Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
TRADING IS QUIET
At D. c. MARKET
Weather InterfereS With
BusineSs-FiSh Supplies
Are Plentiful Here.

Deep covering of snow this morning
made buyers at Municipal Fish Market
scarce, and dealers were hoping condi-
lions would change in time to make the
| going much better before tomorrow
morning, business always being better
Friday morning than other days of the
week. Many retailers obtain their sup
plies Thursdays.
| Dealers reported the market In gooo
condition this morning, having plentl-
| full supplies of marine products to more
than meet demands, patrons, according
| to dealers being the only thing lacking
| Effects of the storm on the lower Po-
! tomac have not yet been felt here, ano
dealers, anticipating early disappear
ance of the snow, think interference
with meters will be slight.
Roe and buck shad, received from
Florida and presenting the appearance
of having been caught in nearby wa
tiers. were plentiful, the former selling
at 40 and the latter at 20 cents pound
There were no Spanish mackerel from
| Florida to be had this morning, but
dealers had plenty king mackerel to
offer at 20 cents a pound. Florida trout
sold at 80 cents.
Fish Prices.
! North Carolina meters supplied guam
| titles of herring that sold at 1872 cents
pound. They also furnished white ano
yellow perch that sold at prices cover
ing the wide range from 10 to 70 cents
a pound. It is expected that North
| Carolina fishermen soon Will be ship
ping shad to local dealers.
Yellow perch caught in Winter Seines
| in creeks empyting into the Potomac
River below Alexandria sold at prices
ranging between Is and 80 cents, carp
| selling at Is cents and sand perch al
| 10 cents. Catfish, most of them alive
sold around 1919 cents. A few rock
fish received from the same nets sold at
| 35 cents.
Smelts, salmon, halibut and haddock
were in plentiful supplies. The whole
haddock sold at 9 cents and the f1llet
at % cents pound.
There we're more plentiful supplies OF
| oysters on hand this morning and
cheaper prices were reported. Selects
were offered at $3.50 and standards at
$2.25 a gallon. Shell stock sold at $3.50
bushel.
Egg prices have increased several
cents this week, due, it is reported, to
the scarcity of the product of the hen
merry and the extra demand during the
Lenten season. Heavy snowstorms in
the West. it is stated, prevented the
hauling of eggs to the cities and conse-
| quent light receipts here.
This mornings storm here did not
seriously affect the egg situation, ac-
cording to reports. merely delaying
some of the haulers from Maryland and
| Virginia. Wholesalers reported different
prices. the lowest being Al and AZ cents
| for current receipts and about As cents
| for fresh selected and hennery stock
Even higher prices were demanded by
some dealers, however, and retailers adj
vanced prices as high as go cents a
dozen. Dealers predicted that disap-
pearance of the snow will quickly be
followed by largely increased receipts
and lower prices.
| Business in the wholesale district was
not especially brisk this morning, the
| snow-covered streets making the 60
! ing difficult: Fancy turkeys continued
in plentiful supply at pricesdealers term
ed reasonable TO cheap. Prices of most
commodities this morning were the
same as prices reported yesterday.
Today's Wholesale Prices-Jobbers'
Prices Slightly Higher.
Butter-One-pound prints, SOFA
5lR; tub. 4914a5o2; store packed,
| 30a35.
Eggs-Hennery, As; current receipts
| 41a42.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, 35a36; Spring
| chickens, 35a38; Leghorns, 30a35;
| fowls, 29a30 roosters, 19a20; ducks, IS:
| geese, 20; keats, young, 56a60; old, 80
Dressed turkeys, 40a50: Spring chick
ems, 40a42; Leghorns, IS; fowls, 30a32
capocns, large, 45a46; small, 36a4O;
ducks, 32a33; geese, 25a30; keats, 8Oa
| 100.
Meats, fresh killed-Beef, 1924; veal
26a27; lamb, 26a29; pork loins, IS;
fresh hams, 2sa24; fresh shoulders.
| l6al7; smoked hams, rs; smoked
shoulders, 16al7; bacon, 20a22; lard, in
| tins, 1872; in packages, 14h.
Live stock-Calves, 16; lambs, LA
1412.
| Fruit and Vegetable Review.
The daily market report on fruits and
| vegetables, compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, says (sales to jobbers except
| where otherwise noted:
Apples-Supplies moderate; demand
slow, partly account weather, market
dull Barrels, no sales reported. Boxes
Washington, medium to large SIZE extra
fancy Delicious, 350a3. rs, mostly around
$50; extra fancy Staymans, mostly 250;
Winesaps, 2.65a2.75; fancy Delicious
medium to large size, 800. Bushe
baskets, Pennsylvania and Virginia. u. S
No. /, 234 inches up, Black Twigs
slightly scalded, 165; u. S. No. /, 23t
inches up, Staymans, slightly scalded
1.75ai 90; u. S. No. /, 21a inches up
Grimes, slightly scalded, 1.50a1.75.
Cabbage-Supplies moderate; de-
mand slow, market dull; new stock
Florida, 11a-bushel hampers. pointed
and round type, 1.40a1 65; few high a.
Its: fair quality and condition, 1.25.
Celery-Supplies moderate; demand
, light, market about steady; Florida
10-inch crates, all sizes, 2.50a2.75. few
higher.
Supplies moderate; demant
slow. partly account weather. marke