POTATOES SCARCE AND HIGH.
Lemons Also Jump From $3.50 to $7
a Box in a Week.
Recurring rains have sent the price of potatoes up from 60 to 90 cents to the wholesalers within the last week. Many of the big fields in the Missouri bottom, between Kansas City and Excelsior Springs, are already under water and teaming from the other fields, as yet dry, is impossible owing to the soft condition of the roads. The result is that practically no home grown potatoes are coming into market. Other garden stuff is about normal. Hot weather and delayed shipments have doubled the price of lemons within a week, quotations having gone from $3.50 to $7 a box. The decline will be as rapid, however, if for no other reason than that lemons are being hurried to the city.
