The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-21
MARKETS AND TRADE.
THE SEATTLE MARKETS.

The condition OF Saturdays market ga
not ctfsr from that Of Friday. Prices re-
NAMED the same. Strawberries sold for 81.
though few choice crates went for 81 =.
kaspSerries ara expected IL the market
this week This item from the New What
com Blade wiii De of interest 20 the read
eFS OF these columns in view Of the fact
mat the question of whether or nos there
VIII De an advance in the price o. cream
cry butter has been much discussed:
I'ae price OF butter. il is thought, will
advance before a great while ana in con-
sequence some OF tn. stockholders in the
New WAstcom creamery will put their
butter IN cold storage. The remainder.
ae1Ve whai Is used for home consumption,
VIII be sold To Seattle parties as usual.
The managers have sent TO Chicago for
4 prepared tinfoil, and will Try the ex-
pertinent Of putting up butter in air-signt
packages OF this kind Tor shipment TO for
eiS1 markets. Several firms in California
are putting up butter in cans. just as
peaches or salmon are canned. The pro-
cess ~ big success. and they have shipped
great quantities thus prepared TO Alaska,
Wnere II Is taken into the interior and sold
al fabulous prices. The butter remains
Treatment"
Jobbins Quotations.
The following were the jobbing quota
lions OF wholesale dealers yesterday:
sugar. Flour and Coffee.
;, Sugar oobbing, -liolden &C. In bois. per
70, i7se; extra &C, in bbls. per 10. 4s.c;
esse; powdered. 57sc. spot cash prices
Flour. etc. Oobbsnz)-Patent Excellent,
49,. Novelty A. sf.so; California brands.
s sS.,s g 90; .grailam, per Dbl 8. or
boil 81 Or i5is es packs s"' sc p asa'' es sst
rsiied neat oa- per per DD 6 :so pS Som any PEI
.wt 2.25: cracked wheat. per cwt, sa-.5;
a ad wheat, s. 90 per case. whole wheat
SACKS r. is sox:s ps se sp St'y peas. per
loe-fb lacks &C. 25-rb boxes. Sc. corn
neal. yellow. los si,5o:. 5os. sl.$s: white,
3 ss s I kse. SIS US; faxed homihs' eeis'
CO Coffee oob6nSsl- Grssn-Moeha. per n,
ia i, per 10. 4 Eos sis q Arr. ;
per cwt. Sis.2s: 5G-fb cases. peg cwt. $iS35;
Java, :9-fb tins, per n. ssc; sacks, SIC:
mala &c Ground una cotfee S, a2le i fxon. los
si3.b; COS si3.eS. 3ss. $l3.ss.
Meats. Provisions and Fish.
Fresh Meats 0obbingl-Cow beef eqSizc.
steer beef. &c per n: mutton. 6ueisc per
II. pork. 65txc per 10 veal. e&z3c per fh
Provisions dobbing)-H Hams, large, los.c:
hams. small. lie: breakfast bacon, sizc;
dry salt sides. 6ixc.
Fresh Fish Uohbsng, -Halibut. sl4a4izc;
ai24fc; slies. 3i1c. rock cod. &c; black
bass. SC; perch. 3hsdsc; mountain trout.
l2t.pt Sc, s1fir!lpS. IC,
Butter, Cheese, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter - Ranch. sQI3c; Washington
Cheese sjohbing)-Nasive Washington,
loQllc: California full cream. SC.
Poultry tiobSingJ Chickens. loQ11c: live
weight = dressed chicke IL. 12isc.
Vegetables md Fruit.
Potatoes UobtHng)--Natiye stock SO;
YaksmaS, Sl24Is, sweet potatoes, &C per N.
Vegetables Oobhing)-Native peas, &c:
rhaharb. fi7c; native asparagus. l2iec per
10. cabhages. $3.50 per hundredweight
new California onions. lac: beets,
SIS per sack: carrots. $l-26: lettuce. 10c
per doz: cucumbers hothouse. 100000 doz;
dollhouse Tomatoes. &c per ID.
Green Fruits Cooblngt-i.emcn fancy
California 3U3.5o; selects. 2.aNi3: new
California apples siGl.2 per box; bananas.
S5u2.5o, oranges fancy seedlings. s. 5oa,S
choice. 81 25qJ2 30; fancy Valencias. 50 p;
native strawberries. 3fM1 IS: gooseberrie
&c; cherries. .54t s5c per box.
Hay, Grain and Feed.
Hay 0obbing)-Puget sound. per ton,
ST., Eastern Washington timothy. $lSuI7;
California si3: alfalfa ST..
Oats uobhngt -s1l&,22
Barley uobbins)-Rolied or ground. per
ton. 80.
SEQ
Asillstufrs tjobblng)-Bran. per ton, sl4:
shorts. per ton. SIS.