Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-09
FIGHT OVER BUTTER
FORCES DOWN PRICES
WHOLESALERS SAY TRUST MUST
MAKE A CUT
Two-Pound Rolls Drop from 70 Cents
to. 67 leg Cents on Produce
calI--General Mar
ket

Butter was d l5dJuib VI Attt pA1dAS'
ket yesterday and the price which has been
maintained at 70 cents dropped to 67h cents
fol a two-pound roll.
This drop was not mado certain until alter
spirited bidding and the sale of twenty-five
cases at the closing price. The market closed
firm at that price. but effort is expected
to restore tho former price.
The drop was due to a clash between the
so-called trust and the independent compa-
MES Wholesalers in butter say the price
maintained for some time is too high' ana
has injured the movement Of butter from
this city, prices elsewhere being several points
below Los Angeles. The creamery companies
say the difference between this market and
San Francisco is not great enough to justify
reduction IN prices.
movement is active and little is added to the
surplus. The egg market has a good tone
and prices steady
Poultry is firm with light quantity OF
grades in demand. There we're no changes.
Beans ere almost off the market, the few
received yesterday being insignificant
Potatoes were firm with abundant supply
demand with a short supply and only fair
quality, but they met an increase to $3.50 and
81. 50.
ceipts. Berries continued weak, but at un'
changed prices.
Firmness characterized fruits. Apples, par
ticularly fancy stock, were IN demand,
oranges and lemons are more abundant, but
not sufficiently so to affect prices. Malaga
and Black Morocco grapes are firm but not
abundant
Produce Receipts
Eggs cases @ doS
Potatoes. sacks ..''''''''''''''''''''''''' i's
Beans, sacks -.
Sweet potatoes sacks .................'.'.. 9S
Produce Prices
Following are the wholesale Jobbing prices:
ORANGES (per box)-New crop, sl.25q2'
APPIEsW.po- box)-Belleheur. 4-tier. $500;
4ib-tier, s1.75; Colorado Jonathans. 5O-lb box
$780, california Jonathaanso io-ib' box sz@1OO'
CRANBERRIES-S10 50al2.50.
BANANAs-Fancy Port Limons. per lb.' ~
Q4isc crates. soc extra.
GRAPE FRUIT Cper box)-seedless, 'a's5;
POTAToEs per cwt. )-Eighland Burbanks.
81 15Q1.SO; Salinas, s1.s5q2.OO; sweets $z'oo@
fe0.
VEcETAB1. .Es-Beets per doz punches. 269
soc; string BEANS lb. s91oc; wax, sg1oc; cab
bage, per SACK 30940c; carrots. per dozen
lunches, 25GS0c: green chils. lb.. 4g5c; garlic.
per lb.. 10c: lettuce, per doz.. 15Q2Oc; onions
green, per dozen, 15420c: do Giant, per dozeu'
25c; celery. per doz,, 25@3Oc; green peas d.
4jl65hc radishes. per doz 15Q30c; spinacn'
dozen, 15Q20c; turnips, 25q90c; tomatoes 10
cal crate $20250: squash. 15c box; hothouse
cucumbers e5ca21.25 doz. caulihower, 4CW
60c doz.; egg plant S91Oc pound: horseradish,
PFC pound; tomatoes. st.5ol2 box.
FIGS-Dlack, s2.75. ,,
Teipine. 81 25: Chill Moiido. i2c.
BITTTER-Creamery. extras. 2-pound roll.
67isc; creamery firsts, eOa6oc cooking &c;
CANTALOUPES-Casa per dozen, 1925
Christmas, $500.
CHEESE tper lb.)-Anchor bfand. California.
Zoe; Young America Is lbs.l. isc: Hand fs iesi
20c: fancy full cream California. i741sc; Linn
burger, Edelweiss fancy case lots. 1Sc: do less
quantity. isc; Swiss. fancy imported wheels
Bic; do cut. S2c do domestic blocks. lc; Ore-
gon cream brick. 19c; German breakfast. per
box 81 10; eastern singles, per lb., lSc; Dats.
les, tac: Loug Horns, iee.
