Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1928, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1928. -9 e MEAT STILL HIGH INGENTER MARKET Dealers Expect Hike in Com- modity Prices Before Thanksgiving. 5 | Retailers were in evidence early this morning, the last Saturday half-day | closing of Government depaftments | this season, all anxious to get first pic of commodities. Business was not ex-| ceptionally brisk, however, according to | reports, but better business is expected | before the Thanksgiving holiday season. | Most meat prices, especially choice | home-killed beef, continued high. pnrk" prices showing a slight decrease and| Veal and lamb prices continuing at| what they were at the beginning of the | week. Pouitry prices were easy, while | the butter and egg markets continued firm. 2 Fruits continued plentiful and rea- sonable, dealers stated, while prices of several of the vegetables continued much higher than usual. Prices today were substantially the same as those quoted yesterday Today's Wholesale Prices. Butter — One-pound _prints, tub, 48a49: store-packed, 30a32. sh, selected. 40a42; current receipts, 49a50; hen- Tery. 38240; storage, 35336, Poultry—Alive: Turkeys. 30a35: fowls. 28: Spring chickens. large 33a34, me- dium 32a33, small 32a33; Leghorns, 28a 30: roosters, 19a20; keats. voung 68a80 old 30. Dressed: Turkeys, 40ad3: fowls, large 33a43, small 28a30; Spring chickens, large 38240, medium 38a40. | small 38: Leghorns, 37; capons, large 42045, small 30a35; ducks, 28a30: ! keats, young, 8021.00 Meats, fresh killed—Beef, 22a27; veal, 25a26; lamb, 26a29; pork loin, 30a32: fresh hams, 2526 fresh shoulders. 22a 24: smoked hams, 28; smoked shoulders, | 22a24: bacon, 24a26; lard, 1515a26. Probably no more attractive display of fruits have been in the local market | than dealers have during the prevailing Fall season, and it is probable that such | displays will continue through part of | the Winter season. Receipts have been | so heavy at times that wholesaiers | along B street have been required to ! utilize every available space, both inside | and in front of their houses. Peaches Fall Off. Early in the season receipts of can- taloupes and peaches were exceptionally heavy, peaches first coming from Georgia, then from Nerth Carolina and Virginia, and still later from the moun- tains of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Most_of the stock on hand the past few days came fiom New York. It is said by dealers that the New “York fruit fails to come up to the stand- ard of peaches from other States, possi- bly because much of it is not so large or so well tinted. The demand for the fruit this late in the season is not so great, and higher prices rule, dealers quoting supplies this morning at from $2 to $2.75, and some of the supplies may be held in storage for a short while. Because of the plentiful supplies of the fruit since early in the season and the low prices that ruled, it is sug- gested that there will be no shortage of canned stcck the coming Winter season. At times during the season which is fast drawing to a close, it is stated, good peaches were offered as low as $1 a bushel. Much of the North Carolina and Virginia fruit was trans- ported to this city in motor trucks, the same means of transportation having been adopted by North Carolina straw- berry groers. “Speaking of strawberries,” observed & Virginia grower, “there is no reason why the berries should not be offered during the entire Summer and late Fall seasons.” Storm Hits Berries. It was explained by the grower that the ever-bearing berries usually are to be had in small quantities during the Summer and Fall seasons, but stormy weather this season ruined acre after acre of plants, practically keeping the late berries off the market. This par- ticular grower, however, told of gather- ing fruit from plants brought from Canada, where, it is stated, berries are gathered until frost hits the vines. It was suggested that planting of such %7 Burchell's Bouquet Coffee (Something Different) ~ 42¢ 1b. + N. W. Burchell ' 817-19 Fourteenth Street WHY 2 Room for Rent advertise- ment in The Star will most likely rent your room— BECAUSE— the Rooms for Rent classifi- cations of The Star are read by practically _everybody seeking rooms in Washington and vicinity, BACK HOME EXCURSION October 6, 1928 Low round-trip excur- sion fares from Washing- ton to many points in: North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama Florida Tickets honored in Pullmans on payment of necessary charges, and good returning until midnight, October 24th. For information or tickets Phone or call on ¥. E. MASL D. P. A, 1418 H Street