The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-18


night with two forces. The steamer |
Tnooma. sailing from this port tomOr-
row morning for the orient, will carry !
a heavy shipment OF -four from this |
plant. The bulk OF the vessels cargo |
OF 5000 tons viii be Washington -four
The 81. Paul & Tacoma lumber mill !
within the last two Weeks put on o
night force and II now running q hours
daily. A short time ago the day hands
put In several hours extra time each
evening, but the pressure of orders
demanded the increased crew There
are hye lumber ships AZ the company's
wharf loading for Tahiti. Australia and
other Pacific ocean points. Other yes
sells are en route.
The big Tacoma lumber mill II run
ming full blast in the day time and two
hours extra at night. Nine vessels
including one steamship are loading
there for Europe. Australia, South AZ
rica and other countries
The Hnl Cereal Company has been
forced to run its mill day and part Of
the night for the las; three weeks. For
the last few days Il has occasionaliy
run all night to keep up with orders.
The Cascade Cereal Company is hard
pressed for time and steadily operates
far into the night,
One year ago there was but one
cereal mill in the Sound country That
was the old Cascade Oatmeal MIL Now
two cereal mills are running here and
a third one Is in operation in Seattle.
All are Of the same capacity practical
ly, and all are about equally hard
pressed to supply orders
The leading staple produced by the
cereal mills. which Is rolled oats. is
steadily advancing in price all over the
country. Within the last week II has
jumped up a dollar barrel in Tacoma,
The market Is firm and the tendency
strongly upward. The advance Is a
natural result Of light cat yield over
the states In general. The price Of
oats In the Puget Sound market has
gone up $3.50 a ton within the last sew
on days and the tendency is favor
able for further rise Quotations on
prices paid the farmer now are from
$3.50 TO yieS0 ton, which is 81 more
than at any time last year The gen
cral crop shortage does not apply to
the Sound district On the contrary
the yield has been very heavy and the
fortunate growers are in clover,
Every section is being drained OF oats
10 supply the established markets
California is buying large quantities of
the Sound product. Last year large
quantities Of oats were stored in ware
houses In Seattle and Tacoma until
late in the spring. None are now in
storage al these ports and prospects
are there viii be none. Receipts of
oats at Tacoma since october l have
been 1900 sacks. half Of which are for
milling purposes and the other half for
feed Puget Sound oats. the grain in
spectors say. are not so plump in the
berry this year as last, owing to dry
weather The absence Of rains has pre-
cluded the possibility Of staining and
they are as bright as dollar.
The Grocery World says: THE price
OF rolled oats has advanced sharply of
late, going up in less than month
from $2.S5 and $3.50 to sS.25 and $3.50
for first to seconds. 1t is said that
this years cat crop will be 20O,0OO00O
bushels short as compared with last
seasons harvest. over 100000. Accord
ing to this the man who said that the
use OF bicycles would advance the price
OF oats because they made the bicyclist
so hungry that they made up for the
loss on horses appears TO have builded
better than he knew
The Touring mills are taking the
great part OF the states yield Of blue
stem wheat for milling purposes. Club
is about the only grain being shipped
crude.