Evening star., 1920-09-04
Grain, Produce
.oCAL Wholesale MARKET.

LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.
The wholesale market prices TINS
morning ranged about as follows:
Eggs-Strictly fresh. 5Sa59; average
receipts. 81; southern. 66.
Live Poultry-Roosters. per lb:. e;
turkeys, per lb.. ssa4s;, chickens
spring. per h.. 36a40: hens. per h.. S5a
80: Keats. young. each, 50a6o.
Dressed Poultry-Fresh killed spring
chickens. per lb., 38a42; hens. per ID,
H.. 45a5o.
Live Stock-Calves. per lb.. 1aa16;
lambs, 11a13; sheep, 5a6.
Green Fruits-Apples. per bbl;: 3.ooa
$50; per basket, 75a2.50: California
lemons; per box sooas5o: pineapppleess: aapp es:
peaches, per crate. 2o0a3.S0 grapes. per
crate, Niagara. 2.00a3.00; Delaware, 2.oo
a3.50; black, 2.00a2.75.
Observation-Disclosures. No. l. per Dbl:
9. 50alo0; do, No. 2, 2.00a2: 50; sweet
potatoes. Rer bbl. 7.Ooa7 so: string nm
beans, can per basket. 1oea1.so; per eo. POI. o..
cabbage. per bbL, 75al.o0: beets, nearby
i.ooas. %; ijssuee' jSaov' New s York. per crate.
1:ooai:5o; celery. per doz:' oz soaisS' sos %
per crate. 5oal.oo: spinach. crate, 1.ooa
l-25:2 peppers. per basket, 40a75: tona-
toes. per box, 50a1.00; onions. per crate
1.0oa1.50; cucumbcrs. 1.0oa3.00 per bas-
ket; cantaIoupes. nearby, 5Oa2.W per
crate; California, 2.50a3O0 per crate;
sugar corn. 15a3o per doz.; lima BEANS
25a35 per OF.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. September (Spe-
cial al.-Potatoes-Mary and Vir-
ginia, No. l. per bbL. 3.50a4.0o; Nos.
2 and 5, 1.50a1.75; do. No. 1, southern.
3.50a4.00; Do, Nos. 2 and ..1.50; York
river. No. l. 3.50a4.o0; do. Nos. and
3, 1.5oa1.75: native. white. No. /. per
loo lbs. 2.0Oa2.25; do. No. 2, 1.25a1.5O; !;
NO: 3, LOO; do. sweets, No. l. per
bbl.. 7.ooa7.5o; yams, No. /. per bbl..
5.0Oa6. .00; ;-sweets and yams, No. 2. 800.
Apples-Early harvested, No. l, per
barrel. 2.50a3.00; do. No. 2, 1.50a2.oO;
NO. l, hamper, 100a1.25; do, No. 2,
5oa75: do. native, per basket, 15a50.
per basket, 5Oa1.00.
Beans, per bushel basket, green.
1.0oa1.50: stringless. 1.25a1.75: limas,
per bushel hamper. 1.25a1.50: do.
hulled. per h., 12a13. Cabbage. per
100. 2.00a3.00. Cucumbers, per basket,
4oa5o. Elephants, per basket, Soa40.
Onions, Maryland, Virginia and Penn
sylv2nia, per 100 pounds. 1.50a2.O0.
Squash. per basket, 15a25. Corn, Mary
land and Virginia. per dozen. 12a20.
Peppers, native, per basket. 20a30.
Tomatoes, native, per basket, 25a40:
do, packing stock, per bushel, 40a5O;
beets, per 100 punches, 2.5Oa3.50; car
rots, per 100 punches. 3.00a4-O0.
Cantaloupes, eastern shore Maryland
and Virginia, crate, 50a75: pineapples,
crate, 5.00aT00; pears. native, per
basket. 75a1.0o: do. Bartlett, 75a1 :25;
plums. per lb., 3a5; damsons, native,
per h., 4a5.
Watermelons, selects, per 100, 90. .00a
$500; do. prime, 6.00aS.00; do, culls,
1.00a2.00.
CHICAGO. September 4-Selling by
cash houses caused a break in wheat
at the start today, but a quick re-
action, due to some buying by houses
with eastern connections. carried
prices upward. After opening Ia to
2 lower, with December. 2.39 Il a2.40
covered more Of the loss.
Corn prices held within narrow
limits. Some professionals attempted
early to advance the deferred deliv-
cries. After starting ss lower to q
higher, with September 1879 a1.3SK
and December 1.1S1a a1.1S%. a reac-
tion carried all deliveries above yes
terday's finish.
Oats were dull and followed corn,
the September delivery being weak as
a result of selling. partly in the way
Of hedging, which sent it about 11s
under the December, the widest dis
count so far. Initial quotations were
unchanged to ss lower. with Septem-
ber 65h and December Sc.
Provisions satrted flrmer, with hogs.
and reports of good demand for