The Washington herald., 1915-01-08
COMMERCE AND FINANCE

yesterday-heaTy receipts light demands, and unsea-
sOnable weather-tended rather to cause a dull in
stead Of a firm market Many veal calves re-
ceired and remained inactive on account Of the
spring day. Heavy receipts Of live and dressed tur
keys well as dressed hogs. appeared. The only
firm article on the market were fresh eggs, which,
owing TO the present scarcity, remained in = strong
demand
Little change was seen in the market for fruits
and vegetables. Lettuce coutinued very strong and
tomatoes and firm. Beans very plentiful
in good supply. Unchanged figures on other articles
were:
EGGs-Fresh. per dOz. 4Oai2: do. Southern. per
doz., 70.
h.. IS: process, per ID, 8aZ; under grade. per
h.. 2iaZ7: storepackel. per h.. lsalg.
LARD-Tub. pure. per h., l%al2: do. com-
pound. per ID. sia Cottonseed oil. per can, 35.
CHEESE-NeW York new. Per ID, IL fat, per
ID. ls: Swiss. domestic. ~ lb. Is: do. foreign
LIVE PoULTRY-Hens per b.. Il; ROSTERS.
per h.. TO- ducks per h. I3all turkeys choice. per
l6aI7; do. ordinary. Is: chickens per h.. Balls
DRESSED POULTRY-Chicksns per ID. l5aIs:
hens choice per H.. lsaI5; ducks. per lb.. Hals;
turkeys choice. Per lb. %; fair to good. per h..
l6als; rOosters. per h.. II.
GREEN GOODS-Beans, per basket. l5a25o;
beets. per bunch. 3aI: cabbage. per 100 lbs. loa
Is: cantaIOupes. CaSAbas. per crate. 20oa
60: do. per crate. L5OA35o; cucumbcrs hot
house PER doz.. lOoal.9; do. Florida. PER basket,
25Oa350: cymblings. per crate, 2O9a2 25 eggplant,
per case 5Oa3OO; kale per bbl., SOalOO: lettuce
Florida per basket lJOa35O onions per loOlb sack,
l5Oal 70: okra crate 25Oa3Oo: peas Florida basket
20OaLOo potatoes per bbl. L25al.50; do. Northern
per sack. LSal.e0; do. per bushel. 4oa6O: new
potatoes per bbl. LOOa5.OO; yams. per bbl.. 2OOa
275: yellow sweet potatoes per bbL. 25Oa
$50: pepper Per crate. l75a3Oo: radishes. dollhouse
per 100. %: spinach. per bbL. l75a2-Oc tonG
toes. Florida. per crate 2ooa25
FRUITS-ApDies. per bbi.. L5oaiO: grapefruit.
per box. l.75a23: grapes. Malaga. per keg 3oOa
500; lemons. per box. 275a3oO; lines. per lo. s6a
100; oranges. California. per box. l5oa2.75; do.
Florida. per box 2OOa2 30: pineapples. per crate.
30Oa6 90; tangerines per strap 2Soa3.o
LIVE STOCK-veal calves. prime. per h.. llal2;
do. medium, per lb. salo; do heavy. sas: spring
lambs Per h.. 7a7Ii
new, per ton. 100; straw old. long rye. PEI ton.
100: wheat straw. per ton. 100; new com. per bb.
So
sEEDs-ClOrer red. per b.. I5lIaI7; nlsks. Ilsl6;
red top Tor herds grass. per h., 7; blue grIss,
per bushel. los; timothy. per bushel, 39a4oo:
orchard grass. per bushel, L65also; seed ne. per
WOOL AND HIDEs-wool. washed. free of
burns, per h., %: wool. unwashed. per ID. 1a22:
hides dry. PER Ib aa2I; salt hides. Dry per Ii. |
o422; salt hides. green, h. II; cafsAns. green.
each. lSu20o.
DRESSED GOODs-Pork. choice, HEht to
medium weights per h., 10; do. heavy weights. sas
FRESH FISH AND CRABS-CPrices gwen below
Ire by the FOUND unless otherwise stated.)-Butter
and stars. large 12l4; carp Gas; croakers, per bbl
z 90: mAckerel .: rock boiling 30 do medium. >
small. %; yellow perch. large l2ll: do small. 8:
salmon trout Is; gray trout, large. loal2A; do. ,
small sal0 founders, lOal2l7; catfish. l0El2: green
pike. native. IS eels medium to large. loal2: spots
large. Is; tailOTs, large. Is surgeons dressed, q
do skin on. % clans, Per 100. Id; snappers. as TO
size l2aI5; bluefsh, fresh %; salmon. fresh 30;
Boston mackerel each, 90 HOLSTERS. 40; crab meat.
is; scaIIops, per qt, 75 Potomac bass large, per
lb., 3; DO. small IS; shrimp, per 1t, %.