The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-08
THE SEATTLE MARKETS.

THE SEATTLE MARKETS.
The strawberry market vas as weak
Opened In fhe morning berries were seis-
rag a. 81 a crate, and ia the evening tney
were DOWN as low as q cents n SOP OF
GA n1s eon1fsson- They cana from s.cry-
where, and the commission .neE c2ks1 nof
~ anything against tie aua11y. But
Could nor understand way they received
E1cl syw prices for their product. There
= no doubt mat tha market = 50 flooded
tnat the supply by Tar exceeds the de-
iaana. Even the low prices OF yesterday
Old not tend 40 cause any great safes
X tns terry market Is TO be DeLteFeA N
Only one way to DO j.. and tina. Is tc snip
ITEM East That b what Hlxson & Co, the
gaS coz.sss2ssscs1 men, propose TO do. IL
they can get eTio3gr fine berries they Will
eeI41 car Load East on THURSDAY. II tne
ssap!nsnt Is made the berries VIII SO 20
81 PAU, where they viii De handled BY
Northwest Unless sufficient nFSt-class
LSfTsszs GAG lie secured the Car Will nos so
East TWO years have passed since the
experiment waa tried All It is said that
IL " as not a great financial glbccess. The
Drrfls4s, however, We're not as caref Jay
ssstscxeG as 1asy will be this time But
there are otner risks involved. The ber-
E1ts VIII have 10 compete 10 some extent
1iia the berries OF the ST. Paul market.
Then. too. there viii be a risk of the Der
res Io& getting 20 St. Paul as soon ~ they
mint IS considerable. The car must be
1o1GflfuEy supplied vita tee and con-
Siderable lumber must be purchased IN or
Ger TO prepare the car. car VIII mold
Ns crates but II fo8 can be secured the
shipment VIII be made. 1t Is claimed that
ii but 40 or 800 are brought forward the
expense or shipping would be too great I'd
warrant the experiment. Hixson & Co.
stated yesterday that they We're inter
viewing berry men and expecte2 that
those who had not been seen would be IN
fne city today or tomorrow. II they ara
willing to go into the combination the car
WEI undoubtedly leave Thursday. II the
shipment to ST. Paul Is made IL VIII un-
doubtedly .stiTen the local market and
berries viii not stay as low as al present..
IL Eastern shipping proves success "
win oe great thing for perry growers OF
cltlsson need be reached, and that - that
goo many berries are being raised i'll the
NoiFnweSt.
CFeamery butter took a jump OF cent
yesterday. The increase IS due 10 the fact
that some OF the creamerias are storing
butter for the winter, and that considera-
bic cheese Is being made. one Eastern
w aShtigton creamery has been shipping
butter 10 the city al a much lower inquire
than Ii has received for its butter in spo-
Kane and other points east. The cream
cry Gid this in order to hold Its Seattle
trade. fearing that prices in Spokane and
other eastern points might drop. feSter-
stated that II Was getting Is cents for It's
butter and would not be able 10 ship any
TO Seattle at the price il had been receiv-
Ing. The months Of May and June are the
best OF the year for storing butter. as the
feed during those months Is in the best
condition. Some OF the creamer1es do not
care whether they sell much or not at the
present tifhe. BY storing they not only get
a good supply on hand for winter, when
the price Is better, but they keep up the
present price.
Jobbinx Quotations.
The following were the jobbing quota
lions OF wholesale dealers Saturday:
Sugar, Flour ana Coi,ee.
Sugar Oobbingl-Golden SCI in bbIs. per
10. ilsc: extra &C. in bbis. per Id, Assc;
dry granulated In bbls. per 10. 5isc: cube.
6isc; powdered. Csc; spot cash prices,
neo; Novelty a. a.So: California brands.
sews. ss,7504; graham. per Dbl. 81, or
bhi' s.. ' or io-is s P Sacks S~ sass per cyt.
rye meal, per Dbl, $3.7s; per cwt. 81;
rolled oats. per Dbl. s49i.5o; honiny.. per
faxed wheat. $50 per case; whole wheat w. q,
flour. per cwt. $2.25: pearl barley. l"-lo
sacks. &c; s-in boxes Sc: split peas per
meal: yellow. los, $50: SOS. sl-25: white.
jos, $50: 90. sl.is: faxed hominy. bhis.
Coffee uobbingl -Green-Mocha. per II.
choice. per h. 2ac Roasted Arbuckle's.
IN loo-fh cases. per cwt. Ns1s; 6-b GASES,
Java, Sob tins per 10. 35c; sacks SIC;
Alden Mocha. s7i5c; Caracola, 271ac: Guate-
M L. 2 s .roand eoffse ssaae; Lion ls
Meats. Provisions and Fish.
Fresh Meats 0obbing)--Cow beef, shc;
steer beef. &c per III: mutton. 6l.c per
10 pork. sizc per 10 veal si&c per 10.
Provisions 0obning)-Hasns. large. lossc;
I'm tx.-a h. aSA hRsN
dry salt sides. 6lac.
Fresh Fassi Oot,6Ing, -sis4iisc:
salmon. e81c; salmon TROUT. SC; nonndiers,
bass. Sc: perch. 3isafsc: mountain trout.
l2ls9l5c. shrimps. l0c.
butter. Cheese. Eggs and Poultry.
Butter - Ranch. 9qt2c: Washington
creaIns Ties, 2-'o prints lsaisc
Cheese tiobhlngi--NatlNe Washing ton,
i0aiiic: California fell cream. Sc.
Legs 0obbing)-l3e1i
p0nitry t5obbinel-Chickens in1llc: live
weight: dressed chickens i2lsc.
Vegetables and Fruit.
Potatoes Gobbing)-N Native stock. $40:
Yakirsas. s15GtiS; sweet potatoes. &c per IL.
Vegetables ttcbbing1~-NaElve peas. SfseH
&c; rhuearb. tlec; Waila Walla ASPARAGUS.
per cwt: new California onions. lsac: beets,
81 Is per sack: carrots, 81. .. lettuce. loo
per dog: cucuThars, dollhouse. 5oQt75c dog;
dollhouse tomatoes. PC per 10.
Green Fruits tiobbingl-Lemons, fancy
California. S3@32 so; selects, s.. 504I3: apples.
81 sgsS43u1 per box: bananas g. 0Asl@. 50:
oTangea fancy Seedlings. s. seTs cluice,
s. .@@51se ~: faEcy vaienoias. s2.25; native
81 wborrses. 81: soesooezraes, &c. cherries.
Secatsi per box.
Hay, Grain md Feed.
fiav Uobbinel-puSe. sound. per .on.
sI4. Eastern Wash.ng9on timothy, sis4l1:
California SIS: alfalfa. sii.
Oats tJobh.nEl-S<i IL
Barley uoaoiag)-Ro!le! or ground, per
ton SO
Corn--whale. $50: cracked. soo.s feed
meal. so.
MilIsfuas 0ohbng>-Bran. per ton. sla;
shorts. per ton. ST..
Feed tiohbiuEl-Chopped feed. SIT per
tois: nlia,iinss. per ZOE. 81: oil cake meal,
r..T sat,