Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-15
TRADING is QUIET
At D. c. MARKET
Dealers Expect increase in
Business for Approach
ing Holiday.

volume OF business among wholesalers,
according to this mornings reports. 1t
had been hoped by dealers that more
reasonable weather would be probably
reflected nsales Of commodities but
such reflection had not materialized
this morning
Hot weather later In the season tisu-
ally brings decreased demands, 1t Is
stated, but the decreases seldom ahect
the market until the beginning OF the
school vacation season. Then the exo-
/ dys Of children and mothers very ma
teriAlly lessons the number OF consun1-
ers In the city, which necessarily re-
duces demands.
| Plan for Holiday.
Dealers are looking forward to the
Fourth of July holiday. when . tempo
rary increase in business Is expected,
and later dealers naturally expect de-
crease. This Summer. 1t is stated, bust
ness will depend largely upon the action
! Of Congress In taking q recess. Mem.
bers Of Congress and their followers VIII
mean an additional several hundred
mouths to feed and this will necessarily
mean an additional consumption Of
| food.
1t Is expected that washingtonians
who have cottages, bungalows, and
| sinacks in the woods and along the water
| front In nearby Maryland and Virginia
will leave the city on Fourth Of July
outings and many are expected to re-
main sway until early Fall. Those
planning to leave early In July are ex-
pected to make heavy purchases in the
local market, even to the purchase OF
| live chickens, to take away with them.
Decreased receipts OF vegetables were
reported this week and with continued
/ warm weather 1t Is stated, dealers ex-
pect Spring greens will become scarce.
| They have been particularly plentiful
I and cheap most OF the Spring season,
but receipts fell of early in the week.
especially spinach, increasing the price
to as much as $1.25 a bushel basket.
Kale continued plentiful at much
cheaper prices.
A change Of fraction of a, cent in
butter prices, and egg prices continue
unchanged, was a report Of dealers OF
the condition Of the two markets during
| the week. There were slight changes
!, in poultry prices, the chief change in
| volving slight increase in the price
Of turkeys, both alive and dressed. j,
! Receipts of turkeys since the end OF
| the Winter season have been greater
than usual and the demand has con-
tinued correspondingly heavy, most OF
king of the barnyard fowls at this sea-
son being used In hotels and restau-
| rants for salads and sandwiches.
Fruit and vegetable displays con-
| tinued. to attract much attention of
retailers during the week, receipts OF
| watermelons and cantaloupes being
much heavier than last week and both
| fruits being of excellent quality.
Retailers were on hand early this
| morning looking for the choicest re-
ceipts Of commodities, many wanting
| first pick of vegetables that were re-
| ceived late yesterday or early this morn
ing. Many of the meat purchases. more
especially those Of smoked meats, were
made yesterday. Prices Of commodities
this morning were the same as those
| quoted yesterday.
Today's wholesale Prices-Jobbers'
Prices Slightly Higher.
Butter-One- pound prints. 4412a4S u;
| tub, 43i1 a4412: store packed. 80.
Eggs-Hennery, 33a34; fresh selected,
| 33a34; current receipts, 81.
| Poultry, alive - Turkeys. hens, 80;
Etoms, 80; Spring chickens, small, 3Sa
40; large, 42a45; Leghorns, IS; fowls,
30a32; ROSTERS, 81: ducks. isaac; keats,
young, 60as5; old, 35a40. Dressed
Turkeys, 3sazo: Spring chickens, 4sa5o;
l ACBUIAus, cod7Usl IOW1SY ofdOos Leg
horns, Sass; ducks, soas2; keats,
| 3oas1.
Meats, fresh killed-Beef, 22a25; veal,
23a26; lamb, 2sa30; pork loins, 3la32;
fresh hams, 26a27: fresh shoulders, 1Sa
10: smoked hams, 27a2s; smoked
shoulders, 17a1S; bacon, rs. Lard, In
1 bulk, IL; in packages, 1879.
Live stock-Calves, Is; Spring lambs,
| Il.
Wholesalers and commission mer-
chants continue to stress the necessity
for care IN the handling Of chickens
and eggs. Their reference to chickens
is in connection with their shipment
| during the heated period.
There are some shippers who fail to
| exercise proper care in filling coops
with live chickens" commented a COM
mission merchant, and oVercrowding
! means losses.
Shippers are more careful than for.
merry" he added, realizing that s,iffo-
| lars and cents. Very few chickens have
persisted in coops this season As q re-
suit OF the weather conditions"
3. It was stated by the dealer that not
more than q dozen fowls should be put
in a coop for shipment. Twenty Spring
chickens weighing from / to u pounds
and from IS to 10 weighing from. to
212 pounds, he stated, ought to come
through without any casualties.
In the matter of safeguarding eggs,
the dealer stated, farmers and poultry
raisers who permit their hens to roam
about in the open should gather their
eggs several times a day and eggs found
out In the hot sun should not be
shipped. y
| Demand for Poultry.
Dealers report a continued good de-
mand for poultry, consumers using
chickens IN preference to certain meats
| during the Summer season.
! Fruit displays this week have been
unusually attractive, dealers reported,
including practically every variety
found here at any season. The straw
berry season has extended over a much
| longer period than USUAL, 1t Is stated,
dealers having anticipated q virtual
closing of the season the middle Of this
week.
Thursday. however" increased ship
ments of the fruit were received some
fun ripe, and late in the day dealers
gladly accepted 81 and $150"a crate
of 81 quarts for them. There were
fairly plentiful supplies of the berries
on hand this morning, prices being
determined according to the size and
condition Of the berries. Retailers
offered them at prices ranging from
three for quarter to a quarter a box.
Currants and gooseberries were added
10 the list OF small fruits received the
past few days, the list OF the small
fruits also including blackberries, rasp-
| berries and cherries. Increased guam
titles of the several fruits were offered
the retail trade this morning, the Cali
| fornia cherries, most expensive, selling
| at 30 and IS cents a pound.
Thurn1ond Grays, the Georgia water :
melon about which Georgia growers