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Show RETAIL PRICES OF MEAT GOING LOWER Fruit Department Now Offers Of-fers Wide Variety for Choice of Markets. While butcher people make no admissions, admis-sions, figures point to the fact that retail re-tail meat prices all over town are settling set-tling back. The reaction is slow, but seems to be steady, and induces the conclusion con-clusion that there is an insidious factor operating against the bulls and in favor of the ultimate consumer. There is a disposition on the part of supporters of higher costs, however, to maintain the top price. Kor instance, while some markets yesterday were offering offer-ing T-bone steak at 30 cents per pound, others asked as high as 45 cents for the same cutfi. Utah liens, 'butchered for home consumption, con-sumption, are still selling at high figures. The lowest price quoted yesterday was 37 cents per pound. The ruling price, though, was 40 cents, with spring fryers calling for 60 cents per pouno". The fish markets offer little new, and prices have not changed in the past week. Mongers say the call for fresh salmon is abnormal. The call for low-priced low-priced deep sea foods, too, is above the average, sand and soies being in considerable consid-erable demand. The fruit department of the domestic1 market is offering a wider variety of fresh fruits than heretofore. Strawberries Straw-berries are coming in heavy supply and are augmented by black and red raspberries, rasp-berries, as well as sweet black cherries. Strawberries are quoted at from 10 cents per cup to 20 cents, the latter price ruling rul-ing the "Dollar berry," a conical-shaped, bright-hued southern California product, which ripens later than the large, round variety. The commoner sort is selling, as a rule, at 15 cents per cup. Black raspberries are quoted at 15 cents, While their red relative fetches 2't cents for the same amount. California has, during the past few I days, contributed cucumbers to the local products display, these replacing the Iowa Davis variety, and selling at 10 cents each. The Davis has been selling at 25 cents, but is somewhat larger than the California sort. California peppers, too, are here, and have practicallv pushed the Florida variety off the boards. They sell at 50 cents per pound. They are enjoying ready sale. Big stocks of Bermuda oniop are coming com-ing in now at three pounds for 25 cents. New potatoes still hold at fan-y figures, the standard price being 5 cents for two pounds, or 15 cents a per pound. Fggs and butter run along at last week's quotations. fresh eggs being quoted from 30 to 40 cents a dozen, while j ranch butter is selling at 40 cents per pound and creamery at 45 and 50 cents. |