Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-15
aARKsT REPeRTs.
sKA-TLk. October IL. 1885.

sEA-TLx. Ocsebef IL, 1885.
B1sires IN general has materially
improved since our last report. and .
better feeling seem. to prevail
HOPs-Msrhet stronger snd prscss
sdsaoeed. A-aE CstiiD, A Essts
bayer. paid eIsvrn ee1ts per poond iof
fser hundred bales Yesterday NJ.
Miller, a Waite river sroser, stated
that there vas more profit this
season 20 tie gro ser Ia hops AZ IL cents
pr pound. than last y-sr 81 Is cenis-
he consIp1sd, '-Osr hops this seas5D GO
not stand us more than four sud shall
seuts Per pooac. We had our paskins
done for 81 c-ni. PER boz; last year u
cost rs 81 per boz; tbis year re super
Intended TIE drying OorselSes: asst year
ve PAID az % pr day for men 70 DO
tbas work. TINS year ne paid ouT
white isoorers % per day; last year
e. 50 Ter day. tits year bale cloth
cost II cents per yard; isst year 10 ga
much higher. We vtli continue 10 gros
hoys a. long "A ve can get ssx cents per
pound. We have sold our entire crop.
For four tons We got ii eeCts per pound,
and for the remainder soade less"
WOODLANDS siIf; DO change IN
quotatiobs.
Market very firm. Bayer
are paying on the data frssn &i9 10 tzl
per ton Twelve thousand s4ess will 60
forward by toe Qasep OF the Paoinc.
HAY-Msrket steady. Local buyers
ar paying sc per ton on the bank. or
g. Ter tOn dslIvered on the wharf here =.
POTATOES Msrset frm. Local
bayers pav $40 30 20 Gil on the bank.
Growers on the lower Sound are hold
Tag for better figures, and expect to
rsAIixs $i3 per ton. Sweets are Joebing
az from TO y cents per pound.
MEATS-Follovipg are the prices
paid by dealers: Beef, on foot 81
cents, neat 7 eeH,s: Pork, on fsot 4
cents. dressed 751(ds cents Nation. on
foot ~ cents, dressed 6 cents Veal. on
foot 6 o. nts. dressed eid9 csnts. Job
bling rates: Light med ,um ~ cents,
eItrs l3 cents; Hams, l21xtdls cents.
FLOUR-Msfktt firm, with upward
tendency. Q1ots standard brands
a Is superfns s. 5Otd+. y hbl.
OHIO SS-Jobb ng, <ll5 y 100 fba
WHEAT - Market steady. Qaots
f2d3 y ton.
FEED Market advancing. Quote
ground and rolled barley $34(d35 . ton;
D. mining 4 Palmer's mixed iced $2Sfd
n y ton; middlines $2250, br N fIstd
10. cornmeal feed f35, cracked corr
$35.
LiRD-Market steady. Quote j,h-
bling rates Of standard brands al lea
i04 cep's
CHICKENS - Market 10 unsteady
Quose yonpg 1875. old 81 30
BU r1ER-Coantfy fresh, IN cents
picked Foil % c-nts, y n.
vEGE TABLES ilfbIos. carrots anG
cabb4e- retail ~ cent y n; jobbins
rates. SIS y ton.
EGGS Market firm. Qaote frest
27j< 10 80 cents. Retail 81 cents
DUCkS-Comipa into market iE ZOO
supply. Dealers pay for teal III 20 y
dozen /; mailards. 81 20 81 80 D zn
vidseons and sprinRtails. 81 81 TO 81 II
Y doz-u. Docks retail Al l5c 10 % ,-sob
FRCIfS-Qiote oranges at 50 30 &c
- rs y 100; lemons (Csiifornial. Sc 81
y CASE +: (Sicily), 81 80 to IS: apples. Il
10 100 y box; grapes. 81 to l35 y boz
peache-, PIC; plums, 9Jc IN 81.
BUILDING MATEklAL-No change
in questions. X ugh lumber, 81 q n
SCORING. first qaaiity. 4 iuoh. SIS SEQ
md quality. $l3 6 inch, first qusiit..
SIS: second quality, SIP; rustic, SIG
SIS y n.
PORTLAND.
Wheat-we quote 81 25(di.26. Val.
ley In very small business, and il ia hard
to say what good ronud lot would
bring IL here. The quotation IL 81 81
t.h - hu 4
lots.
Flour-For Standard brands, $4.25;
others, 81 25CtS 70.
Oats-Msrket irregular at 35d375S,
the latter being offered for very saoioo
and demanded for choice in a small
way. Adyicss are less favorable but
some buy ers appear TO have great CON-
fidence.
Potatoes-Weak and slow at 35c
per sack. Soma being shipped. Sweets
steady at i11(a 40.
Onions--J obbine at $l05tdi.25 DEF
GENITAL for hard; soft not wanted
Batter-ChO'ce continues in re-
quest at 25td30c. Supplies are lieh'.
, ommon in fair stock and little IT,
qnired for.
Eggs Receipts light and the market
~ IN better tone. being firm at 30o.
Chickens-Quiet and slow at $3td
so for old, and $2d2.50 for young.
Hops-Some new sales noted for
New York aooount AZ 60. The quotation
Is 6<d7c. More uyers are on the Coast
buI thry are not anxious to buy. New
York sdvices to the 81 instant report:
Choice grades are in limited supply,
and under fair inquiry for small par.
GELS toe market il firm. There has bsep
= liberal movement at interior points
On export sccoant, and the general sit
nstiun shows signs Of improvement.
For choice State on the SPOT We quote
iidl3s fer new and s(d9c for old. Low
and inferior grades remain dull and un-
settled.
Hay Per ton, $6.50(d9.
Straw-PNr ton, <7@5.
Ooions-JobbinR at l@lAc.
Cheese-Looal creamery, l2dltc;
ifnf.aftsd 1Dg1iS.