The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-18
TRADE AND FINANCE.

SEATTLE. Nov. IL.
Prices Of hops are declining. as far as
can be aseerialned from reliable sources.
No trau.se'ious 10 report. A lot OF rs bales
are uy car awaiting shipment TO New York
Monday morning Poultry Is in good de-
mand, aud prices OF turkeys are stif'enIng.
Eggs have advanced TO SOC per doz..
aud none are offered below that fig.
ure. A further advance Is looked for.
The Hassaio broagni IN 400 sacks oats from
the swinamish reservation to-day, in tran
sit TO the San Francisco market. This lot
is the property OF J. aud q. GaSches. of Ia
Conner. who paid els per ton on the, river
hank. The 6r0cer and Couairy Merchant
| San Francisco, says OF the prevailing low
values on current oat crop;
ssThe quality Of the Pacific coast Cat crop
this season Is considerably above the aver
age, and has seldom been exeelled. Par.
ticularly have the oats from Oregon OF
/ last harvest shown O good average. and
some lots have been about AZ neafiy per
| feet as IL is possible TO attain. Washington
Territory oats Of isss crop have not yet ar
rived In very extensive quantity: but of
| ferings thus far show them 90 be fully up
| 10 last year. which was high standard for
| that section, having escaped damage from
| fogs. the most serious drawback to the
production OF choice. bright oats In the
Puget sound section, where large quant-
| ties OF this cereal are grown. The Eastern
oat crop was reported to be the largest on
record. ba, the quality is not coming mp to
expectations, especially in Nebraska and
Iowa, which states furnish most OF the
Eastern oats To this section, when fmp0rta-
tions are needed or justified by the ccndt-
lions of the market. There have been no
Eastern oats OF consequence brought this
way during the past two years, and the
prospects are there VIII be nothing 20 war
rant or encourage importaftons this sea-
son from the Atlantic side OF the mount
aims.
Although there have been free receipts
from the north during the four months
ended November |. there were much larger
arrivals in the corresponding period In 1888.
hut in the past eight years October prices
have not ruled as low ~ this season. For
the past four months arrivals have agSre-
gated 20 600 centals. including LOCO from
Oregon. 1900 from Washington Territory,
ahd -, oDo from California points. In lssS,
for corresponding time. 5000 eentals ~.
rived asSoOo being from Oregon. AS.co
from Washington. and $500 from taitior-
mia. II viii he noticed the arrivals from
oregon for the first four months OF the bar
vest wear OF 1855 exceed this seasons re
CENTS from all quarters by loo eenials.
Better prices prevailed. however, In the
autumn Of tSs, than have been current THIS
season. In October. tSSS. the most common
white oats were quotsble NJ vi % and
choice brought 81 %, while the past month
the range for fairly good 70 choice white
was 81 osai -, with numerous trans
fers Of excellent quality al 81 io1
iIS In 1851, when receipts from
July To Nov I were 90 centass. or g.
coo less than this year, the quotations early
in November for fair 10 choice white we're
81 sA6ai.eo, being nearly 40 per cent higher
than present values. The order OF receipts
that wear was somewhat reversed as con-
pared with the present California fur
niShcd loo 0Oe ccutAls during the four
months NAMED. while orcgon and WASH
ington forwarded 7a,on centAls, being same
amount furnished shus far MS season trota
interior OF this state. The next lowest
prices to the present. in the past eight
vsarS. were In ls~6. when fair 20 choice
white ruled at 81 2ssi.S on Nov. l. That
same season, 10 Is noteworthy, arrivals Hp
10 November were comparatively hght,
footing up $4,000 eentsls. 9t,eo CAliiern ia.
and 81 ooj Oregon and Washington. $500
being from the latter territory. Those low
prices, as thea considered, were
accounted for by the heavy ar.
rivals previous season, ineinAng hnersi
importations from Nebraska. aud iarge
quantity OF old oats was carried isite tle
new harvest year Last season al corres'
,.nsiinv tiafe arrivals were 1900 ceutals,
ioo0oo being Calitornia, aud balance trom
the North, principally Oregon, wear aSo
the prices for white oats we've 81 zsSi ~ As
10 quality large portion Of the las
crop was purchases by dealers al agures
which failed ~ net them profit, and IN
some instances brought them CUT losers, III
is greatly due 10 this experiences that siaes
have been At such an unusually low ssfei
this season For dealers who stocked az
during the pas, 20 or 70 days, the prospects
are favorable for opportunities 10 close oes
~ nresf. In fact. the market Is now
fully 81 per ton better than when II vas
most depressed. Following table shows re
csipts in cen;als for four months from July
LIST. also quotations a. the beginning OF
November Tor fair to chclce white
~ 80. 0-.g,,r w Prizes