PRINCIPLES OF VALUE AND PRICE 473 



$100,000,000 worth of material being supplied Europe by the manu- 

 facturers in the Pittsburgh district. $20,000,000 order placed by the 

 Pennsylvania Railroad Company. This means that every able- 

 bodied man in the Pittsburgh district will be employed. This means 

 that each family will have cash to pay for fruits and vegetables. Ship 

 to us! 



Cold, damp weather had a very bad effect upon the California 

 asparagus market this week. This is the coldest March New York 

 people have experienced in a long time, and for western grass to move 

 well at satisfactory prices, the weather must be warm. 



At the present rate of movement it would take 200 days to dispose 

 of all the apples now stored in western New York. According to that 

 calculation, apples would not clean up until next August. But the 

 demand for apples will stop long before that tune. In fact, there is 

 scarcely any demand for apples in June. The trade figures that it likes 

 to get out of the deal by the end of April, but it usually takes well into 

 May. It is almost impossible to prolong the movement after June i, as 

 fresh vegetables and fruits are plentiful and cheap by that time and 

 there is not much demand for apples. 



The strawberry market ruled easy this week. On Wednesday and 

 Thursday the movement of Arkansas berries to this market increased 

 from two to four cars to seven and nine cars daily, which was in excess 

 of the demand at $3 per 24-quart crate, and prices paid on Thursday 

 averaged $i . 50 to $i . 75 for the best fruit. At this price there was a 

 good movement and the offerings were well cleaned up. 



Dressed poultry receipts continue liberal, with a light demand, 

 thereby causing an easy market. The quality is good and receivers 

 are at a loss to understand the cause of such a light trade, and attribute 

 it to general economic conditions. As stated before, there has been 

 an enormous curtailment in the demand, owing to the shutting off of 

 the ocean steamship business. Trade was fairly active on live poultry 

 this week in a local way, but liberal receipts made lower prices neces- 

 sary on fowls, which comprised the bulk of the arrivals. Dealers did 

 not look for a pronounced decline, however, because of the presence of 

 the Jewish holidays. 



