The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-05-13
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing. Hopkins 4 Company's Review
of Trade.

end of the crop, and with prosPeoss Aoi
an average crop of winter wheat very
poor. it is enough to warrant the main
tenancee of present values, and also
the prevalence of good prices for wheat
for the coming twelve months. How
high prices will 60 depends on three
things speculation, crop prospects,
and the war. There will be short
crop of winter wheat for the third con-
secutive year. The conditions are also
uncertain for as large an acreage OF
spring as was expected earlier IN the
season, owing to the wet weather and
the latenes of the seeding in some sec
tions. High prices, however, Will
stimulate farmers in the Northwest TO
get in as large an acreage as pos
sible. There has been a good deal
of seeding, but in the Red River valley
where large part of the crop is grown,
there is too much water to admit OF
early seeding. Kansas gives good
promise, but change for the worse
may come. The only things that can
injure the crop are hot winds and sand
storms. The outlook in California is
uncertain. Reports say that hot winds
have deteriorated the crop. Latest re-
ports from France and Russia are against
large crop of winter wheat, but Ill The
other foreign countries there is promise
of about an average yield. Stocks, how
ever, are low, and consumers will go
into the new crop with less then the
usual quantity.
Greece and Turkey are not important
factors as wheat growers, the former
raising 1900, 900 bushels, and the lat
ter "A, 900, 900 bushels. Bulgaria, Ser
via, Roumania, and Montenegro raise
1875, 900, 900 bushels. A liberal proper
ton of their crop is exported to the
continent. If Greece has navy Of
sufficient strength to prevent free ex-
port movement of wheat from these
countries, it might make great differ
ence in the supplies of the continent.
Market Quotations.
Portland, Or, May z, 1897.
Flour-Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, $500; Benton county and
White Lily, $500; graham, $40; SUI
perfne, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat-Walla Walla, 1907 4c; VAL
ley, 76c per bushel.
Oats-Choice white, 10000 per
bushel; choice gray, 37@39c.
Hay-Timothy, $14.O0@15.00 per
ton; clover, $11.5O@12.50; wheat and
oat, $12. SO per ton.
Barley-Feed barley, SIG. SO per ton;
brewing, $1S@19.
Millstuffs - Bran, $14.5O; shorts,
SIG. so; middlings, $26.
Butter-Creamery, 35c; dairy, 200
% nc; store, 171a @3Oc per roll.
PotatOes-Oregon Burbanks, 40 q SOC;
Garnet Chilies, 55@65c; Early Rose,
So 4Oc per sack; sweets, $2.75 per
Genital for MERGED; new potatoes, &c
per pound.
Onions-$2. 50@2.75 per GENITAL
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, 81. SOC
800; geese, $5.O0@7.00; turkeys, live,
1870; ducks, $4,000 500 per dozen,
Eggs-Oregon, 1Oc per dozen.
Cheese-Oregon, 11Hc; Young
America, 12Hc per pound.
Wool-Valley, 10 &c per pound; East
ern Oregon, 6@8c.
Hops-1c per pound.
Beef - Gross, top steers, $3. SO;
COWS, $2.25@3.O0; dressed beef, 40
&c per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.5O@3.75; dressed NUT
ton, &c per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice, heavy, $4,000
4.25; light and feeders, $2.50@3.0O;
dressed $4.5O@5.25 per cwt.
Veal-Large, 81 @4c; small, ~ @
5 per pound.
Seattle, Wash. May Z, 1897.
Wheat-Chicken feed, $28 per ton.
Oats-Choice, $23@24 per ton.
Barley-Rolled or ground, $40 per
ton.
Corn-Whole, $21 per ton; cracked,
$21; feed meal, $21.
Flour-(Jobbing)-Patent excellent,
$3.50; Novelty A, $3.50; California
brands, 81. 90; Dakota, 1886; patent,
Sc. 40
Millstuffs-Bran, $14.oo per ton;
shorts, $18.
Feed-Chopped feed, $500 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $50.
Hay-Puget sound, per ton, $1,000;
Eastern Washington, $15.
Poultry-Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 12c; ducks, Sc @6.50
Butter - Fancy native creamery,
brick, 1Sc; ranch, 14@16; California,
81.
Cheese-Native Washington, 12c.
egetables-Potatoes per ton, $1,000
OLA; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets,
per sack, Coo; turnips, per sack, 60c;
rutabagas, per sack, soc; carrots, per
sack, 4O@50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs,
$3.50; onions, per 100 lbs, $4.25.
Sweet potatoes-Per 100 lbs, 81. 90.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 1917 @14c.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beef,
steers, &c; cows, 61ac; mutton, sheep,
/ $40 per pound; lamb, &c; pork, SIC per
! pound; veal, small, SC.
| Fresh Fish - Halibut, 4L@5c;
salmon, 6@8c; salmon trout, 7@1Oc;
founders and soles, 3@4c.
Provisions-Hams, large, II a; hams,
small, 1134c; breakfast bacon, 1Oc; dry
salt sides, 614c per pound.
Fruits-Lemons, California, fancy,
81. 50@S; choice, s; Cal fornia fancy
navals, $3@3.5O.
San Francisco, May 2, 1897.
Potatoes-Salinas Burbanks, 9Oc@
81. 10; Early Rose, 600 roc; River Bur-
banks, 100000; sweets, $1.40@1 go
per GENITAL.
Onions-$2. 25@3.OO per GENITAL.