Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-29
MARKET REPeRTs.

in general business This hepef1i feel
ing il spreading, and is shared By mer-
chants and citizens alike. The effect OF
the anti Chinese agitation upon the
markets has been to greatly reduce the
price Of vegetables The Chinese gar
deuers are Offering their entire crops IS
thew stand a, very low figures
HOPSMarke. weakening Andrew
ChIbere, 4 prominent buyer, recsiSeo
dispatch from New YORK yesterday. he
had ssut SAMPLES TO his Eastern custom
ers, and the answering dispatch autnor-
zei hin 10 pay betEeen aHc cents
me B,.hops, of Port Townsend. dis
posed Of their hops today III Seattle
obtaining cents per peund-
WOOI-Prlces for wool during the
:. sson iu.s closed have been the lowest
paid for the past forty years, bat snow
ed A slight advance at the end OF the
season.
OAIS-Market weakening. Boyers
are paving {lsID pr ton, and they
are retaiIed here at f22d3 per ton.
HAY-Farners are receiving from
S6ds per ton, and consumers pay from
$50 10 per ton
fOrATOES-Msrket slow. being well
supplied. Buyers pay 900 IL per ton,
and they are retslled at $3.50 IA ser ten.
VEIETABLE5-Turnips and beets
are bsuoht here for $40 per ton and re-
tailed for xl2. Carrots plenty and
briEc farmers s. per ton, and are re-
tailed here for 40. Onions are bought
for 81 l5dl25 per GENITAL, and sell for
lL.dltS cents per pound.
FKJlIS-O Oranges bring $3.50 Per
case of $50. Sicily lemons, $o.5Sd9.
Grapes are sold for 81. % per box OF =
poands. Market is ovsrstocked with
apples which bring the farmers bat
| 3isd 40 ceats per box. Ihsy are retslled
at to5d6O cents per box. T. Frederick
shipp, q 200 boxes to Victoria recently
that Melted him 80 cents per box. Pears
are bought at 30 cents per box and sold
at 60 cents per box. There are few pears
and the demand 10 low.
DUCKS-Ducks are beu9ht here at
the following figures: Teal. 81 per
dozen; widgeon, $l.75 per dozen NAL
lards, 1925 per dozen. The supply Is
good.
POULTRY Chickens have glutted
the market and bring but $3d5 per
dozen, farmers receiving bot 1894 per
dozen. Turkeys bring Ii cents per
pound. and geese 80 per dozen.
LARD-Quoted at lldl2 cents per
pound. standard brands.
BUTTER-Brings farmers from y to
80 cents, and retails here for 2I14(G32
cents per pound.
FLoUR-Quoted at s4.50@475 per
barrel. -,
EGGS-In good demand, and quoted
at 3Nd40 cents per dozen.
Battle-Ground barley brings $34(d35
per ton Deming Il Palmer's mixed
feed. $27d2S; middlings, S2 80; bran,
{lS(d30. and cracked corn $35 per ton.
HIDES-Green hides bring 51s(Gs
cents per pound; dry hides, II cents per
pound. Sheep pelts and wool estimated
at % cents per secured pound.
MEAIS-Beef brings the farmer on
foot 3l5 cents per pound; WHOLESALERS at
cents, and retails at from 10 to l277a
cents per pound. Mutton brings, on
foot, 211 cents; WHOLESALERS ct 8 cents,
and retails at S(dl0 cents per pound.
Pork brings on foot cents: WHOLESALERS
at 7(1S cents, and retails at Std9 cents
per round. Veal 4(d5 cents on foot /;
WHOLESALERS at 7dS cents, and retails at
l0Cdl21S cents per pound. Lambs are
bought for $l.50 each wholesale at
cents, and retail at l0(dl21a cents per
pound. California bacon sells for 97ad
20 cents; Oregon bacon for 10ld l01a !;
Eastern bacon for lac l413 cents per
pound. Eastern hams bring l4(d l41S
cents per pound.
BUILDING MATERIAL-Noc change
in quotations. Rough lumber 80 per
thousand feet; flooring, first quality. 4
inch, Sl5; second quality, $l3; 6 inch,
first quality, BIS; second quality, $l2;
rustic, $l2ldSl5 per thousand feet.
Bricks sell for IS 10 80 per thousand.
Lime brings $l.35 to $l50 per barrel.
The largest order received during the
last week was that of 100000 feet of
lumber for the new coal bunkers, to be
constructed alongside of the present
ones. The Oregon Improvement Com
pany's mill received the order.
Portland.
Oct. -Wheat-Liverpool noted a
very poor demand today. The San
Francisco spot market is quiet buyers
and sellers are apart and there Is no
pressure to buy. The loo i market is
quiet all around, but holders stand firm
10 their views and will not let 90 at any
concession. Valley is quoted at l.3O !;
Walla Walla, S1.2214@L25.
Oats Shipments to San Francisco are
quite large. Offerings on the local mar
ket are light and the market Is steady.
Choice feed is quoted at $50 40c.
Flour-Msrket steady with fair de-
mand. The Alaska steamer will soon
be calling for the usual quantity. Quote
standard brands $425.
Onions-Jotbing at 1(dl 4 per pound.
Eggs-Stesjy at 300. There is good
demand and supplies are rather limited.
Chiekens-Very quiet and dull. Quets
$2(d350.
Potatoes-No change in the market ;
selling at $50 40o per sack sweets, 40
per pound.
ure for best.
San Francisco.
Oct. -Wheat-Spot market quiet,
and quotations nominal at 81 Asa .4I1s
for No. shipping very little Offering.
but shippers do not develop any anxious
mood. Failures, slow and prices lower
bayer 1885. 81 52ss( a l.52s1 "a .52ss; bay
er the season, $l.63.
Barley-Spot market weaker and few
er BUYERS; No. l feed Offering at $l.39.
Futures, very quiet for buyer the sea
son, which sold down from 3 "A to 81 Al,
and active fer seller the season at Sis.
Oats-The market ID weak and lower,
being affected by the decline IN barley
quote Oregon 81 a0ldi.s1; surprise and
milling, &l.35(dl.45 for choice No. l,
81 25i91 80; No. 2, $1l5tdL221S.
Hops-California grades are quotable
at ia 100 per pound for new crop 21S(d
Sc for old.
Battle-Ground barley. t29(d 30 per ton:
middliues. $23d2t; cracked corn, t29d
30; oil cake meal, new process, $27 50
ne, 4; old process, $50 at mill. less dis
count.
Potatoes-Wharf rates Early Rose,
25d3Tisc in sacks; garnet Chilli. 100000
per GENITAL; river reds, 500 40c; females,
50td6Oc peerless. 5csdS5 sweet, 400