Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-05
Grain. Produce and Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE PRICES.

LOCAL "HOLESALE fnACESs
Eggs-strctly fresh. selected. per
dozen. 24a25; average receipts, 23A,
| southern. 23h.
Live pouitry-Roosters, per lb., IS;
| turkeys, per lb., 35a40; chickens,
winter, per h.. 4oa45; spring
chickens. per h., 60a70; keats, young.
, each. 50a60; fowls, 27a2s.
Dressed poultry-Fresh-kille win
ter chickens, per h.. 4oa45; hens, per
h.. 28a29; ROSTERS, per H., 20: tur-
keys. per lb., s5a45; keats. young.
each, so.
Pork-Dressed. small. per lb,. 10;
Live stock-Calves. choice, per lb.,
sasK; medium, Z, thin, 5aS. Lambs,
choice, per lb.. Is. Live hogs, per h.
IL.
Green fruit-Apples. per Dbl, 5.oOa
ern, per box. 2.75a4.50. Callilfornia
| oranges, per crate, 700a7.50. Lemons,
per box, 5.00a5.50. Grapefruit, per
box. S.5oa5.oo, Florida oranges. 7.ooa
Observation-Disclosures. No. /. per
Sweets. 2.50a4.oo. Lettuce. southern,
per crate. 20Oa4.o0. Romaie lettuce,
2.00a2.50. Cymblings, per crate, S.00a
300. Onions. 100-lb. sack, S.50a10.50.
Cabbage. new, per cwt. 2.00a3.0o.
Cucumbers, S.O0a6. 90. Elephants.
T.
box, Florida, 2.50a3.5o. Beans. 2.50a
400 per basket. Sprouts, 25a30 per
ct. Peppers. per crate, 3.5oa7.Oo.
kale. 50a100.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK, April 5.-The cotton
market opened steady at an advance
of to 8 points on firm Liverpool
| cables and reports that textile strik-
! ers were showing more disposition
to confer with employers. There
was also rather a more favorable
view of English labor conditions, but
the opening advance met considerable
| realizing and prices soon turned
| easier under selling on reports of
clearing weather in the southwest.
| July contracts eased off from 11.44
to 1913 and October from 1928 to
1920 right after the call. or back TO
about last nights closing quotations.
| Houses with foreign trade connec-
| tions were moderate buyers early. but
New Orleans sold near months here,
and there was scattered local selling.
/ Futures opened steady-May, 1907
July. 17.43; October, l7.2S; December,
1921: January, I'LL.
| NEW ORLEANS. April 5-Better
/ cables than due put the price of cot
| ton to points higher around the
| opening today, but the forecast of
| dry weather for the entire western
| half of the belt and indications that
| the storm which swept the western
| belt would not touch the Atlantics,
! caused considerable selling. The re-
, suit was a reaction which carried
| prices to s points under the close
! of yesterday by the end of the first
half hour Of business. May traded
| up to 1890 and fell back to 1915.
Futures opened steady-Nay. 1855;
! July. 1875; October, 1852; December
1916; January, 16.4l.
LIVERPOOL. April 5.-The Cotton
Associations war memorial was I'M
yelled today and on account of this
| ceremony trading on the cotton ex-
| change did not begin until . pm.
Cotton, spot, in fair demand prices
| steady. Good middling, HOP; fully
! middling. 1912; middling. 1857; low
| middling, 9.77; good ordinary. s92:
| ordinary, SAP. Sales. 1000 bales. in
Guiding 5,4Oo American. Receipts,
! 5000 bales, including 1900 American.
| Futures closed quiet and steady
April, 1893; May, 1882; July, 1922;
! September, 1907; October, 1000: De-
| cember, $50; January, 9.S4; March.
SIS.