Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-03
BUTTER IS IN
LIGHT SUPPLY
TRADE ANTICIPATES ADVANCE
MAY SOON COME
Egg Market Fairly Satisfactory-Pota
toes Fast Ripening and Weaker
In Tone-Onions SIow-Young
Poultry in Good Demand

In the face of the receipt of 2S1,S51
pounds of butter during last week, the
local butter market did not weaken as
on Saturday the creamery butter board
decided to keep prices steady at so cents
roll for the valley product Demand
was good all week, as is evidenced by
the cleaning up of coast creamery with
the market practically bare of the ar
! ticle when Saturday closed. The
steamer may put in an appearance to-
! day. but the receipts are not expected
\ to be heavy. In fact, reports from
coast counties indicate that dry wealth
er Is affecting the output, as feed is
being reduced, and the annual scarcity
! during the summer months will prevail
| as usual. teM
| In the east the butter market, stats-
tically considered, is said to be in good
condition and that stocks in the cool
| ers do not show any greater excess
than do those in Los Angeles. One but
ter dealer says that not much over
100000 pounds of butter are in storage
here and in the opinion of this dealer
active demands from storage will be-
gin about the first of next month, and
| if that occurs the price will be adj
|
butter handlers say prices will soon be-
gin to advance and that creamery but
| ter at 60 cents a roll of two pounds is
only question of a few weeks. Thus
reasoning, butter storers think they
| are fortunate, as on even dates in
| former seasons there never was as little
butter in storage as now, because one
year ago the storage exceeded 100000
pounds, and 1T will be now recalled
hot nf 1ar n-f I1nY In,es H.
street inaugurated bear movement
and forced the market lower to prevent
further accumulation.
EGGS ONLY STEADY-Owing to the
forcing of eastern eggs into competition
with the local ranch egg, the egg mar
j ket is considered full of pitfalls. No
dealer seems to know exactly where
''he is att because the fresh eastern
egg Is cutting a dash and Is cutting
prices, when handled by those who fill
orders for eggs, no matter what egg
This condition was demonstrated on
Friday, when the egg quotation COM
mittee dropped eastern to 1920 cents,
from 21@22 cents the day before. The
radical action became necessity, but
the cure has not been effected. Fancy
fresh ranch legitimately are worth 23
cents, and the prevailing hot weather
will send them up, as receipts may de-
cline AFTER this week.
POTATOES AND ONIONS-With the
crop of northern Burbank potatoes fast
maturing and the Woodward Islands
soon to arrive, the potato market will
not long remain so firm and prices will
drop. This is usual at this period of
the year, because when the tuber does
| begin to ripen growers everlastingly
force the goods into the market and
prices run to the lowest level. The
crop Is also big, but the quality is not
known. Local new spuds are not in
large supply and will only later be-
come competitive factor Fancy To-
calls at best run from $1.35 to $145, and
choice slips to $1.S5.
Onions are plentiful. Silversklns are
| 50@75 cents, according to size of pack
ages. Bermudas. $1.15@12O; Northern
reds, the same. yellow Danvers in large
lots are about due.
Vegetables are in large supply and
| oucumbers fell to 35 cents a box. and
beans (wax and string) hover wretched-
ly between 2@21s cents a pound
Local tomatoes are $110Q1. 40, Accord
| ing TO quality, in crate lots, and cab
bags drags at 350p40 cents a sack.
Peas were weaker Saturday, at 3@4
cents pound, and green corn iobbed
about S150 sack.
FRUITS ARE PLENTIFUI-Wha
the fruit market will develop this week
is unknown, but it is thought plums
will be as plentiful as is usual at this
time Of the season, as the crop is large
and maturing fast.
Apricots may be scarce. as II is 'be-
tween season." until the locals arrive.
Northern are firm at 65@75 cents a box.
| Strawberries are of excellent flavor.
and the crop still is large and oanneries
taking the surplus. The average of slz
@4 cents a box is well maintained
Blackberries are steady and loganber-
ries are firmer. Dewberries are plenti-
ful now but dealers think the limit
has been about reached
Peaches promise to be higher, as the
crop is not up 70 the average, and
Hales and Crawfords are now said 10
be about on the expiring list This
has made contracting for dried peaches