The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-08
Bad Weather Causes Slump In
 Business In Wholesale District
By JOHN c. MOSES

| DuSl1lGSS III
 By JOHN
 Business was slow in the wholesale section Monday. owing to bad weather conditions,
 Fresh vegetable shipments were re> ported by several merchants, with more due. These were needed. as stocks were much broken. Crop destruction reaches we'll into all truck sections, which will cause sharp advances.
 Cotton is stiff and prices hold at top quotations of past week.
 Corrected figures follow:
 Federal Price List United States department of agricul- ture. bureau of markets, S0S-SO9 Jefferson County Bank building. Birmingham. Ala, office, January '. Daily market news bulletin. Q2rices based on sales to retailers.)
 N. B.-These are not retail prices, but the price at which your retail merchant uan buy the articles mentioned. BEETS-
 Per bunch ..............,.........4l- 4 l-6Q5c CABBAGE- Northern Danish per pound ... .3lIS12c Louisiana and home grown, per
 
 bunch ...........................-. .4M45c CAULIFLOWER- California, per head ............15 2-3q17c CELERY
 In rough (not bunched)
 California. per stalk .715Ql1oc CRANBERRIES- Reds and blacks, per quart .14lka16c EGGPLANT Louisiana and Florida. each ....1o1ka12c GREENS
 Various kinds. per bunch. 31sI5c LETTUCE
 Louisiana (besD, per head ..-.s14q7 lac
 Small, green per bunch ........3 8 1-303i3c Dry, Northern and Westerns, per
 pound ......t..-,...-............ 11sd4 4c
 Spanish, per lb. ................44 .44Q5c IRISH POTATOES
 Northerns, whites (beso, per peek ,o,,
 Q5 pounds) ......................331a g 1a4 44212e SWEET POTATOES-
 Yellow yams, Porto Ricans (besp
 per peck 1874 pounds .44Q421zc SALSIFY--
 Home grown. per bunch ..........6AQ7 SPINACH Homegrown, per bunch .e4a614c SQUASH
 White (smalD .......................7AQ TOMATOES Cubans, best ripes), per dog. 1-3Qs5c TURNIPS- Homegrowns tround. white), medium size, per bunch ...................4 .4G6 1-3c Canadians, Rdsabagas (besp per pound ....,...................., ..1a4q2c DRY BEANS Limas or navys, per pound ........1sc Black eyes, per pound ................nc DRIED PRuNES- California, per pound .................12c APPLES Box stock. Northwesterns, various varieties, small size, per dog. .1s620c Barrelled stock, various varieties reds, firsts, per peck ...t-,.......... .50Ql6219c Barreled stock, various varieties reds, seconds, per peck .......... .4oQ5oc Bulk stock, ordinary quality, per. peck ...............-..........o .oVt1S21ec CRATES California. Emperors. per GRAPEFRUIT Florida, Brights and Goldens (me- dium size), eacn .514GSc ORANGES Floridas. Brights and Goldens, per
 dozen ......,................... .229S2c Floridas, Russets, per dozen ,20Q27c SATSUMA ORANGES Southern Alabamas (medium sizel, per dozen ..1eq22c tCOCOANUTS-
 South American Gall sizes). firsts. 1 each .......................... .71s9Sc ENGLISH WALNUTS- Firsts, Californias, per pound. .25G2sc Seconds, California. per pound ..20Q23c PECANS- Orchard run. Texas, per pound. .t7@1s1zc l T. c. BUSHFIELD Market Station Assistant. Poultry l Hens-25G26c. Fryers-30Q32c. Guineas-45c. Roosters-17c. Extra Graded Eggs-4oc. 1 Candled Eggs-43c. l Turkeys-Live, 30dS3c. Ducks-2o422c.