Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-12
Prices Lower Than Usual.


regulate their prices according to the sup
ply and demand.
Prices Lower Than Usual.
No fault is being found with the prices
charged for the cranberries to go with the
THANKSGIVING turkey, nor with that of the
pumpkin for pies for the Thanksgiving din
ner.
"Cranberries are ten cents quart said
one of the dealers in the Center market
this morning. Quite a change compared
with the price charged for them last year,
he added. l believe they were sold as low as
fifteen cents quart early in the season, put
the price soon went to thirty cents, and
there were but few to be had at those ad-
vanced figures. Pumpkins are to be had at
almost any price. They are grown in the
fields with corn and need so little attention
that many farmers feel that the money OBJ
tained from the product is like SO much
cash picked up The smallest of them sell
at five cents each. and the largest seldom
While the demand for turkeys shows
steady increase from day to day as the
weather gets colder, the trade In other
fowls is always great Spring chlckens
are plentiful and in demand. dealers charg-
ing from IS to 70 cents a pound for them.
Fowls in general are selling at about Is
cents a pound. Long Island ducks are In
ing frequently insufficient. The stormy
weather has started the ducks to move
about the Potomac river and Chesapeake
bay and increased shipments of the game
fat, rudy ducks have been killed on the
river this week and received at the local
markets.
'"They are in as fine condition as I have
ever seen Them said one dealer this morn
ing. 1.-The ducks are plump and fat and
show that they have been able to get
plenty of food Many people are beginning
to think they are as good as canvasbacks
civ In taa nf 10 MOI
pensive birds. They feed upon the same
food as the more expensive ducks and,
am told they often steal the celery from
the canvasbacks
Crow Ducks in Abundance.
The small ducks are selling at $1.25 a
pair and are considered reasonably cheap
at that price. There are a. plenty of crow
ducks in market to be had at the rate
of 81 dozen. Reedbirds. ortolan and
black birds are still in market, the black
birds selling at so cents a dozen and the
others at 81. Squads are selling at % cents
each.
The butter market Is firm, an increase Of
IL cents in the wholesale price having oc
Cured during the past week. This increase,
however, does not affect the retail figures.
the latter prices remaining at 80 and 35
cents. The egg market is stiff, retail prices
ranging at from 30 cents for ordinary stock
to 35 cents for specials. 1t is something I'M
at this season of the year. Some of the
packers, it is stated, have already taken
eggs from cold storage. and some of them,
1t is said are being offered about the city
for fresh stock. Dealers say they expect
there will be no decrease in the price of
eggs during the coming winter but they
rather think the price will increase.
1t Is said that the strike on the part Of
the steamboat men has prevented the ship
ment of hundreds of cases Of eggs and but
ter from points along the river front, and
that when the te-up is broken the stock
from down the river will relieve the local
market to a slight extent. Whether the big
shipments will have any material effect
upon the market IS matter of conjecture.
1t is said to be fact that eggs are more
plentiful than they We're short while ago,
but the cool weather increases the demand
and has the effect of keeping up the prices.
Live HOLSTERS in Demand.
Dealers in marine products are offering
live Holsters at 80 cents pound.
And there Is no question about their
being alive" said one of the dealers this
morning. '"They are large and fat and are
in as good condition as 1 have ever seen
them"
Now that soft shell crabs are practically
out Of the market the demand for Holsters
improves every day. Hard crabs and crab
meat are still to be had. but the hard
crabs are hardly worth buying. Not many
oysters are being received from the Po-
tomac. but some fine Pocomokes were re-
ceived here during the week, retailing at
S1.25 bushel. New York counts are in
demand at 30 cents a quart or 81 80 a hun
dred. 1t Is said that many buyers prefer
to purchase them by count instead of by
measure, the way they are sold in most
northern cities.
Black bass, rock, perch catfish and cells
are the principal fish that are being re-