The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-05

TRADE AND SHIPPING.
Retail Trade Quotations for
the Week.
DROP IN NATIVE CURED MEATS.
Heavy Receipts and Fair Shipments
Yssterday-Prices Generally steady
Good supply Of venison.
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SEATTLE. Dee. 4, 1891
Exchanges At Seattle, Tacoma and Portland
clearing houses today were:
Cearr,ces. Balances
Seattle ..............sl 6o.07e % 52,s5l 81
ano-................. ofloo W I7,so W
tacoma. No02s 50 2o,1s2 "a
Receipts and shipments were quite heavy
Yesterday. Three cars of wheat, one car OF
barley and sixty tons of oats came IN. Prices
are steady all around, except on native cured
meats, which have dropped q trifie. Marriott
has just issued another new price list, quoting
light hams at II cents and heavy at II34; bacon,
III censs; dry salt Sides 81 cents; and Lard, IL
cents.
The only features OF interest In the retail
trade are slight reduction in cured meats aud
the arrival OF good supply Of venison and
smaller game. Prices on venison run from 10 to
20 cents per pound, and for ducks so cents to
$l.oo pair. Grouse and pheasants are 81 TO
81. pair.
RETAIL QUOTATIONS.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Ninnesota, sLs5 per
sack; California. sl.5o; Oregon, slS5; Washing
ton, havenna, sLS5; olympic brand, tl.45; COM
mon brands, si.2g9Ls5 per sack. cornmeal,
SIC; oatmeal, sc. Rice, SIC per lb.
sUGARS-Granulaied, 70 lbs; extra C, 20 lbs:
golden c. 70 lbs; cut loaf, IA lbs, and pulverizsd,
BUTTER-F.ncy Eastern creamery, s5@4oc,
and dairy. 659s0c per roll.
EGGs-Frssh ranch, SOC: Eastern, $50 per
dozen.
CHEEsE-Eastsrn, Zoe; Californi. l5c; Swiss
imported, 4ec, and domestic, SOC per ID.
FRUIT-Sicily lemons, 35c. and CALIFORNIA;, 80
per dog. Cranssrriss, Eastern, 40e, and natives,
1oc per n, or $40 per box. Apples, 1880 per n
OF 75caesl. IS per box. Grapes, &c per H.
VEGETABLES - Carrots. turnips and beets,
&c; cabbage, DC, and onions Sc per ID. Celery.
7SeQs1 caulhower 75e{gsl per doz Small white
ocanS-Boyas and pink, Sc; hmas, &c per n.
New potatoes, lie per n; sweet potatoes, 50
CANNED GooDs-Peaohss, pears and april
cots, Ae; cherries, strawberries and raspberries,
Zoe; all otaer table fruits. Zoe: peas, zoe. and
CURED MEATS AID isRD~Ns,iv. cured
hams, I41a(Gl5c; Eastern, 1SSl4c; bacon, 12l5Q9
lac; dry Eai!sd meats. lie; dried beef Clipped,
25c. and lard, lltG15c per ID.
HONEY AND sYRUPs - California comb
honey, 25e, and strained, Sc per 10 pure maple
syrup, N.259l.se. and common syrups, 5oc9sl
PlCKLEs-Heins, plain, mixed and chow
chow. 4oc per pint, or 60c per quart: domestics,
in glass 2oS4oc; kegs, sl.lo; pure cider vinegar,
Fresh NEATs-Bssi, for boiling. ogsc, and
steaks, leds2oc; veal, l23sl02oc; mutton, 12149
15c; spring lamb, $lQ9l5O per quarter; lamb
chop &C.. leg q lsse c and seSnissr loo
FISH AND observation-disclosures, in slices,
1211e; salmon, 1oc, mountain trout, soc; smelts,
herring. aounasrs, rock COD AID tom cod; SIC;
Sound oysters, soc per quart Eastern, Morgan
Eagle, Csc per can. shrimps, 26c per n; lob
sters, 2oc per n; crabs. 5ts25c each.
pOuLrkYohiss.n. ,se per s Tsseys
Cold storage steck, So per N less.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.
During the past twenty-four hours goods and
merchandise have been shipped from Seattle in
the following amounts: By rail-Northern Pa
cifc, ITS tons; Columbia Puget Sound, II
tons: Seattle. Lake Shore d Eastern, 81 tons
By watar-City of Puebla, IS tons; Angeles, II
tons; w. F. Munroe, 20 tons: Multnemah, Is
tons; Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Com
psssy boats, 3 tons; State of Washington,
tons; S. NJ. Rentop, tons: Glide, tons; De-
troit, 5 tons; A r. Robinson, 4 tons; Buckeye,
tons. Total shipments, 3sS tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE REcErPrs
Produce and merchandise have been received
at the port OF Seattle during the past twenty
four hours as follows: By rail-Northern Pacific,
500 tons; Columbia & Puget sound, 80 tens: 5e-
attic. Lake shors Eastern, 257 tons. By water
Walla Walla, $40 tons; jeanne, $50 tons; Utsa-
20 tons; Multnomah. 10 tons; Puget Sound and
Alaska Steamship Company's boats, "A tons;
state Of Washington, tons. Total receipts,
1,47I tons.