Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
BY the Associated Press.


| yesterday.
And such weather as was expert
| enced," he added, never was looked
/ upon as being beneficial to trade"
In spite of all the bad weather, how
ever, wholesalers received heavy ship
ments of commodities and managed to
| wind up the weeks business very salts
factorily, according to reports.
| Most dealers had commodities to
carry over the week end, a condition
that is naturally expected, most Of the
stock carried over not being of the per-
| ishable kinds.
| 1T is absolutely necessary to carry
over some stock with which to begin
| the Monday trade" observed dealer,
/ land the stock on hand at the close of
the weeks market, for the most part,
was just what is needed for the early
Monday morning trade"
Business Is Better.
Business in the commission house dis
| trict proved unusually attractive to
many retailers during the week, accord
| ing to statements of such merchants,
| there being large supplies of fruits and
vegetables to offer the trade during the
entire week.
| On account Of the snowfall of the
! previous week, dealers ANTICIPATED a
shortage in supplies of the so-called
green's especially kale and spinach,
| from the Norfolk, Va, section. Re-
ceipts of the two green's and collards
! fell off to an appreciate extent, as did
receipts of spinach, but growers in other
sections came to the rescue.
| An 8-inch fall of snow In the region
! of Norfolk the week before put a tenn
porary stop to the cutting of green's in
that garden section and several big
| trucks from this city, reaching there
! Just after the snowfall, had to be parked
| there several days.
When the snow disappeared and
truckers were able to resume their work
OF gathering crops the trucks were
filled with barrels and baskets of the
vegetables. a single truck holding a
carload OF them, and the good roads
enabled drivers to resume their trips
between the Virginia city and wholesale
! houses here.
Increased receipts Of such vegetables,
large quantities coming from Texas, re-
suited in lower prices. Spinach, for in
stance, had sold at So a bushel and kale
as high as 50 a barrel, but with the
renewal OF the shipping and receipt of
products from Texas, a material drop
in prices was recorded.
! "kale always is cheaper than spinach
\
one-half the price of the latter"
Spinach prices dropped from 81 early
in the week to about $125 yesterday
Collards. also from the Norfolk section
OF Virginia, proved a good seller last
week at 81 or more a buShel basket
Cold weather put an end to the crop of
broccoli IN the vicinity of Norfolk, but
California growers supplied quantities
OF the popular vegetable to local dealers
Commodity Prices.
AT the close of the weeks market,
which, according to reports, was salts
factory to most dealers, prices of vari-
Gus commodities were quoted as follows
Butter-One-pound prints. 39iaa40Ia;
tub, 3712a3S12; store packed. 25a30.
Eggs-Hennery, Al; fresh selected, Il
hennery, 40.
Poultry. alive-Turkeys. young, 32a
50; old, 27a2s; Spring chickens, large,
80; medium, 80; broilers, 32a33; Leg
norns' %: fowls, IS; ROSTERS, 20;
ducks. 15a2o. Dressed-Turkeys, young
36a3s; old, 32a33; Spring chickens
35a37; broilers, 3sa4O; Leghorns, IS:
fowls, 28a30; capons. 35a40: ROSTERS
! 22a23; ducks, 28a30: keats, 5Oa6O.
Meats, fresh killed-Beef, 23a25; veal
%: pork loins, %; fresh hams, IS:
fresh shoulders, 20; smoked hams, 25a
~; smoked shoulders, %; bacon, 25a
20, lard IN bulk. 1917; in packages, 1872
Live stock-Calves, Is; lambs, 10.
i Poultry and egg dealers had a week
OF changes in prices to require their at
tention. The previous week, egg re-
ceipts showed such an increase that
prices dropped several cents a dozen
| Then came the snowstorm to interfere
with hauling eggs from within a radius
OF 100 or more miles Of the city.
Even then 1t. was believed by dealers
that prices would not increase, dealers
relating that hens usually continue lay
ing When they once start and reason
Ing that the storm would be Of such
short duration that receipts would not
be affected.
But the roads in rural sections OF
the nearby States became virtually i'm
passable," commented a dealer, pre-
venting some of the big haulers from
reaching the city with cargoes of the
hennery products.
result" he added, but prices are bound
to drop the next few days unless an
other and more severe storm is ex-
perienced"
While whole prices of the hennery
product yesterday continued at prices
quoted early Friday, there was ten
dency at lower retail prices on the
farmers line, some haulers dropping to
As cents a dozen early in the day. These
haulers also offered poultry at prices
below prices demanded by most re-
tailers, but their lower prices had no
appreciate effect upon the wholesale
market.
Poultry Supplies.
There were not many turkeys in evil
dence on the farmers line yesterday,
hnd lar rnf
chickens, capons, ducks and a few keats
to offer the retail trade They also
had quantities of pork and pork prod
ucts home prepared food and apples.
| Wholesale poultry dealers continued
to receive fairly large quantities of
turkeys from Maryland and Virginia
poultry raisers, receipts in some of the
houses being heavy enough to present
the appearance of Christmas holiday
business.
Years ago." remarked dealer, "the
turkey business amounted to but little
after the close of the Christmas holi-
| day season, many consumers buying the
king fowl only at the Christmas and
Thanksgiving holiday season"
But now it is different" he added,
1.-THE demand continuing fairly heavy
as long as the Winter season lasts, and
a few consumers demand them through
out the entire year"
Receipts of marine products were
light early in the week and prices were
not cheap. An increase in receipts of
numerous varieties of fish, especially
those from Winter nets operated along
the Potomac River below Alexandria
was reported the past two days.
Shad and herring continued in light
receipt all the week. prices of shad be-
ing higher than during the preceding
week while the price of herring con-
tinued the same, 10 cents a pound.
Dealers relied upon North Carolina