EGGs-California ranch. s3Gs5c dozen; case
CIR cRAPEs~Tokays. $500; cornichons. s1.25;
Black Moroccos, s2.e592.7o; Malaga. 1,259l.5c.
BEANSE vs. o sDer 100 - a 40. whiss D,ns
No. /, s375 limas. $50; Garvanzas. $3.50;
lentils. imported S11.00
ONIoNs-Yelow Danvers. s25o; Australian
Browns, $2 259250: Red Globe. $2.2542.50; Ore
rons. 80. 1903 90
NUTa-(Per lb)-Alnsonds fancy. IXL ana
Ne Plus zee: Brazils 14115c: alberta i4c;
cans. large, 1so; Califo, MIA peanuts. raw 10
71kc: eastern &c, roasted. 20 additional: wal
nuts. fancy No. 1. 15Asc; do small No: 2. 12c;
pine nuts, 15c cocoanuts. per doz.. e0c.
DRIED FRUITs-(Per Ib.I-Appes. evapo.
rated l1@12c; apricots. fancy. 25-lb. boxes.
1Sc: dates. golden bulk. Toe. fancy. &c; do lib.
Fard.;, 6Oc. per pkg. Sc: DO 1ss. per pkg. &c;
dgs. black G5-ib boxes. per box $50: do
white. 10 ie-oz. pkgs. to box. per box. Isc; do
80 Alb pkgs. to case per case sisS; do 90
e-oz pkgs. to case per case. sl6s; lemon and
orange peel fapcy iO-lb. boxes. per ib. ibc;
nectarines s5-ss ooxes. per lb.. l0c; peaches.
evaporated Csc: fancy. per h., 2hc; do 2os.
choice. per h.. 12c; pears. evaporated. fancy
S-lb box, per lb.. 14c; pitted plulns. Ss-ln.
PRuNEs-PeI ib)-Fancy Santa Clara
county stock. 25-ib boxes, sos TO !os. 90; tos
to b0s TIC: Sos to Cos. e1sc; COS to Ios. &c; IT'S
to SOS. 51sc; sos to S0s &c; eos TO zoos. 4hc.
RAISINS-London layers. crown. per oox'
t1.75; do 2os 2 crown. per box. g. IS; DO SOS
crown. per box s4. Is; loose museates. sos
crown, per lb., &c. do 6Os., crown. per lo'
&c; Sos. crown. per lb. loc; Sultanas
5O-lb. boxes per lb.. SIC.
MISCELLANEOUS - Popcorn. fancy rice
eastern. per lb.. sac; Saratoga chips. per ib
20c
RERRIEs-strawberries Tropico Beauty: per
box 6Q10o; blackberries, %-lb. basket, lO9l2c;
lpspberries, Alb basket, 12Q16c.
POULTRY -Buying prices as follows; Hem
1sc; broers, Ia to lbs. 21c; fryers. 2ll to sA
lbs, 16c; roasters 3 lbs. up, 13c; stags, &c; old
-; geese. 12c: ducks. 1Sc; squads, $l,7592Oo
Selling prices-Hens t491ec; young roosters
1cq17c; fryers. 10000; broilers. 2Sc cid
dressed 2O52Sc; storage. 2Sc; geese. fG1sc;
ducks. lie; squads, s2.50g3.00 doz eastern
dressed hens. lie: young ROSTERS, 19l3c.
FLOUR
Made OF selec California wheat:
Silver S;ai floui 20
FiEh 5bbls. zoe, per bbl higher.
= Ikers' flour (nads Of eastern hard wheatD
psr bbl.:
Globe nour q
Eastern graham 30
Eastern whole wheat flour. 575
blended wheat flUurB:
Bakers AL flout 300
Bakers Msgnoug flour ''''''.'''...'..''''.' eA
Bakers pastry tlour ........................ bs0
Ea. rye %