The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-23
THE SEATTLE Markets.

~ S1EEz< improvement II al INES OF
trads marked the opening O. the week
Wholesale business Is quite brisk IN gro
cEFtss, hay and grain, and the S09kssrS and
commission men are hopeful for sncreas-
Ing llyelinexs from this tine on Ine
uoath 50 far naS been unusually duh,
doubtless on account OF the continued bad
we4tner. VITA the actual opening or
spring everybody looks ros better trade.
Five Thousand bushels OF California bar
ley were received today oy Lilly. Bogar-
cus 4 Co. per oarkeEtine Catherine sud
den Prices are holding Up In all lines
carried % teis t.rna. and very fair spring
The use Yakima potatoes are being
gradually cleaned I'D, and another ship
ment 81 the same stock mas already been
ordered So far as Is publicly known the
cut has not been met b. other dealers. bat
II "a fact that some % them were sell
Ing potatoes yesterday. II could Tot %
learned whether former prices were SCI
cured. or WHISTLER the reduction had been
privately agreed TO.
As was predicted. poultry Is well cleaned
w. and the farmers will get good prices
nor any shipments sent In this week.
Jo5o~rs and commission men think that
an unfair advantage Is beng taken over
them oy some OF the retail dealers who
are selling eggs at 10 cents a dozen. This
Is exactly the price paid 20 the farmers.
but the retailers make an edge By paying
the prod ucer ia trade The pr0flt sccrues
other hand the job0eT. 10 make any profit
at all. has 10 advance his eggs to II cents
The net result 70 the farmer Is practically
the same whether ne gets his 10 cents In
c.Asn or IN trade. yet IL IS plain TO see
that the trade proposition II likely 70
cause undue depression Ia prices, which
must ultimately work injustice to the pro-
Queer.
Jobbing Quotations.
The following are the jobbing quota
uons or wholesale dealers today:
sugar, Flour and Coffee.
-. -
70. sc: extra &C. IN bbls.. per 10, CSC:
dry graduated. in bills. per Id, 4ssc. cube.
&c. powdered, &C: spot cash prices
Fleur. etc. Coobsng1-Patsnt ExceAent.
ss.ss' snekwheat -four, per Dbl. 49, per
cH, Stoyd. graham, per bon. aZS. or
ty-ib sacks. =. 70 per cwt: rye hour. Per
Dbl. SO. or Io-lb sacks. s2.5o per ewt;
rolled oats. per Dbl. as5af75: hominy, per
ehi. ESQ. cracked wheat. per cwt, 80.
TAXED wheat. s. IS per case; whole wheat
ssek.. &c e s-o boxes pea e. split PEAS per
meal. yellow. los ii7S; 5os. SIS; white.
!, ,s.; US S.s. SIS; faxed hominy. oois'
Coffee Gob5ingl-Green--M Mocha. per 10.
&c; Java, per 10. 29c; Costa Rica, choice.
per 10. PC. Roa sted-Arbuckle's In loo-to
VAS; ss-lb cases. per cwt. s1t.S; Java.
go TINS. per 10, sc: sacks, Sac Adeh
Mocha, are: Csracola. &c: Guatemala.
&c: ground coffee. 2aa724ixc; Lon. lvos'
sIi-es ti's. 81 20. 36s. SiSS.
Meats. Provisions and Fish
Fresh Meats-(Jo bbing)- Choice dressed
peer e1@I7e per lb; mutton, &c per l re.
sc per Is. 81 ''' '''A' " p'' "
Provisions Oobbingl-Hams. large. Ike;
hains, small. ut9e; breakfast bacon vac
Fresh Fish Oobbsngl-HalFout. 4af5c;
% founders sl2qie: soles. SIC: rock cod, &C.
geon. saso; mountain trout. 12ls9lse.
Butter, Cheese, Eggs and Poultry.
Bu,ter-Ranch. i4gl7c: Ellensburg and
other Washington creameTies. 2-fD prints.
z6c; Iowa creamery. sc.
Cheese Oobbingl-Native Washington,
Eggs-(Jobhing)-Fresh ranch. lie.
Poultry Oobhingb-Chickens large spring,
sesoas.2s; old chickens. ssa5.50. or e9ioc
dressed chickens. i24c: turkeys. lie.
Vegetables and Fruit.
Potatoes Oobbing)-Native stock. sl5ge
l6.50. Yakimas, sls.5ourI.s0,
Vegetables GObpingt -Cabnages. Cali
fornls Us per swt; onions, onions new w yellow.
beets, O0c per sack: carrots. 4oc;
celery 2t@s41r per doz. lettuce. dollhouse,
3SQtoc per dog; green onions. ac per dog.
California. s39325; selects. So: apples.
new. 75cafslso per box. bananas, $l.5ou2:
oranberries, s. per box, or s. per Dbl.
orsnges-Nagels. fancy. x3Q3s0. choice.
s2s593; fancy seedlings, g.; choice, sl-So.
Hay, Grain and Feed
Hay Cobhing)-puget sound. per ton.
sSnu; Eastern Washington timothy. si3;
mixed, 81 80: straw. s.; alfalfa, s1Ql2
Oats Cohblrgl-Rolled or ground, S24.
BARLEY Cobblngl-Rolled or ground, per
ton si9
Corn-whoie. SIS; cracked. s1s: feed
meal, $40
Mlllstuns Uobhingb-BraB. per ton.
sl4 shorts. per ton. SIS.
Feed tjob6ingD-C Chopped feed si5aIs per
ton. nitdlngS, per ton, SS42i: oil cake
neal rer tan fen