Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-15
BUTTER SUPPLY
REMAINS SHORT
RECEIPTS LIMITED AND DE-
MAND TAKES OFFERINGS
Eggs Go Up Another cent-Ralns Pre-.
vent shlpments-Fsney Pota-
toes scsree-onions Firm.
No Fish or Game


rains and the holding up of trains,
none Of which arrived yesterday, the
butter market presented many curious
features. Stocks were so limited that
every dealer was seeking supplies, and
so scarce were these that orders in
rare cases were filled to the full
amounts. Coast creamery was firm
at SO cents roll and remained on a
level with fancy valley creamery. The
coast steamer was due yesterday but
the vessel is ocean bound on the Pa
cific and has not been able to make
Port Hartford or other ports since Fri
day. Receipts yesterday were light
and on Monday only 300 pounds None
came in by express. One saving fea-
ture, perhaps was that the railroads
refused to accept shipments, hence the
outgo was small and this aided In
tiding over the local demand There
is plenty of butter I'm the country and
in the north, but this storm has for
the present demoralized trade. Re-
ceipts will be heavy and the trade
looks for large supplies.
EGGS AGAIN UP-The same re-
egg situation. Therefore, receipts were
small yesterday This caused the egg
quotation committee on the produce
exchange to fix the selling price of
California ranch eggs at 20 cents. The
demand was active and no dealer re-
ported enough stock to fill orders
Advices from country points say that
eggs are not scarce and dealers offer
21 cents. This is about all the market
wi ot
are based on scarcity and not that
supplies are lacking. Prices will go
lower as soon as supplies show any
increase. No shipments were made
yesterday.
Records are being made in cheese
as demand Is taking every pound of
surplus and the shelves generally are
! short Receipts are light and follow
ing butter the market is very firm.
ONIONS AND POTATOES-Fan
| onions are in light supply and these
are held at s3.75@4.O0 a hundred. De-
mand is active and receipts are light,
as the fact is admitted that at ship
ping and supply centers the market is
| well cleaned up.
! Practically, the potato market is on
the homestretch, as fancy of all varie-
| ties are about gone and sorting alone
| brings up the shipping grades. North
ern reports say that river Burbanks
are the only stock remaining and that
the fancy of these are limited There
are thousands of sacks of common to
come and these will cost. laid down.
about $1.15. Rivers, laid down, are
$1.20 and Oregons $1.40. This makes
a jobbing high priced potato. Colo
radios are due to arrive and many
carloads are reported held up in Ari-
zona and above Cajon pass. Demand
is good and receipts are heavy.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
two carloads of bananas that came
Sunday saved the, banana market
from exhaustion. These are jobbing
under a brisk demand at cents a
pound fiat and few more are expected
this week. On the desert in Southern
Arizona seven ears are reported
stalled.
| Oranges are in better, demand, with
navels $1.50 at the top. Lemons, quiet;
grape fruit, steady
No Strawberries came in, as picking
| is out of the question.
Bellefleur apples are row $135 for
a four-tier box and move well.
| No asparagus came in and none was
carried over.
Some rhubarb remained of the car
load received Saturday and this, for
choice, jobhed $1.4O@1.50 a box.
| Vegetables again were scarce. Peas
4@5c; string beans, 12@14c; cabbage
70@S0c a sack.
No fish came in and no Holsters or
crabs from the north. Storage fish
was being used.
No wild geese or rabbits came in.
Poultry was in active demand. Of
ferings of live stock were none.
Turkeys are wanted and bring goa
21c a pound, liveweight.
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