N.W, Washington, D. C. Phone Main 7835 | that vari vines in this section might be done with good results, “I am gathe:ing two or three quarts of berries two or three times a week remarked the grower having the Cana dian vines. “But.” the grower added. “thev are too good to sell, and we are enjoying | them at home." Apples have been fairly plentiful dur- ing the current Fall season. At times ordinary stock sold as low as 50 and 75 cents A bushel. Prices have advanced, however, but growers have such large quantities of the fruit that they are converting them into cider and vinegar, Dealys are receiving some fancy stock appies from Oregon, prices depending upon size and quality of the fruit. Melons Due Out. Watermelons and home-grown canta- oupes soon will be entirely off the market. Persian melons, product of California, some weighing as much as 20 pounds, are in favor, however, and find ready sale at prevailing prices, crates of the fruit selling from $2 to $3 this morning. Several varieties of cantaloupes are being received from the West by local dealers. and some are said to be of exceptionally fine quality. The demand for them is act very heavy, however, due to lower temperature early in the cheaper T ones $ ieties of are claiming attention alers antes, Mus nd other varieties were mostly $1.50 for 24 most varieties this morning. Several varieties of pears were offered the trade the past few days They in- cluded Bartletts, Kieffers, Seckels and other less attractive « Fancy Barletts from Hood River. Oreg., were priced at $3.75 a box, nearby fruit of g according to size and condition. ~ Anjou pears, grown in_ the West, also have appeared in the local market. They are good keepers, it is tated, and dealers are holding them back. They were quoted at $4 a bushel. Oranges High. Increased receipts of honeydews were reported this morning. It is about the opening of the season for the fruit in Colorado. according to local dcalers, much of the early fruit being too green for consumption. They were quoted at $1.25 and $1.75 a crate. Oranges continue high, selling from $8.50 to $10 a box. Lemons are fairly plentiful and cheap, according to re- ports, and there is no scarcity of ba- nanas, which are to be had at a long range of prices. There are plenty of fresh prunes still to be had, and dealers continue to offer supplies of plums, fresh figs and damsons. Farmers and truckers in nearby Maryland and Virginia and wholesale dealers in their products will welcome the close of the Summer and Fall sea- sons this year according to statements made by them on the market line. Early in the season there was every prospect of heavy crops and prices that would mean quick sales. Then came a dry spell to affect the plants, and later came the wet and stormy season to cause ruin and desolation. In numerous instances, according to reports, growing vegetation was covered with mud and debris, completely ruin- buye! Zinfande! Zinfa . Malag Concords Prices os. |ing growing crops, while in other in- stances, more especially with the corn, the damage was great and the cost of gathering largely increased. Damage by the storm resulted in largely de- creased receipts for the market trade, prices soaring. Pumpkins In. One farmer from Virginia landed a truckload of pumpkins at the local market Thursday morning, and in- formed the merchant to whom delivery had offerings of | ¥ pound boxes of | oy | was made that he would have one more |10ad this season, representing the work- |ing of a 31,-acr= tract. | “Last vear,” said the disappointed grower, “I had 20 truckloads of pump- | kins, Prices were cheaper last year, but this season’s increase will not make up for losses.” In spite of the short crop this year, 14t s stated, dealers expect they will | have Treceipts encugh to supply de- | mands for the Thanksgiving holiday | season and some to spare for later on. Lima beans, stringless beans, toma- | toes and spinach have commanded | high prices throughout the entire sea- | son, due to changes in weather condi- tions. High prices of tomatoes also hit the canneries in nearby States, ac- cording to reports, packers in numerous instances being required to pay double their contract price. Two-peck baskets of the favorite | vegetable this week sold as high as |$2.25, dealers reported, the low price |on"good stock being about $1.50. Dur- ing ordinary seasons they sell as low as 25 cents a_basket. Stringless beans | the past few days have sold as high as $3 a bushel. Potatoes Arrive. Spinach, quoted at $3 a bushel this morning, sold at 50 and 75 cents a | bushel this time last season. Kale has | been more plentiful and cheaper than spinach selling at about $1 a bushel. 