Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-23
OUTLOOK FOR TURKEY
Slump Predicted in the Price
of Toothsome Fowl.
THANKSGIVING VIANDS
NO ADVANCE IN QUOTATIONS OF
MEAT AT RETAIL.
Eggs Quoted at High Figure-Pretty
Display at the Local
Markets.

The outlook this forenoon was that there
will be a decided slump in the price OF tur-
keys and that before nightfall the hgures
at which the toothsome Thanksgiving o1ros
were quoted early today will. II Is DeiieVeu'
be literally scaled. This slump was Tore
casted several days ago by poultry dealer
in Center market in an interview with
Star reporter.
The cause of the probable decline in the
price Of turkeys, and other fowls as "en'
was stated by a wholesale commission
merchant this morning to be the humio
atmosphere and foggy conditions which
prevailed during the fore part of the day
and the arrival of large shipments of the
birds Yesterday from nearby localities.
After all the pessimistic talk about tur-
keys being up in the air and as to Thanks
giving dinners coming high. said
dealer today 1T begins to look as though
fine turkeys can be bought this afternoon
and tonight at the old-fashioned price OF
IS cents a pound and that the poor man
can have a brown baked bird on his table
tomorrow statements to the contrary not
withstanding.
front of the commission houses which line
louisiana avenue between 9th and 10th
streets today Hundreds of coops filled
with turkeys. chickens. ducks and geese
were piled high on the sidewalks. There
were mountains of cabbage. long lines OF
barrels containing rosy apples. yellow
pumpkins and other things which go to
make up the Thanksgiving feast
Wholesale Quotations.
Good turkeys are bringing from Is to IT
cents pound Wholesale. said busy COM
mission man. who at work sorting the
birds from great pile in front of his
place OF business. Extra fine turkeys-the
gilt-edge fellows-are wholesaling at IL
cents The shipments received yesterday
were unusually heavy ard the market is
stocked but weak. and liable to take
tumble. to prices. This weather Is hard
on dressed fowls and there are indica-
tons of a slump, and many left overs Tor
the cold storage plants. The sales of chick
ems are dull. Live chicks are bringing ~
and Il cents pound: dressed IL and Il.
and dressed hens to 10 cents pound
Wholesale
SALES are dull" was the almost general
complaint of retail poultry dealers along
Louisiana avenue. the street country
line and In Center market. There were
plenty Of turkeys on hand, but the sales
were slow. One dealer was found who was
trying TO dispose Of his stock at 1s1e cents
a pound for turkeys and IA cents Tor
chickens.
The ruling rate at retail for turkeys this
forenoon was - cents pound, and de-
cidedly fancy fowls at p cents: Only one
dealer was found who held his fair to good
turkeys at a higher rate than 70 cents. His
figure was 22 cents
Geese were quoted today at from 16 to IS
cents a pound, while the ruling price for
young chickens was Is cents. Rabbits.
sometimes called "the poor mans Thanks
giving turkey sold at from 20 cents to %
cents apiece. and there were a few squirrels
in market at from Is to 20 cents each.
There was fine display of wild ducks and
other game on the game stalls
No Advance in Meats.
There has been no advance in the price of
meats since the last market report in The
Star. and a good roast of either beef or
pork can be had at from 13 to Is cents a |
pound. There are few sucking pigs, |
more popularity known as ''shoats,'' in the |
market. which can be bought at from II to |
Is cents pound. In oden times a roasted |
shoat. Drowned to turn and fragrant. with |
animal, was esteemed the piece de resist |
ance of feast worthy OF the gods.
Quotations for other "fllings" for the
Thanksgiving dinner were: Parsnips, Is
cents a half peck; celery, at from 5 to Is
cents a stalk; pumpkins. plentiful and at
varying prices; apples. from 70 to 30 cents
half peck. the latter figure being for
Eggs are still being sold at the skyward
figure of from 80 to 33 cents a dozen. and
are scarce at that. AS Christmas approaches
It Is said the price of eggs will mount still
higher.
Along the country line. on B street. the
quaint old colored mammies and other pro-
ducers have tempting Thanksgiving dis
play. The colored women have learned of
the decree of Dame Fashion In the matter
of autumn leave colors and tints and they
were selling today pretty designs In the
fallen leaves. with additions of holly ber-
ries and evergreens. There was also pro-
fusion of flowers. and 1t Is probable that
in many Washington homes tomorrow
pretty floral pieces will grace and beautify
the Thanksgiving boards.