Evening star., 1928-04-07
GOOD POST-LENTEN
TRADE IN MARKET
Butter Prices DoWn--Brisk
Business in Marine Prod
ucts' Reported.

Close of the Lenten season brought
increased activity In the local market,
relieving the draggy condition that has
existed the past few weeks. Dealers
never expect brisk business during the
Lenten season, more especially those en-
gagged in the sale of meats and poultry,
while dealers in lighter foodstuffs ex-
pect to reap the benefit of the formers
inactivity.
Florists reaped harvest the past
few days. their displays about the mar
kets being more attractive than here
tofore. Prices were reported fairly rea-
sonable, and In many instances cheaper
than during the ordinary Easter sea-
son, Because of the great demand, de-
liyeries have been made to churches and
homes the past three days, while home
deliveries OF cut flowers will be made
as late as tomorrow afternoon.
Fish Market Active.
Municipal Fish Market presented
scenes of unusual activity during the
past week. Early in the week fish were
fairly scarce and high, but later on
the market was fairly glutted with fish
from the Chesapeake Bay tributaries,
MANY of them coming from the Poto-
mac River. and receipts were so heavy
Thursday morning that the market
presented much the appearance OF years
ago. when shad were cheap and her
ring were almost given away
Prices of shad, especially the roes, dld
not experience O decided drop until
after much of the supplies for Good
Fridav trade had been disposed of.
Then prices dropped. Herring were so
plentiful and the demand so slow that
dealers offered them Thursday morning
as low as Sl.s0 per 100. Herring are
/ being caught in such immense quanti-
les. IL is stated, that packers are be-
rinning to put them away for next
Winters trade.
Buckroe Beach. Va fishermen sur
orised local dealers Thursday morning
with large consignments Of hardheads
having made a reported exceptionally
large catch the day before. The fish,
of all sizes, many of them very large,
attracted much attention and found
ready sale at $25 barrel, approx
mately l2h2 cents a pound.
Potomac River Catches.
In addition to the big catches of
shad and herring this week. Potomac
River fishermen caught large quant-
| ties of rockfish white and yellow perch.
carp and catfish that were shipped
here. Rockfish have been exceptionally
scarce the past season, according TO
dealers. commanding high prices. but
they were SO plentiful this week that
| the price dropped to IS cents.
Immense quantities OF white and yell
low perch have been landed In nets op-
Grating in the lower Potomac the past
| fortnight and have been shipped here
| irrespective OF size. Thousands OF the
| fish. too small for shipment to nearby
Maryland are being received here, there
being no law regulating the size OF the
| Ash permitted to be sold here.
Carp. many of them alive, found
ready sale at 10 cents pound, about
one-half the price they brought week
| or two ago. Catfish. also in good de-
mand most of the time. were offered the
past few days as low as 4 cents pound.
Haddock at and cod at cents were
among the other cheaper FISH offered
| this week. the filet Of haddock dropping
to IL cents a pound. Halibut was
quoted at Is and founders at 10 cents a
pound about the close Of the week s
market. Green shrimp continued fairly