Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-11
EGG OUTPUT
SEEMS LARGE
EASTERN SITUATION IS NOT
FULL OF SUNBEAk!S
BUTTER IS HELD VERY FIRM
Receipts Of Cheese Heavy-old Pota-
toes Go Hieher-cherrie Arrive
In Hundreds-Strawberr
In Active Demand
BUTTER is HELD VERY FIRM

In Active Demand
All this season has the eastern egg situa-
tion proved a puzzle to the general dealers.
In fact the question still 'Is UP in the air."
as the expression goes. The Daily Herald in
this review has endeavored to make the con-
ditons known. Today the report from Kan
sas city says that May comes in to find the
egg problem as unsolvable as ever. While
| Chicago New York and all eastern storing
points are credited with having more eggs
stored than In any previous year at this
and so far as can be learned, there are but
| small holdings i'm the coolers Merchants
who usually store a lot of eggs held off dur
| ing the April deal because of the high prices,
but many are beginning to realize that they
have got to put some of them away this
| few have started to store. While there are
various views held by local dealers about
| agree that the amount is very small and
that there are less April eggs available for
| Swift has possibly the heaviest holdings in
| the, coolers, and these are much less than
EGGS IN c 'CHICAGo-In Chicago trading in
| eggs in last week active and while
the receipts were less it is admitted that
the egg production. astounds all of those who
have kept tab on the market for years.
The consumptive demand has been hind
| cred on account of the strike, but most of the
eggs that have come to Chicago lately have
found their way into the cooler It seems
| that the higher the market goes the more
| active is the storage demand.
| There has been an advance from Y to &c
and buyers seem ready to take up all the
stock in sight. 1t is hard to say IL there ever
was period in the history of the cooler deal
when there was more confidence In the stor-
| age situation than there Is at present.
| Just there is lot of guessing as to
the eggs in storage in Chicago. There are
there are by far more eggs in Chicago now
| than have been dreamed Of Some aver that
100000 cases is not much too high an esti-
mate, while there dozen or more who
say they have first-hand information, but
would gamble that there are nearly 100000
cases in storage right now. Very few. If
any, who are informed, will argue that there
are less than 100000.
In the storage. handling business, for the
said to be close to 100000 cases, while the
stock. yards, which are always an unknoWn sUN
| 900 cases. Reckoning by any estimate, 1t
would not be q reckless guess to put ,l. the
| figure at the 400 600 notch. That looks big.
Nearly all of the dealers have been going 1t
hammer and tongs for the last month and
been phenomenally heavy during April and
| the first week in May, some definite idea can
Los osu &NGELEs N MaF g EGGs~In tGs % Los Angeles
dealers paying little attention to the egg
deal. being content with the opinion that eggs
are plentiful east and that prices will be gov
| erned by trade conditions. As to the num-
ber of eggs in cold storage here that is al
guess work, but many reason the figures will
| show excess over last year on even dates.
Concerning the firming up Of all the mar
operator said yesterday that notwithstanding
the many reports to the contrary, he did not
believe that the holdings & Of storage rage eggs In IN
points is anything like as heavy as reputed.
He holds that the market has remained firm
during all of April for a good reason, ana
that one is that the consumptive demand has
been remarkably heavy this spring, and that
the country than the operators are ,is Iahins
| cognizance of. He stated that IN Kansas
City the receipts were being readily aS taken
receipts and the good retail demand, offer
ings on the local exchange had been growing
smaller and smaller each day.
| This operator believes that the production,
which is reputed as being the heaviest IN
years, mas not kept pace with the growing
consumptve demand and that those who have
been laughing at the operators who have
been storing the past SIX weeks weeks viii Will De w wec bc
| ing taken from the coolers next fall and
winter. He does not believe that the sum
ner production will cut such a figure as TO
work detriment to the holders of April and
May eggs, and fall. the price will be such
that storers will have a little velvet on their
On the produce exchange Yesterday the
egg quotation committee again fixed the sell sell.
| ing price Of Southern California ranch eggs
at 2i cents and IS cents for northern. De-
mand is steady and shipping good ,,,,t.or
| BUTTER RULES FIRM-The local butter
situation is firmer in tone than for weeks. No
coast dairy or creamery is in as the steam.
for both The rough waters prevented land
ings at Cayucos. Valley creamery is still 45
cents and held there. Demand is fair and the
that the storage period is now here
on May ! in Elgin butter tumblsd is a., cents nI
| iivened by discussion of the question Of
production whether it would be larger or
ence Of opinion developed, hut the majority
thought, in the territory represented by mem-
6ers Of the board the npg 9gRTt wond nge Dg
call were only "a cents. sales Tor last week
aggregated 5S9, 700 pounds. Quotation was
responding p1sUen ns t time one year ago % cents
'V6rSiSSs5 orNIoNs AND PoTAToEs- Another carload
TO Texas Bermuda onions came In yesterday
| Northern rods are held at SqShc; silverskihs
plentiful at 4aio and and possibly ond i@ss In
fact advances were made yesterday to $50
Oils for what now is called choice, RecelptS rs
| look large, but the demand Is taking an
stock and shipment is of the best order
Everyone wants old potatoes; The new crop crop
| Nevada Utah and Colorado. -
MORE CHERRIES CoME,Abou l2So boxes ,.EHe,,
cherries came in sdss SbboS Soas 6Ss5e seoW
box and in bulk 6@Sc, Whites dOaooc III
boxes and in bulk 5q1c. Fancy ioc; harrios
came and from Moneta $50 crates Tropicos
were 7dsc and Monetas 6qSc Demand was
| excellent and few carried over
Blackberries are 6@Sc on quality and rasp-
berries are CSC No sooseoerres T., ,o. rho
SIX carloads or sshHnaS aatIve at arc le " pound in
bunch lots, , ,.4. it
hing hIpher al 0Oc "A box Demand, steady.
Asparagus is 9@llc a pound; peas, 3aSlse;
string and wax beans, Sq9c, ana cabbage
drag at 40c a sack. -
Florida tomatoes in six-basket crates are
So OOqS5O MeNlcans, slow at S5W SIX
| basket crate Some locals are In ana io9k
we'll at rs a four-basket crate.
| FISH AND POULTRY-Yellowtail from san
| Diego found favor yesterday In the fish mar
ket, and some local barracuda came in. De
mand took these at once. From the north
came catfish, salmon, striped bass and shad
also plenty of crabs. Market was active ANA
| few carried over. ,,,. , os..,.,
| were taken For old hens live weight, l4c
is paid; fryers 1SM19c; broilers, l9Q2Oe and
| nld roosters Sc Stocks are not large, put
eastern chilled still fills the gap In supplies
Receipts OF Produce
| 1,ha rroduee exchange reports the following
articles received ON the date named
| May o .aa
EggS tns
| Butter. pounds