The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-06


TACOMA ..-...--......--.- l02,3J9 63 33,i5 723
The features OF the produce market during the
week were slight weakening in hay, a little de-
cline in barley and chicken feed wheat aud a
corresponding decline in bran and shorts and
ground feed. The potato market shows no in
clination to improve and large quantities are
being used for feed for stock The log marx ct
Is said to DO looking up on choice quality of lo-s
Inc loooing prices on grains and feed have
declined In proportion to those in the wholesale
market on like products. The competition in
the flour trade has resulted in bringing the
eperry brand down to s5.25 per barrel. Cured
meats are up Il cent per pound and lards hav
advanced n cent on the best grades and x cent
on compound. Vegetables and fruits remain
about tne same as they were. Liverpool salt
has advanced $50 per ton.
The following letter was received BY Frank
Haniord from George T. Myer, with reference to
the outlook for the salmon market this season.
Mr.. Myer is now in San Francisco
The salmon market is very quiet No sales
can pe enecied ior the coming packs. There are
Of Alaska salmon 100000 cases till unsold The
combine OF Alaska and Victoria packers having
agreed to only pack One-half as much as the
0uapd' on previous years, 1t was expected
river and bay packs. But il has not been so,
and consequently good many of the outside
river Gamers will not run their canneries this
season, as they cannot get advances from their
commission men. The time is passed in the
salmon business for company of men to nut
up eannery, and then on the strength OF hay
Ing plant, get money from commission mer-
chants The latter have to their cost found il
Will not pay The prospects for profits in can
ming salmon this year ara very poor, on account
OF the large stock now on hand, and, IL British
Columbia and Alaska Gamers turn out as they
expect, half pack, this will make stock
,,9ieientiy large to supply the world for year.
lower than we did last year, to come out even.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS
During the past twenty-four hours goods and
merchandise have been shipped from Seattle in
the following amounts: By rail--Northe Pa
ciie, 236 tons Columbia Puget Sound, 26 tons:
Seattle, Lake Shore e. Eastern, I54 tons; Great
Northern. % tons. By Water-Wasco, 20 tons:
Mabel, S. tons; Puget Sound and Alaska steam.
tons; Multuomah, IS tons; Henry Bailey, IL
tons; State of Washington, 10 tons Buckeye s
tons; Glide, tons. Total shipments, 727 tons
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS
Produce aud merchandise have been received
at the port OF Seattle during the past twenty
four hours as follows By rail-Northern Pa
cthc, 352 tons; Columbia & Puget Sound, 50 tons;
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern, 2SS tons; Great
Northern, los tons. By water-Puget Sound and
Alaska Steamship Company's boats, 25 tons;
Muitnomah, tons Total receipts, sos tons.
Today's Quotations.
The following wholesale quotations are the
prices paid by iobbers to the producers for pro-
duce delivered in Seattle:
WHOLESALE QUOTATIONS.
Haydn car load lots)-Puget sound timothy,
choice, slO@l2; poorer grades, SOLO
GRAIN-dn car load lots)-OaTs, choice, SIS;
seconds, slS(922; barley, s2l per ton; wheat
chicken feed, s3l per ton; corn, SIS; cracked,
MILLsTUFFs-Bran SIS; shorts. SCI
LIVE STOCk-Choiee beef cattle, &c; cows,
Sl3c; choice sheen, 5l2G534c; good hogs, 61Sc;
calves, live, large, &c: small, &c per ID.
POTATOES-Choice stock S7(Gol0 per ton.
BUTTER AND EGGs-Choice dairy butter,
20t92jc; fresh ranch eggs, 1sc.
POULrRY-spring chickens, si5Gg6 per doz;
hens. SGp6.50. Ducks, s6fG7. Turkeys, l2(DI4c.
HIDES AND sKINs-Heavy sailed steers over
5sibs, per ID, &c; medium, per n, 46e415e; light,
under &c Tbs, per H. sac: sailed Kip Sc, and calf,
per H. dc; green hides lie less than sal ted under
81 lbs, 92CGSc; dry hides. per ID Sc; dry elk, per
ib, StglOc; dry deer skins, summer, per ID, SOC;
win .er, 206D25c; sheep skins, 6atp75c; fun wool,
slGl %; wool, 12lgl5c per ID: taliow, 3l+tGSlfc.
LoGs-superior quality, per NJ, 1907; choice
cedar, $3.50; medium, per NJ, stS16: common,
per III, s5tGa.5o.
JoBBISe QUOTATIONS..
