The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-28
A RUSH FOR FRUIT
California Dainties at Auc-
tion in Chicago.
BIG cur N FREIGHT RATES.
Sherid Jordan Of Portland Indicted
erCrsmc-pcpferah Case ef sick
mes. and D~ssisasioa-rhe Graham
Jury DfsaKree.

s,ssis AsssA. IEae I--An aSsisaased sesefse
was fsvsens. rssSsns a, the rstlro&d Sleys,
sss>s sfrssss this rzsxs fresn where state
street ard ssssth Mater streets erysss uarr
pixies Of sescsosss- iockiss fruit, Ia hexcs he.
wtlaersnx sA variety and extent. i;ferrss
the Hgsar OF the dt,-n; in Stery af-s<fsen
Stil utarr truis uss pouring frons heavily.
lasiea sas> aova H5an tav tracks beside
tho depot. while ca the cher sttie Of shs
de;sor. tareur1s cgse a cesfzs were <eea swear
Inc. yelling tezsnsters with trucks aud
wsguis crsewdtog eaSh ssthcf fsr GrSf psafse
ia she general onslaught evidently ssssn 80
s,asam~aer.
Alaalsg the s;ork OF hsxes on the eoa-
little groups II wcii<iFessesi business men
were moving. pencil and n>ste-isaes in
hand. carefully examining sud maAihG
calculations scgarsssng The texcs shA;
The sialWart fsaStcrS about tAeasl
wsre palling oJ~n eSeEywasfe. EfgA; In
The falss<t, s}sSss sssws 81 l>axes and rxassas
chairs we're ranged IN ffcGi of " hat hooked
surprisingly hsr the speaker stand oeea-
pied BY ex saovernaE White cf Saiilnsnia
when presiding over the f,rnaoS-afir hosts
AZ y. Louis. az TIA, af The other siissia.
guishcss Californian. Esice. ON the ga,her.
Ing af Hcrahlieaa clans AZ tbs aidi-
toFfun.
When brisk Young nan mounted the
stand and called for order. the proceedings
began inStaafef, affii q regular hop. >kif.
and jump. Thas was virtually iuanearatesi
the anetiua ssstem of handling fFai, IN
this markes. tor though sales had ieen
going au for nearly = week the experiment
wse TOO unfamiliar 10 bayers la attend.
anee 10 he said until this morning q be
really under way. Heretofore one fFga
has had a monopoly, ~ far a. Chicago and
the Vast Territory tributary i eanccTncd.
OF the eE;ir- rro,lacf Of the great Caafor-
Ma orchsriss Purchases were bS private
sale, aud the resuii was that the traffic
hcnc was sfunteA frofn Its birth. tfenvf-
ally the u,oney could be reaiixcd asd The
Qroffs or losses collected hv tho growers
"a aihtruia only after weeks of delay
when the final eanssgnee In some outlying
toan frcia Chieago had becu al last round
ID up single hanaed by The sole agent Of
California Ia this city.
iigadrrds Of boxes were Knocked down
this morning In n minute. aud the cash.
hx the tcrrlS cf sale. was available an the
.pot. Everything In Tho depot hhd heea
disposed 81 within half an hour, aud less
than 70 minutes aih.rwani the money for
the psOdnct was ready On demand In san
Pacific slope. wherever they might be 10
Gated, to draw npon-
Strangely enough. too. there was, 50 far
a. eogia be aseertaiutd. 20 letting down
In the average price realized by the Odd
system. Open. bot competition from az
-
Every man knew what bis neighhoss were
doing, and all took hold boldly, Knowing.
as they did. that no tagnrite was Ia ever
reach them by doing better Ia the dark.
Three ears. the total arrivals tsday. brought
a gross average price Of si4e per ton 4
noticeable feature III the auction was that
the sales were not confined the Chicago or
the West, bai large quantities were taken
by agents Tor Canada and even Boston,
New York and Philadelphia. whenever
Chicago proper failed 10 grab a ios priced
lot
number Of ffuli merchants were inter.
viewed as To the nvw sssiem. They were
enthusiastic. said G. Page "chicego is
now going to be the market for tatifor~
Bia fruit | have commenced issuing letters
20 all my correspondents soliciting trade
We sai do something now, and build up II
trade.
osiagg, Of ostagg & 60. said: "xhy.
where The peopie hap ecaten one ear of Cal
ifornla fruit they viii sona eat ten. In.
stead oi n luxury for the few, II viii be a
staple for the many. The growers VIII be
benefited. for they win &c, good average
price for everything"
Similar Views were expressed 'iy repre-
sentatiyes Of Garibaldi. eunco & Co, r. 4.
Thomas a sons. Dumley, Ilapp a Doe.
and many others.
The firm which had the monopoly Of the
prodnct Of 10 California growers. foFfer
Bros, intimafed that they NJ first ftared
IL would hurt their business. bai were
pretty well satisfied that an enormously iis-
creased traffic Is almost certain 70 cisue
before long, that would more than com
rsnsate