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SPUD PRICES
SHOW^ GAINS
Increase to be Short Lived
Say* Gregory In Weekly
Review of Market
fBpcelal to The Herald.)
PORT WORTH. May 30—Rather
moderate shipments of new potatoes
*nd gradually decreasing movement
Df old stock helped to advance the
price considerably last week, says M.
D. Gregory, local representative of
Ihe market news service. United
States department of agriculture, in
his weekly fruit and vegetable mar
ket review
The review continues:
It is questionable, however,
whether the higher level can hold
long in view of the opening of active
movement in North Carolina and
Virginia. Prices of cantaloupes and
watermelons declined sharply under
the increasing daily supply. Mar
kets for tomatoes and lettuce were
mostly firm. Onion prices were
moderate, but much better than a
year ago. Strawberries were selling
at relatively low ranges and cabbage
showed no uniform trend.
Shipments of citrus fruit were
much lighter than they had been as
the Florida season neared an end.
Celery forwardings decreased to 255
cars. California increased to 115. but
Florida shipped only 140 cars. About
45 carloads of celery arrived from
Bermuda. Apple movement was
down to about 320 ears for the week.
Combined forwardings of 29 fruits
and vegetables defteased slightly to
18,250 cars and were 1500 lighter
than during the same period last
leason
Mississippi Tomatoes Moving
Efforts were being made in cen- j
krai Mississippi to hold back toma
toes until a better stage of maturity
Was reached. However, the first 60
cars of the season moved during the
past week. Southern Texas for
wardings increased to 560 ears, while
Florida dropped to 215. The Mexi
can Import season is about done.
Total domestic shinments were 850
cars and about 110 arrived from
Mexico. A most satisfactory season
Is being experienced in the Rio
Grande Valley with prices of lux
boxes firm at $2.50, though four
basket crates declined to 85cA$l.
MixsJssipni fours were bring $1.35
cash track at loading points.
Mississippi expects to shin more
cars than last year, even from a
lighter acreage. The crop in that
state Is forecast at 1.717.000 bushels
comparfi with 1.344.000 last season.
Eastern Texas Aspects only a small
increase or a crop of 1.154.000
bushels.
The city Jobbing ranee on south
ern Texas lues was $2 OOfl 3 50. while
lugs from Mexico showed a *ride
range of 75c to S3. Original six bas
ket crates of Flvida fanev count
tomatces were brinpine S3.00A4.50
and renackcd stock $6.50A 7.25.
Eastern Potatoes Active
AH potato sections alone the At
lantic coast were beginning ship
ments earlier than expected ^irst
16 cars have already moved from
North Carolina, and lieht shipments
have come from the Norfolk section
and eastern shore of Virginia. To
tal forwardinsrs of pew potatoes in
creased to 1900 cars last week, while
movement of old stock held around
2300 cars. South Caroline was lead
ing In the south with nearly lino
rars for the seven-dav period. Al
abama decreased to 235 while Texas
Increased to 260 cars. Louisiana and
Georgia each marketed about 1101
cars. Eastern banrled stock ad- ,
vanced considerably In price, but
the southern sacked Bliss Triumnhs
were mostlv lower. North central
states reported much higher prices
than the week before on old stock
nnd the Chicago carlot market ad
vanced to 80c to $1.10 ner 100 pounds
on northern round white and $1 90A
2.05 on Idaho Russets.
Peak movement in South Carolina
probably Is past, and shipments
from that state after June 1 will be
very light. About 2200 cars have
been shipped from South Carolina
to date. First peak In North Caro
lina Is expected by June 15 and a
second peak a week later. South
Carolina cobblers in either stave or
slat barrels were bringing mostly
65.5006.75 in large consuming cen
ters and Florida Snaulding Rose had
advanced to $6.0007.25 a barrel. The
f. o. b. market in southern Alabama
weakened to $3 0003.25 per 100
pounds sacked. Rains were hinder
ing potato movement in the San
Antonio district of Texas. Partly
graded cobblers were returning
shippers $2 25A 2 35 per sack in that
section, while Bliss Triumphs in the
Sugarland district sold at $3 cash.
