Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-04
MEAT PRICES KEEP Up
IN THE LOCAL MARKET
Packers Attribute High Figures
to Floods in WeSt-Other
Commodities.

markets continue high, dealers declaring
the responsibility lies with the packers,
and the representatives of the packing
houses lay 1t to flood conditions in the
middle west, which, they say, make II
difficult to get shipments through from
| Chicago Wholesale supplies Of all grades
or dressed beef pork, mutton and veal
| In Washington are said to he lower than
for number of years, and retailers say
that further advances in prices to con-
sumers probably will be necessary unless
| conditions speedily change for the better.
| Pork loins advanced this week to 2J
cents pound. last weeks price being %
cents for LON roasts. Other retail prices
| for meats today were:
Porterhouse STEAK, 81 cents; club steak,
| 30 cents: sirloin, 2S cents; round steak,
- to % cents; flank steak, 30 cents; prime
rib roast. % cents: short ribs, - cents;
| chuck roast, Is cents; beef liver sliced,
20 cents: hamburger steak, prime, 20 to
% cents other grades as low as IS cents.
| Choice Veal and Lamb.
Veal outlets sold today at 30 cents a
pound. with ve.. .nvr- bringing 80 cents;
saddles. % cents; breasts. % cents: Shout
ders. % cents. Veal sweetbreads brought
81 80 and upward a pair.
| Legs OF spring lamb are ~ cents a
pound. with the price for legs running
from $3.50 to 81, according TO weight
French chops bring 30 cents a pound
some handlers of extra fancy grades OF
meat asking 40 cents for them.
| Poultry prices remain at about the
same level as last week. though turkey.
are Off few cents. Prime fresh-killed
| turkeys were 25 cents a pound today, but
it was the opinion of dealers that the
price probably would go to % cents to.
| morrow. Broilers are :;5 to 10 cents q
pound; fryers, p 20 % cents; roasters. p
Icents a pound.
| Springs advance is attested by the
abundance of fresh vegetables on the
stalls at Center market, though to be sure
Green peas sold today at 10 cents box
| with string beans the same. Genuine
new potatoes were 10 to 10 cents a box
according to quality, some extra fame!
Early Rose potatoes from Florida bring
i ing the latter price. Some new lima
beans were in the market today. the
i price being 20 cents box, in the shells
A box of limas, when shelled, would make
about teacupful of beans. Other vegs-
| table prices:
General Line of Vegetables.
New beets. 10 cents bunch: cau,i-
flower, 35 to 40 cents each; spring
onions, two punches for 5 cents; dry
onions, 10 cents a quarter peck: lettuce,
5 to 10 cents head; sweet potatoes, 81
cents peck; tomatoes, 10 to Is cents a
pound: Irish potatoes. so cents a bushel;
asparagus, from % to 80 cents q bunch
the latter being the price Of some excep-
tionally fine product from California, with
large stalks, heavy buds and well packed
cucumbers, 10 cents each; parsnips, n
cents peck: turnips, both white and
vol n or nj ant
punches for ID cents: old cabbage, 8 Il
ID cents a head: new cabbage, 10 cents
la head; sweet peppers, 30 cents dozen
larttchokes, French. % centss each; spin
ach, 40 cents a peck; kale, 80 cents
peck.
Il Strawberries were lower in price to
day than last week. good ones being
sold for 25 cents a quart, while the bes
were IS to 40 cents Fancy eating ap
pies cost more than oranges, being ap
proximately rs cents a dozen. Will.
cooking apples are from 40 to so cents
Il peck. Oranges ranged today from 2:
q to so cents a dozen, lemons, 20 to 81
cents a dozen; grapefruit from 5 cents
each to three for % cents; pineapples
4 25 to 40 cents each; lines, Is cents q
i 1ozen and bananas, anywhere from II
Il to 25 cents dozen, some fine rec
bananas, the first of the season, bring
ing 80 cents a Dozen
j Butter Prices Stationary.
& Butter prices are unchanged, though
i retailers today said they had no trouble
/ in getting all they wanted Fancy
4 Elgin still brings 40 to As cents pound
i with lower grades a few cents cheaper
Fancy eggs are % cents dozen. the
price ranging from this down to Ii
4 cents for the storage sort.
i Retail prices of fish. it was stated to-
i day, have not changed materially In the
q past week, except in the case of shad
Il which are lower. Prime roe Shad to-
day retailed at so to 80 cents each, the
bucks bringing 80 to 40 cents. All other
varieties of fish, it was stated, remained
today at last-week prices.