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Show m PRiGES ASKED ) FOR UTAHPOULTRY Forty-five Cents a Pound I Ruling Figure in Local J Market. . i 45 cents per pound Utah hens are i h "inging the highest prices within the collection of the most patriarchal marketeer mar-keteer in Salt Iake. Yesterday dealers placarded dressed hens 45 cents and exhibited no compunc-!jon compunc-!jon some even declared that in another an-other week the price would probably be advanced another nickel. However, there's balm in Gilead, for Emission men expect to place on the Si market a goodly supply of eastern resh dressed poultry and express the liooe that this brand of goods can be sold ?t ies than 40 cents per pound. Utah ?ens are very scarce, so dealers say. There was no particular change in beef, mutton and pork prices during the week, hut retailers accuse the packers of put-, tins UP another job on the ultimate consumer which will compell the latter to nay 5 cents a pound for his steaks and cuts The retailers admit that the pros-nect pros-nect of further raise of meat prices is not immediate, but they claim the packers have advised them to watch out for a big b(e the July livestock receipts are I y'Top prices for steaks and cuts are: F.ound steak. '30 cents; loin steaks, 32 cents; porterhouse steak, 40 cents; pot roast, 25 cents; broiling chunks, 20, cents; rib roast, 30 cents; rolled rib roast, 40 cents; wholesale price for top sieer carcasses is 22 cents per pound. Lamb still rule the retail market in the matter of price, the top being 45 cents for loin chops. Other chops, steak and cuts range from 25 to 35 cents. Wholesale Whole-sale price for lamb carcasses is 28 cents. " In tne cured meats department whole hams are selling at 34 to 36 cents per pound, and sliced ham at 50 cents. Picnic shoulders are fetching 25 to 28 cents. Bacon chunks retail at 42 to 55 cents. The fish department of the market offers of-fers an unusually wide list for selection, with something new nearly every day. The latest arrival this week is pike from iAke Michigan, retailing at 25 cents per pound. Other prices are: Fillet of cod, 30 cents; fresh mackerel, 17 cents; catfish and crabs, 25 cents; striped bass, 25 cents; rock bass, 25 cents; fillet of sole, JO cents' halibut, 24 cents; salmon, 22 cents. The latter is a slight reduction over a week 3go. Eggs are traveling a rather rocky road, with no definite price ruling. In some sections sec-tions of the rlalto quotations have reached as low as 33 cents per dozen. The highest price is 40 cents. No change has taken place in the butter department. depart-ment. One of the bear sensations of the market mar-ket in the past twenty-four hours has been the break in the strawberry market, where prices have dropped on some counters coun-ters to 32a cents per pint cup. The ruling price, however, is 15 cents, but dealers' say California is shipping vast quantities of the fruit now and the market mar-ket is likely to break further. Rhubarb, too, has slumped some, selling sell-ing now at 5 cents pei pound straight. Carrots, parsnips, asparagus and leek, all from Salt Lake truck farms, have been placed on sale locally in the last few days. New carrots, parsnips and leek are goingftt 5 cents per bunch, with aspara-j aspara-j pwjfftching 25 cents for two pounds, vf ,-?7e price of mushrooms has been affected by the increasing supply, and are now quoted at 40 to 50 cents per pound. |