Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-30
TRADING IS DRAGGY
IN LOCAL MARKET
Vacation Effect Felt by Food
stuff WhoIesaIers-Sup-
plies Are Ample.

market has been reported most or the
week. Such a condition is naturally TO
be expected at this season, when thou
sands of persons are away for the va
cation holiday season, according to
merchants decreased business enabling
market dealers to also spare time for
recreation.
There has been no particular short
age in supplies during the week, al
though some commodities were not so
plentiful. The strawberry season was
brought to a close. but blackberries,
dewberrieS, huokleberries and cherries
came IN heavier receipts.
Dealers reported firm condition of the
egg and pork markets with a probability
of higher prices, while poultry prices
showed a decline the past few days,
Top beef continues anything but plentt-
full, the lamb market is lower and the
veal market steady.
A steady condition of the butter mar
ket is reported, and most vegetables and
fruits have been plentiful throughout
the week. Continued east winds and
high tides affected receipts at Municipal
Fish Market, but receipts continued
equal to the demand. Prices this morn
ing were not much different from those
quoted most of the week.
Butter-One-p pound prints, 46a47; tub,
45a46; store packed. 30.
Eggs-Fresh selected, 30a3i; hennery
30a31; current receipts, 90.
Poultry. alive - Turkeys, IS; fowls,
large, 25a26: small, 23a24; Leghorns,
20; Spring hroilers, large, 40 medium,
S7a3s; small, 35: Leghorns, 3oa32;
ROSTERS, 16; keats, young, rs; old, 80,
DresSed--Turkeys, 80; Spring broilers,
large, 42a45 medium, 40a42: small, 40;
Leghorns. SO: fowls, large, 27a28; small
25a26: capons, large, 44a45; small, 30a
IS; ducks. 20a25; keats, 1.o0a1.i0.
Meats, fresh kiiled-Beef, 22a23: veal
20a24: lamb, 23a2S; pork loins, 26a27;
fresh shoulders. 16al7; fresh hams, 22a
%: smoked hams, 26a26; smoked Shout
ders, l7al8; bacon, 22a24: lard, l3al3i2;
calves, Ia: Spring lambs, l3al4.
Plentiful supplies OF hard &abs
the week was the most in
teresting feature of Municipal Fish
Market business, continued east winds
and high tides not having interfered
with the grabbing industry to any great
extent. The catch of crabs outdistances
catches of fish in all salt water opera
tons, according to reports, and had
tendency TO keep prices of fish to a fair
minimum.
Prices Are Lower.
Increased demands for the hard crabs
met slightly decreased prices compared
with last weeks prices, dealers getting
So barrel for them the past few days.
AS result of increased catches of hard
crabs dealers received large shipments
Of crabmeaL, and the meat the past two
weeks, 1t is stated, has been cheaper
than ever before.
Flake and lump meat, not quite SO
cheap as last week. was quoted yester-
day at so cents pound for the former
and so cents for the latter. Very little
CT the meat has been received this week
from packers at Biloxi, Miss, from
where much of the best meat comes
early in the season. Most of the meat
received this week was from Hampton,
Va, and Crisf1eld, Md.
Soft crabs are being received in fairly
large quantities, more especially the
small and medium-size ones. Plentiful
supplies of both sizes we're offered the
past few days at 81 dozen, the larger
crabs, not SO many having been re-
ceived here. selling as high as S2.50 a
dozen. Dealers expect to have q differ
ent story to tell next week, believing
lower tides viii increase catches and re-
duce prices.
HOLSTERS have not been so cheap the
past few days. one result of the high
water of Massachusetts, and neighbour
ing States. The demand for them has
not been great. however, possibly due
to the fact that hard crabs and crab
meat have been plentiful. The demand
for HOLSTERS never is great when hard
crabs are plentiful and cheap, dealers
state.
Scarcity of Shrimp.
Dealers reported a scarcity of shrimp
the past few days. There were very
little supplies on the market the past
few days. dealers reported, and prices
were high. Florida shippers quoted
price Of 80 cents a pound two days ago.
CLANS have been more plentiful this
week, dealers quoting price of SIPS
per 100. Scallops have been plentiful
at $3.50 gallon. and dealers reported
a scarcity Of frogs the past few days.
Potomac River meters have supplied
local dealers only small quantities OF
most varieties Of fish this week. They
supplied fairly large quantities Of rock
flsh at 30 cents, carp at is and catfish
at cents a pound. Dealers are still in
a quandry as To the reason for almost
fishermen to get their usual quantities
Of white perch. The white perch were
plentiful for short period in the
Spring, but very few have been caught
since that time
Chesapeake Bay meters have done
much better the past few days. They
shipped to the local market such large
quantities Of croakers and hutteriish
that dealers were able TO offer them as
ew as cents pound Tpaut sald at
$40 barMl Of 200 pounds. the smaller
FISH selling at 81.
MackereI Plentiful
Boston mackerel we're plentiful
enough TO force the price down to 10
cents pound, cod and founders, also
received from New England shippers,
selling at similar price Salmon sold
at IS and halibut at 20 cents pound.
A steady 10 firm condition of the
butter and egg market has been re-
ported during the week. One day re-
ports would tell Of drop Of fraction
of a cent, the fraction being restored
the following day. The numerous
changes are reported TO have left the
market at the close Of the week at
about prices quoted the first OF the
week.
1t Is reported by dealers that no
radical change in prices of either prod
uct OF the hennery or dairy Is expected
in the near future. Fairly large quanti-
ties of store packed, as the ordinary
country product is termed, have been
received this week Much Of II Is aaid
10 be below the standard however and