The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-21
MARKETS QUIET
FOR CHRISTMAS
Potatoes Go Up When Ship
ments From Producers
Are Held Up.

piE,.Iy boosts city market prices d.
,lor. = cutting or ~ supplies iT"t" pro.
.Iucirr sections. Most p"tai" Sr'rP'h'
,niuts experienced severe w'ntcr N''
Ihcr during the week ending
ic,h 'rcmperatu-"s in the north CEN
,,,i ,,o,cs roured below zero. and IN
nnr,heas, Maine The week closed al -
nr,o. hollow. Movement "f potatoes
., loading points was generally ilEn.'
..r,,t sh;rmeuts decreased nearly sue
,,..,,uiur li,tIr r,nr.' than 500 cars n"r
III, from al! pro lucinC sections. Maine
>,ii led in volume "f shipments. '"'
warning rirut "a ears. ar "nc-'"''r'''
,hc rutnI ,nnvcm"nt New f"rN CO."
f,rrci in ser~rd place. sharp ne-
,rcanrs occurred IN Sh:pin";''N 'r"'' w.
urrth central region. Win limit"
.,,,riirs and good drmnrd. IN" mex"
CARROT market advanced "h"n' w.
r.,rhirr top uf 81 ~ per ~" p"n"''S
fn, bulk and sn"hcd Northern """''''
NhI,r4 Rest laIh' EHSSIlS "r"' ny
,io, Eastern :uarkciH showed gains
of shoe. Pennsylvania ana NJ" w"
.tn,L tuurhlug so. MaiN Gree"
u,,,',,,Iu. also sold al that pri'f IN
\rv WORT, Ciiy. The m"drrh'" 70
,.rtr.s IN many consuming cent"rs CYL
,;..n,i, caused the noticeable prize AUG
Narc"S. lin
growers in Idaho and Colorado sti''
,ruur,vd returns ranging az 10" ~ -
49,. cash, p.Guctlng the price -
x,rls oulv Lilac per 100 pounds re-
,,.,i,s for ;he GARNER. Highest |. u. u.
.,Ie. were mad" in Western New roTN
nj qir-lui. This favorable position ~
S,w Yurl; shippers results partly from
their rroNi unity to the large eastern
markets. thereby making freight coS'H
e .mIura;ivclN low.
MARKETS ou.et for Christmas season'
Thu, us'!ul pre-ro,!day actiNit! III 'nr
truii and vegetable markets was not 40
,uurrcnt :hiS Christmas because %
mo r,urra.lv lin' "al supplies OF staple
lIres Chicago Was about the on'F
inrr. center Of POPULATION to Sho"
nrt,.r advances on noafly all comm"di'
-, nihcr city markets were 1rreSn'
Ior although prices Of potatoes can
Il. ,,. o,ious and barrclCd apples tcndeu
upward .,, an,
,.c,,,hI,s decreased 1000 cars. tota''
w. unIy TI.6 cars during the wcea
cpdinr December 10th Potatoes ana
hnxcd apples showed heaviest iosse"
Nnvcmcn, Of lettuce. spinach and caui'
,r,o,.cr increased considerably. Call
fnrria and Texas spinach has now start
Cd to market.
Barr.ied Apple Prices Firm.
Earrc!ed apples w"r" firm {" stronger
in the key markets. New York and en-
carn. Receipts were rather hml'eu'
Christmas trading also tended |" S'ii'u-
Iatc demand Now York Raid"1nS'
A-2H inrh reached top OF $3.50 in ':n'-
caro, Midwes:cru Jnnaihans had he'h
s5so-s.ru. hut closed on a Level with
ehirrir.: generally in barrels Slumped
r. IN cars Of which New York and
Virginia furnished nearly so per cont.
Tho Northwestern BOXED apple market
Inns hc.n so dali that no satisfactory
rc,,or; az oh: sales can he rendered.
western .hirmruts were only haIf as
numerous rs the previous week. ming
less than l. No cars. Top prices OF en-
trn fancy Delicious IN consuming cen
ters were sa75-3.nN per box. with Kan
sas city making n few sales Mt $3.50.
Tho pr.ce level FOR boxed apples IL nj
most the same as II was year ago.
onions Sell At High Ranges.
There was q good marie, for yellow
onions. Although tho cn"'o' movement
Increased slightly. rri""7 advanced
nearly everywhere. Mlddlcwn@tr"n stock
ranged up :" s:.oo-25o per suck. eastern
ycllnwS SeIunE oU-iJC pr"" '"h' ic'o''
California browns brought $3.50 IN Fort
Worth. Ohio supplied almos, II third
of tho as cars which were shipped,
New York state and Indiana ranging
next.
Cabbage Nsrkst Hirm.
The Jump In cabbage prices continued
to hold In all but few eastern cities
Shippers ovcrrcached the market carly
IN December and some markets received
more cars than they could dispose OF
quickly. Al such points slight decline
IN prices occurred. However. with west
ern New York sales ranging $I5.00-16o0
per ton, fob. and with reports OF a
possihle advance to $1,000 at shipping
stations, the Wholesale market was flrn,
closing at S4500-S0.eH for bulk Danish.
Probably with a view 10 avoiding eluta
and thereby sustaining attractive prices,
the movement from producing districts
was cut IS per- cont, New York sent
400 cars To market and WtscenSln 100.
sweet POTATOES Yfsnttful
Tho Chicago market for Tennessee
Nancy Hall sweet potatoes advanced
10 to IS cents, Notwithstanding the
movement Of twics the usual number
Of cars from that satte, Closing range
was 81 to Sl.e5 per bushel hamper.
swests from other sectiona however,
weakened In chieaRo. barrels Of Vir-
ginia yellows and bushels Of New Ier-
soy stock both bringing (1Jo to tl,tB,
These latter varietiSS Of csursSua sell
much lower In eastern cttieA