Show MARKET STEADY AS WINTER IS BREAKING What the tho rc regulars ulars aro are doln doing on the Salt Lake retail market Cabbage C Utah 10 cents a pound Potatoes Idaho 6 cents per pound 85 cents a peck Beans navy up selling at 20 cents or two pounds for 35 cents Parsnips Utah 5 cents a pound Carrots Utah 5 cents a 1 pound Turnips at 5 cents a pound I Lettuce northern California fair I quality 10 cents head Cauliflower California 15 cents a pound Onions still tight at 15 cents a pound Pie plant from the hothouses 15 cents a pound Celery high Utah going at 15 cents a stick Tomatoes from Mexico at 35 cents a pound Spinach 2 pounds for a quarter Cucumbers hothouse variety at a I quarter each cach I Oranges from 25 to 50 cents a dozen Lemons stationary at 20 cents a dozen Prunes 15 to 35 cents a pound Rice 10 cents a pound Cheese 30 cents Butter 40 to 50 cents a pound Eggs 40 cents a dozen shifting Salmon 27 cents a pound fresh from the North coast Trout 2 for 25 cents Smelts 25 cents a pound Sugar stationary at t a hundred pounds I y yBy By Whitney E. E Burnett But Dut few breaks have o occurred in tho the local markets during the past week A slight shift In ergs and an upward shoot in beans were probably the rho only outstanding features of ot the week Eggs by tho the wn way which were ap apparently apparently apparently ap- ap on a downward path with the tho coming of or warmer weather and sloughed off a few Cow ow cents cent In tho the wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale ale price for a few yesterday Jumped lumped back t again ln to almost the same high price as s before Traffic conditions in Salt Lake are in fairly good shape at the present time Local Jobbers aro fortunate the they agree in not being entirely dependent upon Eastern markets for spring sprin stuff California during the past several months has been almost tho the only and ll by all o odds d the tho chief source of or local 1 vegetable vegetable- BUpP supply Freight conditions freight shipments and fr freight handling bundling from the tile Ve West Nest t tI I coa coast t to lo Salt alt Lake Lako are aTe normal in every respect according to the railroads and the shippers shippers' only source of or annoyance annoyance annoyance annoy annoy- ance lies lles In tho Ea East Bant t. t FASTER SHIPMENTS With tho the arming of or merchant r whips t however tho the local lorol shippers agree the tho move will enable faster shipments and will without a doubt douht facilitate freight rol hl shipments In all parts of tho country by relieving tho the freight congestion now existing In the Eastern centers I With tho the prevailing I scarcity of or orI I freight cars even tho ho Western Vestern bC section has been heen severely hit lilt and until the tho congestion in the East is relieved conditions conditions conditions con con- cannot bo ho expected to mo moderate crato materially sa say the tho I shippers Oranges have havo been heen corning coming In heavy shipments and tho the retailers aro are al already already al- al ready reporting enormous almost unprecedented un un- sales for tho the fruit during durin tho the week It Is expected tho the heaviest sales will bo be recorded on Saturday March 10 10 which will wm he observed aNi as aN i California Orange lla day Hotels and cafes arc preparing f special orange day lay menus and the trains running from Salt Lake I Into the thC coast coaNt centers have prepared special dinners In which the orange will play a prominent part Eggs recently dropped to a case wholesale and now have havo settled at a a. wise caMe EGGS SCARCE Ono One egg ebb dealer said gaid today that the supply of ot eg eggs s In and ancl around Salt tIt Lake City this year car is tho the poorest in his hiM experience once I The Tho same samo condition is reported In the chicken line according to the poultry houses of ot th the city It seems Impossible sible to get ct hold of ot Utah chickens at any price The condition Indicates an abnormal scarcity of or hens In the tho state Continued on page 5 5 6 MARKET STEADY I Continued from page P 4 4 I leading the to believe helle that farmers have sold off their chickens to enter some other cla class M of or farm work A quietness is reported in tho the potato market This condition it Is said Is probably due to tho the a agitation against hi high h prices and the tho resolve c of or Salt Lakers to slacken on the demand for high cost cost products However el It Il seems the tho holders holder of or the precious tubers are arc confident in the th future because during the past week weel there has haM been no semblance semblance sem sem- blance of oC a a. break in the market LEMONS TO GO UP It is is' looked forward to to- with some ome slight trepidation in local circles that thata a a. raise In tn the price of oC I lemons mons Is about to occur Wholesale prices R have ad advanced advanced ad- ad slightly and with the Italian supply of or lemons cut off orf it Is believed the California citrus crop in view of oC the draining demand deman upon Its supply will raise in price Beans Deans have taken a jump going from 15 cents straight l ht to tu 20 cents a a. pound or 2 pounds for 3 33 cents It is said government o or orders ers for the army and navy have affected the supply to tho the extent of oC nece necessitating an increase In Inthe inthe th the price Th The raise mille Is also applicable to Mexican pinks JInks and reds In addition I to the navy nan bean hean |