Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-31
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

The wholesale market prices TINS
morning ranged about as follows:
Eggs-Strictly fresh. Al; average re-
ceipts, 40; southern, AS.
Live Poultry-Roosters. per lb.. 70;
turkeys, per h., 3Sa43; chickens
spring. per h., 42a45; hens, per b.
S5as6; keats. young. each, 1oa75.
Dressed PoulJry-Fresh killed spring
chickens. per h., 45a50; hens, per d.
h., 45a50.
Live Stock-Calves, per h.. 15a16;
lambs, 10; sheep. sac.
Green Fruits-Apples. per DBL. 2-ooa
$50; new. per box. 75a150; California
lemons. per box 3.00a3.50; pineappies,
6.oOdS.00: California oranges, 6.00aIoo
grapefruit, 6.00a1.00; blackberries, Per
ct, 25a30; peaches, per crate. 2OOa4-oo.
Observation-Disclosures. No. 1, per bbl-
6-ooa6-5o; do. No. 2, 25oas.Sc; string
beans, per basket, 50a1.00: nearby, per
Dbl. 1.0oa2.oo; eggplant, per crate. 25oa
800: cabbage, per Dbl, 5oa15; beets,
nearby, per $50, 2.00a3-oG; lettuce,
nearby, per crate, 50a1.00; lettuce, New
York. per crate. 1-00a2-00; celery, per
l.25; squash. per crate, 40a5O; spring
spinach. per Dbl, 75a1.OO; peppers,
per basket. 50al 90; tomatoes, per box,
40a75; Texas onions, per crate,
coal so; peas, 5.00aS.00 per bbl.: Gu
cumbers, l.00a2 90 per basket. canta-
loupes 2.50a5.5o per crate.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. Md. July 81 (Spe-
ciaI) .-Potatoes-Maryla and Vir-
ginia, No. 1. per Dbl, 5.oOa600; do,
No. and No. 3. 1.50a2.50; do, No. 1
south ern, 5.00a5.50; do. No. and No.
3, 150a250; York river No. !, 5.4oa
$50: do. No. and No. ), 1.50a2. so !;
do, native white, No. /, upper. 100
Apples-Early June, No. /. per bbl..
3.G0a3.5o; do, No. >, 2.00a2 so; No. l
Hamper. 1.00a1.25; do, No. 2, 50a15-
Peaches. per crate, No. /. 2-0Oa3.0o;
do. common. 5oa1.00. Beans. per
bushel basket. green. 5Oa75: do. per
basket. wax. 30a60; stringiess. 7oa9o;
do. limas. per basket. 1.00a1.25. Cab
bage. per 100. 2.00a4.o0. Cucumbers.
per basket, 15a35. Eggplant. crate,
50a2 80. Lettuce. native. per basket.
40a75 Onions Maryland, Virginia
and PENNSYLVANIA, per 100 lbs, 1.50a
200. squash, per basket. 2oa3o-
Corn, Maryland and Virginia, per
doz. 15ai5. Peppers. native, per
basket. 40a50.
TOulat OtS-NAtlNe- per HNe-elS ltHS
basket, 9oa1.1O: do, culls. 4oa6o.
Reets. per 100 lunches; 2.00a3.00.
Carrots, per 100 punches. 1.50a3-00.
WatermeIons, per car, 100 0oa40o-o 90.
IIuclzleb berries quart. 20a25. Black
berries. quart, 16a2i. Easpberries,
quart, 14a30.
. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES shore. MARY
land and NirSiniG. per crate. i -oca2.0o
do, pony. 75a1 90: do, native. per
basket, 1.5oa1.T5. Currants. per quart,
10a15. Pineapples, per strap. 6-coa
100 Pears. native. per basket, 50a
100. Plums, per lb., 3a5.
CHICAGO. July 31.-Wheat broke
almost 10 cents shortly after the
J opening today, owing to reported
/ rains in parts of Missouri. Nebraska
and Indiana. with prospects of more
wet weather, which had Il depressing
| influence on all grains. There was
sufficient buying, however, to check
| the break and moderate rally fol-
| lowed. Opening quotations of wheat
| RANGED from 21a 70 4 lower. with De-
ceuiber 2.t9 TO 2.20 and March at p
| to 223.
/ The break in wheat, combined with
! rain reports. helped carry corn prices
| down Early buying by n leading
! elevator interest checked the break,
| however. and u rally followed. Open
| ing prices ranged from Is to 3I2 lower
/ with September 1864 10 1.37 and De-
cembsr 1.22 to 1.22H.
| Oats took the same course as corn
There was scattered liquidation OF
! the July option. The market opened