The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-27
o1IS Up OR DOWN.
- Men Talk Of the Condi-
tien Of the Market
- SUPPLY NOW ON HAND.
= . scarcity Contanus % -
cvsuiassd, and Are - Onsa
Denied.

- = - country tnat ~ mas DscH tSohn
.-ss6I1e 70 arrive at the true state OF
l1...- II b rather significant Tact
~ - Hesjers who have been psed,ct
- IA price have gradually dis
~ = ohebr oats within the past lew
-. q he prices which now prevail.
s....sA q holding for the rise
- nays stated as sure 70 come.
ly.-s~ taye been very light for some
~ - and the price has been nfm
~ = wusrd tendency. As mas been
's.sss = he Geographic reports, the
- = oess IN San Francisco nas aa-
..-~.1 - n the last -four days. Win
~ = thFowfng as much hgnt as posa-
~ = - osf situation. several or the
- agunisent grain dealers we're m
~ 80 . the subject yesterday:
-. Guthrie x Co. while not seep-
= -1r0ru1ssiy In touch with the oat
se psosnty purchased between s.vo
~ r. sneks for OUTSIDE snipmsnt.
- nnn1ng Inquiries AMONG the sraih
- -. IN made the purchase IA tne
~ -s-sss galley. This naturally gave
- r - inpression that tney touna
- y 80 or stocks 20 low In Seattle
~ - ganted. A number Of farm
-, through the Post-fnteiiigen-
~ ns,four. Guthrie h Co. were In
ss.s fer oats, sent letters to that
>Ssrane vhat they had on hand.
"a tre1ers III came after the lot had
~. 1911 IN Oregon and the company
-. - 1900 IN the market for oats.
- q ~ iots offered were small ones
s-7 ~rr1A not have been accepted.
sSn@ - sss looking for line Of oats
1n ene1a Ne would want IL all from
- - "A Of uniform quality" said
4 e51-raL -. Of Baifour, Guthrie & Co.
- 1S1l1 eertainly not wish TO pick up
49, 49, here and there. An effort 10
- ~ naeket vas founded on the fact
49, - - inquired for oats. l do not
- - narket closely enough TO have
:. Srl1oo abeut the scarcity. but think
- cSof DO know tina, there are quito
= ~ - remaining In the country.
~ - several letters from different
- Fl - country offering me lots Of
~ a. psrty wrote from New What
-, s6uG1ne son sacks. He held them
Al ! s1kss stiR price"
3 cnee:n. manager Of J. Q. Adams .
"a. -: SAN Of our advices Indicate
,bsi - nsrket IL very Arm. with an up
vsrf IonHpcy. We think the country Ia
nr.c1lnony cleaned out. We have sold
ous evGy rncb Of oats We had and do not
\ no9 Z any large stocks. We are now In
,he uorhes Tor oats. As far as We can
ind o1f IN correspondents east Of the
moun1o1na. IL stocks there are very much
$780,. ~ Ne do not think an advance
OF 40 uould bring any large quantities
10 a. coc4iep. We will pay sls Per ton
foe ~ feed cat. and SIS for a good
milln6 ~
HI. Dsvsrdus. Of Lilly 4 Bogardus.
sail: m oat question ixn't going sky
kieh ~ take It along At the time the
farneg1 ~ seeding and there In invar-
iabiy ! mnscity. The farmers are too
busy = ok Of shipping. but the cats be-
Gin d oome In As soon as the seeding sea-
son \ M. East OF the mountains oats
are eomll9 IN and we are buying them of
nro1gs fbf tli.D and SIS per ton. During
The ~ two weeks We have been buying
can = The Oats At 81. TO sis. the latter be-
~ ~ top figure. We have now on hand
oetwesa e.9oo and 1900 sacks OF oats.
Ihefs Are still several small lots left back
= ne farmers hands. Chop feed is the
nain thing. anyway. We are now using a
soluble allowance OF barley In chop feed
an4 half the quantity OF oats. as the
Dsje>e On the two are so nearly equal. We
~ Nl0 per ton here for barley and si4
~ satA NH feed Ia very scarce because
- n!lls III over the country have shut
0essys J. Wiley said: 1--WE do not look
~ ~ material advance on oats. Up to
nb este We have been aole to get all tho
eats ~ could buy and more. too. We es-
1ae1 that there are u.oo sacks of oats
= mfee lots at Samish. abou, 1o.oco sacks
a ~ Ia Conner fats. and about the
sAne amount at skagit river points. With
shs storage oats that ase here and those
coming N from east of the mountains, We
nsfdv zee how there can be any very
gfsaf shortage Oats are worth as much
mere today Is they are in San Francisco.
and consequently the fact OF their going
W N price there Is but natural. Tacoma
y veh supplied by large shipments from
neN. which are now In storage waiting
paSsn We are now cleaned up. and II
- aaucipatsd q scarcity would be quick
sse several large lots we know OF on
J. Lehman. Of Lehman Bros. who
~ anonf the most steady handlers OF
sss n this city. thinks the alleged scar
~ N oats exists principally In the
@ae'ne'ior OF those who. having large
s -. On hand. wish 10 bull the market.
mo crop from east OF the mountains
sos seem 10 be figured on" ne said
."s6my There VIII be plenty of oats
}" ens nom there 10 make up any de-
ns'soey. and they viii not be held at A
nsn pf'ce Tho crop OF the coming sea-
20 WI Undoubtedly be a large one, and
a-ss are probably enough oats Ia scat
IN Ns On the fats to tide US over until
~ september, when the new oats will
e7 me market. We have had no trouble
- 1'ng eftween 5000 and 40a sacks
- % hand and have made no effort
~ IVY ahsaf, as there has always been
=. 80 enough in sight to keep cur stock
NE standard The stocks on the
!. ~ N such scattered quantities that
Impossible 20 estimate how many
- here are altogether"
.s1e are undoubtedly a lot o, rem
- On The na,s." said d. II. Van. OF
- .'ue Cereal Company. ''as the farm
,tss hold small lots for seed. and
o.. 1e probably some tsillngs beside.
ws... ~ selling at sii per ton CT the
ffrseas. OF the Del Monte Mliling
49,. o. San Francisco. said under
49,, ~ xav 1 IN letter to George ]. W.T.
~, ciffcalt to tell what the pros
| 80. W eats. ] really cannot sec much
10 ~ them 70 DO much BETTER. as the
w.. Fspscts seem 90 b. good every
w.ss, w course. later on this fan the
i ~ s'ee crop might be Injured by
ssss !. .aSn would make quite a alffer-
c,s.s..,ss perss on the barley c-1r here arc
ss - some claim that the crop Is
~ 49, - vale others ciaim that IL IS. In
Il f...raoa Ne Will have a fair crop. but
sr.ss sek for better prsees oar export
d. - e.esing barley Is increasing all
enc -. We shipped more last year than
~. s.s'e OF course. SUPPOSE the low
r.. "a something 20 % WITH that Ru,
81 -. rraseusble price am salts.
VI = SHIPMENTS MI be large. This
w ,s,s ssssfss, refuse the ar,oun, 81 har.
vi, So 80 WI be available fer feed and
m 80 49, We price q hartley HIGHER. oats
era j .are 20 some extent. unless the
szs !, ~ ~ Saall he 50 great tina, the pres.
Ass,>ss ~ vii hsiss he rrlce 81 MS ana
rstss, 'sres 'egetae- Than heretofore.
vi = e me waoie. l IMAGINE. that cats
u - nrwaat better IN ,he latter nar,