Evening star., 1895-04-27
WHOLESALE PRODUCE NARkET.
Wcll-SupplietI Market-Little Change
In Qu0tUtlOna.

wcll-Supplied Market-L.ittle Change
In Quotations.
Generally speaking, the market during
the present week has been quiet but firm
one. In about all products the supply has
met the demand, excepting. of course, in
beef. Beef still remains high, with really
no positive Indications of any early or ma
terial fall in prices. To meet the demand
for beef the farmers are said to be selling
off their cows, finding that they will bring
more than they will produce in milk or
butter. This is being done, it is said not
only round about Washington, but very
generally throughout the country. If 1t is
continued to any great extent. then there
will later ON be a very material reduction
of the supply of milk, which. in turn, will
greatly advance the price of butter and
cheese. The scarcity of beef is only Great
ing a very heavy demand for poultry. and
the producers are killing off their hens and
kept UP the supply Of eggs will be greatly
cut down. causing corresponding advance
in them.
The market In butter while active is no
stronger than 1t was week ago. The un-
usually warm weather of the past few days
has affected it slightly. and should the
weather continue warm it would undoubt-
edly result in a fall in prices. There Is
market generally is kept closely cleaned
up. Old cheese is firm, but the new
stock is not good. For fancy Elgin cream
cry and other western extras, y cents a
pound Is asked; tirsts, 20; seconds, 49,
and limitations Is. Fancy creamery print
%; dairy print, 1S to 20: and Maryland and
Virginia print, 16 to IS; western dairy.
best, II to Il. and good. to II. Maryland
and Virginia dairy, choice, IA to 16 and
good to prime, IL to Ii. Bakers stock.
12h New York cheese large creams, 12h
cents a pound, and flats and ponys, b.
New, II to 12.
hor 10
strong elsewhere. The prices are about as
quoted week ago, and no material change
one way or the other is expected. For
western and nearby fresh II 1-2 to 13 cents
a dozen are asked, and southern stock, Il
to II 1-2. keat, or guinea, to s.
For poultry there exists quite an active
demand, and prices have not only slightly
advanced, but will also yet further ad-
scarce Drawn turkeys, IL to 10 cents a
pound: undrawn. II to 16; live. 10 to IL;
drawn chickens. u to IS; undrawn, IL to
II: live winter chickens, IA to 16 and spring
chickens, 25 to s5; dressed old fowls. 10 to
IA. and live to 10; capons, IA to 20; dress
ed ducks, 10 to IA. and live, 8 to 12; dressed
geese, 8 to 10. and live. to 0.
The supply of vegetables. while steadily
increasing, has been met by an active de-
mand. Hence. the market has been firm,
active one, with no material change In quo
tations. Cucumbers, $l.50 to 81 dozen:
kale. 20 to So cents a barrel: new peas. 81
to 50 per nalf barrel box: Florida beans,
81 80 to 50 a box; asparagus 81 to $3.50 a
dozen; lettuce, $50 to 81 a barrel: new
irish potatoes, s. to 50 barrel: old stock,
30 to 80 cents a bushel; sweets, $1.25 to
$275 barrel; Florida tomatoes, 81 to sS a
crate; cabbage IS to SIS per hundred; tur-
nps. 60 to 10 cents a barrel; apples, 81 to
Sc barrel: California oranges, $3.50 to 81;
Messina, 50 to 50. ~ box, and Valencia, S4
to $3.50 case; strawberries, Is to 80 cents
a quart.
The scarcity in live cattle Is as marked
today as it was last week, and prices have
slightly advanced. from 3 to 6k cents
pound being asked and obtained. In other
live stock prices remain about as last
quoteds Sheep, 3h to 4: lambs, to 6, and
spring lambs, Z to 0; cows, with calves, SIS
to $45 each: calves. 3 to cents a pound;
dressed calves, to 8: sheep to 8: hogs,
31a to =; country sugar-cured hams. o to IL.
The Season Opens at River View.
Capt. Randall inaugurates his ninth sea-
son Of River View tomorrow with many
elaborate preparations to entertain his
thousands of patrons. Girls. Arth, jr.'s. fine
band will discourse the latest music on
board the Pentz and at River View, and
with the many other features of amuse-
ment a fete of pleasure is promised. The
popular steamer Samuel ]. Pent7 will make
two fast-going trips, leaving at II am. and
2:45 Pm, returning home on the last trip
at p.m