Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1901 — BIG PRICED FOR FOOD. [ARTICLE]

BIG PRICED FOR FOOD.

. .’// AJ I'A V3HHOTTA v^ c # rABLe , s AN , D fr uit are .liis'>l «') PreMnt Cdkt y t&Ac*< Wfctf&kWve.Tlie Late Spring end Drought Are Blamed for Dairy Products Also Advance. M imn?nooi mm ,wnl Chicago housewives and boardhigiionse keeiHWtifltaJfrlllthey *° ejfi: W 4 larger poctothoolw, thn ptirchaHo only limited quantities 0 f veg<*tabies and fruit. The backwardu spring, followed by long droughty lurdld/ht -tAhyi/lufif iin nu unprecedented way. Young housekeepers mvier < id i set binefy fdr s4i pptie*; <ftwi i older ones have not seen such times for tuauj’ years. While 1 ' Wh'dfesflle, prices h *#> wl street prices .Jnsrtie.thkeuHlieitotjiimps by geqjuetricul progressimu aud it is the lat- , T the wholesale buyer can go into the market <V«-*n<llDsin&ntn»i sOGWboA tfrM pe £ ,f.V.,Wf,,V j'l, wife fiutls that what ftUnteed last vear to bny evefytAWff 'M i eWiiil l iy*''l ( Tl£ l iu'r will not even bny enough cu -uiuber , pp.VUi i ,‘piiiHM IbsJJ .««.. ,!1 ttetHi mi*tfVifctt: xb.o *n* The kward spring and the drought have made "Chicago the point to which cities that before were indopeii<J ? to f m C *. > |ki*®* W d their supply. This has hail the effect of uddiqg at ill more* til; the; liriresYait/ Hdrioiir. produce is quoted. Aferchants in South Water strdbft’Tf 1 W JmJ'd.’liH* on datl|r,. Ist supply orders from Iv,j asos t'Uy und Nashville. Other cities also are almost complete failure of the market feyOf &vftsDj<W»i(illiu*i, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Louisiana lias brought thti'AfeiUdi* -Ifi iffi&WTßViites to Gh|ittWWi£on4.kA> prodnee 9hcy-u*maMytisjoW. bushel twelve inoiyeh* ago: telngt/gai.VA “And yveu l.bpn,” -said, one ;dvßlcf»>."Uw

mariiefjpi'itdAtbr* rrt*e' trt-nij'Mfc/fti msrftdoA* *|f„«*<*A iug Ktegrtrod more, from. ihu.Jwikm than tonfyt**PjC ,r ’ 1 l H*VtJr l , WlTrtl*,' *w* rwdishi K thaft, Jftsibi* i»Xi *4 W-tW .t^r. 25 Aentft tNMt buyer* enough for the mea< ger supply itf‘ft.WP 1 Prttit et'tVt-Ch floren formerly* WW AWiiA'iV# UPftfli* (iff -b *for cucumbers. The present rate is 25 cents. fI.MC a hftffflJ.Mfflßjrljr, kmfcf tp ..fplfutu restaurant Imyers to Im> (lie same article thal W^W'T* 4 ‘purchased 1 # y tiff apt ot'iJr> cento, a LurreiT Dried »4tious it„H,lv!A bushel are more than twice ns dear to tiio k«*CiWr as ItiWf }t*Ah Pnt a toes are selling at ftl.ll) ‘to'sl.2o a l>usN*i. ~lw h«‘c -10 cents was n*dt*h'hiW August. The dealers say that the torrid, summer following close no the backward spring rotted the vcgeMlilii&(ltoigr*t>iid. The sort of cabbages that could l«* bought lasti'yfcluf l ifto *'»o*M;t»fctW<iHv in the market,district now commands ft ceillfa’.* The dealers it ini'' biiyeri 'tn Ht'd' kti #** that euhbugcs thi#kbftrwft wi'fftur as to Is* almost HselessTT)Y“‘?o?wT!*'’ The light and inferior supply of vegetables not only has enp,s,d ,tho j.rice, on everything front potintFil t 6 ‘flrtrsltnr to l sor.r, but the rush of buyers to substitute fruit for tht'Jalmaitt linfyftftiflHJKTt vegetable has pVuio *r A nit to reneh an nntisuul figure. Dealers say that tile price of nil fruit in based to n considerable degree upou the market price £«%. aram r ,Wt?' a barrel last August. Even the liner quality of the fruit, which is usually nnHriulnr lie lire *Ai Ami g dCjIITV jfr'tkcr <e,.YHJATlViuirii>dtr;k,gn.p) IS?®i Berrlegjjave htggftrfM,.sfafe ns to command Mo»<■ ■ lauCiloiibJLr jflrtfoiu, DealAWiPft tEf saw wi gt^aew conld.*M"hw)»tf|L og# M W orhSftcents muv-sells'Pliny* »ni»rt ft SI T.V hi* JUAtto, i Ornnjpc* .that iwild Is*!. rie»MMUMmt<tolH>l« bt*t f,«Yi.K'4:Wflfth.*V!v* qnitwel«"iw> from to ..92.2ft in botj < lit MtiitMt*.! it )**»)*. V'-rn',. high , Tto*«‘i|t*lH!*'ttt»o anywuy, ivlol-it te«» tcik'Mftr w oalto* bo ti < amd an um» ■ tuph .boAftt Mii#. goiftf ■tt/MidP'itor*. tot tom ni. mi can •«,(*• i th.tito*a»e«b utiftgrftfeaUiat^itoikitdwtW'b "•‘wtKstaffKrwmii nm, podnij-11l c*’w »tnU»titii<i »t All .di N*w/I'oS-k-ffustOm* ttsoils. to' 1 Hold frauds have l»een discover*# .#*( the N«W York custom house by which the government has i>een 'defrauded of millions touMMtni l uittoJav, rfftMaftiduaim^ muo *UM 1»C .»« ,<olcft