Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-03
Trading IS. QUIET
AID. c: MARKET
Price Changes Small in Post
Holiday Buying-Supplies
Plentiful.

Little business was transacted IN the
local wholesale market t'>day, as the
wnlai post-holiday slump followed
Tabor day. The majority of the Iner-
chants reported few sales, with extra
supplies laid in for the week end ana
unsoId living idle in their storeroonns,
Small change was manifest IN the
prices of any of the staple commodities,
with the exception Of butter: which rose
from 44lz and As cents for 1.pound
prints to As and As cents, and ASH and
44la cents for tub butter to A and 40
cents.
Today's wholesale Prices.
Nutter-one pound prints. 46a46;
tub. 44a4S: store packed. 29a30.
Eggs-Hennery, 4Sa4S; fresh selected,
3Sa4O; current receipts, Sass
Poultry, alive - Turkeys, hens. 80;
toms, as; Spring chickens, large, 31a32'
medium, 80; small, 80: Leghorns, 2Oa2I:
ducks, 15a20; keats, young, 60a1o; DID,
35a40. Dressed-Turkeys, 30a40; me"
dunn, s7a38; small, IS: Leghorns, 34a
IS: fowls, Sass: ROSTERS, rs; ducks,
2sa30: keats, soa1 90.
: Meats. fresh killed-Beef 24ih; veal,
24a26; lamb. 30a32; pork loin, "a; fresh
hams. 2Sa30; fresh shoulders. ~,
smoked hams, 30a32; smoked shoulders,
2Oa22; bacon, 2Sa30. Lard, In bulk, IA;
Live stoci-Calves, 141aslS; lambs,
IS.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
The daily market report on fruits and
vegetables, compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau OF Agricultural
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. moderate: de-
rnend moderate, market steady; Colo
RADIO. Hales Best, Perfectos, standard
fats 12s and 15s, and jumbo mats, las
and 15s. coal as. Miscellaneous melons
SUPPLIES moderate; demand moderate,
market steady; California Imperial VAL
lev, juYAbos, IS, 8s. and es, 226a2.50. few
ais: SIS to IS, 1.75a2.25; Persians. stand
ard crates, As to Is, 2.5oa3.0o; 1umbos,
A. to IS, 3!00a3.S0; ponys, IS to rs, 2.ooa
2.25.
Lettuce-Supplies light; demand mod
crate, market steady; California. crates,
Iceberg type, As dozen, fair quality and
condition, 4.00a4.50;. ordinary quality
and condition, 3.S0a3.76. Eastern-Sup-
plies moderate; demand moderate, mar
ket steady; New York, two.dozen crates,
Big Boston type, fair quality and con-
dition, S0a66, mostly SO.
Onions-Supplies moderate: demand
light, market steady; New York and
Massachusetts, 100-pound sacks, yeilows,
U. S. No. 1, medium to large size, 2.SOa
ass. 800
Pears-Supplies light: demand light,
market steady: California, boxes, Bart
let's, fancy, best mostly around 400;
ripe, $50.
moderate; market steady; Maryland and
Virginia, 'buslel baskets, ElbertaS, u. S.
No. /, large size, 2.2S: medium size, 200;
small size. fair. quality, 1.25al.5o.
PotatoeS-Suppltes moderate; demand
moderate, market steady; New jersey.
15o-pound sacks, Cobblers, q. s. No. l..
500a5.25. ,.e, 80,
sweet potatoes-supplies light; de-
mand light, market dull; North Caro-
lima and East Shore Virginia, cloth-top
barrels, yellows, No. l, ;%.50a5.o0:
slow. market dull: bushel baskets, Vir-
ginia. U. S. No. /, az inches up, Grimes.
1.5oa1.75. ~ -.t.,-. : 49,,
String bearls-Supplies moderate: de-
mand moderate, market dull. East Shore
Virginia, bushel hampers, green, LISA
$50. -. -, - -.
d Lima beans-Supplies moderate: de-
fnand moderate, market slightly strong
er. East Shore Maryland, bushel liamp-
erS, LIS; nearby Maryland truck, busllel
hampers, $50.
Peas-Supplies light: demand light.
market steady. Colorado, .45-pound
crates, best, 500, fair quality and con-
dition, 2.2Sa2.50,. ..,
Tonnatoes-Supplies moderate. de-
1nand moderate, market steady. Nearby
Maryland, 1a-bushel hampers, 'soa65;
few, best, IS. -. -.