ARHIVELE OLTENIEI - Universitatea din Craiova

The development of the internal market in south-east Romania during the interwar period 327Taking into consideration Dolj County 31 , where many deals of the kindhave been made, and where the prices were medium (reported to the entire areaof Oltenia), we can reach to the following conclusions: the largest number ofsold animals, and the price have been classified as “large”; the prices had a highcoefficient of variability, even within the same group; the most animals havebeen sold in the markets from Craiova, Ţânţăreni, and Melineşti. We alsoemphasize the fact that the prices obtained in the markets were with approx. 15-20% higher than those practiced at the inhabitants’ or dealers’ doorstep 32 .Generally, the development of capitalist economy determined a raise ofthe importance of trade in general, increasing the activity of these fields andmarkets in Oltenia. The following period, 1934-1944, brought no importantchange in the structure of internal trade, neither in that of traditionalmerchandises: cereals, cattle, wood. The number of deals increased as years hasgone by, reaching their peak in 1937 and 1938. For example, in 1937, April, thecattle’ deals table from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry from Craiova,showed the following 33 :Sucking Pigs Wearlings RamsPrice Price Price1015 150/300 192 1500/3500 448 200/500Lambs Kids Nany Goots521 100/150 85 60/140 110 350/600OxerHorses991 1500/1800 140 400/3500 116 1000/7000The following quantities 34 have been sold in the same period (1937,April, 1 st -30 th ) in the markets from Băileşti, Bechet, Cetate, Calafat, Segarcea,Portăreşti and Rast:WheatCornQuantity(kg) Price(/100kg) Quantity(Kg) Price(/100kg)Băileşti 30450 400-500 132650 226-293Bechet 77376 400-430 1115111 290Cetate 4630 400-420 418500 275-287Calafat 24350 400-466 217000 286-300Segarcea 11082 408-547 42750 270-28031 Ibidem, 12 th year (1935), issue April 16 th /28 th , p. 3.32 Ibidem, issue 42/1934, /November, 18 th, .33 Dolj National Archives, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Craiova, dossier 7/1937.34 Ibidem.