Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET.
Eggs on the Jump-Other Products
Stationary

Stationary
The remarkably cold weather of the past
week had, Of course, the effect Of somewhat
advancing wholesale prices In the local
produce market, and being. responsible for
a generally firm trade. In no product was
a decline noted, and If a rise was observed
in but few Of them, no fsacrif1ces were
| made. Notwithstanding the fact that the
freezing weather and deep ssnow seriously
| interfered with communication between the
market and the supplytngi districts, eggs
were about the only product affected to any
great extent, jumping 2 and cents Poul-
try was also slightly affected for the same
| reasons. Butter, however, remained sta
tiCnary. While 1t Is not at all unlikely tnat
the prevailing blizzard will during the com
ing week occasion somewhat OF scarcity
and consequently an advance In prices IN
such products, especially in eggs, the sup
ply during the past week has been quite
equal to the demand. One effect OF the
severe weather, it is generally thought, VIII
be retarding of early fruits and veseta-
bleS for at least four or five weeks. An
immediate and substantial advance IN
prices for domestic oranges is not UNLOCKED
for.
Butter has remained practically station
airy, bit an increased inquiry for fancy
creamerieS gives promise of snght ao-
vance in those grades, now quoted at from
% to 2I centS-Elgin and other western eA-
tras, % to n; creamery, trsts, y TO -
New York tubs, prime, is to 10; dairy PRINT,
20 to %; Maryland and Virginia cholce
dairy, packed, Ii to 20; print. 10 to 70 and
choice new roll, 10 to II. Outside OF the
finest grades the market was dull, the sup
ply being plentiful.
As the intense cold increased, eggs ad-
vanced, prices being from to ) cents high
err, and still further advance may be look
ed for during the coming week Nearby
| and western fresh brought y centSIthe
harm CT fn
it profitable to forward at once, and as
there is much complaint, because of frost
| touched stock, they should make liberal
| use of cut straw in packing. The present
and expected future high prices Will, OF
course, be quickly lowered by moderation
of the weather
All receipts of poultry met good sales.
and a firm market was the result: In
choice drawn turkeys. large, an advance
from 10 to 10 IL cents was observed, the
smaller stock, both drawn and undrawn,
averaging about II. Chickens, drawn and
undrawn, jumped about 1 cent, bringing IL
cents, which was the average, dead and
alive Ducks, from to II, and geese, u to
s. Frozen stock was not desired, and snip
pers should provide against that by lining
barrels or boxes. or by wrapping each fowl
in paper.
Fancy apples were quoted at from 81 to
s., barrel. and not being plentiful were
much in demand. Common stock ranged
from s. to $3.50 for choice ones Oranges.
sound, ranged from 81 for russets, small
boxes, to 81 for fancy bright, large boxes.
Frosted stock at buyers price.
In live stock the market was firm, cattle
running from l IL to IL cents; sheep,
> to 3; lambs 3 IL to IL; calves, IL to
) IL; hogs, 3 to 5 1-2, and cows, from So to
SO piece. Dressed stock-calves to y;
sheep. s. hogs, from to ID, an advance
Of IL a cent. There was a good demand
for prime stock, which is not unlikely to
increase.
For potatoes there was firm, steady de-
| mand, and prices remained stationary, run
ming from 30 to 3D. cents a bushel for culls,
from 50. to 60 for Maryland and Virginia
stock, and 60 to 10 for New Yorks.. Sweets.
from Is cents to 81 barrel. CabRges ran
from s. to s. per hundred. Onions. Der
muda, $2.75 a crate; yellow, from $1.I5 to
So p barrel
Grain, hay and straw developed no ap-
preciable change in demand. supply or
prices, the market being steady, but quiet.
as a rule. Timothy ranged from $40 to Sl3
a ton, and ordinary and mixed from ~ to
5000. Straw, from 81 to -. Cut hay. $l3
to S14. Corn averaged ~ cents a bushel: on
the ear, from 81 to Sly barrel. Oats
ranged from &c to 30 cents a bushel.
Some apprehension WIS felt today OF a
beef famine, but interviews with those
houses which practically supply all of the
velcped the fact that there is little. IL any,
real cause for such a fear. Prices rose
today about one cent pound, which
means an advance in retail prices of two
or three cents, but stock is coming in,
slowly, it Is true. and, unless the weather
increases In severity, no difficulty in sup
plying the market will he occaSioned.. The
rise in prices today is.likely= to be main
tanned during the rest of the winter for
| the reason that the dealers supplying the
Chicago market will combine to keep them
up until receipt of CRASHED stock in the
spring. While the roads between here and
Chica go are blockaded to some extent. they
are not seriously so, and the promised
moderation of the weather will. in day
V,
The amount stored here is amply sufficient
to supply all demands for week at least,
and only complete blockade could create
a famine.