New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-12
MARS BOMBARDS
BREAKFAST TABLE
Artillery Does Execution
on Egg Cup and
Butter Dish.
COFFEE POT AND
SUGAR BOWL DOOMED
Tea Stubbornly Holds Fort as
FoOdstuff Prices Join the
Aviation Corps.

Prices of foodstufTs are still hurd-
ling records, and there seems TO be no
immediate prospect of decline. The
suggestion that the breakfast cup OF
coffee may be sugarless and coifeeless
looms up as a possibility. Meats,
grains, beans, peas, butter and eggs
are some of the domestic eatables that
have gone on sympathetic strike.
All imported food articles, such as
maCaroni, spaghetti, sardlnes, olive oil,
jams, pickles, mustard and sauces, are
jumping a little higher daily and prom
Use soon TO vanish from the table OF
the man of moderate means. Just what
sort OF diet that man will be able TO
pick out two months hence, is prob
lem. 1t may be nutritious, but the
chances are that II will not contain
many delicacies.
SHOULD the war prove TO be n pro-
tractod one" said the New York man
ager of a wholesale grocery house yes
terday, "all foreign imports will be
Of the markets BY Christmas"
At great tea importing house,
however, il WAS said that the American
market would be taken care of, since
the ships which carry tea to England
and Russia would naturally make for
the United States if the market in
either of those places were cut off.
Snap Fasteners Already Gone.
Clothing of all kinds and the little
convcniences which have come TO be
considered necessities may soon be
unobtainable. Snap fasteners, such
rs are used for gloves and dresses,
are already gone. America is just be-
ginning TO realize the important part
a nj IN har
THE great majority of our stock"
said William II. Lindeman, of Poirier
& Lindeman, dealers in notions, "is
made here of foreign semi-raw mater
ial. The stocks Of even the largest
stores seem to have been mere skel-
etons. The trade is mad right now, not
for money, but for goods; and some
goods are not TO be had at any price.
We got a shipment by the Kroonland
and are fortunate. There was no in
voice, however, and we had 10 put up
bond"
Clothing will probably be higher be-
cause of the shortage in dyes. Most of
the aniline dyes come from Germany.
There are only four manufacturers in
this country, and they could supply
about 20 per cent of the demand. The
factories in Germany are either closed
or running far below capacity. Conse-
quently, the shortage is likely to con-
tinue even after the close of the war.
Shoes of imported leather, whose
ordinary price is So or Sc, may 20 as
high as SIS or 500, dealer said yes
terday, and eventually may not be OBJ
tainable at any price. Ordinary shoes,
however, probably will not rise greatly
in price, as it is thought that the local
supply Of leather will be sufficient.
immigration to Decrease.
A great falling off in immigration is
regarded as inevitable, although it has
not yet begun to be felt. Just what
this will mean to the supply Of I'M
skilled labor cannot be computed
The falling off of traffic and the en-
barge on imports have had a serious
effect on the railroads. but railroad
men are inclined to think present con-
ditiOns are temporary.
Most of our American industries"
said l.. d. Smith, vice-president of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, "are under
the impression that they are being
greatly hampered by the war, and
there has been an attendant reduction
in railroad business.
Just now all the export and import
business of this port, of which the Lee
high Valley has one of the largest
shares, is entirely at standstill. Pre-
cautions taken by the railroads to pre-
vent the piling up of shipments bound
for Europe have worked excellently so
far. These precautions were taken
solely because there was not sufficient
storage room here to take care Of all
the business"