The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-27
Trade AND SHIPPING.
ne Regular Weekly Review Of
the Local Markets.
o,I1Look FOR THE FALL TRADE.

- nav Plenty--staple Groceries win
= High-No Change in Butter and
Eggs-Other Products.
pvchanees ct the Seattle clearing house to-
- smounted to s2al. 2o4.ss The balances were
Gf1sl.sL
~ regular weekly review, which follows,
<ous lev changes in quotations, but large In
eunse Ia stocks.
GOOD GROCERY TRADE.
=. market is heavily stocked. Tfade during
- veek has been firm and increase has been
- Of late Staples are rising. Fall trade
~ x large in these articles, the present out
- being very fattering, White sugar is up,
sI.nppiy running somewhat short in Eastern
Sfsds in meats is firm. and there is good all.
.orund demand.
fSnned vegetables rule unchanged. except
1bmatoes, on which q slight rise has taken
Isspd rice is little cheaper now, jobbing ct
No instead of 1915 per cwt Is heretofore.
VEGETABLES.
e1ocis are large. Nearly every kind has
cached the trade. New potatoes are abundant
= 0c per cwt. This is much lower rate than
| 81 weeks ago Farmers say that crops were
,eyef more abundant The Wholesale market
hveII supplied with all variedes, and quota
ms are inclined to 60 lower daily.
HAY.
Arrivals during the week have been frequent
e market shows very large stocks on hand,
With prices correspondingly lower. There ID q
vide range in quotations. Puget sound timothy
euotes sl7 to so per ton. Inferior grades de-
nand SIS to SIS per ton. Yakima wheat and rye
u5ducts are selling at SIS to $40 per ton. Stocks
Il old Sound hay now on hand are nearly all in
gxioF. Sales of new timothy are now frequent
nd the demand Is increasing. The market has
hen active all the week, and trade is firm.
Large orders are being received from logging
aups and also from contractors
OATS
During the week 2o0 tons OF oats have been
nipped in from outlying districts and from az
rfulfural centers at the mouths OF the sksgit
md stillsguamiah rivers, and from the samish
EnasA Several boats with scows have lately en-
Md the trade between Seattle and those points
oan still range high, especially now when
aching but the old crop can be had.
HrLLsTuFFs AND FEED.
hooks are not SO large as last week. Barley,
mthe ton. Shorts especially are high, and now
(usse so per ton. Trade is firm and there is an
oc<iye market
ozotations are still high and there is nothing
b the market but the Eastern product. This is
Cue to heavy demand and small supply. The
fuest stocks quote 29c per Id. Eastern stocks,
No 2 quote lsc to 20c.
EGGS.
No fresh ranch eggs figure in the market and
even the Eastern product is scarce. The price
y sill held up aud dealers and consumers are
kike sgitated over the scarcity and high quota
IONS.
HOPS ON THE RISE.
Hops have suddenly come in big demand and
.oBofations are going up. A number of deals
pefe made this week for soc and indications
aH very strong that the price win so up to ACC
hb noticed that many capitalists are buying
~ the crop.
TRADE IN BUILDING MATERIAL.
The traffic ana sale of building material has
hen large during the last four weeks, and still
|tcreases. Receipts in cement, lime and stone
|sere very large. The British bark Cairnsmore
|nr1ved from London with 900 sacks of cement
BE ]. r. Mcdonald and Point Arena have esch
bought in 500 tons OF rock and 900 barrels of
|1he. and smaller boats have also arrived from
- Islands well loaded. The heavy shipments
he occasioned by the finishing OF the work on
kw buildings aud the starting of new ones.
DEMAND FOR FRESH NEAT.
/ The demand for all kinds OF fresh meats will
4egin TO increase from now on. The summer
NE has been as good as the warm season would
Essnant. and now that fall is approaching the
E1nde will be more lively and the consumption
EAsasy.
DOMESTIC FRUITS PLENTY.
The market is well stocked with home fruits,
EGweli as with large supply of California vari-
'tieA Little change has been noted during the
Ersek All the early fruits have disappeared
tom the wholesale trade and the late fruits
ptssil almost exclusively.
TRADE IN LOGS.
The local consumption has been good during
0e week. Fir logs are in the greatest demand
nd good trade in cedar stuff is also noted
ne logging season will last two months longer;
De haul for the last month wilIno quite equal
nAt Of the previous months. No change in
eaosations has occurred, and, as II now seems,
shss logs are sold this fall will bring s650
MN Shipments from the Sound mills have
lotdecreased over last week.
FISH.
The fish market Is greatly replenished. The
ksaon is barely open and within two weeks
DE large fan ran of salmon will begin There
etve lately been catches of Jack and ''tyee"
slmon aud also some of the smaller classes
There IS now grea: stir among the fishermen
. ~ getting their seines and boats ready for the
work The fishermen think there will not be
sslts % many engaged in fishing as last year.
coal.
@ne past week has not been q remarkable one
= TIE coal trade. The whole number of tons
shi1ped is somewhat smaller than heretofore.
pafng the week the following vessels have
nded and departed for their destinations:
Tons.