New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-11
COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKETS

For week ended December TO- 1912.
BEANS AND PEAS-Receipts, beans ~
| iU7 bags: exports. 6.043 imports, 1l.5el; re
! ceipts peas. 1924 bags; exports. 1855; i'm
! ports. 10 093. Supplies OF state marrow nean rs
/ have been more liberal and trade not q uIte 80
/ good. This has caused a shading or Vaiuer'
| and at the close the feeling is easy with our
/ side quotation extreme. Domestic medlum Ai,u
/ pea have fallen 5010c under Limited deheniu'
| competition with foreign stock felt severely
! Considerable lots OF imported beans nave d. :
rived. Prime quality can now he bought d.
! 81 200S4 %. There has been sharp osci n
| IN red kidney, owing TO moderate export Or
| GERS and pressure to sell; best goods arc oner.
| ing AT - 30. and 1t looks as II that price misht
! be shaded. Old reds also lower and weak;
/ uumber OF lots OF new red marrow have been
| taken for export at 81 S5qS4 90. Black oesns
! sell only IN jobbing way. Very rev yeho"
| or white kidney arriving. California lima ~
| pretty liberal receipt and market weak. BOZ
! scotch peas and imported green have 1ecIilSII'
BEANS, msrrow; choice, 100 3D. s. 1873 ~.
! imported pea. siaSi 25: red kidney. choice
! 81 Sass o.: old. 81 25asl IS; black, choice
s. 25a$4 80; lima. ST 25aSG 81 PEAS. Scotch.
BUTTER-Receipts, 2s,952 pkgs; last
| week, 90. 800 exports. 226 Iast week market
las ruled quiet. ana while fresh arrivals nav
shown only slight increase there has been iIeer
Offering Of storage goods which have fully sup
! pli.d the trade except where buyers nave re
| ouired exceptional quality Most fresh gooGs
J defective in flavor and character Demand is
OF the most selectiye character. and unless
goods are fancy enough for tho very hnest
trade values iall away rdIldlN. JUG. INV ~ =
hard TO maintain n quotation Of 3isQ3sc ior
extra fresh creamery while nrsts are oncrinG
freely at 84d36c generally and seconds NJ oVu
| sc. Concessions would be made on nearly al
! OF these ~ larger business would result. Con
/ siderable storage creamery being used. holders
are anxious 10 sell and Offering the hnest
goods at 33214c. Process steady. Dull trading
in factory and packing stock and ys iltts,e IN
buyers favor. Creamery extras. ID. 8T1sd 3ec:
hrsts. S4d2shc; seconds, SoaS3c; thirds. 2lg
coo: held extras, a3a34c: frsts 3id32hc; sec
onds. 2oaS0izc: thirds. aeAG2sc; state dairy,
| tubs finest 34G35c good 10 prime. 30n65c.
common to fair, 24q29c: process extras z. ! p a
creamery hrsts. 25d25hc: fsctory. June make
| 24d25c; current. hrsts. 24d2tiAc; seconds, go
23l4c; thirds. c1G22c: packing stock, June
make, 23a23iac; current No = 22a22'7e; NO
CHEESF-Receipts a6as boxes: exports.
AIS; last week. III Market Arm on high grade
| gilt edged qualities. Most business has been
| within range OF IN Glsc. but some fancy sep
! tember could not be bought even al the latter
! price ard rare sales reported fraction higher.
/ There has been a good movement in the fairly
| we'll cured later makes. but for very green ana
more or less pasty fresh arrivals trade is $40"
| and prompt selling values are uncertain
| raisles dull. High grade skins held hrlnly.
but for the general run of fresh receipts, whiCn
are heavily skinned there is ii'tle call and
J values are lover. state. whole milk. hold
| coiored or white speci ais. iSc; average fancy
| 17is@17ac fresh. specials, 17h41i Hc; col
orcd average fancy lSq l,c; white ieGtIaLiiitc
! Daisies held. best. 1sc fresh l71edl7E c.;
state skins. held, specials. 14lHl4iSc; choice
! 13i.Gi4c: fresh specials. 1871 d14c: choice
/ l2ia613c: state skins. poor 10 fair. s1l2c;
EGGS@Receipts. s5,171 cases Following
! our last weekly report the market developed
] a decidedly easier tone. and prices turned
| downward There has since been radical
! decline, and the market closes weak and un-
settled with much stock unsold and advices
| indicating more liberal supplies in transit
! Storage eggs have fallen into a dcnorslized
condition: offerings have been far beyond the
| needs OF the trade. There seems to be moth
I Ing 10 stop the downward course OF prices
J other than a possible speculative demand. ana
I this has not vet developed large proportions.
| Closing sales are chiefly in range Of lTal9c.
| with some inferior goods going lower. Nearby
white eggs are easier. with difficulty In effect
/ ing a clearance OF average qualities Fresh
/ gathered, extras, dozen, 33G36c: extra hrsts,
3ld32c; frsts, 2SG3Oc; second and lower
grades. 21d27c; held, fresh average best q
d25c; poor to fair. ls022c; fresh gathered
special marks, fancy. charges paid l9c; hrsts.
charges PAID. lsals1c; hrsts on dock lsc'
hcnnery whites. fancy. large. new laid. SIC;
| selected defective 5d42c; refrigerator $50
| 23c Western. gathered, 3o63sc: state nearby.
