Imperial Valley press., 1912-08-16
MARKET REPORTS
Los Angeles Produce

| CENTS of tomatoes on the produce
market yesterday caused the price tt
decline to 100000 a lug box for fancy
stock and 20@30c for ordinary toma
| toes For the last week tomatoes have
| been scarce and of a poor quality, but
dealers say from now on the quality
| will improve and the price remain
low. New potatoes were weak and the
price declined to 30@35c a lug box for
large potatoes and 20@25c for small.
The cwt. price remained at 6O@9Oc
The quality of the sweet potatoes is
improving.
The local watermelon crop is at its
height. The melons are of an excei
lent quality. Nearly all of the melons
handled are brought to the market in
wagonloads from the districts around
Los Angeles. The market for local
cantaloupes is also in good shape.
Raisins were easier and the price
was marked down to 41ac for 2-crowns,
sc for 3-crowns and 5Bc for 4-crowns.
Other dried fruits were steady.
Eastern eggs followed the general
were marked up to 26@27c a dozen.
bulleE anu CllttSt were uACudllScu.
Receipts of produce in Los Angeles
yesterday We're: Eggs, 755 cases; but
ter, 26,321 pounds; cheese, $50 pounds:
potatoes, 696 sacks; beans, 20 sacks;
onions, 299 sacks. Following are
quotations.
Butter-Prices to trade, above
quotations; California creamery, ex-
ira, 321ac: creamery, firsts, 301sc
Eggs-Local ranch, dozen, candled,
32c; case count, 2Sc; seconds. 24c;
pullets, 24c; outside, 260 soc; eastern,
26@27c.
Beans-No. 1 pink. 1926 cwt: No. ]
lima, $5.7506.00; Lady Washington.
No. I, S5.10@5.25; small white, No. /,
S5.2505.50; blackeye, $425645O;
Garvanza. $3.50 cwt.; bayous, s4500
$500; Mexican reds. $3.50; lentils,
$6.50070O.
Onions Australian reds, soc box;
Northern Yellow Danvers, S1.10@125;
Silverskin, 35640c box; white wax,
crate, S1.25; young onions, zoe dozen
punches.
Potatoes-New potatoes. 6009Oc
cwt., 500 35c lug box for large, 20ff
25c for small; sweet potatoes, 3RM
41ac lb.
Poultry-Buying prices, live-Broil-
ers, lb., 17@19c; fryers, zoe; roasters,
22c: young cocks, &c: old cocks, Sc;
light hens, 10c; heavy hens, 16c;
young turkeys, 1S620c; old turkeys,
Ice; young ducks, 14c; old ducks. 12c;
geese, f2c; squad pigeons, $3.50 dozen.
Honey-Extracted, water white, &c:
white, SC; light amber, &c. Combs,
water white, 16k@17 white, 15c;
light amber, lac. BeeswaX, 30c
Hay-New crop: tame oats, S21M25; :;
alfalfa. s14@17; barley, $1,000;
wheat, $1,000; straw, S12.
New York Cotton Market
NEW YORK, Aug 16-The market
made a further advance of 13 to IL
points during the first hour in the face
OF more selling by leading spot inter
ests and probably would have gone
higher if the new bull crowd had noT
sold freely in taking down profits III
order to keep prices from advancing
too freely.
On the 30-pOint reaction which fol-
lowed this selling there was consider
able reselling by shorts who had COW
cred, as well as liquidation and new
selling by the Memphis crowd, based
on the showing OF the National Gin
Eers' association and reports of rain
in extreme southwest Texas. There
were few reports of southern hedge
selling and spots were reported easier
in the interior Of Texas, but the pres
sure from this source was more senti-
mental than actual.
h. /, l,,+r,
10 discount compared with New
York futures there is not likely to b.
much hedge selling of consequence.
and in the meantime if another crop
scare should develop the big shorts
would experience great difficulty i'll
covering. To the end of this week las
year there had been received at the
ports over $4,000 bales of new cotton.
Up TO the close Of last week this sea
2000 bales, while total arrivals of new
cotton at the ports, including TODAY,
son there had been received less than
have been only 1929 bales. In the
face of last years 16,250,000 bale crop
and an abnOrmally early movement
cotton ruled well above the 11-cent
level until after the middle of Septen-
Der. Following is range of quotations
today:
January, 1154@61; February, 11.67
@69: March, 11.73M74; April, I1Sl q
SO; May, 11.73; August, 11.39@41;
September, 11.34@41; October, 11.56G
50; November, 11.59d61; December
11.65@66.
Spot closed quiet; middling uplands,
l2.00c; do gulf, 12.25c. Sales, 1OG
bales.
Barley Market
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16.-In the
local grain call pit barley options were
stronger under a good demand. De
cember sold up to S1.20A, closing al
$1.20h; May, 1913, sold at S1261h In
Chicago spot barley closed at 42@70c
per bushel. In the local cash market
barley was firmly held Receipts OF
barley here today were 4425 centals
Spot wheat was easy. Oats were
steady. Colored beans remained firm
Grain bags were steady.
Wool Market
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 16-Wool steady
| territory and western mediums, 2OM
| 24c; fine mediums, 1S@20c; fine