The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-23

TRADE AND SHIPPING.
Dealers Shipping in Cattle
From Montana.
PRICES ADVANCING RIGHT ALONG
ACoDsumers Must Pay for More Bone in
Their steaks-Poultry Very Scarce
Plenty Fish.
TIDES AT SEATTLE HARBoR TODAY.
HIGH WATER Low wATgR
a N. # p m X a M Il p. m. it
2o2 49, 3: 10 ~ SIS 81 SD So
AT FORT TOWNSEND.
is i0.4 Ia IS 10 81 7-31 80
SEATTLE, April %, 1892
Exchanges at Seattle, Tacoma and Portland
/ clearing houses today were:
4 CZearances Balances
seattle ..sl314s7 IS $50. 10 6s
Portland -.-...-----.---'. 2o5o9o 60 5000 90
Tacoma. no. 1877 40 25,475 Is
The live stock market continues very strong
/ Local dealers are compelled to 60 rs far east as
Montana TO find sufficient supply of choice
4 beef cattle. Prices for fancy steers range from
81 to A25 per cwt, and some very choice lots
1 have brought as high as s4.35. The result is to
force the price of dressed beef up. Retailers
1 have not made any advance in prices. but Gus
+ ,aad not l.ae Ena a
/ bone and scraps are cut off their meat than
formerly and the disposition to let few ounces
Of overweight 60 in for '.good measure" mas
1 vanished. These little savings become neces-
sary now to enable the retailer TO come out even
Retail trade in groceries and provisions CON
tnues about the same usual Prices have
X changed but very little. Butter and some green
IN s,ufs are little cheaper, but aside from this.
The market presents no new features. There is
plenty fish to meet the demand now, but not
enough to force prices down. Poultry is very
scarce-in fact, there is scarcely any to be had
Prices have not advanced as yet.
RETAIL QUOTA TONS.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Minnesota, S5 per
ncE: California. 81 4o Oregon, sl.35: Washing
ton, Rayenna, sl35: olympic brand, s1.40; COM
\ mon brands, SL29dL35 per sack. Cornmeal
". oatmeal Sc; graham, 25zc. Rice, 6l3c
Il Per b.
suGARs-Granulatei fine. 1st9ls ms: extra
{. abs: golden Z, % Tbs; cut loaf, IL ms, and
u puIyerIzsd IL lbs for 81
BuTTER-Fancy Eastern creamery. sNGs5c,
and dairg 40 g6oc per roll California fresh roll,
II choice i0tciJ1C per roll.
EGGS-Fresh ranch, DC.
cHEEsE-- Eastern, 9e; California. 1592oc;
FRUlT-sicily lemons, 35c. and California 25c
4 per doz Oranges extra choice navels, 5alos0c
per doz Apples, 4(96c per ID. or sl.6og2 IS per
n Northumberland turnips and beets.
ET2r; cabbage, &c, and onions, &c per ~ green
mions, four punches for loe; Celery, 1904
4 ps doz. small white beans-Boyas aud pinxs,
II 6: Linas, &C per ID. Potatoes sc per n; new
81 potatoes, &c per H. Lettuce, 25y50c per dozen
4 ssfaragus, sc pr III. Rhubarb. Sc per III.
II CANNED GooDS-Peaches, pears and ap.i-
90, rs cherries, Strawberries and raspberries,
Ge; all other tsble fruits, 2oc peas. Zoe, aud
seofn anu string beans, l5c; tomatoes loc.
CURED MEATS AND LARD-Native cured
hans, l4(gi5e; Eastern, l2ii4Q9i3e; bacon, llQs
lss; dry salted meats, Zoe; dried beef, Clipped,
Is, aud lard, lWDlic per ID.
honey AND sIRUpS - California comb
sfouey, 23c, and strained, Sc per ID; pure maple
Erup, sl2S9l5o, and common syrups, 50c(Gs1
PlcKLEs-lieinz, plain, mixed and chow
thox, 4Jc per pint, OF 60e per quart: domestics,
Y glass. 2N1i0e; kegs, 81; pure cider vinegar,
{ FRESH MEATs--Beef. for boiling, 6oosc, and
nea1s. iUg2Oe; veal, l2l2(G20c; mutton. 12l309
ls; spring lamb, sl@l10 per quarter lamb
eaops, 2oe leg OF lamb, 2oc. and shoulders. l5c
= pr n; PORK, 12la9Jl5c; saasages, l2lstyl5c
FISH AND OYS fERS-Halibut, N slices,
lSi salmon. l5e; smells, herring, houn-
GERS, rock cod and tom cod. SIC; Sound
q oysters, JOc per quart; Eastern, Morgan Eagle,
n ~ per can; crabs, AD25e each.
81 fouLIRi-Chiekens, 25c per h; turkeys, &c
N Per ID.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS
y During the past twenty-four hours goods and
= Eerchandise have been shipped from Seattle in
IL Ins following amounts: BY taii-Nortnern Pa
y enc, rs toas; Columbia Il Puget sound, AZ
81 Nrs; Seattle Lake shore K Eastern, i5l tons;
n Crest Northern, 50 tons By water-City OF
Il fasbla l,3D0 tons; j. K. Mcdonald, 20 tons;
II faget Sound and Alaska steamship Company's
Il oes, 80 tons. ANGELES. 30 tons; State OF Wash
81 ihgton, 20 tons: Cara Brown, IS tons; Multno-
81 Eah l5 tons: Yakima, - tons; Buckeye, tons.
VI 10al shipments, 2,06i tons.
VI MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS
q Ptoduce and merchandise have bean received
81 uthe port OF Seattle during the past twenty
III iaaf hours follows: By rait--Northern Pa
I'll enc, S2i tons; Columbia IL Puget Sound, %
Il eas Seattle. Lake Shore IL Eastern, 6s tons;
+ treat Northern, 6S tons. By water-Waila
. sala. 100 tous; W. T. Munroe, 50 tons: Puget
y s9and aud Alaska Steam hip CompanySs boats,
81 e tons: Clara Brown, II tons; Multnomah, 10
, wns, Mabel, tons. Total receipts, 1919 tons.