Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-02
INCREASED MARKET.
DISPLAYS PLANNED
D. C. Dealers Prepare for
Many Visitors and Big
ger Trading.

Municipal Fish Market, Center Mar
ket and the wholesale commission house
district promise to be places OF inter-
est to thousands of the visitors who
Rod, more especially those from rural
districts. There probably will be among
the visitors great many persons who
have been shipping commodities here
Tor years, but who never before have
been here.
1t is thought Municipal Fish Market
will prove attractive to visitors from In
land places, persons who have to de-
pend upon marine products shipped in
ice or really frozen for supplies. Poto-
mac River fish will not be so plentiful,
however, but dealers will have enough
Of them to give the visitors an idea OF
the several species of fish caught in
these waters.
Various Displays Planned.
There probably will be many others
who have never before seen oysters in
the she'll and the handling of the BIZ
valves will be revelation to them. In
the Center Market and wholesale COM
mission house district the visitors will
see meats and poultry of every variety
as we'll as fruits and vegetables, both
foreign and domestic, that will astonish
many of them.
Improved trading conditions were re-
ported by wholesalers yesterday and
this morning, many retailers getting
supplies early, realizing difficulties they
may encounter Monday morning in an
effort to reach the wholesale district
and return across Pennsylvania avenue
n fL,a >{y.or 1f hot Nn11
fare. Numerous wholesalers will be at
Monday morning.
Many of the wholesalers have plan
ned early closing Monday, probably
about noon. and Center Market will be
open Monday morning until IL o'clock.
The market will close promptly at the
hour agreed upon, it is stated, and
persons reaching there after that time
will be doomed to disappointment. The
market will remain open Saturday
night until o'clock.
Retailers were on hand yesterday and
early this morning looking for supplies
for the weekend inaugural trade, and
no difficulty was encountered in their
efforts to get commodities of all va
rieties. Poultry dealers had fairly heavy
supplies of broiling. frying, baking and
stewing chickens, turkeys. ducks, geese
and keats that were in demand, espe-
cially for the hotel trade.
On the commission line there were
attractive displays of all varieties of
fruits and vegetables. while meat, butter
and egg merchants had their usual at
tractive supplies to offer retailers.
Prices of most commodities this morn
ing were substantially the same as
prices quoted yesterday.
Today's Whole sale Prices-Jobbers'
Prices Slightly Higher.
Butter-One- pound prints, 51a52; tub,
50laa51; store packed, 30a35.
Eggs-Hennery. 40a42; fresh selected.
40a42; current receipts, SO.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys. 35a36: Spring
chickens, 35a38; Leghorns. 30a35; fowls,
28a29; roosters, l9a20; ducks, IS: geese
20; keats, young. 50a60; old. 80;
Dressed-Turkeys 4oa45; Spring chick
ems, 42a45; Leghorns. 40; fowls, 30a32;
ducks, 32a33; geese, 25a30; keats, 80a
100.
Meats, fresh killed-Beef, 22a23; veal,
Is; lamb. 30a3l; pork loins, 24a25; fresh
hams, 23a24: fresh shoulders, 16al7;
smoked hams. IS; smoked shoulders, IS
ais; bacon. 20a22: lard, in tins, 1872;
in packages, l4laa15.
Live stock-Calves, Is; lambs, 13laa
ID.
Marine products have not been par
ticularly plentiful at Municipal Fish
Market this week. Big Spring seines
are not yet in operation in the lower
Potomac River, and shad and herring
from there have not yet been in evil
dence. Small Winter seines being
operated in the creeks are responsible
for the receipt Of many small perch,
both white and yellow, and quantities
OF Sandperch, mostly alive, also have
reached here this week. The METERS
also have taken small quantities of cat
fish from the creeks and sent them here
alive.
Florida and North Carolina METERS
have supplied the local dealers quanti-
ties Of shad, both roes and bucks, the
fish reaching here in splendid condi-
ton and finding ready sale. The fish
from North Carolina sold at 10 cents
pound higher than the Florida fish,
roes selling at 40 and SO and bucks at
80 and 40 cents pound. Herring
brought around 10 cents a pound.
Dealers also received red snappers,
king nackerel, jumping mullets and
speckled trout from Florida shippers,
all fresh caught, while salmon, halibut
and other frozen fish were received
from the North and West.
Oysters More Plentiful.
HOLSTERS continued scarce and high,
dealers quoting them at rs cents a
pound, while shrimp, fairly plentiful,
found ready sale, the green at 80 and
the cooked at 60 cents pound. Crab
meat was quoted at rs cents a pound.
Fillets of sole, cod and haddock were
among the weeks most interesting
offerings. Buyers, according to reports,
are becoming accustomed to buying the
homeless fish and many of them no
longer crave the numerous varieties of
fish from which the bones have not
been removed.
Oysters have been more plentiful this
week. Selects sold at $3.50 and stand
ards at $2.25 gallon. shell stock SELL
ing around $225 and $3.50 a bushel.
CLANS have been scarce this week at
81 per 100. and scallops were plentiful
at 81 gallon.
Oranges continue to lead the fruit
market. Supplies have been more than
ample to meet this weeks demands at
a wide range of prices. much of the
fruit being small and selling around So
a crate. Some Of the California fruit
Is said to have been affected by cold