Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1927, Page 13

~ TURKEYS HIGHER IN LOGAL MARKET Eggs Decline—Fish Dealers’ Report Increased Demand for Sea Food. Colder weather predicted by the Weather Bureau will be given a hearty Welcome by turkey raisers in nearby and distant recent warm Weathér having caused worry about the dressing and shipping of turkeys to the local market. Additional supplies of turkeys for the Christmas holiday trade continue to arrive in the local t. Re- ceipts are not exceptic heavy, however, and advanced prices were re- ported this mornin With the increased price for the king bird came a weakening of the eEg market and lowering of prices. ices of butter, meats and other com- modities remained unchanged. Live Turkeys Higher. Price of live turkeys, quoted early in the week at 38 and 40 cents, were quoted at 40 and 42 cents this morn- ing, the prices of dressed turkeys in- creasing from 42 and 45 to 43 and 46 cents. | Current receipt eggs dropped from | 45 to 42 cents, hennery stock from | B0 to 48 and fresh selected from 47 and 48 to 44 and 45 cents Municipal Fish Market dealers this morning reported increased demands for marine products for the Frida trade. They had attractive displays oysters, fish, crabmeat, lobsters, clams and other products of far distant and nearby waters to meet all demands. Wholesale Prices Today. Meats, fresh killed—Beef, 20a25; veal, 24a26; lamb, 26a27; fresh hams, 18a19; loins, 21a22 16a17; .smoked shoulders, 14a16: lard, 13a131s; lambs, alive, 13. Eggs—Fresh selected, 44adf; hen-| mery, 48; current receipts, 42, Poultry, alive—Turk fowls, small and medium, 22a23; Spring chickens, 24; 15; ducks, 18a20; keats, ung, 70a75; old, 35. Dressed—Turkeys, 43a46; Spring chickens, 27a28; roosters, 18; capons, fancy, he: 5a48; small, 38a 40; ducks, 25a30; keats, 80a90. Fruit and Vegetable Review. Today's market report on fruits and vegetables, compiled by the Market News Service of the Department of Agriculture, says: Apples—Supplies moderate; demand moderate, market steady; barrels, Pennsylvania, 21 inches up, U. 8. No. 1, Yorks, 6.00; Black Twigs, 6.50; Vir- ginia, U. S: No. 1, Staymans, 2% inches up, fine quality and condition, few sales direct to retailers, 9.00; boxes, Washington, medium to large size extra fancy Romes, mostly 3.00; Staymans, 3.00a3.25; Spitzenbergs, 3.75 a4.00; licious, 4.00a4.25; bushel bas- kets, Maryland, unclassified Yorks, 2% inches up, 1.50; Pennsylvania, U. 8. No. 1, Staymans, 2% inches up, 250; U. 8. No. 2, Black Twigs, 2% inches up, 1.75, few higher; unclassi- ed Romes, 2% up, 2.25; Virginia, U. 8. No. 1, Sta: 8, 2% inches up, fine quality and condition, 3.00. Cabbage—Supplies moderate; de- mand moderate, market about steady; New York, sacked, per hundredweight, Danish type, 90a1.00; South Carolina, ] crates, pointed type, 2.00a2.25. Celery—Supplies liberal; demand moderate, market steady; w York, 2-3 crates, 1.75a2.00; some poor con- dition, low as 1.00; California, crates, best, few sales, 5.00. Lettuce—Supplies liberal; demand moderate, market dull and slightly weaker; California, crates, Iceberg type, 4-5 dozen, 3.50, few higher; Ari- zona, crates, Iceberg type, 4-5 dozen, 3.7524.00. Onions—Suppl’ss light; demand mod- erate, market dy; Michigan, 100- pound sacks, Yeows, U. 8. No. 1, me- dium to large , 1.90a2.00, best most- 1y 2.00. Potato rket Steady. Potatoes—S: iles moderate; de- nd moderateWharket steady; Michi- ‘n.n. 150-poun cks, Russet Rurals, & U. 8. No. 1, 5; Maine, 150-pound sacks, Green Mountains, U. No. 1, 3.60; 120-pound sacks, 2.75a2. Sweet potatoes—Supplies moderate; demand moderate, market steady; roosters, Eastern Shore, Marylan COTTN'S WORTH SO0 HORE Farmer Got Good Profit, but Some Textile Makers Suffered. BY J. C. ROYLE. Special Dispatch to The Star NEW YORK, ecember 16.—The cotton crop of 1927 brought growers approximately $200,001 the crop grown in became evident today after a careful canvass of the situation and a meas- ure of production. The 1927 crop turned out to be about 5,000,000 bales less than the previous one, which was a record- breaker, but the fact that it brought more than the big crop is thoroughly authenticated by the Department of Agriculture. The seed brought at least $15,000,- 000 more than 1926 and it is possib last year's figure was exceeded by as much as $20,000,000. The final esti- mate of cotton production shows 2,789,000 bales as compared with 77,000 last year. The crop of lint cotton and seed brought about $1,65: 000,000 as compared with $1,440,00 000 a year ago. Wave of Speculation. The great wave of speculation that came