Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13

usual, accounting for the prevailing
high retail prices. Fish prices continued
fairly cheap all the week. No change
in egg prices was reported, while slight
changes in butter prices did not anecl
the retail market to any material
extent.
wholesalers report business this
week at about what is generally ex-
pected at this season. 1t has not been
extremely slow, they state, nor has II
been brisk. There was the usual num-
Der Of wholesalers on hand this morn
ing looking for first pick OF commodi-
ties and also to escape the heat later In
the day. Prices of most commodities
were about the same as prices quoted
yesterday.
Today's Wholesale Prices-JObberS
Prices Slightly Higher.
Butter r One-pound prints, 43a44;
tub, 42a43; store packed, 80. :,
Eeps-Hennery, 35a36; fresh selected,
34a35: current receipts. 29a30.
Poultry. alive - Turkeys, hens, 50,
toms, So; Spring chickens, 45a46; me-
dunn. 37a4O; small, 32a33; Leghorns'
3Oa33: fowls, 30a31; ROSTERS, 81; ducks
is. keats, young, 6Oa65; old, 35a4O.
Dressed-Turkeys, 3Sa40; Spring chick
ems. large, 4Sa50; medium, 45a46; small
36a38; Leghorns. 37a38: fowls. 35aS6;
ducks, 28a30; keats, S0al 90:
Meats. fresh killed-Beef, 24A. veal
23a24; lamb, 30a32; pork IONS, 81,
smoked hams, 3Oa32; smoked shoulders,
1920; bacon 24a25; lard, In bulk, ~
" Live stock-Calves, Is; lambs, l21a
Continued hot weather and occa.
s;onal storms. according to dealers at
Municipal Fish Market, may De re-
sI,onsible for shortage in supplies Oh
soft crabs the past week or n lS,,
sending prices much higher IMAM tney
were last month. 1t also Is peneSSu
consumption of thousands OF the CaDs
as bait by anglers mas some De"i Aie
upon the situation.
1t is said that consumers 1requentiy
complain that prices are too nlgn, put
dealers say their complaints are mace
without knowledge of the crab 1ndus-
trv comparatiyely few consumers I'M
Outstanding about losses resulting from
handling and shipping. , :.
When the soft crabs are plentiIui, ~
is stated, crabbers get very little Ior
their catches, the price going as 10"
wThis. of course, is a cheap price,
Commented q dealer. but when IL Is
considered that the crabs nave 10 %
handled two or three times, ICED ana
Shipped. the price does not mean Sucn
big profits to the shippers ana tnoes
who later handle them"
The past few days the soft CRABS Sol1
around 81 q dozen, and were In goo1
demand. Hard crabs, more plentllui,
were offered as low as So barrel or ou
cents a dozen, the cooked crabs seillns
at rs cents dozen.
Crabmeat Plentiful.
Crabneat continued plentiful and
cheap this week, choicest lump meal
selling at IS cents a pound, make az AZ
and cIawnneat at IS cents pound.
Hot weather seriously hampered the
efforts Of fishermen to obtain supplies
for the markets Of the country ana also
resulted In the spelling Of many catcnes.
Receipts of the numerous species OF IN
finny tribe dropped OF considerably the
past 10 days, dealers reported, ana
prices correspondingly advanced.
Advances were not great enough 70
anything like reach the high prices OF
meats, however, and dealers continued
to urge purchase of more fish as mat
ter of health and economy. SWordnsh,
leader of the receipts the past few days,
sold around 25 cents . pound.
Other ish received from Boston ship