The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-18

munity have combined to advance
prices AZ. for Instance. that such
dealers advanced prices uniformly at
approximately the same time or that
dealers known to he members of an
association of such dealers uniformly
advanced prices at the same time.
Such information Is desired not only
with respect to meat, -four, and other
staple domestic commodities. but also such
as are imported. While the District At
torney is seeking Information in this way
the Mayors committee will gather 1t
through subcommittee named Yesterday.
The committees and their charmen are
Transportation, Frederick -. Under
wood. president of the Erie Railroad !.
markets and market facilities. Cyrus &.
Miller. chairman of the Market Commits
sion. food substltutions, Mrs. Julian
Heath. president of the National House
wives League. general supplies, Carl A.
koelch. president Of the Washington Mar
ket Association.
Prices In general did not advance yes
terday, but sugar continued to advance.
Information was brought to the Mayors
committee that this advance would prob
ably continue, because England has
ordered her colonies to ship all their
sugar TO England. Inasmuch as New York
city consumed last year 2l5.000.000 pounds
of sugar the effect of cutting of the i'm
portant English colony Importation readily
can be seen. The wholesale price of
sugar yesterday was $40 per hundred
pounds last week Il was 81.
Fluctuations in Prices.
Price lists collected by inspectors OF the
Bureau of Weights and Measures from
/ various markets and individual stores
showed rather surprising variations. In
| the following list the second figures. where
given. are the averages of prices collected
| by the inspectors the first figures are
| those quoted by Washington Market
dealer: Leg of spring lamb, 20 cents a
pound hind quarters of lamb. %; fore
quarters OF lamb IS leg OF mutton 16
| English mutton chops, 20 prime ribs OF
| beef. 2S porterhousc steak, 32-3S sirloir
steak. 2s-32 round steak. 2S leg of milk
| veal, 22 loin of milk veal, 25-23 shoulder
OF milk veal. %. Jersey pork loins 23
| Philadelphia roasting chicken, 23 10 2S
Philadelphia broilers. 20. Philadelphia
| fancy fowls, 20 Long Island duckling, 20
smoked ham. 20 TO % bacon, 23 to %.
The following average retail prices fo
| vegetables prevailed yesterday: Potatoes
| and tomatoes. 3 pounds for cents car,
| rots. from 1 TO . cents pound cabbage
| cents head onions, cents n pound
string beans, 2 pounds for 8 cents. or
cents quart green peas, 3 cents n quart
Long Island corn, ears for cents. o
10 cents dozen: New York apples, 81
quarts for 10 cents, or or apples 10
10 cents lettuce. I cents head
| Flour sold yesterday ut wholesale 10
| 1915 a barrel. ON August IL IL wa
Sc. "a. on August 8 IL was s6.25 and oi
July IL IL was $3.50. At retail YESTERDAY
| II sold for 20 cents for seven pounds
Eggs selling at wholesale for from 2s |.
= cents a dozen brought from % to As cent
at retail. Sweet butter retaied for 8
cents n pound. while the wholesale pric
lvaried from 80 to 3iia cents.
Twenty-Five representatives OF wholesal
and retail grocery men called on Commi'
sioner Hartigan yesterday and told hi
they realized the danger In the prcser
situation. They promised they would d
all in their power to stem the upward ter
dcncy OF prices. Their sentiments wer
echoed by the New York State Associatio
OF Bakers, which sent word that this o
ganization will see that none of its men
bers reduces the size or increases the pri,
OF bread loaves or uses lower grade
-four meal in he making of II.