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Show iS J i ..1. v o 3ii : i 0. ZJ : GBiSMESK II RECOVERS . Market Overstocked and Dealers .Were Compelled to Cut Prices to Relieve the Congestion. 11 cents a pound, and veal cutlets from 15 to 20 cents a pound. Bacon is unchanged at 20 cents and smoked ham at IS cents a pound. Utah fish are very cheap, carp and i mullets selling at 5 cents a pound or six pounds for 25 cents. Fresh codflsh, shad, catfish, smelts and crawfish and ' bringing 15 cents a vpound, perch 124 cents, white herring, flounders and sole 5 cents ; a pound or 25 cents for two pound3. ' Striped bass are 20 cents, frozern salmon sal-mon 15, fresh salmon .17. white fish 25 cents, Machlnaw trout 25, smoked white fish 20 and smoked salmon 7 cents a pound. Oysters are good now and are still the same price. Olympias' 40 cents a pint, counts 2 a hundred, selects SO cents a quart or 50 cents a can, and blue points 25 cents a dozen. ' ' For the first time in several months the price of butter has been down to 25 cents a pound. It has been fluctuating between 30 and 35 cents for some time, but never going below that price. About the first of the week large shpments of the dairy prod- uct began to arrive for the Jobbers to dispose of and by Wednesday the maf ket had become temporarily ' glutted which caused some of the dealers to make a cut In the price which soon became be-came general. - The low price was quickly taken advantage ad-vantage of by consumers and the supply sup-ply has again- reached its normal condition con-dition and the price is again SO cents, where it will probably remain. ' " , The closing of the duck season has had a noticeable effect on the market and the demand for domestic ducks and geese has increased to such an extent that the supply has become very limited, lim-ited, which has caused the fowl to advance ad-vance in price from 18 cents a pound to , 22V6 and 25 cents. Veal is more plentiful than it has been for some time but the price has not been effected. . . .- . The Texas red snapper is on the market mar-ket at 20 cents a pound and the sturgeon stur-geon is coming in fine and fat at 15 cents a pound. Catfish and halibut are becoming very scarce as the season grows older but they continue to sell at 15 cents a pound. There are a few good eggs to be had at 25 cents but the general price is SO cents a dosen. Spring chickens are 18 and 20 cents and hens IB and' 18 cents a pound. Turkeys are scarce at 25 cents. .Rhubarb is becoming more plentiful and has dropped to SO cents a pound. Hothouse -radishes are commanding different dif-ferent prices at different markets, the lowest price being three bunches for 10 cents. ' : Sweet potatoes sell from six to eight 1 pounds for 25 cents, Irish potatoes 60 to 60 cents' a bushel. Turnips and carrots car-rots are 15 cents, beets 20 cents and parsnips 15 and 20 cents a peck. , Cauliflower is from 10 to 15 cents a pound, hothouse lettuce two bunches for 15 cents, Utah cabbage 4 cents a pound and the California cabbage 5 cents a pound. Sprouts remain 15 cents a pound, oyster plant is 5 cents, celery, green onions and California radishes are 5 cents a bunch. Spinach is not very plentiful and remains re-mains three pounds for 25 cents. California Cal-ifornia green peppers are 25 cents a pound and there are a few pumpkins and squashes at 10 and 15 cents each. Apples from $1 to $1.75 a bushel, oranges from 15 to 60 cents a dozen, lemons from 20 to 25 cents a dozen and bananas t 30 cents a dozen are the only fruits on the market at present. Cranberries continue to sell at 25 cents a quart. The past week has brought about no. change in the price of fresh meats. Por-' terhouse is 224 . cents, tenderloin 20 cents, round 15 cents, prime ribs VIM and pot roast 10 to 12V cents. Mutton stew 6 cents, shoulder 10 cents, pork chops 12V to 15 cents, fresh side of . pork 12V cents, fresh shoulder of pork |