The following are the prices paid by dealers
for round lots delivered at the wharf, or the
iobbiug rates quoted by wholesale dealers:
sUGAR-(Jobbingl- Golden &C" in Dbl, per
n, sc: ID, in bbls or sacks, 4lsc: extra &C." in
hbl per ID, 4S4c; dry granulated, in Dbl, per ID,
Size In kegs each of the above ut &c advance
COFFEE-tJo bbing)-Green-Mo Mocha, per n,
poe; Java per IN. 2se; Costa Rica choice, per ID,
2ie; Rio, per ID 2Sc: Roasted-Arbuckle's, in
100 N cases per cwt, $2i40; G0-ib eases, per cwt
t2l50; So n eases, per cwt, 60; Mocha and
Java, 50th tin cans, per III, S2i2c; 80 and lOO-tb
sacks, S2lac; Java, 5o,ib tins, SIC; Alden Mocha,
Bic; peaberry blend, SIC; Guatemala, 2Se;
ground coffee. l7(G22e; Mokaska, I0O-ib cases,
81 40
sYRUps-Jobbiug)- bbls. per gallon,
kegs, per keg, sol92 Is: drips, gallon tins, rer
case, $3.50; drips, gallon tins, California, $40;
dtips, Navigation tins, per case, 1928: New Or
leans molasses, gallon tins, per case, Sc p; ma
pie, canada sap, gallon tins, per doz. sl3; Can
ada sap, mitigation tins. per dog, 500; Canada
sap, tive-gallon jackets, 81
tJobbng)-Liyerpool. 50-io sacks per
ton 81 so; American dairy So n sacks. per ton,
$40; Coast, background, 100 ID sacks, per ton.
US; 5o-fb sacks, per ton, sl4; Diamond Crystal,
2iSth cartons. ease; 81; SID sacks, II in bale,
bale. So
vINEGAR-(Jobhing) Barrels. so-gr., per gal,
ltc; to-gr. per gal, Ice; hali-oarreis 80 gr, per
gal, l6c; 40-gr., ISc; 5-gal. kegs, 9Oc.
PS-tJohbingl--seattie savon, 20s, 7Sc:
ZOOS. s365; Electric, 20s. sl02 loOs 90 10; kirSs
YORK 20s SIC: Ions, $40; White Russian, 20s,
esc: los. .ih5; Babbitt's best, 2as. 81 05 zoos,
&75; Proctor Il CANDLES ivory, Aus, $3.50; zoos,
y; CASTLE, white or mottled. lee per 10
DRIED FRUITS Gobbingl Aprlcots, oiesched,
SMYRNA, per 10, e0c: peaches, eyaporaied, per 10,
FsGl0c; plums. pit,ed, per ID, oGl0c; apples,
6Ssaehed, per N. HsOc; prnnes' Msshing'qn'
sl.'Sd4 per box; l. NJ, 81 25Gl65; seedless sui
tanAs SL7a.
CANNED VEGETABLES-( Jobbingl -Toma-
toes, p = ID cans per doz. sl.l5; tomatoes, gal
Ions per dog, s&25; Blair corn (new), sl.25; VIM
slow corn, per dog, sLS5; owl. SIS per doz'
sugar peas. California. per doE sl2Jtl 20; string
beans, per dog. sl.15; Lima beans, per doz, Sllo;
boston baked beans, per dog, g. %: mushrooms,
per dcL, S145; French peas, per doZ, 80
CANNED FRUIrS-TABLE-tJob biue) - As
sorted, per daz Sltdt2 %; aprlcots. per doz' y;
hlsck berries per doz, s. So; Bartlett pears, per
doz s. white cherries, per dog, - %; black
Cherries per doz, s. IS; peaches, California, Per
uoa y; strawberries, per dog, S26o; currants,
Per dor, 80. grapes, per doz $40; ptums, per
CoE, SLl5- Eoo>eherries, per doz, sl.sui raspher-
res, per Ioz. $1-5: piueapplcs Johnson's), per
doz 8 PiE-Assorted, in gallon cans, per doz,
Gt1G o1i ~ 10 tins, per doz, sll*9L-1'
peaches. as aooye. S. 81; apricots, sl.29; bIack-
berries, in . n tins per doz, $3.50; currants, gai-
Ion cans, per Goz. St25, piums. gallon cans, per
ddos 50. "s 70 TINS, per doz, s. p; apples,
= " TINS, per dog, 81 p, gallons, S2J1' grapes,
- % tlu~ per dog, Sl.25
JELAlE>-. JOhAing)- 50 rs each, ali
A'LdS, pcr n. &c, santa Clara, N cans, doz III
case Fer tol Sl75
COMBINED K-Jobbingl-Eagle. per
case, s.. t.rsg fr.ze, $50. Highland. unsweet-
ehed, So IS. Valley, $50. standard, $50; aoa-
Zoe, ID. weeieued $40; Champion. so.15' Eeon-
CHOCOLATE Job6inr)-Bsker's IAN Pre-
MUM, 81 &C; III Eagle, 31lsc; star, l2-io boxes,
CoCoA-.Jo bbingl-Epps', IN tins, IAN
boxes i-c, Bakers n b 'xes, iat; Van HoIien =,
IN IN SIC. IN tins, s0c; an tins, 81; 3sD