Alabama Triumphs jobbed in ter
minal markets at $3.25-4.50 com
pared with Texas arrival at $3.50#»
4.00 and Louisiana stock at $2 50#
4 00.
Watermelon output Jumped to 960
cars last week as against 150 during
the same period In 1928. Most ship
ments were from Florida with light
movement in Texas and Imperial
I---1
Valley. Cash track prices in central
Florida declined to $125^375 per
carload of 22-30 pound melons, ac
mi i . i ———
cording to size and variety. On a
unit basis, city dealers were getting
35c to $1.15 per melon. On straight
carloads the city price was mostly
$325#575. The center of activity will
soon shift to northern Florida and
southern Georgia.
Total onion shipments decreased
to 535 cars. Southern California in
creased to 235 cars and the cash
track price of Bermuda type onions
in the Coachella valley was $1.15#
1.20 per crate. Texas forwardings
dropped to 275 cars. About 23 car
loads *f onions arrived from Egypt
and 7 from Chile. Best Yellow Ber
mudas from southern Texas sold in
important cities at $1.25® 1.90 per
crate, and Crystal White Wax
onions ruled $l.25#2.15. Arrivals
from California brought $1.60© 1.90.
The growing condition of onions in
five states was better than a year
ago averaging 92 per cent of normal.
Of the w’eek's 1100 cars of cab
bage. about 580 came from Virginia.
350 from Mississippi and 65 from
Tennessee. Mississippi stock was
having a wide distribution with
some shipments destined to Cana
da. The f. o. b. market in the cen
tral part of that state was firm at
$1.00# 1.10 per barrel crate, and this
cabbage sold at $1.75# 2.50 in large
consuming centers Crates from Al
abama were jobbing at $2.00®2.25.
Some of the Virginia cabbage was
rather ordinary and eastern shore
crates could be had in city markets
at 75c to $2 compared with Norfolk
section stock to $1.00®1.10 and 1 1-2
bushel hampers at 45® 90c. Condi
tion of the cabbage crop in eight
states is 84 per cent of normal or 7
points higher than last spring.
Lettuce markets were mostly firm
as the total movement decreased.
Central California shipments drop
ped temporarily to 760 cars and oth
er parts of the state originated only
30. New Jersey shipped about 20
cars by rai!. Crates of 4 to 5 dozen
^s of Iceberg type lettuce ranged
$2 5Co 3.00 in the Salinas-Watson
ville district of California, with
some safcs of best stock at $3 25
The city jobbing range was
5.25 New Jersey Big Boston lettuce
declined $1.00# 1.50 per crate of two
dozen heads.
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■ SIDELIGHTS I i
The most substantial defiance yet
thrown at the scoffers who said of
the talking motion picture “It will
never become 3s effective as the
stage" was projected on the audible
screen at the Rivoli theater. San
Benito last night.
“Nothing But the Truth” is the
funniest screen play the silversheet
has given us in many a long day—
and it doesn’t depend upon the slap
stick for its laughs.
The play deals with a young man
who makes a wager of $10,000 that
he can tell the truth for 24 hours.
The farce situations arising from
the bet are seemingly endless. In
order to win the bet he finds him
self telling his sweetheart that he
was in love once before with a
W'eight-lifting woman of the circus,
telling his boss that he is an un
scrupulous business man and a
"night-life hound." telling a beauti
ful singer at a house party that
he thinks her singing is terrible
and getting himself into all kinds
of laugh-evoking jams.
Helen Kane as a member of a
singing-sister act. is winsome, ap
pealing. and excruciatingly funny.
Her baby-talk songs are a big part
of the show'.
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DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS AT ARCADIA
Douglas Fairbanks is at the Arcadia. Harlingen, now as the dashing
D Artagnan of a sequel to "The Three Musketeers.” The picture is
_ “The Iron Mask.” and is a talkie.
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Mary Brian and Richard Arlen in a scene from "The Man I Love." a
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