THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
6i 
l'.>03 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
New York. 
MARKET NOTES 
DULL TIMES.—This describes the fruit 
and vegetable trade at present. A series of 
cold snaps largely puts a stop to shipments 
of perishables, and commission men are un¬ 
able to display what they have to offer. 
The West Side produce district, from Cort- 
landt Street to Fourteenth Street, gets Its 
full share of the cold northwest wind which 
howls along the river front. We notice 
many apples that have been touched with 
frost. Greenings show this slight damage 
badly, much worse than red varieties. Jan¬ 
uary is always looked upon as an off month 
by dealers in easily frosted products. 
TURNIPS.—“I wish to ship White Globe 
turnips. Is there a good market for them 
in New York?” b. 
Maryland. 
They sell well earlier in the season, usu¬ 
ally best as soon as out of the field. I^ater 
their place is taken by rutabagas, known 
to the trade here as Canada or Jersey 
Russia, which are considered superior for 
late Winter use. At present we should ad¬ 
vise shipping the white turnips to Balti¬ 
more rather than New York, as they would 
meet less competition with Canada ruta¬ 
bagas there. 
CORN.—Export demand is heavy, nearly 
4,000,000 bushels having been bought at this 
market for that purpose during the first 
two weeks of January. The trade is em¬ 
barrassed by the non-arrival of expected 
shipments from the West, and at the last 
minute dealers have had to buy at a disad¬ 
vantage to carry out their contracts. The 
shortage of cars at shipping points in the 
West is becoming a serious matter for pro¬ 
ducers and eastern and western handlers. 
In many cases it is said that grain has been 
sold several times and sales canceled be¬ 
cause there were no cars to handle it. 
Grain within reach of railroads having 
Gulf port terminals is going there. 
THE HOTEL STEWARD appears to be 
the king of tip receivers. He has so much 
high-priced buying on hand that there is 
great competition for his trade. In many 
cases the dealer who gets it is not the one 
who furnishes best goods, but the one who 
gives the steward the biggest percentage 
on sales. We know of commission dealers 
in poultry, game and other hotel supplies 
who pay the steward 10 per cent to do all 
buying of them. In such cases the hotel 
proprietor must be swindled, or the man 
who ships the stuff does not get what Is 
due him. Selling goods in a competitive 
market on a 10-per-cent commission and 
giving the buyer a 10-per-cent tip amounts 
to working "for nothing and paying ex¬ 
penses, unless the man who ships the goods 
or the buyer can be bled to the extent of 
a good profit. The steward helps by prac¬ 
tically shutting off competition. Other 
dealers are black-listed, and their stuff 
said to be inferior. If the hotel man in¬ 
sists on changing, the steward can easily 
handle things so that the new man’s sup¬ 
plies do not go so far, or appear at a dis¬ 
advantage otherwise. The hotel man’s only 
remedy is to get rid of the steward, and 
this is often done. Of course the same 
trouble is found in other lines of business. 
Any man who is buying with the money of 
others is sure to meet similar offers of 
bribery. The practice has nothing to com¬ 
mend it, and no man on salary has any 
business to take such tips except with the 
knowledge of his employer—an Improbable 
condition. 
Al’I’LE PRICKS.—Here is a live question 
from Pennsylvania: 
‘‘Why do Pacific coast boxed apples bring 
more in New York than our Pennsylvania 
mountain fruit? Are they handsomer, and 
is the flavor better than ours? Would not 
our apples bring as good prices if put up 
in as fine shape? How do they pack their 
fruit?” 
We see few eastern boxed apples that are 
equal in fruit, packing or package to the 
western apples that bring high priees. As 
a rule the package looks amateurish. The 
man who made it was careless, or did not 
know how to use a saw, hammer and nails. 
There is a know-how in making even a 
box. The western apples that come here 
are handsomer than the general run of 
eastern grown. If they have much diseased 
or wormy fruit it is left at home. The 
apples appear to be picked more carefully. 
The natural bloom is on and there are few 
bruises. In regard to flavor we have eaten 
no Pacific coast apples that were equal to 
the same varieties grown in the East. 
Even the Newtowns, which are rightly con¬ 
sidered the finest, are lacking in flavor 
compared with Albemarle or Hudson River 
fruit. Most of the far-western apples that 
come here are wrapped. A heavy unglazed 
paper about the weight of wall paper is 
suitable, better than tissue. In some cases 
they are set on end in layers with a strip 
of pasteboard between. In others they are 
packed on the side or any way best to fill 
the chinks, and rounded up in the middle 
so as to make the cover bulge slightly. 
The cover and sides are quarter-inch stuff 
and flexible. The latter method appears 
to us the better. But when eastern fruit 
men become so well informed on the small 
package business that their offerings equal 
in appearance any that come to this mar¬ 
ket, can they get the same prices? Not at 
once. Many of these western apples are 
handled by large concerns having eastern 
and western houses. They get the best 
transportation rates, have every facility for 
storage, and an established trade, which 
represents time and labor. Eastern grow¬ 
ers can certainly do as well in time with¬ 
out uiulerselling or rooting out others. 
Apple eating in large cities is in its in¬ 
fancy. Put up what people want in quan¬ 
tities that they can handle before it spoils, 
and then let them know that it is to be had, 
either through progressive commission 
dealers or by advertising or personal so¬ 
licitation. It is probable that an advertise¬ 
ment in one of the better New York dallies 
would bring inquiries that might be the 
foundation of a paying business, w. w. h. 
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