The herald., 1894-10-21
LOS ANGELES LOCAL MARKETS.


The week just closed has been quiet one In
business, except in building lines The demand
for builders materials is unabated, and this
branch Of trade has been lively Competition
Is keen and prices, as compared with what they
have been in this city in the past, are low, but
the increase in the volume OF business trans
acted makes up for the decrease in profits.
In Wholesale produce and grocery lines the
week was not as good as earlier in the fall sea-
son, yet fair volume OF business was transact .
the week exceptin butter and eggs, the tenden-
cy of which has been downward. Butter drop
ped another n per roll on SATURDAY, making "a
lower on Monday. Eggs dropped a few poiots
during the week. The decline in both butter
and eggs is due to heavy eastern arrivals.
In dried fruits there is still little doing
There remains wide difference between buy
ers and sellers, the former, on the strength OF
fers u and tSe later holding ost for the Sshe
prices that they say are sure to come with the
increasing Eastern demand. There is no uni
formity OF quotations; Considerable & pruneSs mes
prices declined about cents.
Fresh fruits and vegetables show little
change. Some of the summer fruits are getting
scarce, and prices are going up accordingly.
Grain and hay remain firm at last week 8
quotations. Flour shows decline for the
week, Other mill ssufis are re unchanged, p .oor
half holiday ssterday on account OF the
races,
Retail trade was good during the week
especially in dry goods, hardware and notions,
groat many county people having come TO
town 20 attend the fair and incidentally do
their fall trading.
Grain and Hay.
dealers. quotahons.l
BARLEY-Per GENITAL. S5G90c.
CoRN-Pet GENITAL. yellow $l.00@1.05; white,
$1.l0.
WHGAT-Per GENITAL, No. 2, 9os@$l;oo;
HAY-Per ton, alfalfa. $40 O0(gl1 i. 90; bar
ley, $14.oo@16.O0; ost. $14. Oo@I5.oo; wheat,
$l3OOG14.00.
Mnl stufrs.
[Jobbsis quotations.l
BARLEY-P Per GENITAL, $ 90.
CoRN-Per GENITAL, $1.10.
WHEAT-Per GENITAL, No. l. $110
FLuUR-Per barrel, local extra family, $3.2
northern, $3.50.
cracked corn, per cwt., $l.20 mill feed, 81. %;
rolled barley, $1.05.
Dairy Products.
BUTrER-Fancy creamery. 2 lb squares. 57]5
@60c; fancy dairy, 25-ounce squares, An "
47I5c; choice, 2S-ouncs squares, 37lsCG40c.
UHEEeE-Cali tornia, half cream. per D., 10l2
C; do full cream, lac; Young America, l5c.
@l6c; domestic Swiss, old l7@lSc; new, lag
1sc; imported Swiss, 25O30c: Iimburger, do
mestic, i4@l6c; imported. 1920.
Poultry and Egg..
PoULTRY-Per doz., hens, $3.75d425; old
roosters. "a 00 young ROSTERS P3 5004 90:
broiers, $3 0093.50; turkeys. 99lOc per Id.
ducks, per doz., SO. 90 400; geese. per head,
75c
EoGs-Cslifornia ranch, so@slc per doz
eastern. 23@24c.
Farm and Garden Produce.
BEANs-Per 100 lbs. Lady Washington, So. 25
Lima, $4.O0; navy, $300g3.25; pink, $2.25@
2.50.
BEETs-1er 100 lbs, SOC.
CABBAGE-Per 100 los. 5O065c.
CARRoTs-Per 100 lbs, 90c.
CnILEs-DTy, per string, 1.5o@1.75; green.
sc per Id.
ONIoNs- Per 100 lbs, 9Oc.
PARsNIPs-Per 100 lbs, 81.
PoTAToES-Per 100 lbs,, pinkeyes, CSC; Bur-
banks 75c; Salinas, $i.10U1.20.
SWEET PoTAToES-Per 100 los, 00c.
TomfTos-ter box, soc.
TuRNIPs-Per 100 lbs, 90c.
Provisionss
HAMs-Rex, local smoked, per lb 1890; De-
fence, 13c; BOneless, lie: Picnic, 1O12c.
BAcDN-ReE, boneless breakfast, 13,1c; Def
ance 2l5c; other grades, 1l9z9l2.4c.
DRIED BEEF-Sets, lac; inside, Sc.
PFC PoRK-Half bbl., $3.50.
LARD-Tier es, ivory comp, per H., SC; Rex,
pure leaf, 10%c.
Fresh Meats.
Butchers prices for whole carcasses.
BEEF-First quality, 41ad5c.
VEAL-Range, heavy, 4ag613c; do light, 5g
51sc; dairy, .6%g7c. 49,
| ALnoNDs-Per lb. paper shell, 13@15c; soft
| shell, l1@l2c; hard shell, $685.
| BRAzILs-Per lb, l0gl2lzc.
| FILBEpTs-Per lb 11(9l21sc
| PEANuTs-Per lb., raw, 5@j7c; roasted, 7@Dc
WALNUTs-Per lb., Los Angeles, 7@71zc; Los
| Nletos, 901Oc; soft shell, l0Gl215c.
Honey and Beeswax.
| HoNEY-Comb, per ID. 15c; extracted, TIC.
BEEswAx-Per lb, 20927c.