The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-11-02
IRRECULARI7Y
IN POTATOES
AGAIN SHOWN

HUHIa uIlUEllV
Cincinnati. Nov. l.-HcaEy supplies or
potatoes IN m!dwcstcru markets may
no 10 some cxtcnt responsible for
Slightly weaker tone. while gains or
- 10 3uc per 100 pounds occurred IN
eastern consuming Ccntcrs where car
shortage has caused comparatively Inn
ted supplies Pennsylvania bulk stock
reached high point q Sl.s5 IN New
York CITY Northern sacked stock rang
cd 70c lower N the Chicago carlot
market. Maine bulk Green Mountains
and New York sacked stock advanced
lie at shipping points Round Whites
4, Michigan. Minnesota and Wisconsin
points were L. Ice lower. y fairly
steady tono prevailed a. Idaho and Col
o.adu points.
Midwest Onions.
(rler a decreasing movement or Int
onions. firmer tone was noted IN
most city markets during the week end
ing October 2S. Midwcstcrn onions con-
t.nue unusually prominent in the eastern
MAY cts. Winter apples strengthened
sharply n eastern and northwestern
shlprlnG points but apple prices in con-
summing ccntcTs showed Hole change
Toratu,s were higher In the east ana uc-
rl.n,d sl.shtly IN the ni!dlcw"S'. '"n-
, barc and sweet potato plies c"nl!h-
ucG "A downward trend.
/ To.a! shipments OF thirteen impor-
I ,anL fruits and vegetables decreased
abou, 2.250. filling @i.S4S cars. The de-
! cline from the peak Of the season mas
! been more gradual than Il was last fa'!'
lr,l, - 900 cars We're shipped the clos
! fms, wcrk ct October, 1921 Grapes
! showed the heaviest decrease IN move
ment followed by apples, i"arS, onions,
! and SWEET potatoes. Shipments Oh
white pJ;a,oes gained considerably al
80 cabbage and celery,
Midwest Onions Prominent.
Indiana, Ohio and Michigan have held
ra center of the stage in the main crop
onion season. With aggregate crops
,wica as large as last years and snip
ments ehree times as heavy. these states
have been furnishing the markets win
Unions Of very good uallty. 4e4Io"
Globes from this territory have been OF
6, r,urN better size and grade than
49,, from Massachusetts, ana other
producing sections that they have tonilo
thfNr way into many cities when ofa'-
naruv take bu; few midwcstcrH onions.
T,.e Western New York onion season
has been delayed ny excessive moisture
during tho growing period some hc'o'
wcr, ruined. SHIPMENTS have hcch on!
lo0 cars. compared with about |,V''
last year. and sa,cs n loading POM
| have brought returns lar beIo" 'h"H,
n, Iqal IN consuming Centers, recent
noted TOT
rf & 90 uor 100 hounds was reached IT
Ecw rork City but closing sales were
mad, M Sl.4n, $50. Fort Worth is mr.
rrd,x market for California stock
rro,,r-s ,.,r,ot sales delivered have beer
r,rr,n.- S2.S0-aA0 for browns and yet
low. with whites 3nc higher. Austral
inn browns usually hold 4 middle posi-
,Io~ yc'Iow> hanTnC about lOc lower
socks from Indiana md Ohio par
uculalry have had wild" d!Strihutnh
Althnurh increased acreage IL Reported
" NOS. or tho leading producing dis
.r!r,e. tho gain IN yicll per acre Is ever
more noticeable" Thi avcrhGe FOR lat'
onions Is sad 20 I've iEarlN 35n huShelS
compared with 22J bNshels last year
Az result. carlnt m3vement has oee'
| active ard prices haYe oc"N only JIG
third Q. last years.
TO the end Of October, Indiana ha'
, sn,ppcl nhou, 2,ooo CATS. against 10
- 10 same "mc last fcae ONO hat
no-kc;el $50 cars, i'hmnaTcd with Ico
rr1 Ni,rhlran's m"t.fmcnt was SO7 car
NJ nearly .hrce times rs many rs las
So some carly shipments. Iowa ais
SOW. $40 cars 20 market, or double las
vclr's number. Some carGoes or mia
western onions arc reported 10 nav
rora 70 Europe. SHIPMENTS from IA
wnstc-, scct!ons-Cotorado. Northcr'
california and WashInCton-have no
CO, cluallcd those OF last .eason.
This - an OF year In quality an
D sh!rmcn's for Fsnn""Ncut NaIieY on
: Ions carlo. movement has been one
,Nird lighter than HAT Of las; tal' an
$ the :. . h. market has been slow an
: weak Prices avera red only Sl.2S o
) less per l00-non7d sack.
Sweet Potatoes Decline.
. N7rlc. for s,vcc: potatoes wnakene
: under poor demand and plentiful SUI
= n,Ire Shirm"n.= decreased. Virgin
; ser. "it CTS or moro than half IN
$ weeks movement.
g cabrore Markets weaker.
O Tho -rovcrlen, ~ cahhnC" increase
n ,r,n, -0a cars New York and Wiscor
. sin showed heaviest gains and 'nE"thc
10 yrlrIcI MORE than twn-'h'ras n" t"ta
@ / Demand Il: western N"w York point
! VS. poor and prices declined. MUG
/. cabbage n the western part OF IN
-, s,-:o "a being stored Danish typ
stool; declined ABOUT zoo per ton !
- IcoIiug markets. will" domestic hcl
r ahou: Gt"11".
II Appla Markets Nearly Ste7dy.
= Carrot sh!rments Of apples from DO
Rrrns decree scd 2FO cars and were ahou
u -rc-hn,. the movement for n" SAN
. u.coE l7=. year. Movement from barr
+, rh'?r!nc F"c'l"na VIZ @5N cars. les
, .N,0 tro preceding week. New 70"