The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-03-16
EGGS AND butter
I RECEIPTS BIGGEST
| IN HISTORY OF CITY
Prices in Both Commodities
Take Radical Drop-CoSt
of Meat Declines.
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Especial Food Expert, The Evening
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Especial Food Expert, The Evening
Worldly
me largest receipts OF eggs New
York wholesalers have ever known
a. this time OF the season arrived here
to-day and were followed by n drop
" prices OF fresh eggs, known as
Western irsts. TO 30 cents, Wholesale
The receipts amounted to 52,49s cases.
A year ago they totalled II, Gal cases
and the price was a cents.
Butter receipts also were the larg-
est ever known at this season, do
nestle and foreign shipments aggre-
eating for the day 1.7O9.660 pounds
and sending down the price Of extra
creamery to a. l-2 cents a pound. 4
year ago the receipts were 00,50O
pounds and the price for extra cream
cry 81 cents a pound.
The large receipts OF butter and
eggs are accounted for by the eN-
tremely mild weather, which has in
duced greater production.
Eggs should not cost the consumer
more than sec. TO SIC A drop to CSC.
IN Chicago yesterday will cause lower
prices here A leading wholesale re-
ceiver OF eggs said: "I estimate that
there are fully 200, 900 cases of eggs on
hand. These eggs cost somebody not
less than $40 crate but as the ware
houses will not advance more than 81
TO IS, Il win require nearly 100000
10 take care of our surplus eggs now
on hand" Another wholesale re-
ceiver In Washington Street said the
chain grocery stores were not giving
the consumers the benefit Of the low
wholesale prices on fresh eggs. These
people" he said lost money on
banned goods, coffee and sugar, which
they tried TO get back by charging
excessive profits on butter and eggs"
Consumers should not be charged
more than Sos to SIC a pound for the
dnest creamery.
with retailers buying only what
meats they need, a decline in whole
sale Or ices has resulted. Prime West
ern steers were held on Monday at
l9c. to 20c.. but same grades were Of
fered yesterday at 171hc. TO lSc, and
the wholesale houses In the Chelsea
district reported extremely light buy
ing by retailers Pork loins also de-
clined, the asking price Of 2Sc. on
Monday being reduced TO 25c, and
&c. yesterday.
II is rather difficult to ascertain the
reason for the attempted advance in
pork loins, as the receipts of live
hogs at Chicago on Monday were
5D,UOO mead, ana 1850 head at the
other nine largest hog centres. These
hogs average 236 lbs. each, and the one
days receipts total over 30, 900, 900 lbs.
Of pork. There were $4,000 live hogs
at Chicago yesterday and $4,000 are
scheduled for to-day. as compared
with 5000 last wednesday. Loins %
pork were quoted yesterday in Chi
cago at CSC. to 2sc., while similar
grades could be had in New York at
25c. Beef, lamb, pork and veal were
considerably lower in the local mar
ket at the close yesterday.
While there was not any great sur
plus of fresh fish in the wholesale
market yesterday. large dealer in
Fulton Market said the light deliv-
cries at first OF this week will be
made up for on Thursday and Fri
Day and prices will be lower. The
retail FISH dealers in Washington
Market had a rather large display OF