Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-22
BUTTER SLATED
FOB AN ADVANCE
VALLEY CREAMERY SCARCE
AND RECEIPTS LIGHT
Local Ranch Eggs Have Advanced One
Cent and Are Scarcer-Two Car
loads Of Fresh Eastern Dis.
tributed-corn Higher

Based on market conditions and the
accepted scarcity of valley creamery but
ter, the trade is generally Of the opinion
that officially quotations will be fixed on
Saturday at go cents a roll of two pounds.
Demand has taken and does take each
day the receipts from the north. and this
so exhausts the offerings that fancy stor-
age is withdrawn from coolers in largo
lots. AS the market now stands, several
large jobbing houses are holding their
fancy grades Of butter at go cents in
board. Action by the board will un-
doubtedly be taken tomorrow afternoon.
Local ranch eggs are practically 3G
by t the e scarcity and m the the general trade
conditions. Two carloads of fresh east
ern from Kansas. and Nebraska are re-
ported placed in the hands of retailers as
soon as received, and that the market
remains steady during the absorption of
this Stock which equals 800 cases. This
factor shows the firm tone Of the egg
29@32 cents and eastern storage from
rs cents to q cents A firmer tone is
apparent In the market.
Not a single change occurred either in
as both were freely offered and jobbed
at unchanged prices Fancy potatoes
are scarcer than on Monday, with $1.35
about the top price, Many common are
cents higher.
Onions were again plentiful and did not
get above rs cents and $1.00 sack.
Sweet potatoes were freely offered and
S1.50 was the general average
In vegetables no improvement was
noted. except that late crop celery jobbed
less actively and choice tomatoes scarce
ly touched DO cents box as a rule.
Green corn in sack lots averaged $1.00,
but had to be fancy, while chill and
green peppers jobbed from cents to
cents a pound.
Peaches. according to pack and quality,
jobbed 75c@$1.25, the high price being for
northern.
Choice pears jobbed SOS cents and
75c@$1.25: Two. carloads are billed to
arrive this week to go on the market by
Monday.
Choice strawberries jobbed 5@7 cents a
box and grapes were steady at 1@119
cents a pound for muscats.
Bananas moved well at AZ cents a
pound, the stocks being fairly ample.
to solid basis until the orchards are
cleaned up.
In poultry the market presented no
new features, as old and young stock
Lobsters and fish were both in good
supply, the demand taking freely of
stock in anticipation of the wants for
today.
Produce Quotations
The following prices rule in a jobbing
way in the Los Angeles market:
BUTTER-Local creamery, 571ac roll:
fresh valley creamery. 559571sc; cook
ing, 25c.
EGGs-southern California ranch, can
died, 33@36c; eastern fresh. S0432c; east
ern storage, 25@26c; seconds, 21c.
CHEESE Gall per lb.)-;Northern. 800
13c; Anchor Qarge). local, 14Ae; Young
America 15Ae; handmade 1Shc eastern
eastern ,cheddars,, lac; eastern stilton,
lac; eastern longhorns, l4@15c; eastern
daisies, 14Q15c; Swiss domestic. 1sc; Swiss
imported 29c.
81 25@4. .35; No. 3, $4.O0@425; Lima, No. /,
S.. .OO@5.5o; Lady Washington No: l. $3.50
$500 Ientils, a5o@Soo.
POTATOEs-Fancy Salinas (all per 100
pounds. Sl;59l4b; fancy Woodward
SWEET OTAToES-Yellows, $500.
ONIONS (per 100 pounds)-Locai silly r.
skins, 754S5c; Danvers, s1.0O@1.25.
PoULTRX 1 Sper do5en}l;nDealers pay live
ers, 15@15c; old hens, 12@13c; old roos-
ters,, 7c; young Toosters, 14915c; ducks,
10c; turkeys, 16Q18c.
CEREAL. GOODS-As follows: