The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-23
TRADE AND FINANCE.


SEATTLE. Nov -
Eastern butter has advanced &c per ID.
9nd Kssfer1 syraps are ioaer. Prices Of
poassry are s=z;1eafax and contrary % ex-
psefxtions, 4 app.esrs IS IL tasere viii be q
scareisy OF fresh killed tzrkeys on ha1d
for Thanksgiving week. The Portland
zarket. on which seattle largely dspents
for her pozlfyy supply, Is short Of tarkeys
and pouitry Ii general which has esEsed
urfees % 20 up Southern Oregon no longer
hads market In Portland, ~ San Fran
cisco offers better Inducements 20 holders.
since the Oregon & California railroad was
completed Thls cfverts = considerable
stock from the Northwestern coast and has
raised vxlnes. Washington farmers VIII soon
realize that q wei stocked poultry yard is
one OF the most washable and rernanera-
tive additions 70 their holdings We row
qnote for live turkeys ise per ID. dressed,
Z5c. Tarae geese command extrayagznt
values. and none are offered a. less than
SIS 20 per dog, 5obhing: the retail price Is
sis per doz. Tame ducks are scarce and
higher. quote 81 per doz. joSbing Game
cosaes 10 sIoHIy Quail has advanced
from 81 % 20 81 Sc per dor. and II does not
prove profitable for dealers here to ship
from Portland a. this price The high
rates charged b. express companies IS
much against the poultry business In Seat
tie. a. the present prices VIII not bear the
additional expenditure The market Is
fairly well supplied with all kinds OF Ash
except halibat A shipment CT hops Is
expected from snogualmie over the seat
tie. Lake Shore & Eastern tonight. and 3
train OF eight ears VIII leave for the East, |
saturday Prospects are Frightening. and .
reiiabie authorities fOretelI stronger mar /
ket with higher values. According 10 best
reports, holders OF choice hops need not 4
be in hurry to offer, as IL is well known 4
that England is much shorter this year 4
than Ia iss2. when the highest prices were i.
touched.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RE- 4
CEIPTs the last - hours the mer-
ehandise and produce receipts at this port .
have been as follows. Puget 5pand Shore 4
rosd 2is tons, seattle. Lake Shore & East
ern, III tons Steamer Eliza Anderson
81 tons Munroe l ton, Edith Z ton, Glide
= ton. Total receipts. Sc q tons. Among
the receipts were 10 boxes apples. boxes
pears, s eases lemons, 100 boxes orange ef-
der. bags graham flower, bales meal, .
eases canned fruit. cases eggs, boxes i
cheese, 10 cases lard. % eases taliow. 5
sacks celery, 3 coops turkeys, 3 coops and
g boxes chickens. 4 sack ducks. 2 bbls CT
der, II eases patent medicine, = cases bit.
tiers, / case drugs, 20 bbis aad half'bbls
Taaekefel. 3 bbls pop corn, > cases
cigars, 50 bbis machine oil, u bids news
paper. 4 bales trees. - bids green and ?
bafes dry hides, 10 pelts. 6 head horses, 1000
feet humber.
sHIPMENTS-During the last "a hours
goods and merchandise have been shipped
from Seattle to the surrounding country
as follows: Puget sound shore road, Is
tons Columbia and Puget sound railroad,
10 tons. seattle. Lake shore and East
ern railway. - tons. SteameTs-Eyan
~ tons, Edith tons Munros ~ tons, Eliza
Anderson % tons, Left Erickson tons.
tons, lola , tons, Augusta / ton,
M0nBiaiucer / ton, Grace tons. Total
shipments, 1927 tons