Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-01
HOLIDAY MARKET
TRADING IS QUIET
Belated Buyers Find Ample
Supplies on Stands at
D. C. Market.

Closing Of the chain stores, markets
and many other places of business scat
tered about the city enabled hundreds
of managers, clerks and other employees
to spend the first day of the year with
their families. There were many stores
open during the morning hours, how
ever, and q number of business houses
in the commission house district also
were open to fill emergency orders.
mo matter how much time people
have In which to do their buying"
observed a wholesaler, there are
always a number who delay their shop
ping and have to be accommodated on
holidays.
But such is life" he added. land
there is nothing left but to accommo-
date them"
Belated purchasers were in evidence
In the market district this morning, a
number in search of turkeys, and they
were able to get what supplies they
wanted.
Turkey Supplies Large.
Turkey supplies yesterday were re-
ported greater than dealers had antici-
pated Chain stores continued to offer
the birds at SO cents, while the general
market price was around so cents Due
to slow demands, however, farmers
Offering their supplies on the farmers
line about Center Market dropped as
low as As cents early in the afternoon.
On account of the warm weather, 1t
was stated, extra efforts were made to
dispose of supplies to avoid the neces-
sity for holding over many turkeys
With wholesalers, however, it was diff
ferent, most of them being able to
properly care for stock held over for
the week end trade.
Geese were more plentiful than usual
and wholesalers had large quantities
of ducks and chickens to offer the
trade. They also had keats and capons,
offering the former at SO and go cents
each and the latter at 35 and 40 cents
a pound. Rabbits were received in
abundance and were offered at 20, %
and 80 cents, prices depending upon
size and quality of them.
Dealers who were in evidence this
morning reported a continuance of
prices reported yesterday, as follows:
Butter-One-pound prints, ara
421a; tub, 4013a4l12; store-packed, 30
a32.
Eggs-Hennery, 54a56; fresh selected,
63a54; current receipts, 48a50.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, young, 32a35;
old toms, 27a2s; Spring chickens, large,
25a30; medium, 28a3o; broilers, 30a32;
fowls. 27a2S; Leghorns, 2Oa23; ROSTERS,
20; ducks, 15a18. Dressed-Turkeys,
young, 4oa42; old, 35a36; Spring chick
ems, large, 34a35; medium, Sass; broil-
ers, ISAAC; fowls, 33a34; Leghorns, 26a
~; ducks, 28a30; roosters, 23a25;
capons, ISAAC; keats, 50a6O.
Meats-Beef, 20a22; veal, 26a28;
lamb, 26a28; pork loins, 24a26; fresh
hams, IS; fresh shoulders, %; bacon,
25a26; smoked hams, IS; smoked shoul-
ders, 20: lard, in bulk, 121s in pack
ages, 1914.
Live stock-Calves, Is; lambs, 13al4.
Both wholesalers and retailers were
able to I'LL all demands for foodstuffs
during the closing hours of the years
market. Butter and egg prices were
slightly cheaper than they had been,
and turkey prices were considered Cheap,
as were prices of other poultry. =
Consumers made a fairly active de-
mand for marine products for the New
Year consumption, the demand for
oysters proving heavier than that for
fish. The. demand for fish was fairly
good, however, dealers explaining that
many persons serve fish for breakfast
on holidays and Sundays, when they
nave time to properly dissect them.
Fruit and vegetable dealers on the
farmers line cleaned up supplies. which
were not heavy, early in the Afternoon
while In the commission house district
supplies of most varieties of fruits and
vegetables were so heavy that all were
not disposed of.
Vegetables Plentiful
Practically every variety of vegetables
were to be had, some from Mexico.
some from Cuba and others from vari-
GUS sections of this country. Lima
beans, string beans, tomatoes, cucum-
bers, mushrooms, okra, beets, carrots,
potatoes of both varieties, caulifiower,
broccoli, kale, spinach and lettuce were
among the varieties offered,