Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10
TRADING IS MIXED
AT D. c. MARKET
Some Lines in Demand, but
Others Are SIoW-Sup-
plies Plentiful.


quantities of supplies on hand to carry
over for the coming weeks business.
In most lines of wholesale business, ac-
cording to reports, trading was only
fairly active, while In others more
active trading was reported, but at
the close Of the week q great majority
OF merchants reported conditions as
having been only fairly satisfactory.
Such thing as not having suf1cient
quantities of foodstuffs to carry over
for the Monday morning trade" COM
mented a dealer. els thing Of the past.
There was o time when Mondays re-
ceipts were so light that retailers coca.
sionally experienced dtffleulty getting
supplies of fresh vegetables in quantities
sufi1cient to meet demand Of patrons.
Supplies Are Plentiful.
But there no longer is any apprehen-
the merchant added. "Shipped-in
vegetables from all sections of this and
other countries now make IL possible
to obtain most varieties during the en-
tire year, and prices usually are cheap
when 1t is considered the long journeys
necessary to get some of the supplies
here"
Commission merchants, wholesalers
generally and haulers of produce from
nearby Maryland and Virginia continue
TO express surprise because Of the plenti-
full supplies Of produce received so late
In the season. and there Is every reason
to believe receipts will continue until
several heavy frostS appear,
Probably the most surprising thing
In connection with late receipts Of near
by vegetables" said q grower this morn
ing, lis the large quantities Of tomatoes
being offered. the crop usually playing
out long before the last Of October"
Quantities OF red. ripe tomatoes from
nearby, many of them large and bor-
dering on show stock, were pointed out
on the farmers line yesterday morning
in vertfcation of reports Of growers and
dealers. Best quality Of the tomatoes
sold around $3.50 for 2-peck baskets.
Dealers also had quantities of large
green tomatoes that found slow sale.
most or the purchasers wanting them
for ripening.
Several varieties Of the so-calIed
Spring green's also were received In in
! creased quantities last week, giving the
market more the appearance of Spring
rieties dropped as low as 50 and rs
cents . bushel. In addition to the
heavy receipts Of the several varieties OF
| green's dealers told Of heavy receipts
Of other varieties of vegetables.
Retailers in the several retail markets
last night were able to set rid Of much
OF the surplus receipts, thereby relieving
the situation to an appreciable extent
When the weeks market closed yester-
day, dealers reported prices the same
as those quoted the past few days, Is
| follows:
Butter-one-p pound prints, I4a4S: tub
44a44I2; store packed, 30a32.
Eggs-Hennery, SIS; fresh selected, &Sa
so; current receipts. IS.
T Poultry, alive--Turkeys, young hens
and toms, 37a38; old hens, as; old toms,
80; Spring chickens, large. 27a2S; me-
diun, 26a2T: broilerS. 30a32; Leghorns
| 22a23; fowls, 2Sa29; Leghorn fowls. 2Oa
81; ROSTERS. 10; ducks, Isaac; keats,
T Epus young Young, 4ss1s cid, o. spring
chickens, large, 35a36; medium. 32a33;
broilers, 37a3s; roosters. 24a25; ducks.
| 29a30; keats, 70aS0.
Meats-Beef, aoa22; veal. 2Aaas;
lamb, 26a27; pork ,loinS, 23a2e; fresh
hams, 22a2S; fresh shoulder, 20a23:
smoked hams, 25a26; smoked shoulders
Isaac; bacon, 2s; lard, In bulk IL; In
Live stock-calves. l4EsaI5; lambs
Interest in the question of supplies
Of turkeys for the Thanksgiving holiday
trade Is being displayed by poultry
dealers, and 1t will be but few days
| before thousands of the king Of the
barnyard fowls will leave farms and
start in the direction Of dressing plants
Demand for the turkeys In this city
during both the Thanksgiving and
| Christmas holiday season Is said to be
about as great as in any city Of its size
in the country.
Plentiful supplies for both holiday
seasons seem assured, reptrtS from all
sections telling Of prospective increased
outputs and eorrespondingly lower
(, prices.
1T seems certain that high prices of
the past few years win not prevail this
season." remarked dealer yesterday,
| reports from every direction telling OF
the large quantities Of turkeys raised
| this year."
Government reports from San Antonio,
| Tex, tell of heavy receipts of turkeys
in that section and, 1t Is stated, many
Texas turkeys find their way to the
local market each holiday season. 1t
is stated In the Government reports
that turkeys in the southern part of
| Texas this year are of much better
quality than last year, with q larger
| percentage of No. grade for the ap-
preaching Thanksgiving trade.
Prices of live turkeys at dressing
| plants in Texas this week were reported
around al and 23 cents. many Of the
plants, according to reports, having
deferred their opening until the coming
week. Higher prices are reported in
Boston, Mass, and Portland, Greg. Few,
II any, turkeys from either place reach
the local market, 1t Is stated.
Turkey Receipts Heavy.
Receipts of turkeys the past week
were fairly heavy, many small Spring
turkeys being included among them, in
dicating, 1t Is stated, that Faisers figure
1t will pay better to sell early than to
hold their supplies for additional feed
| ing. Chickens, ducks and keats also
were plentiful the past week. lower
prices prevailing for chickens and keats.
Dealers are more deeply interested
in the condition Of the egg market at
this time than during the correspond
! ing periods in recent years, prices haV-
| ing scared beyond expectations and
J receipts having fallen Of. Quantities
of eggs in storage at this time is far
below such holdings at this time last
year, Government reports showing
OF the past week, holdings the same
period of last totaling 3,276,s44 cases.
Decreased receipts Of eggs from
nearby Maryland and Virginia have
been reported the past month or more,
with prices gradually advancing. West
ern firsts, well graded, have come 10
the rescue Of the local trade. however,
and 1t Is said receipt of them has
enabled wholesalers to hold down prices
to some extent. Because of the scarcity
of eggs, according to dealers, consumers
are displaying q willingness to pay
premium prices for fresh hennery stock
Retail prices have gone as high as
IS cents.