Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-16

fGranl, Produce
and Live Stock
WHOLESALE MARKET PRICES.
There is surplus Of common beet
on the market. and dealers have fixed
no. price for It. There is firm de.
mand for choice beef. and prices are
high. Lambs dropped or cents
last week, but reaction 10 expected
this week. when higher prices Will
prevail.
Monday is always considered m
off day In the Wholesale market. and
Saturdays. Usually the demand on
Mondays IL light. although 1t occa-
sionally happens that sales are brisk.
Grapefruit from Porto Rico has ap-
peared in the local market Its pale
color makes II easily distinguishab!e
from native fruit, and much OF 1t 10
small.
There is no scarcity Of fruits and
vegetables. Large receipts Of onions
from. various sections. including the
large red stock from New York. has
served to lower prices. Butter. eggs
and poultry prices are about the same
as last week.
. Eggs-strictly fresh. selected. can
died. per dozen., 4sa%s: average re-
Live poultry-Roosters,. per lb.: IL:
turkeys, per lb., 80: spring chickens.
per H., 2sa3o: keats. young. each. eoaeo;
Dressed poultry-Fresh killed sprinS
essn a ss per lb.. saass: hens per H..
sr per a an se :cb 1910
Live stock-calvss. choice. per H.
pigs. s.ooas.oo each; i've hogs. per h.
Green fruits-Apples. new. Per Dbl.
i iH;Soa5;15; per bushei basket. nearpy,
ssGs5s os sSe.sJ per sl ma
oranges. per crate. s.oosio.oo. Lemons.
per box. t.0oa7.0o. Peaches. per basket.
pink., fats. l.ooalso: honeydews'
vegetables-Potatoes, per Dbl. No;
!; 20oa2.eo: per sack. 2.ooa2.lo: no:
lima. l.soas.oo; nearby. isoss.oo. Let
tuce. per crate. 5oa1oo. Romano let
tuce, 1.5o. Cymblings. per crate. l;o0a
200. Onions, per sack. 1.5oa2.00. CAP
bage, West Virginia. 1.75a2.0o per Dbl;
nearby cabbaEe' per Dbl; 1.so1S;oo.
plants. per crate. 7s.i:ss: Tomatoes.
s.ooas.so per Dbl. ' Peas. s.ooas: % psr
basket. Peppers. per crate. 60a1.0o.
Kate. Per Dbl 6 Local So sgin na pc, Per
beans. per Of. 4oa50. Celery. per dos..
t50a1.00. Corn. Isaac per dox.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. October 16 Especially.
Potatoes. white. 100 lbs. 50a1.20: $50
lbs. 75a1.s5; sweets. bbi., l.25a1 SO:
basket, 10aa5: yams. Dbl. 1.25a1-50;
bushei, 2.ooas. 90: beets. 100. 2.ooas: 90;
broccoli. bushel. 2oa25; cabbage. 100.
3.ooa6.0o: corn doz. 1oa2o; carrots.
100, 250a3.50; celery. doz., 50as0:
caulifower. bbl.. 3.00a5.0o; cucum-
bers. busheI. 2.00a3.00; eggplants.
basket. scars: lettuce. bushel. 50a1.00:
onions. 100 lbs. I.ooa1.75: oyster
spinach, bushel. 40a5o: squash. bas-
ket. 75a1.00; tomatoes, basket 60a75:
packing stock bushel, 75a1.00; tur-
ntps. basket. 25a50.
Apples. packed. Dbl. 2.ooas. 90;
bushel. 75a1.5o: loose. Dbl. l;soa2oo;
apples busheI, 2.ooas.5o; cranberries,
bbl. 10.00a11.0o: grapes. 2o-ib. bas-
ket. 90al.00; grapefruit. box. 3.7sa
$50: peaches. basket. 5oa1.00; bushel
1.00a2.00; pears. basket, 15a40; bushel.
t.00a2.75.
Selling Prices ut 1880.
Wheat-No. l red winter. spot, no
quotations; No. 2. red winter, spot,
1.3l: No. 3. 1.26: No. 2 red winter.
garlicky. 1.20A: No. winter. gar
I'LL, oh ~ n~t 49,
1.121a: November. no bid.
corn-cob. 200 per barrel: contract.
spot. SAN per busheI; No. Q corn, SEX /;
No. 4, no quotations; track corn, yell
low. No. 2 or better. 80 per bushel.
oats-White. No. 2, SIS per -bushel:
No. 3, 81.
Rye-Nearby. s5aso per bushel: No.
2. western export. spot. 50 per bushel;
No. 3, no quotations.
Hay-Receipts. 81 tons: market
firm for fair to good timothy at 1e.0oa
1900. and fair to good mixed, 15.00a
1900 per ton.
straw-No. ! tangled rye, 15.ooa
1900; No. wheat. s.soa10.00: No. l
oat, nominal. 12.00a12.50.
CHICAGO. October 16.-Iew price
records for the season were reached
today by deferred deliveries of all
grain. A decided upturn in Liverpool
wheat quotations accepted as the
principal bullish influence. There was
increased commission house buying
of wheat futures here. but prQSit TAX
ing on the upturn in values led soon
to a moderate reaction. Opening
figures. which varied from 1 cent to
~ cents higher, with December LIS
to LA and May 1.13x to LA. were
followed by a sag, which reduced the
average gains to about 1 cent a
compared with Saturdays figures.
Action Of corn and oats paralleled
the course of wheat After opening
y to IN higher, December, eeH tc
66H, the corn market eased back
somewhat.
Oats started = to y up. December
~, and declined a little from the