than month ago. brought from 65
TO 20 cents. Anthony, quoted at Y
cents July 81, jumped cents
round from Monday TO 81 cents yes
terday. Linotype metal went to 5 "
and 9'cents pound.
The ferro-manganese situation con-,
tinues to give steel men the greatest
concern. Before the war 1t sold for
SsS a ton: yesterday 1t WIS hard to
ret at Sis a ton. spiegeleisen adj
lvanced from s2s to $40.
Soft coal for export was quoted at
SO a ton at Hampton Roads, an In
crease Of Is cents over night. The
countries now at war use 100000
| TONS a year, but to Offset the loss Of
lthis American operators are hoping
10 gain the 100000 trade with
South America formerly held by Eng
land.
New York may become the fur cen=
Ter OF the world as q result OF the
war. A considerable stock Is onlhand
la this city. and for the coming fan
snd winter 1t will be the chief mar
Iiet Of the world. Demands on the
stock promise TO become very heavy.