Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-23
BUTTER HIGHER
ON LIGHT STOCK
PRICES HAVE BEEN ADVANCED
BY DEALERS
Eggs Also Go Up Notch-LocaI
Peaches in Stock-Fancy Potatoes
Remain Scarce-Lobsters Are
Freely Offered

Eggs ruled firmer yesterday than was
ANTICIPATED as in small lots fancy ranch
candled jobbed at 36@37 cents a dozen
while choice never got below 35@36 cents.
FirmneSS also ruled in eastern eggs, as
fresh candled were held at 2S@32c and
storage candled 26@27c. All of this were
over 40 cents a doben at retail, and rep
resents firmer egg market than mas
prevailed since the close of, last winter.
Weather will not affect the local market
for many months.
meets this afternoon it is expected that
an advance of . cents, and possibly 10
cents a roll of two pounds will be made.
This is based on scarcity as the supply of
valley is short, and the sole reliance is
storage goods. Shipments are active, and
demand locally of the best character
Following in the wake of butter, the
cheese market is firm and active. Sup
plies locally are not being greatly aug
mented, but shipments from the east
keep the shelves and storage boxes well
filled.
In potatoes the bulk of receipts were
choice, fancy still being scarce. Ordi-
nary stock at $1@1.20 was the main reli-
ance. Some Salinas got UP to $lQ1.4O, but
the offerings were light.
onions as a whole were without feat
ure, the supply being abundant and
silverskins not going much beyond 100
soc a sack.
Tomatoes were in better supply and
jobbed 25q35c box.
Green corn reached 81 sack for fancy.
This was scarce
Egg plant at 3la@4c, okra by the
punches at 4q5e a pound and string and
Bunch goods and the right vegetables
were steady and plentiful.
Mountain pears, sweet and fancy, job
freely at &c pound and the demand was
good.
Peaches are firm and scarcer as the
season is passing, except for locals that
are arriving and job 90c@$11 box.
1-1 IN.N-r h..
for strawberries that were in light sup
ply. No loganberries were in market, and
blackberries and raspberries were limited
to a few boxes.
fat and stock will be light with no more
receipts until the middle of next week
An over supply of Holsters caused a
reduction in prices, but demand took Of
Surf fish came in and large kinds also
were freely offered. Demand for today
and Sunday took the supplysup close.
T All poultry is in good supply, the de-
possibly disappear today, as the Sunday
trade. is now reported more brisk.
-S' ~ Produce Quotations
The following prices rule in a jobbing
way in the Los Angeles market:
BygTTE;RI-Local creamery, SIZE roll;
ing, 25c.
EGGS Southern California ranch, can
died 35@36c; eastern fresh 30@32c; east
ern storage, 2SQ30c.
CHEESE (all per lb.)-Northern, 12@-
13c; Anchor Qarge), local, 14Ac; Young
America. 15Ac; handmade, 16Ac; eastern
eastern cheddars, dc; eastern stiiton,
lac; eastern longhorns, l4@15c; eastern
daisies, 14@15c; Swiss domestic. 19c; Swiss
BEANS (ail per 100 lbs)-Plnk No. l.
s425GD4.35; No. g. S400@4.25; lima, No. 1,
S.. 0o@5.50; Lady Washington No. l. 1880
3.35; small white No. l, $3.75; Garvanzas,
POTATOES-Fancy Salinas Gall per 100
pounds, 81 25@1: 40; fancy Woodward
Islands, $1.1091.15.
SWEET POTATOES-Yel $500.
ONIONS (per 100 pounds)-Local silly r
skins 75@S5c; Danvers, S1.0091.25.
POULTRY (per dozen)-Dealers pay live
weight as follows: Broilers, 14@15c;; fry
ers, 15@15c; old hens, 12@13c old roos-
ters, 7c: young roosters, 14@15c; ducks,
10c; turkeys, 16@1Sc
CEREAL -GOODS-As follnws.