Evening star., 1924-03-17
MEAT PRICES UP;
EGGS ARE LOWER
Receipts Light on First Mar
ket Day of Week-Shortage
of Fish Reported.


The Washington Wholesale mark ct
opened tho week with a slight> ad =
vance over Saturday In prices for
meats, and in some quarters cent
or two drop in the price of fresh
nearby eggs. Receipts of meats and
poultry were light.
In the fresh meat market lambs
were reported strong aud at 60 cents
Tor choice. Plain lambs brought %
TO 29 cents. Good beef brought ID
10 Is cents. fair about Ii TO IL cents;
cows, IL to IS cents. The pork mar
ket Was good. at Il cents: shoulders,
sold around 20 cents; boiled hams.
~ cents: top bacon, o.: cents. fair
snaiitN, l5 cents, and sliced ba con,
op grade, 81 cents pound.
Fish Prices Wny Jp.
Due TO shortage of fish resulting
from the storm Of last week, the
price of this commodity was too
hlSn TO quote. Dealers looked for
q reaction. however. about Wednes-
'ay.
Fresh nearby candled eggs ranged
fr"n' % to % cents Il dozen. 1t was
stated in some quarters that eggs
have reached the lowest price and
after nest week a rise is looked for.
Packers viii begin collecting for cold
storage tho end of this month. On
n" other hand, opinion was expressed
that eggs will be plentiful beginning
trE is on the farm this year. Top
grade butter was quoted at 81 cents
while lesser grade remained at
about 81 TO 5S cents.
Live pouitry-ApproXima prices
w"re: Chickens. s., TO IS; small under
wo pounds, 40; leghorn SprUgers. 2S;
large and small hens. -: roosters. l6
turkey hens. young. over eight pounds
% 70 -. Dressed poultry Fancy hen
turkeys. 10 cents; young IONS, fancy
. TO 81: old toms, -: chickens. fancy,
80 to %: hens, %: roosters. l6; ducks
IHncy, -.
Live stock---Choicc calves were
quoted about 13 cents n pound: under
grades. 6 to IL: dressed hogs, small
around 100 pounds. TO 10; medium
weight, to .. and heavyweight, !
10 6.
bananas Going Higher.
Fruits and vegetables: Bananas
p"rc high and dealers declare they
viii be higher before the end of the
week. y good bunch sold for 50 and
the price ranged down to $3.50. APP
plnS we're cheap. prices varying ac-
-
declared cheap at s2.Jo TO s3 box:
Erapefruit. 81 box. and straw ber-
rics. small quantities of which were
on hand today, sold from 30 to 61
c"nts quart.
String beans, per basket were
1:.oe: asparagus was scarce and sold
Tor sl0 TO Sls a dozen; beets. 81 10
$3.50 bushel; cabbage, $3.50 a crate;
carrots. $3.50 a bushel; caulifower
600 TO $40 crate: celery was
n 4 ~ hAr- tot- .t>.r
at $3.50 a half barrel; cucumbers, 81
to Sc crate: eggplant, best grade.
scarce. So n crate. kale, good. 1925
barrel: fair, $1.75, and ordinary,
sn'25; lettuce, iceberg. California,
$3.50 to 81 a box; mushrooms. 70
cents to sl.S0 a basket; onions, dry,
plenty on hand. $2.o5 to SO a hundred
pounds; Cuban bernudas. $3.50 a
oushcl; parsley, scarce and high, at
90 "a hamPsr; a;,a parsnips' 81 bushel;
California, 1880 a crate: potatoes.
old, $3.50 TO So; new, $3.50 a bushei;
peppers. 81 to Sc a crate; spinach, IS
20 - barrel: tomatoes, $3.50 to IS
a crate, of varied quality; turnips. 81
bushel-a new lot expected last of
April; rhuDarb, to Is cents . bunch
Warrington Arrivals.
Cars on tract. at am. today:
Apples Washington, . Oregon.
freight; broken and 4 unbroken cars
on track. Cabbage--6 Florida, Texas,
freight: broken and unbroken cars
! broken and / unbroken cars on
track. Potatoes-12 Michigan, 1 New
York, freight: % bbls. Virginia, boat :
10 broken and II unbroken cars on
track. Sweet potatoes North Car
olina, l South Carolina, freight; 2
broken cars on track. I Lettuce
California, freight: 6 broken and !
unbroken cars on track. Grapefruit
Florida freight: 4 broken and 4
nnbroken 7,IeI cars on track. Oranges
"n. unbroken cars on track. Onions
= Massachusetts, freight: 8 unbrok-
en cars on track. Tonatoes--6 Flor
ida freight: &c crates Florida, ex-
press; broken and 4 unbroken cars
on track Cauliflower-4 California,
freight; 1 broken and 8 unbroken cars
on track. String beans-300 baskets
Florida express. Strawbenies-42
refrigerators Florida, express. Egg
plant-146 crates. Florida, express.
l'eppers-1s1 crates. Florida, express.
Spinach South Carolina, freight; IS
rratesI South Carolina, express; 8
broken cars on track. Mixed vege-
tables-1 broken car on track. Ka1e
oil bblS, Virginia. boat. Brussel
~prouts-1 Massachusetts, freight; 10
rates, New York. express. Cranber-
ries-1 unbroken car on track. Lem
ons-1 California, freight; / unbrokey
car or track.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE, March II (SpeciaI)-
Potatoes, white, 100 lbs, 90a1.90; 15e
lbs, 1.40a2.75; sweets and yams, bbl.,
::...oa1.5o: bu., 1.ooa2.$5; beets, 100,
coli and kale. bu.. 35a4o; cabbage, 100,
4.0oa6.00; savoy, bu., 56a60; carrots,
100; 4.ooa6.oo; cauliflower. crate. 2.25a
50; celery, crate, 2;25as.sS; cucum-
crate, 2.5oa4.o0; horseradish, bu., 3.00a
100; lettuce, basket, 1.50a2.50; onions,
100 lbs, 1.5Oa2.oo; oysterplant. 100.
,sn s.ooas;oo; parsnips' NIP a. basket, 5oaso;
auash Uoasu' crate enaen o tomatoes
rate, 1.50a3.50; turnips, bu., 35a5o.
Apples. (packed bbl.). 2.00a4.50; bu.,
;oal:oO; box apples. l.5oa2a5: grape
:.2oa3. 90; pincapples, crate, 3.ooa4.00;
Strawberries, quart, 30a65.
Settling Prices ON Grain.
Wheat-No. red winter. spot, Ill;
No. 2 red winter, garlicky. spot, do
nestle, 1.12; exports, no quotations;
No. or No. 8 red winter, garlicky.
Sales-None.
Corn-Cob, new, 4.3oa4.4o per barrel
for yellow and 4.15a4.20 per barrel
FOR white; No. 2 corn, spot, S7B; No
; corn, spot, sly; track corn, yellow
No. 3, new, S9a90.
oats.No: : white, 57,s; No. white
new, 56a561s.
Rye-Nearby, 7oaso; No. rye, spot
76I.
Hay-Receipts, 129 tons. In COM
Narison with the market demand, re-
ceipts are more than ample for trade
wants, and the tone Of the market Is
easy. In view Of the liberal receipts,
the trade Is standing Off and waiting
for values to ease.