into the cotton market last Summer was largely responsible for the high prices which obtained, as spinners in general had reserve stocks and were unwilling buyers. Under this speculation, prices for spot cotton at New Orleans reached 23.40, an advance from 16.41 cents a pound. Then came the statement of the Department of Agriculture declaring that prices were due to decline and i| claiming the world carryover was 66,000 bales larger than had been re- hampers yellows, No. 1, 1.25a1.35; East- ern Shore, Virginia, cloth-top barrels 3| yellows, No. 1, 2.50, few 2.75; North » | Carolina, cloth-top barrels vellows, No. 1, some ordinary condition, 2.00a 50. String beans—Supplies Nmited; de- mand moderate, market firm; Florida, %-bushel hampers green round-type stringless, 2.76a3.00; other varieties mostly 2.50; some fair to ordinary quality and condition, 1.50a2.00. Tomatoes—Supplies limited; demand light, market steady; Ohio, 10-pound baskets hothouse stock, medium size, 3.00a3.50; few low as 2.75; Florida, sixes ripes and turning, wrapped, fancy count mostly 6.00; choice count mostly around 5.00; 216s, fair condi- tion, 3.00a3.25; Bahama Islands, re- packed sixes, fancy count, 7.50; threes, gancy count, 3.75; choice count, 3.00a .40, Cucumbers—Supplies very light; de- mand slow, market dull; Florida, square bushel crates fancy, 3.00a3.25. Peppers—Supplies moderate; demand light, market steady; Florida, pepper crates fancy, 2.00a2.25. Eggplant — Supplies light; demand moderate, market firm; Florida, pep- per crates fancy, 2.25a2.50. Carrots — Supplies light; demand light, market dull; California, Western lettuce crates bunched, 3.25. Beets—Supplies light; demand good for good stock, market firm: Florida, pepper crates loose, few sales, 4.00. Spinach—Supplies light; demand moderate, market firm; Texas, bushel baskets Savoy type, 1.25; Vi Norfolk: secti sal For Driiling Brick, Stone and Concrete _s10 Dr. CLAUDE S. SEMONES| Eyesight Specialist ends baking failures because each batchis e ' en-tested” Jor pies, pastries cakes, biscuits and bread il THBRE'S only one ready-to- ymade from z f:y" Gorton’ salt Cod Fish (“No Bones”). It comes in this happy-looking yellow-and-blue can. n the can, roll the contents into cakes and fry in smoking-hot fat. That's all—and you delicious break- 2 eon or sup- fast, lunch: perin less than no time. ] THE EVENING STAR, ported by Secretary Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, who has been considered the accepted authority on such matters for a generation, This statement put an end to the speculative movement and started an extensive period of liquidation which may not yet be over. Holders of fu- tures and spots were generally forced to liquidate at a loss, which in many ::] nces ranged from $5 to $25 a Bitterness Over Affair. Extreme bitterness was aroused by the action of the Government officials, and the matter will be extensively threshed out in Congress, with South- ern congressmen making vigorous de- mands for the official heads of those concerned. ‘This speculation and its check did not hurt the actual producer so much as it did others. Owing to the high price and shortness of the crop, the grower was paid one-half to a cent A pound more for his cotton in the | interior than was paid to the contract markets. Such premiums are common in short-crop years, as the seller then names the price, But the statement of the Depart- ment of Agriculture had a wide effect on the cotton manufacturers and cot- ton cloth merchants. The more far- sighted of these had laid in stocks of low-priced cotton. When raw cotton WASHINGTON, sumers began to place orders for goods in advance. With the announce- ment by the Department of Agricul- ture however, according to President Hubbard of the New York Cotton Ex- change, every one ceased buying cot- ton goods, arguing that if the Govern- ment sald prices would be lower there was no need to hurry purchases. Na- turally the mills withdrew from the raw cotton market. Farmer Got Profit. “Thus,” Mr. Hubbard concludes, ‘“we witness the extraordinary situation of a very short cotton crop selling at prices very little above what the world thought the carry-over from an 18,000,- 000-bale crop was worth.” The farmer, however, got more than his crop cost him to grow. The De- partment of Agriculture estimates the verage farm value of the crop at 20 a pound, as compared with 12% ast year. leading markets last year was 12.96 cents, according to New Orleans Cot- ton Exchange figures. The average cost of growing the crop was about 19 cents a pound. 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