Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-12 | Page 13 | Dealers Complain of Scarce Produce

Dealers complain OF SCARCE PRODUCE j Wholesale Price of Mutton Goes Down to 6 Cents Lambs to S2.75 Apieco. 4 Produco of all kinds was scarce yesterday. yester-day. Tho shipments that wero expected from California did not come, and as It was not market day, and as tho drain on the ntores was very heavy, Saturday, tho supply was correspondingly short. In Imported Im-ported stuff the samo scarcity will prevail today, as no consignments como In on Tueeday. Home fruit and'green stuffs will be plentiful and cheaper,' Goosobcrrlcs are dearer having gone up to G cents a pounds. They arc ust beginning begin-ning to come In ripe, but the demand hs been so aroat that they arc very scarce Peaa aro cheaper, having gono down to 05 cents a bushel, and 3 cents a pound retail. Spinach Is now out ofthe market, as tho season Is over for this vegetable Mutton Is again cheaper. Six cents a pound is now the wholcsalo price of this meat, while spring lnmbs have gono down to $2.75 wholesale. Retail prlcco have not yet been altered, but'thoy arc expected to go down today or tomorrow. All butchers, both wholesale and retail, havo many complaints com-plaints of tho ctateof tho market during the past week. Comparatively little was sold of any kind pfnicat It appears that peoplo' aro trying fto cat leas meat and more fruit. While' this may bo a very sensible plan, It does not meet with the approval of thosofwho have to get their living by selling meat.