1 | Carrots, beets, radishes and other small vegetables were fairly plentiful the past v | few weeks, dealers report, and prices | were reasonable to cheap. | " Moderate supplies of potatoes are be- |ing received from Virginia and Penn- sylvania, growers on the Eastern Shore nia sending larger quantities, |many of them coming direct by boat | from Onancock. Prices this morning | were quoted at $2.25 and $2.50 a bar- rel. Light receipts of sweet potatoes were reported the past few days, prices | running from 83 to $3.25 a barrel. Moderate rexcipts of cauliflower from Colorado met a light demand and mod- erate supplies of cabbage also met a slow demand that made the market dull. Dealers also reported moderate receipts | of onions, celery and lima beans. Lima | beans this morning were quoted around 70 cents a quart, or $3 a bushel for the unshelled stock. Eggs on Climb, Egg prices continue to soar, and dealers say they see no relief in .ht | before the beginning of the Christmas | holiday season. Government reports | showed more than 3,500,000 cases of eggs in storage the middle of this week. There are some storage eggs from the West being offered in the local market, ibul it said locally stored eggs prob- ably will not be released until the middle of rext month. Dealers report & continued firm con- dition of the butter market. Early in the week an increase of half a cent a pound was reported, and yesterday a similar decrease brought the prices to where they were at the beginning of the week. Only minor changes in poultry prices were reported during the week, prices being a trifle lower for the week-end market. It is reported by dealers that an increased demand for turkeys, chief- Iy storage stock, was registered this week. Prices of fresh pork took an appre- ciable drop the past two days, resulting from heavier receipts without a ccrre- REPAIR PARTS For Furnaces and Hot-Water Boilers FRIES, BEALL & SHARP 734 10th St. NW. Russell A. Conn, Manager. @ T2 L H —14%_ & K!Streets .NW. Beginning Monday, Oct. st DANCING During Luncheon and Dinner LUNCHEON eac.. “.y_from 12 until 2. A meal complete with daily change of menu. 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L. 11, medium to large sponding increased demand. The de- mand had been slow during the week, dealers report, making the market dull. Fruits and Vegetables. Apples—Supplies liberal; demand light, market steady; barrels, no sales reported: boxes, too few sales reported to quote; bushel baskets, Virginia, U. S. No. 1, 214 inches up, Grimes, 1.25a1.50, unclassified mostly around 1.00; De- licious, 2% inches up, 2.00a2.25, mostly 2.00; U. S. No. 1, 213 inches up, De- lcious, 1,5021.75; U. 8. No. 1, 2!3 inches up, various varieties, 1.00a1.25. Cabbage—Supplies moderate; demand moderate, market about steady; New York, 100-pound sacks, Domestic rouna type, mostly around 2.50, few higher. Celery—Supplies moderate; demand light, market dull; New York, 2-3 crates, 2.00a2.50; Michigan, highballs, 85a1.00. Grapes—Supplies of Western stock liberal; demand moderate, market about steady; _California, 4-basket crates, Flame Tokays, 1.25a1.50; Mala- gas, 1.25a1.30; Zinfandels, mostly 1.25; Muscats, mostly 90; Delaware, 12- quart climax baskets, Concords, 55a60. Lettuce—Supplies moderate; demand light, market steady: California crates, iceberg type, 4-5 dozen, best, mostly 5.75; fair quelity, 5.25a5.50; Colorado crates, iceberg type, 4-5 dozen, 4.00a 4.50; New York, 2-dozen crates, big Boston type, 1.00a1.25, few best, 1.50. Onions—Supplies moderate; demand light, market dull; Indiana and Michi- gan, 100-pound sacks, yellows, U. S. No. ize, 3.7524.00; New York, 100-pound sacks, yellows, U. S. No. 1, medium to large size, 3.25a3.60; Wash- ington and Utah, 100-pound sacks, Val- encia type, U. S. No. 1, 3.50a3.75. Potatoes. Peaches—Supplies limited; demand limited, market dull; New York, bushel baskets, Elbertas, U. S. No. 1, medium to “Pears—Supplies limited; demand baskets Nancy Halls, No. 1, mostly 1.25, few poor condition low as 1.00, few best, 2.50. Lima beans—Supplies limited; de- mand light, market dull; Eastern Shore Maryland, bushel hampers, some fair quality, 3.0024.00. Carrots—Supplies moderate; demand light, market steady; Colorado, Western lettuce crates, five dozen, 4.00. String beans—Supplles moderate; de- mand light, market steady. Nearby isary;and. bushel baskets, green, string- ess, HIT BY FAL'LING BEAM. ‘While standing in an alley in the rear of an addition to the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., under con- struction at 726 Twelfth street, this morning, A. L. 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