The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-29
MARKETS AND TRADE

sesttse. Dee. =. -.
Exchanges a. che Seattle. Tacoma ana
Portland clearing houses today were:
Geara1ces. 5s.srees-
Seattle ....... .-.......s546 81 Is se1fE IS
-ae1na ....-..- $500. ~s'ss@ 1ss4 -
Portland -....-.. $780, 49, % G e. % -
Christina. trade cs0seSz more proxsisanx-
II th2a r b@gaE ard now -Aare - re-
lzpsa Hardy any reaswe5 activity -
srg@eted 10 21sead New Years TSaszs
are several soEs~ WHY tlgas should be
50. bills Of goo6s bought Ssgweer row
and New Years wSgia have % be paid
for CT January /, While - waiting Zwo
Or fares days is-er TIA oI4 wSGl6 not
become due uasfl February ! Another
reason - tEa1 az merchants a. the last
OF tbs year Try 20 get their stocks down
a. Eow as possible when she tavosce OF
goo1s On land Is taken
Movement in grain has been very nEht
during D@>e1rasr Thus far 80 cars have
GORE II. . being oals ard the remainder
wheat This does nc include water snip
meats, which. reGs1cse 10 eaTss would
make about 60 There were also Is. DO
sacks OF BARLEY, o. scoEr 50 cars. from
California THIS big rot came Up Daring
a tine In the sAst TWO weeks when farm
era On sae Sound we're Ao41lag hack tAalr
k1zTsey. To-day sevsr cars os wheat came
81 The heaviest receipts fer q single day
we're - cars on D@cenTceT II. Since then
Tire record kept - Deputy State Grain
InspsetoT Gao@l sslows the r1eeip. OF cars
Deeexnber II. : cars. December IS, u cars.
December "a S cars. Decs<nosr =: cars.
December Is and cars December IS.
There have been I.oSr2I shipnsSnts OF oats
60 San Francisco.
The Inspector believes Ira. fully 65 per
csns OK tie last ye&r's wheat crop has
been sold OFT OF the hands or Individual
oWnsrs. most OF IL Tor export The reala In
.ng s. per cent Is In the hands Of farm
crs. country banks ana merchants. II this
E,e the case and wheat continues 20 go out
Ia such = proportion IL would seem posss
be that before tire next crop this coan-
try would need 10 import wheat for IT'S
own use. The Elilsnsn say there is little
fear u t1is, ss the high price OF wheat
and -four Tor foreign trade ana the guam
tity of On being used instead of wheat
for feed Srsn lap over tn the next season.
Milling faeat Is quoted as little of at
sac for \ .. club. and SO for blue stem,
buG whe6 1t comes 70 an actual purchase
il Is f0tnd that only q few are stocked
W and their price must be paid.
Bran md shor ss<GreN Eesksning trife.
Hay is howilSa stropger tendency. es-
peo.aliy feassN the mountain hay. Oats
hold firzn former qlJbtat4ons No chick
en- feed \ gat from sest OF the mountains
Is oGeriA There IS some Puget sound
wheat. bA Ii has 70 dem%ad. Corn con-
tinues To os~<as, Gyorite feed. This Is the
first time in many years that corn has
stood lower than chicken feed wheat. The
nearest approach TO the present situation
was three years ago. when the TWO grains
stood at a parity
Fresh ranch eggs are tobbing at 54SSle
per dozen Dealers are paying 2s@Esec TO
producers. A car CT Eastern eggs arrived
today and was quoted at $50 &c The mar
ket ~ easy.
With the Decline OF the butter market
IN the East and California a falling of |.
expected here. The market Is easy at
present quotations
A general rise OF &c per pound will be
made In meats about January /. Higher
quotations are already being made by
come wholesale neat dealers.
Apples are weak with no change in
prices. Fancy naval oranges are quoted
a. 1926 per box; choice. s.. A large ship
ment of Japanese oranges were received
today. They sold well at 81 per box. Yak
ina spuds are lobbing at <l7Gis per ton.
Local dealers find II cheaper TO bring po-
tatoes from California than pay the price
demanded by growers IN this state. There
were some dollhouse ushrooms on the
market today at COG per pound.
Only three changes are noted this week
on groceries Condensed milk, Eagle
brand. has fallen OF from s7.7s 10 $3.50.
Peanuts. both raw and wasted. have
risen lc