Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-21
MARKETS GIVE JOLTS
TO THE COST Of LIVING
Lower Prices for Bread and
Fresh Eggs and Other
Commodities.
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The cost OF living received a jolt this
week-several of them, in fact-when the
retail stores and market stalls began sell
ing fresh bread at three loaves for 10
cents, and right on the heels of this re-
duction in the price of, the staff Of life
the bottom fell out Of the storage egg
situation. Today on the Washington
markets the best storage eggs were sell
ing for 20 cents a dozen, this being the
top price. Many dealers were selling the
same quality of eggs for 10 cents or even
as low as IS cents a dozen. The drop
had its influence on the price of selected
strictly fresh eggs. and they were selling
today at 80 cents dozen, though the eX-
ira quality product remained at 30 cents
Roe shad, fresh from Virginia and low
er river waters, went down to $3.50 each
today, though this was the bottom price
and was for small roes. Fine large roes
sold for $1.75 to 81, the buck shad bring
ing IS cents each.
Drop in Vegetables.
in the vegetable line the big drop was
in tomatoes. Extra heavy supplies of
fine ones brought the price down this
morning to 10 cents a pound, or 80 cents
for a seven-pound basket.
Other vegetables were priced today as
follows: Potatoes. cents a quarter
peck; sweet potatoes, 10 cents
quarter peck; turnips, cents
quarter peck, old carrots, 10 cents
a quarter peck; parsnips, the same;
early York cabbage, .. and 10 cents
head: new cabbage, and 10 cents: Savoy
cabbage. > cents: red cabbage, D. and 10
cents; white onions, 10 cents quarter
peck yellow onions. 10 cents quarter
peck Spanish onions, three for 10 cents;
spring onions, three punches for D cents;
kale, cents a quarter peck; spinach, ~
cents a quarter peck; celery, 10 cents
bunch: oyster plant. s cents a bunch; let
tuce, ;, and 10 cents, romaine lettuce,
10 cents; watercress, 10 cents quarter
peck; caulflower, To- 20 and % cents.
eggplant, IL and 10 cents each: radishes,
) cents "a bunch; parsley, cents bunch;
string beans, 10 cents box, or 20 cents
"a quarter peck; rhubarb. punches for
% cents: brussels sprouts, Is cents
box; sweet peppers, two for cents:
okra, 10 cents a pint; cyml1ngs, ., ana
IT. cents each; leeks, cents bunch;
new beets, 10 cents a bunch; new Ber-
muda potatoes, 10 cents a small box;
mushrooms, 80 cents pound.
Quotations for Fruits.
Fancy cooking apples retai!od today at
IL cents a quarter peck. and fancy or
extra fancy eating apples brought 20
cents quarter. Oranges remain at the
same old prices, ranging from 10 10 AZ
cents a Dozen according to size and
quality. Lemons are 20 cents dozen and
grapefruit from = to 10 cents each, the
quality being unusually fine in all sizes.
Pineapples bring 10 to - cents each. and
superb tangerines sell at 30 to so cents
a Dozen Bananas are 10. Is and 20 cents
a dozen, and strawberries of fine quail
ity retail at 80 to % cents a box, with
p.enty I'm market
In the fish line prices of all kinds eX-
cept shad as noted, remain at last week
or week before last levels not fraction
of "a cent of difference being noted from
former quotations. Supplies are coming
in plentifully, variety is good and dealers
do no: expect any advances, at least for
the present.