Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-29
BUTTER WILL NOT
Be SENT LOWER
PRICES TO BE FULLY SUS-
TANNED LOCALLY
EGGS NOT 0vERPLENTIFUL
Fresh Eastern Come In Small Quantl-
ty--Frults Held at Better Prices.
Potatoes Crowd the Market.
Poultry Plentiful
EGGS NOT ovERPLENTIFUL


butter may be lowered today to 52h cents
roll for fancy Is considered idle talk
and nonsense, as no lot of sane men will
put butter up 71s cents a roll and in less
than a week drop IL cents, especially
when the butter conditions are just en-
tering the summer period when If money
is ever made 1t is from now until No
vember. The butter board, it Is admit
ted has done many graver things in its
history but the oldest would be to lower
prices today With no coast dairy or
creamery coming of any consequence,
with Withdrawals from storage age active, I've,
yesterday was very firm. The order for
"a carload of butter that was cancelled
was not Selma or valley creamery; The
article is known as Humboldt valley or
Marin county stock, and does not get
above 521s cents a roll now. Demand,
local and shipping, is good.
Cheese Is well held and the demand is
active Local stocks seem ample to meet
all current requirements. Eastern cream
cheese is well supported, and present
prHSGsea EGas %aE ktIE e. nissfTi ssTEADY-No change
%aned 1SaHfu at y S7c es yeessferday for local ranch
as fixed by. the egg. quotation committee
The output is decidedly off at country
points and shippers do not think this con-
dition will change. for many months to
come. One carload of fresh Minnesota
took the car. At some inside points ship
pers are demanding rs cents in case lots
for fresh.
No fresh eastern will come hither from
Chicago for several weeks, as hot weather
eggs are not profitable to ship and the
price is up about two cents.
ONIONS AND POTATOES-All pota-
toes were freely offered and prices were
New Salinas are held at s1,S0@1.4O and
locals from so cents upward.
49,. ent.A a n
come from Coachella. Old sweets only
steady.
Silverskin onions never got above 60
cents a sack and yellow Danvers jobbeh
Tomatoes were as low as 60 cents box.
and celery touched 35c a dozen.
Cucumbers dragged to 15G25c box, and
cabbage was only steady at 40Q60c a
ALL BERRIES PLENTIFUL-Receip
of berries were as follows: 1000 trays
Tropico strawberries at 4M5c box; 20
crates Monetas at S0c@$120 crate; 90
crates logan berries at $l.5O@1.S0; % crates
of blackberrieS at 41Rc a box.
Demand was active and few carried for-
-Four carloads of fresh fruit were un-
loaded today, of which two were melons
and cantaloupes and two We're mixed
fruit.
An Improvement was noted in the de-
mand, despite the unfavorable weather
conditions, and prices were well main
tanned.
There is little news in the melon and
cantaloupe situation, as the season for
locals is on and prices will be low inc
business is practically given up by the
large shipping and commission houses
The quality of the fruit Is not running
high either, and the trade is showing
little interest in that branch of the busi-
ness Locals in pony crates were the
chief variety Of cantaloupes handed SELL snc
to 75e n cWt., according to quality.
Peaches and plqmhs sold well at epGss Prizes
locals but orchard men report they are
nearly ready to ship.
Pears were in large receipt at $1@1: Is
n picking box. Apples slow at 90cq$l. 20
Grapes plentiful at $lloQl.SO a picking
carloads held by the flood at Salton.
Prices on good stock firm at 4@41fc, many
ripe punches were sold at a sacrifice.
FISH AND POULTRY-Barracuda was
again freely offered in the fish line. De-
Ali poultry was in big supply, and the
demand did not reduce stocks.
Receipts of Produce