Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-12-14
PORTLAND MARKET.
THE GENERAL TRADE CONTINUES
SATISFACTORY.
The Demand for transportation Facil-
ties Greater Than Ever Before
Large Increase in the Iron
and Steel Industries.

There is continued evidence of an I'M
usually large volume of general trade In
the local market for this late stage OF the
season, and there was more than the
usual satisfaction in the observance OF
That the activity in bust
ness is general, is shown in the aggre-
gate bank clearings, the total of which
for the past month shows an increase
over those of the corresponding period
last year Of $508,OOO, 900. Another EVIL
deDce is the extraordinary demand upon
the transportation facilities of the cOun-
try. which some of the railroads have
been unable to fully meet. 1t Is said that
the Pennsylvania Railroad COMPANY
have built six thousand new cars this
year, and that other of the great Transport
tation lines have had to make large addt-
tons to their equipment. And yet a
continued scarcity of freight cars Is re-
ported on some lines. The enormous
crops and the unprecedented volume of
trade during the autumn have made the
requirements for transportation facilities
much greater than ever before. Hence
the necessity for enlarged equipment,
which, in turn, has made itself felt in the
iron and steel industries. Thus the
of the iron furnaces in blast on
the 1st inst. was, in round numbers l68.-
OeO tons per week, gain OF nearly 10
per cent. in month, and of liz per
cent. compared with the output year
ago, 1t is stated by the highest author
ity that the weekly production of iron is
now larger than that of Great Britain,
and es there is no accumulation of stock
it follows that the consumption must be
correspondingly large.
GROCERIES.
Sugars, Golden @ 61sc, extra q 81,
dry granulated 1870: cube, crushed and
powdered &c. Coffee: Guatemala 2015
@23, Java 3i1a @321ac, Costa Rica Ii q q
20, Mocha So, Rio Z21a @231ac,
roasted lava 30H@32Kc, Arbuckle's
roasted 251sc.
Oregon nam i3c, breakfast bacor
l21ac, sides lOc, Eastern ban
1zla @14c, breakfast bacon l219c, sides
81, shoulders &c. Lard lc.
FRUITS
Grapes $1@1 Is per box, ounces SIG
l 70, Sicily lemons Sc 5O@7.
DRIED FRUITS.
Apples 4@5c, evapvrated 9(1l0c, slice
&c, pears o(d10c, peaches 90l0c, Oregon
plums 3@4, petite pruues 566c, German
) y ate, prunes, Italian ic, silver so d7c
California figs &c, Smyrna figs l4@15c,
ap. icots 13tGl4c, raisiDs $l.7562.25 per
box.
VEGETABLES
Potatoes, new, $1aol 10, sweets 134c
per ID, onions IL, turnips 76c@Sl.
DAIRY PRODUCE.
Butter. Oregon fancy Csc, dairy
common l0@I2hc. Eastern
25c, California 25@25ac.
EGGs.
Oregon eggs 30@3l,,
POULTRY.
Chickens $3.50@3.75. old hens $4.OO
$3.50, ducks $3.50 geese $40, turkeys
l4c per ID.
Valley 17@IsI Unique 10000, East
ern Oregon, 16IdAr.
Hops 6,eSc for Oregon, 6@9c for
Washington.
Wheat, s1.20@l.221s and 81 l211 9
l - are the maximum bids for Valley
and Eastern Oregon. Oats 421a CAB
for choice.
standard 1886, other brands 1916
@3 30.
FRESH MEATS.
Beef, COWS. PIC, beef light, 2Ac, beef
prime, &c, hogs live, 4@41ac, mutton,
live, pa @3c; calves, live. 0@8c.
Hay $15017 per ton, bran $14-50,
chop, $1S@20, shor $3.50. barley $23 so
During a riot in Flat Top. a mining
district in Mercer county, W Va, seven
men were shot, two being killed III,
stantly. All parties to the ARRAY were
negroes.
Does the farm pay? Every farmer
should ask himself this question at the
close OF harvest and answer it honestly.
The farm does not pay if it merely
affords a living and prevents the accu-
mutation of debt. 1t may do more than
this-it may even decrease debt and add
to the value of stock and improvements
and yet not pay. 1t being assumed
that the labor and superintendent Of
the owner Is equal in value to the sup
port of the family, then the net accumu'
lation of the year must be equal to the
legal interest upon the whole capital in,
vested, or the farm does not pay. This
is a simple method of farm book keeping
and will always answer the question
vet too many farmers would shrink from
applying the test If the farm does moi
pay to at least this extent, the situation
should be rigidly canvassed, with view
to finding better methods. Labor,
brain and capital working together fur
nish the best possible combination for
success, and when they are entered III
one individual should be able to com
mand it.
The first bill passed by the Washing
ton legislature was Goeghegan's measure
appropriating $l2 900 for the support Of
the Washington school for defective
youth for the year ending April l, 1891
A coId-blooded and deliberate murder
was perpetrated upon track-walker ) l.
Cain, near Cow Creek canyon. The
Southern Pacific offers $500 for the muir
derer.
Member of Parliament Hill warns the
British government that apathy in the
matter of the Behring sea troubles will
eventually ALLEVIATE the loyalty OF the
dominion and greatly assist the Amerl-
can press III fostering Canadian discon-
tent with English connection.
Disastrous fires are becoming cpl
demic