! hennery browns, 35a36c; gathered and mixed
FRUITs-DRIED-R 46172 cases.
| Ga. 1872 pkgs; exports. 6T.5J8 pkRs evaporated
, apples, and outside quotations extreme al the
| close. Futures. upstate steady, though httle
| weaker feeling at the close: several cars OF
| December delivery prime are reported sold at
Sac. o state. and more can be purchases
! al the same price. Februarys and March de
livery quoted at 5$a5lsc, and April 5S,c
! Future chops firm to 81 55ds1 CO per 100 n
[ for prime. IN bbls. sJate: waste closes
| firm, with nothing 10 be had under lc loose.
same terms. Sun dried apples worth nominaly
around sac for slices. Small fruits without
| change. Prunes. apricots and peaches In &C
tive demand but prices closing lrm. AP-
/ Piles. evaporated fancy. n, 7hq9l2c. choice
r. eSSc i9sSdins 7g7e; Prime prime ~ go 81
chops. prime. bbis 100 n, 81 soas2. RAsPP-
E EHEf isals syaPf Observation-Disclosures FiaT 4a5c
| BLACKEERRTES. 13haI5c: PEACHES. Cali
fornia. peeled. N. 2lc: unpeeled. 6ashc;
APRICOTS. California. Moorparks IA &C.
boxes. 61za10'4c; 12os 20 sos 5O-ro boxes ga
1921 Reports indicate considerable activity
on the Pacific Coast. and market little firmeT.
stocks have been reducing rapidly, and not
more than % per cent Of the crop remains IN
sold in first hands In the interior OF the
state there has been little trading. but
( buyers have wanted mainly the finest goods
Locally we have pretty good market. Prices
are steady 10 firm on higher Qualities. but
medium grades especially Pacihcs, somewhat
unsettled: state. 1912; Prime to choice, n. 5oa
DC. state. 1911, 12a20c Pacific Coast 1912
prime 10 choice, 20d22c: medium 20 good, 16
else: common. 13dl5c: Pacific Coast. 1911.
''N'' o'"f'N'f9f 'H''Ns AiiPNiN''f '''-'
NAY AND STRAW - Market holding
steady on highest grades Of timothy hay and
strictly choice large bslcd. n here might reach
S23 IN special channels. hut most business from
500 30 down. Medium and low grades steady.
/ HAY. large bacd. ton, timothy. No /, S22 30;
standard. $50 10 and . $l7Qs2l. light
clover, mixed S21: No J. mixed. sls@s20;
heavy. mixed, Slsa$10: No ! clover, SIS;
STRAW. rye. 16d17c. Small bslcd hay 2l4d
Sc less than largeD
TS-FRESH--Apples IN good demand
and steady. with prices showing little
change. Pears in good demand. except
weather Grapes dull ana weak Cranber-
ries frmer. Strawberries IN light supply.
Oranges and grapefruit selling wcn AP-
PIES. Twenty ounce, S2nS3: SNOW. North
ern Spy end Spitzenberg S2Qs3 90. Hub
harrison, 81 50nS2: Bellheur 81 754s2 %:
and Ben Davis. 81 509s2 %; Greening. 81 ~
! asa 20: Russet. 81 % GS1 30; Far Western.
box SlTS2: PEARS. Klener.. bill S2dS3 80:
basket. 60cNSl %; Clairgeau, hbl 81 30 n -
| d'Anjou. 81 50Gs4; Duchesse. $3MS3 20;
| Lawrence. S3Gs 81 50: Winter Nellr SO 50@
| crate soc ISL: ton. $306s40; CHAMBER
/ RIES. Cape Cod. late SORTS. Dbl. Sc 506 80;
crate. 81 1882 %; Early Black btl. S56Ss;
New York crate, 81 1902; Long Island.
J late. Dbl, s74s9 Early Black. Sc 5OGsT 10;
Jersey Sc 751it9 80: STRAWBERRIES.
Pint GSG 4oe 6gM2 g = Is 81 12e TAN
box. 81 500s7 GRAPEFRUIT. 81 5O1s3 30;
! PINEAPTLEs. S1@S325.
POULTRY - ALIVE 49, Receipts FOR the
/ week 116 carloads by freight and about 7
GERS by express Fowls fairly active lats
last week and prices steady. Chickens IN
clined 10 drag and surplus unsold though
lft,. f2rn In he Otfn faff oil