The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-19

TRADE AND SHIPPING.
snraying the Only Thing That
Will Save the Hops.
ceNeRAL CONDITION OF MARKET
.....,. Jobbers Getting Territory Away
r. SAN Francisco Jobbers-An-
other Jump in Cured Meats.
TIDES AT SEATTLE HARBoR TODAY.
HI6H WATER Low WATER.
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AT PORT TOWNSEND.
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pm. sv rr,r "a 100,
Exchanges at Seattle, Tacoma and Portland
clearing houses today were:
Cgeordnces Balances.
c..,.,a ......... S2i1,66S az $60569 o.
F fois, aa............ 10000 e6 29,32I o6
prsn and shorts are stifiening up again in re-
.nonse 10 the upward tendency in the San Fran
.sseo market There ere some inquiries for new
hs,ley and new hay. The recent rains have de-
Isved the having SO that it will probably be
nearly month yet before any new hay comes in.
Oats are very firm and corn is not very plentiful
An the dealers have little corn, SO there is
enough TO meet the immediate demand, but not
much more.
REGARDING the situation in the hop market
and the outlook for the coming crop, Phil Neis
yesterday said:
and prices are very low-in fact there is no mar
Yet Az for The coming crop, | find that there
are no lice in the yards in which the vines have
been sprayed twice. 1t killed them. But in the
yards in which no spraying has been done there
are plenty lice Therefore the only thing for
farmers TO do is to keep spraying The most
effective solution for spraying is six pounds Of
whale oil soap and seven and one-half to eight
mounds OF Quassia CHRIS dissolved in 100 gal
IONS OF water The chips are boiled in por-
ton OF the water and the soap dissolved in an
other portion. The tea from the chips is then
mixed with the remainder OF the water in the
tank and the soap water added
The jobbing trade opened up for the week
with good degree Of activity yesterday except
In the feed line which 10 little dull The price
Of cured meats has been advanced another
notch, quotations for home smoked hams rang
ing from l6l5 to II cents. 1t is interesting to
speculate as to what price cured meats can be
advanced before the people will stop using them
and begin eating poultry. The market is well
supplied with fruits OF all kinds with the ex-
Il oh
Cherries are abundant and cheap, but will sson
begin getting scarce, the season being almost
past few California grapes came in and sell
ct % cents per pound or 81 per box. There are
also some California prunes, the first of the sea-
son They sell at 20 cents per pound or 81 rs per
box
C. II. Lilly, who has just returned from trip
10 San Francisco, says that with the large
wholesale dealers there seattle is the only city
north OF Portland that they seem to take auy
interest in. He was told by several jobbers
there that Seattle merchants were gradually
getting their trade away all through Washing
ton, east of the mountains as well as ON the
Sound; that their trade kept growing less and
less, while the Seattle jobbers kept constantly
increasing.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.
During the past twentv-four hours goods and
merchandise have been shipped from Seattle in
the following amounts: BY rail-Northern Pa
cifc, 40 tons; Columbia and Puget Sound, 40
tons; Great Northern, 40 tons. By water
J. K Mcdonald, 75 tons; Puget Sound d Alaska
steamship Companv's boats, 35 tons; State of
Washington, 80 tons; Multnomah, 20 tons; An
eeles, % tons: City of Quincy, % tons; Buckeye,
tons Total shipments. 705 tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS.
Produce and merchandise have been received
q the port OF Seattle during the past twenty
four hours as follows: BY rail-Northern Pa
cifc, $50 tons Columbia & Puget Sound, 20
tons; Great Northern, % ems BY water
J. K Mcdonald 90 tons Puget sound & Alaska
steamship Company's boats. 30 tons; Multno-
nah, tons; Fairhaven. tons; Angeles. I tons.
TOTAL receipts, l,767 tons.