Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-27
BUTTER MAY
STILL co UP
DEMAND DRAWS HEAVILY ON
COOLER STOCKS
Eggs Remain Firm and 40 Cents Il
Demanded at Retail-VegetabIes
SIow-Peaches Fast Going
for the Season

Demand for butter for shipment to Ari-
zona and southern points and Nevada
camps covered heavy Withdrawals from
storage yesterday of the eastern mar
kets. and forced a showing Of hands in
| the local butter situation. This went so
| far that many butter dealers openly de-
clared that local creamery men were in
| the market themselves to purchase
Icreamery. The shipments of creamery
from the north while not so small as in
past days were quickly absorbed and the
demands were not fully supplied.
These factors and pointers IN the trade
| lead the large handlers of butter to say
that while prices are held as fixed by the
creamery butter board, still the under
tone, is for an advance, and that no mat
ment advanced the time for an advance
can not be much longer delayed.
Receipts of ranch eggs are smaller
moulting season is now on. and that the
output will be much reduced for several
months to come.
The price for ranch fresh candeled is
well held at 36 cents, and this forces the
retail price to 40 cents a dozen. While
this price usually stops large sales the
fact is the supply of local ranch can not
not in the country. That's all there is
in the local situation. With two car
loads of eastern fresh reported en- route
| hither, the egg market Is kept in nor
NAL state. Demand is good for eggs on
shipping account to Arizona.
Cheese in storage is sufficient to meet
all demands Eastern full cream is in
good supply, and the output of local mar
ket is not excessive.
Fancy. potatoes are not in large supply,
| the real article being decidedly scarce.
| Common and choice fill the trade chan
nels the demand for them being steady.
Sweet potatoes are plentiful and do not
job above 81 80 a hundred, the most popu-
lots.
Onion stocks are still large, the offer
| l.a... - o..
needs only as they arrive from day to
day, prices are held at low but steady
| figure.
Peaches from the north are limited.
a box. Fancy Utah job LOCAL rs a box.
Black figs jobbed 5Oa6Oc box and
white 40Q50c.
Fancy Bartlett pears jobbed 5@7 cents
Strawberries sold slowly, 4q6c a box,
with no blackberries offered. Logan ber-
ries have gone for the day.
| No new banana shipments are noted,
and old stock is held firm at 41ac pound.
Grapes ruled easy at 50Q65c box, with
| In vegetables, tomatoes were 25c box
and wax beans and old string beans from
| 21aGl3c a pound.
| Cucumbers, local. 1OQl5c dozen, and
| chlies 5M6c a pound
Receipts of hay were reported at Is car
| loads. and supplies equal all demands.
grades are too plentiful to be of use
! Fish and lobster were both offered in
| large lots and the demand was good.
| While demand for poultry was fair,
stocks were ample for all requirements.
Produce Quotations
The following prices rule in jobbing
way in the Los Angeles market:
| BUTTER-Local creamery, 571ac a roll;
fresh VALLEY creamery, 55Q571sc; cook
ing, 25c.
EGGS-Southern California ranch, can
died, 35@36c; eastern fresh, 30432c; east
ern storage, 2S@30c.
CHEESE (all per lb.)-Northern 12@-
13c; Anchor Qarge). local, 14Ac; Young
| America, 15Ac; handmade, 16Ac; eastern
| singles, 14015c; eastern twins, 14@15c;
eastern cheddars, lac; eastern Stilton
14c; eastern longhorns, l4@15c;. eastern
daisies, 14gI5c; Swiss domestic, 1sc; Swiss
BEANS Gall per. 100 lbs.)-Pink No. /.
| S.. 00@5. SO; Lady Washington No. 1, $3.50
3.35; small white No. l, $375; Garvanzas,
$500; lentils, $7.5O@8O0.
| POTATOES-Fancy Salinas (all per 100
pounds, S1.25d145 fancy Woodward
SWEET POTATOES-All grades, $1.25
ONIONS (per 100 pounds)-Local silv r
skins, 756DS5c; Danvers, $1.00@125.
| POULTRY (per doZen)-Dealers pay live
| weight as follows: Broilers 14D15c;; fry
ers, 15@15c; old hens, 12@13c; old roos-
ters, 7c: young ROSTERS, 14@15c; ducks,
| 10c turkeys, 16@1Sc.
FLOUR (per bbl.)-Blended eastern and
California wheat, &SO942O; California