New-York tribune., 1918-06-29
The Cow Jumps Over the Moon and Il.
Meat Market Is Demoralized
Even the Fish Are Scared OFF by the Storms. but v..
and Fruits Are Plentiful
MARKET PRICES AND THEIR wrIyrops
Meat

lhe meat market is completely denoralized Most ~ -
a m'e go down Not meats They keep right
service rather than to Mr.. Hoover. - A1
IT any comfort to know the reasons why" here tev
@ Not content with giving up beef the public giving IN
meats and there is little demand So little meat m a
@ @ e retailer keeps his price in the endeavor comp
The market broke very sharply on Friday. Meat a. j.,
was refused by retailers because they said they could
S ~ p mas decreased IN price So hundred and veal ST
nce tne retailers had but little hand prices we s
nopng tnat they may hear of this drop the wholesale MARKS
ana pass 1t along to the consumer.
lo-day however, lamb chops are from 35 to 55 cent.
o % .ne real spring lamb being much higher than winter
M PORK chops are 80 40 cents and round sron steal
the sane48 cents vea 39 cents Stewng meats are 25 r
1or veal. a 1880 for lamb, and Sc for beef. ~
will Inc answer s-Dont eat meat drink milk and the prices
Will get ashamed of themselves and come down ~
Professor McColum who have the last word on
aetetcs @ Just now says that 1T is mistake buy any mes
unt each member of the family has pint of milk each dav
NOW IS a good time to try it out
Fish
The recent storms furnish fish market with an ab f
ngh prices Even the whiting which have trying to
pete with the mackerel the founder by undersino them
nave gone up to II cents pound selling wholesale for instead
OF 8 as formerly. 40 1
founder still be had 12 to 49, uke for 90 nacer
1or 12 to To- and porges for Is Wholesale to 10 cen
neSe PRICES however are relief after survey of the meat
market The fish feed themselves the food board reminds
u.s. ana they can't be shipped Three times week. at one meal
OF the day, make them substitute for meat.
Vegetables and Fruits
There has been but little change in the vegetable and fruit
market the demand keeps pace the increasing receipts
and few products have changed in price except that
have gone up So barrel because the supplies are gt and
watermeons have gone down $500 carload because The
cpts are heavy War war staples persabes the Law
OF supply and demand keeps right working just like the law
OF gravity Potatoes retailing for cents pound in The
downtown markets, and watermeons for 81 apiece! .
onions New Jersey stocl) selling for 20 cents quart
and Bermudas for TO- Cabbage OBJ and lettuce (hea)
spinach b) 10 and 5 cents respectively and science
getting more and nsstent about the necessity of eating
these eafy vegetables if to be and happy and
wise The owy cabbage of heard of it's content Of
water-souble A. and its dietary merits for pound
proud price for cabbage The Federal Food says
should cost and is wholesang to 10 head less
than 3 cents pound. Peas are 20 cents pound
There especially heavy shipments canaloupes Gu
cumbers eggpans lettuce, radshes peaches peppers string
beans, tomatoes and water1neons
OF the fruits peaches and cherries increasing and the
wholesale prices little lower Retail prices are still IS
cents quart for peaches and 40 cents pound for cherries
backberres and huckeberes 20 to % cents quart whole
sale, and retail at 25 to 3O