The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-03
BOUND IuxpER INrERksrs.

Only average lumber shipments from Sound
DHfs arr reported this week All through the
simmer the foreign demand did not change
Sub. having held steady at a rate much below
0f pr sious year.
he high value Of Puget sound timber IL well
ofvertised, and whenever there Is season Of
uJfhing ke q fair foreign market. shipments
kseh ell parts OF the globe The timber trees OF
q Sound are mostly coniferous. chief among
sheh are the yellow and red Or. red and whits
Ietas. white pine and white fir; besides these
lathe hemlock, alder. maple. oak. ash. cotton.
IEsd, cherry and laurel. Trees twelve feet in
3ameter and 800 feet In height are common,
W. The ordinary saw logs are twenty-four 10
|ny inches in diameter. Near the city OF
habomIsh is the great giant cedar of the
1End, ihirty-three feet in diameter.
logs yet rule at the nominal Egure Of g. 50 per
Loggers elsewhere are awaiting market de-
ISPments for their iail sale.
GRAIN cRops.
ne grain crop throughout the Eastern states
tseFy hsht this year ON account of drought,
ut general scarcity ali over the Union will be
e result OF the wheat growing states. Cali
en.k Oregon, Kansas, Nebraska and the two
hkotss have suffered and q comparatively
fsst crop harvested
he world over the wheat yield is q large per
tri below the general average and there be-
xno surplus on hand, the market price Tor
e skme Is necessarily higher this year than
% With fair prospect OF running up to
lure that will enable farmers TO realize little
pit on their grain sales. The abundance OF
,teat harvested throughout this state this sea-
is an exc Ilent harbinger of the good times
enlng. The past year has been indeed try
- che 70 the Agricultural Interests OF the state,
~ the coming one gives fair promise of COM
pnsssing for the misfortune OF the last.-Spda-
* Rseord.
re sound crops, however, have been large
sceount of the late spring rams The yield
~ Insf MASON good per cent larger than
nfsear.
hs newly threshed grain has just reached
nartef IN this city and tends 10 lower quo
3ons The market 10 well stocked and has
satsnooth feeling all the week.
Absat 90 tons of new eats, the hrst OF the
asca. arrived during the week from samish
Assit The product is newly threshed and
~ good condition. Farmers are hurrying the
p &c TIE market in order TO dispose OF IL at
Present high prizes.
VEGETABLES
~ varieties are abundant and there IL q good
assumption. Trade during the week has been
sxshie, and the frequent receipts both from
@hasuis aud local sources have been suf-
xsnt TO keep the market well stocked. The
"a 81 fnebla brought very large stocks OF
$50 cabbage and Onions. which placed the
fkti IN tue condition.
Asisr crops are arriving constantly from local
Ia ana quotations are now more reasonable
1es have been before tails summer.
FISH.
re fsh market has been rapidly getting In
eohdiiion Catches OF "tyee aud silver
la1 are good. and caterers are rejoicing TO
~ Aaca more variety Than heretofore. The
- - season promises to be long. a "a In about
sstks viii Be 20 ds prime. The consump-
very good, the fishermen being abe 10
o. large quantities soon after they are
k Priees are lower. Owing TO the burn.
Meyers tannery st West Seattle the
- protnet viii be much lighter in the
'--a's o. Seattle than IL was last year.
FRESH MEATS.
80 has picked mp wonderfully in the last
Stocks are larser and In better condi-
- me fail trade promises TO be large in all
-. 'rssh meats. Poultry of ell kinds is
SCR plenty, aud soon shipments will te
A' 70 Seattle from the surrounding
vcosanons are nominal and meat has
sAaeei much.
80 70 The present brigh: outlook much
- + going on among desers who ara
1910 IN aud bsrsatn FOR the crop cheap.
- 00annse 10 look up and soon will be very
GROCERIES,
- - good. and The month OF September
- ass lss OF large consumption The old
S - lhee goods is entirely eaned up. and
ual OF dried fruits There viii be no
~ me- q either OF these goods this fall
1 &nsr,s ~ ei tslifornia rSisins will be high on
~ advances in foreign goods
M Kinds wiz be high owing TO the