The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-19
Trade AND FINANCE.
/. ,rors SMALL FRACTION OF 4
exsT YESTERDAY.
aeve.er. Advances 10 Per
go. Apparently without Cause
active Weeks Business
1-.x.t,ens from the East
SEATTLE, Aug. u.

rf.Af1Lfs aug A.
- ,be veet just closed. Wholesale
p'1 80 beei ae,iyc 10 every line, and
Dp.,.,,,e AZ transactions show hand
- sssevease over the previous week.
!, 4 Impossible 70 obtain hgares, II
-. 80 much 10 say that sales are more
p. 1000 what they were for the cor
s-.aalpr week in lss7. colleetions are
.~.,,sse.ars ard aii oar jobters are OF the
1ssssn ia, business for the remainder of
...,sb gili exceed that for the hFst
- -. aays. orders are pouring 10 from
s'ss-l asr.Tfio,. and IL would seem that all
90 ...,.... "A the Sound are as prosperous "a
dis esfy. ..,..,,..,,, Itch
80 ia ali manner Of fabrics, IL % "be-
- sessousr Too late fer summer and
80 .sr,y for fall: sill the stores are kept
~ - .s..Iug out their ''perisbable' stocks.
~ ,-,..oess with them is far from dull.
80, aropped tse In San Francisco yes
'ss !, IN grades The rehneries seem
- ~. saving crest sport playing football
% the eanncries Of the Pacinc eeast.
sssre a no possible way Of gauging fu-
-. :, .rtet "a sugars. Prices depend en-
' =. an TIE eapriee Of the refinery ring.
-. - now he salt acombine" has taken
go, - ,jayine football with the public.
~ saa Praaeise0ring yesterday advanced
~ mice Of rnck and background salt " =
=. Table salt In and l0pound sacks
- sent up 10 per cent, which advanced
~ pr.ee here from 50 to % 70 per bale: not
..lse 20 per cent Dairy salt Is unchanged.
m market il bare Of clear sides Hams
"a hreak fast bacon in good supply.
ne wholesale fruit market is over
.sseted and prices are very weak. Last
saesstious are obtasnable ouly on the very
sac.eest varieties aud they must be in first
,.,s order. oregon dealers are overlooked
.,th their local and California product and
esnsirp the surplus here. California grapes
"a ,eaches arc drug at slGgsl. % per box.
ri Oregon apples bring sifgi.25.
egEcHANDIsE AND PRODUCE RE.
s.yiPTs. --Dunng the past "A hours mer-
chnr,stlsc aud produce were received IN Sc
ssf;e Al follows Per Puget Sound Shore
iIne cars, including one car OF stock
md one Of agricultural implements; per
IsIs shore aud Eastern 10 tons; per
caumhia ana fhget Spunu hhllNays 10
Tors; per steamers Washington, ~ tons,
Harvard. "a tons; Glide, "a tons; Hassalo,
itans. OiyTapian, ] ton; Anderson. 2 tons.
NanrDe, tons, Fanny Lake, ia tons;
fganeei. liz tons; Aneon. 3 tons Among
these receipts were 20 tons hay, 1000 gal
Ious milk, ! box cheese. ID kegs fish, 10
borss canned fish, 10 kits maekerel, -
bexes peaches, boxes pears, q boxes
apples, ) boxes pruncs, ! car green fruit.
III sacks Hour. car lumber aud veal.
FREIGHT SHIPMENTS. - During the
1aa "a hours general freight has been
shipped from Seattle as follows: Per se.
attIe, Lake Shore aud Eastern Railway, 20
tons; Shore Line, - tons: Columbia and
Puget Sound Railroad, u tons; George Z.
Starr, "a tons Hayward. I ton; HaSsslo, .
tons; Alaskan, tons; Grace, 2 tons. Au-
gussa, tons: Lief Eroeksen, tons: Mich
ignn, ton. Anderson, ~ tons; Meswin,
Il fbas and JunroQ f6 ions