Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
eosToN PRODUCE MARKET
WEEK or FEBRUARY 7.t2, 1921
(Prspersd h0 United States Bureau OF
Narkets.)
Prults and VsaetabIes

Fruits and Vegetables
The moro staple fruits and vegetables.
| including apples cabbage. onions and
| potatoes, were practically unchanged
from last week. or slightly lower. Green
vegetables, including lettuce. caulifower
and spinach advanced on Monday and
hsld this advance throughout the week.
New Hampshire Baldwin apples from
| csid storage were steady at $4.5o-$5.so
Per barrel. and native grown Baldwins
| 1t $1ee-S1oo per buahel Maine ard
New York State Danish cabbage sold
slowly At 3l.25-S1.5o per barrel. while
NEW Florida cabbage In barrel crates
advanced 1Sc. closing at $3.75
California Iceberg lettuce advanced to
$3.50-$A0o per crate at the beginning Of
the week. holding at this figure the rest
of the week. Connecticut Valley onions
were in slow demand at S1.00-$1.25 per
100 lbs. sack.
Aroostock County potatoes lost l5c.
opening at s1.so-sl.s5 per 100 lbs. and
closing the week at S1.4e-$I.50. Texas
spinach advanced from the ruinous prices
Of last week to $1.o0-$1.15 per bushel on
Monday. and advanced another &c dur
ing the week, closing at $l.2o-$1.5o.
Maine and Massachusetts, Green Hub
bard squash was in good demand at s.
shc per pound bulk. Delawa.e and New
jersey sweet potatoes were In light sup
ply and firm at $175-s200 per bushei
hamper.
Native grown root vegetables sold slo~-
ly at the following prices. which are the
Same ss last week: BEETS. $1.s0-Sl.75;
CARROTS. $1.25-$1.5o; PARSNIPS. $1.5o-
500; TURNIPS. 75c-$1.25.
Dairy and Poultry
The declines that were expected last
week have matsrialized even to a greater
extent than was expected. AS 10 usual
IN declines. however. prices dropped
farther than conditions warranted. and
the past two days have seen sharp re-
covery in both butter and eggs. A week
ago fresh western eggs were selling at
$3.50, and Hennery eggs at s0-s3c.
These dropped rapidly until nearby eggs
reached 45c and westerns 38-40c; but this
was evidently too low. and at the close,
nearby eggs sold from 4S-50c. and fresh
westerns from 40-45c. with the feeling
fairly steady. However train load OF
Chinese eggs is en- route to the east. and
will probably have depressing effect
next week, even though consumption has
increased rapidly.
Butter prices have also dropped about
&c. This also went lower than was war
ranted, and has sold back about DC. 50
that at the close. fresh extras 92 score
are bringing A-44hc. and storage OF the
same grade, E-43c.
Cheese was also unsettled and on large
sales. prices have dropped from one-hah
to lc, but are steadier now. and while
trade Is drawn more to the fresh goods.
the feeling is considerably better on all
grades Fresh New York made Twins
are bringing 24-25hc. and held goods 2s-
30.
Poultry has not made any marked
change in price. but dealers generally.
consider the market as unsatisfactory.
only the very fanciest stock finding easy
sale. Not as mucn fresh stun Is arriving.
but supplies are sufficient. Fowl are
bringing $3.50 and chickens 37-60c ac-
cordins to size and quality. Live poultry
from nearby points has not been plenti-
fui, but heavy receipts from the west
have kept the market steady. Large
fowl have found a ready sale at SS-39c.
with chickens at 32-3sc.
Automobile collisions at intersecting
streets are costing the city Of Boston
500, 900 a year and the State at least
$1,000, 900, according to Russell A.
Sears, who represented the trustees
of the Boston Elevated Railway Com
pany at the hearing before the Leg
islattve Committee on Highways and
Motor Vehicles on the Elevated's Pc
titSon to give vehicles on the main
line OF travel the right Of way over
those coming in from intersecting
routes.
Dangerous propaganda may easily
be disseminated In hospitals accord
ing to MRS. Nathaniel Thayer, dtrec-
tor Of Amertcanization work Jf the
department OF education, and trustee
Of the Massachusetts, General and
Mclean Hospitals, who urged the leg.
islattve committee on education to re-
port favorably bills providing for
supervisor tor all the Libraries In
state institutions, and for further f.
naucial aid In buying books for
patients.
Mystery surrounding the Cana
dian" lottery, first details Of which
were discovered in q raid by federal
officers on printing plant at 1913
Hanover street, Boston, when plates
from which the lottery tickets are
supposed to have been printed were
se4zed, b being rapidly cleared away.
An evidence points to the fact that
the lottery Is one Of the most preten-
ttous swindles of its kind discovered
In operation here In years. Tickets
selling at 81 apiece, purporting to be
good for chances to win prizes rang
Ing from s. to $4,000 have been sold
IN large numbers In Boston and
Throughout the country. federal
agents state.
Antsr the committee on legal af-
fairs at the State House had heard
inl arguments in favor Of the bill
30 repeal the Massachusetts, day
ltSlt saving law, and opponents Of
the measure had opened their case
In support Of the existing act. the
hexins was adjourned until p. n,
Feb. =. Senator Wright opened the
fight against the bill. He based his
argument on the fact that Massachu-
sets u "an Industrial and not an agn-
CULTURAL state" Don't forget" he
satd, That as an industrial state,
Massachusetts, Is one Of the leaders,
II not the leader, in the country, and
II VII hurt that industry and kin
tlhe state. Massachusetts, never was
Q nszm stafe, and never Win ba"
Ik-0o~. Fuiier Of Massachusetts.
worried q bolt into the keel Of the
schooner Msynower In the ]. r.
James 4 Son shipyard at Eseex, and
the candidate for the defence OF the
international fishing vessel trophy,
head by the Esperanto Of Gloucester.
should assume shape rapidly, weather
permitting. The new 143-foot schoon-
q, financed b. Boston Capital. b in
tended to meet the canadian chaHeng-
er, OF Hatifax, N. 8, next fall and
nut be ready to depart for the banks
by April 30. otherwise she via not
"a eiigible under the deed Of GIN
The Peanut
The common peanut grows In ~
culiar Vay that n distinctly original