The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-06
Business Should Now Settls 10 a
Steady Bass.
VERY GOOD THANKSGIVING TRADE
Figures for Game and Poultry Firmer
Tone Noted I'm Eutter. Demand
steady-Marlxet Nearly Bare OF Veg
etables-suppiy suddenly Fell on.

Boston, Dec. 6-Thanksgiving trade
over and market business can now settle
down to a steady basis till Christmas
trade again overturns everything. The
volume Of business transacted during the
past week while not up to the figures OF
some years past has been quite considera-
BILE considering the scarcity OF money. The
poultry trade, of course, figured promi-
nently in the Thanksgiving business, and
nearly all the dealers in dairy products de-
voted their entire attention to turkeys and
together with the increasing efforts made
by the regular poultry stalls made the
market appear seasonable indeed.
Quotations for turkeys are very hard to
make at the time of this writing, for much
of the stock left after Thanksgiving is
now on the market at almost any figure to
Insure ready sale. About the only gen.
eral figures that can be used are those pre-
vailing at the last moment before the de-
moralization of the holiday rush. The
best northern and Vermont turkeys sold
at 20 TO 25 cents and choice western at IL
cents. Chicken broilers bring about 20
cents pound and old hens at is cents.
In the game market quotations are: Can
vas back ducks, IS to 50 pair; grouse,
$3.50 pair; partridge, sl50 pair; black
ducks, sl50, mallard, 81. IS; venison, 20 70
25 cents a pound; squirrels, 10 cents each;
rabbits, 80 cents a pair, and coon IL a
piece.
Butter.
Butter dealers complain that Thanks
giving has been unusually dull. Fresh
ar hao In etd daro la A
1rmer tone is to be noted all through the
trade. and predictions are 'now made that
the demand will keep steady, and some
very satisfactory business will be done.
Quotations are now about 27 cents for
fresh made Northern and Western, with
some exceptional values at 2S cents. There
has been little stored butter sold the past
week, and 2S cents has been about the
figure given.
Vegetables
The Thanksgiving demand very nearly
cleaned out the vegetables on hand, both
in the middlemen's stock and In the stores
of the retail dealers. The supply from the
farmers for some unaccountab.e reason
fell off, and for time it looked as though
the market would be left bare. These
conditions had an effect on the selling
prices, but ut this time quotations very
nearly reached the standing OF last week
Some prices are: Onions, 81 80 to Sl75 a
barrel; cabbage, CD cents a barrel; red cab
bage, 80 to go cents box; beets. 40 TO 90
cents box; white fiat turnips, 30 cents a
box; rutabagas from the Provinces, 20
cents barrel, and white Swedes 81 bar
rel. Hot house cucumbsrs now bring
about to 8 cents piece. and tomatoes
from under glass are worth 60 to 15 cents "A
pound. Parsnips, 15 to % cents a bushel;
satisfy, 75 cents to 81 a dozen bunches;
pumpkins, 81 a barrel; marrow squash, 80
cents; Bay State and turban, si.25, aud
Hubbard $3.50
The Fruit Trade
has reached n steady basis. Dealers now
know about how much supply they can
figure on aud the prices of native fruit,
preserved in cold storage will now gradu-
ally increase till the supply is exhausted.
In the leading variety OF apples Blldwins
bring about SO. Gravensteins So 25 to 50. IS,
Greetings 81 25 and common apples range
from So cents bushel upward, according
TO quality. Pear are not called for to any
extent Ony Few retailers now handle
them and only the wealthy are purchasers.
Anjous, Bose and Seckels are worth 50,
aud Duchess bring about $50. There has
been considerable improvement In the
cranberry tfaie owing TO the Thanksgiv-
ing purchases Fine ape berries are worth
s4 to 81 80 "A barrel
The Quotations.
BEEF-In beef the market is frmer The
shippers are urging upon salesmen the neces-
sity OF getting more money, claiming that the
cattle offered here az &c actually cost that in
Chicago. But trade is dull and better prices
will como very hard in the face of the very
dull market for mutton and lamb, and the re-
markably low prices for pfAltry: Choice fancy
steers, s3iaoc; prime, 5lGGssl3c; good, 0lxd5c;
light, 5d6c; extra heavy kinds. l0Isdlli6c;
good, 9tl0c light, 7Gesc; heavy fores, 5l9lt6lsc;
light, ifDjc; backs, 5I7Mc: rattles, 4ll5ixc;
chucks, 4a6c: rounds 5aSc; rumps, sdl3c:
rumps and loins, 99l7c; short ribs, 1h@l7c;
loins, SdlSlec.
CoRS-Corn is n shade flrmer on corn 20 ar
rive, with old No, yellow at 4al6c, and with
old No yellow at sSlSc. On new corn the
market Is at 474c for high mixed and at 4Sib
@ls9lc for country yellow. The offerings on
the spot are not heavy, with the quototions
steady at: No. . yellow, s9049l5c; steamer vel
low. 4Sisfoi9c: steamer mixed, 4Sc; new yellow.
t1sGlisc; high mixed, 476n4,Nc.
MUTTON AND LAMBs-Miuttons continue dull,
with the market easy: Choice To fancy lambs,
7Gt7Isc: good TO choice. 5l916IEc common Ia
good, 4Gl5c; poor to ordinary, 3CfIc: yearlngs,
5k16l9c; muttons. Gtt6lsc; poor TO good. sa5c;
choice heavy Brightons, &c, choice eastern
vesls, o0l0lSc; common 10 good, 541c; Bright
ons and fancy l0Dllc.
PoTAToEs-Po Potatoes are In steady demand.
with the market about steady. Sweet pota-
toes arc lrmer: Houlton and Arooslook he
brons' G5d50c: lioulton and Aroostook rose,
gSd6-o; New York stars and burbanks. t5d6oc;
Dakota reds, b5fbjss: chonaneoss, 551isc; Vir-
ginia cloth heads, extras. 81; double heads, S.;
OATs-Oatl arc steady. with tho market on
oats 10 arrive a; 3sI6c for ordinary clipped,
and up TO 3e}Ec for fancy heavy. Tho spot
market Is quiet and steady at: Clipped. aSjxc:
fancy. SaG4Dlkc; No. white. JtfG3slkc; No.
white, 35lkc: mixed. 3j016c.
HAY-Thcrc are no changes TO note Ia the
position OF hay. Straw Is dull. with prices un-
changed Bran is firm. with sack spring
quoted at ei7 *. 20 arrive; sack winter, SlsD
Is 50 Jack spring mlddlings. sls s5dlg, and sack
winter. sl9 JjgD
E-cs-There are heavier receipts OF eggs.
though the dealers say that prices are gn-
changed Eastern fancy. fresh. ol.32c; eastern
fresh. 21a.sc; provincial. 26bSjc Michigan,
a5Ndg7c; we tern, 2sd25c; held, laeb3lo lined.
aa2ic.
CnEEsn- Cheese Is steady, with the market