The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-06
COMMERCE

breakfast In the morning" and are de-
manding an encore several times In the
week. This has Increased the demand to q
great demand, and buyers who ten days
ago took single case lots once a week, are
taking that amount or more every day.
Strictly fresh eggs have the market en-
tirely to themselves, as storage and other
packed lines are rarity. While hardly
likely to hold up to present figures for any
length Of time. the trade do not look for
cheap eggs before Easter.
There is a sagging tendency in the
cheese market. Offerings are liberal on
new twins and flats and all grades are
quotably shade lower. Fancy well cured
brick is not in over supply. and undoubt-
| eddy shows the best tone Of any make on
! the list. The movement out Is not what
| 1t should be- but may possibly be due to
| the poor shipping facilities of the past
| ten days.
| Poultry rules firm and higher on all
| lines. Receipts are moderate on fresh
dressed, and retailers have been able to
I'gradually force up asking prices. Quota
! tons on live poultry have been withdrawn,
but little coming and not wanted by the
bulk of the trade. Heavier arrivals Of
dressed are wanted, and can be handled
without depressing the situation. Fancy
small hen turkeys and spring chickens are
the most active on the list, and extra
smooth lots occasionally bring better than
Dressed meats have ruled steady all the
week. Receipts and demand are running
about equal, Considerable complaint Is
heard about veal arriving frozen, evidently
having laid around stations awaiting train
time. Such goods sell slowly, and put
receivers at the mercy Of buyers who bid
low figures.
All old vegetables are on a firm basis
with advancing tendencies. The supply is
moderate but no great amount is wanted
Very heavy receipts would knock values
into a cooked hat Cabbage shows most
activity. Potatoes hold up firmly, but q
week Of warm shipping weather is likely
to plump prices back to figures ruling be
fore the late cold snap. Even the largest
retailers are wary of loading up yer!
heavily, and few if any handlers see any
very favorable indications Of higher prices
Onions are comparatively scarce, and val
ues advanced sharply under the influence
of an increased outside demand from the
south and east. Green vegetables show
no important changes. California celery il
20 cents per case higher.
Fancy shipping stock in apples IS on tn,
upward tendency. Demand is very good
|; and there Is a big movement out the clos
ing days of the week on orders held VI
during the extreme weather. The list i
well reduced on varieties, and Baldwin,
are proving the most popular among buy
ers at present. Oranges continue to q
lower, the finest fruit on the market to
day from California jobbing at $2.75 pc
box, while good desirable fruit sells at 9
cents per box lower This puts them OF
a very popular basis, and gives them tn
lead over F'loridas, which sell around Sd
The latter are in light supply. Lemon
show but little change, quotations show
} ing a wider range according to size.
Supply of grapes is we'll reduced, and tn
moderate holdings yet in sight are he'll
firmly around q dollar per key higher tha
last week. Fancy cranberries are bi
higher. and will continue to firm up a
the season advances and stocks become re
duced. The market is bare Of sweet pota
toes to-day, but fresh arrivals are locke
for to fill next weeks orders. IT,.
Honey is quotably weak, owing to heav
offerings on which holders are grantin
concessions in price in order to sell.