The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-19
THE SEATTLE MARKETS.

TIE activity % "a market steadily In
crease particularly IN farm and dairy
products. With Ela near appFc4ca OF
seeding tine tie farmers become ucr.
crops re prices Offering tpr 81 sorts Of
farm sru1 are vel advanced over the
offerings e recent years. . thar tee
AVERAGE farmer. not o@8a< OF S2scllA-
tive turn o. ralnd. Is content 70 sell al
TIRE very fair proofs now II sight
There Is 4 disposition n some quarters
70 Question the re4l@o.4lty 2. TIE Fost-iFa~
itons on tia potato market The state
meat made geS days ago th7t California
potatoes were Offering a. So was at once
disputed bUs the i0cal representative os
a san Francisco ErTn. who Was previous
~ taken as Slta0rlty. today re-aSseFts
ais stztement-that his house has author
lied him 20 o1er California Burbanks 80
81 Several dealers on Western avenue,
70 whom the offer was made, say Iha<
since the native stock - coming IN 50
literally and Is Ia fact superior 20 the
southern proasct, there Is no need 10
draw On the California market
Eggs have slumpSd down again 20 Isl
cents. AS the next Alaska steamer IL
net due Tor four or Ave days. X IS prob
able that eggs VIII taAe another turn
down. possibly as Tar as i cents.
Tue wholesale FISH houses present a
lively scene. Receipts Or al varieties. ex-
cept salmon. continue very LIBERAL, and
the preparation for shipment 10 Eastern
markets gives employment 10 many
N&lNS. Big S4spzk4SllNH u lie @S4NA402A
river smelt come IN daily.
Jobbing Quotations.
The following are the joobing quota
lions OF wholesale dealers today.
Sugar, Flour and Coffee
Sugar Ciobbingl &C. in bbls. per
10. Csc: extra ''C'' IN bbls. per n. &C;
dry graduated n bbls. per 70. SIC; cube.
S7se; powdered sases spot easn pTsse. .,,,
s5.i9, Novelty A. si.5es California brands.
$40. ouckwheat four. per OBJ, 800; per
cwt. s. 1894: graham, per OBJ, sale, or
lob sacks. &--40 per cEts rye hour, per
bbl. S4S or Io-Tb sacks. $40 per cwt,
rye meal, per Dbl, s3-s0i per evt, = 10:
rolled oats. per Dol, <5g5-So. hominy, Per
cwt. x2-58. cracked wheat per cwt, 49,,
faxed wheat. s. Is per case whole wheat
Hour, per cat. $40; pearl barley, lu-fo
sacks. &c; 25-Ib boxes, &C. spit peas, per
lo-fb sacks, s1sc, So-lo boxes &c; corn
meal yellow, los, 80: SOS. Si.55. white.
los, Sl.s5; 5os. sits. faxed homlny, bbls,
$50; kegs 80
Coffee 0obblng)- Green-Mocha. per n.
&c. Java. per 10, CSC Costa Rica. choice.
per III. 2+c. Roasted-Arouckle's in i0o-Ib
cases, per ewt, SI6.I6, oo-fb cases. per cwt,
sl6%5, 56-fb cases, per c~t, Sle.S0; Java,
g,-fb tins. per ID. soc; SACKS, sac. Aden
23c; ground coffee, Zl9zliac; Lion. ZOOS,
Sl5.65: COS. sls.7s. S6s, Sl5.sa.
Meats, Provisions and Fish.
Fresh Meats Gobeingf-Cholee dressed
beef. Sc per n; mutton. Sl9c per 10; lamb.
sc per ID. pork, SIG per ID veal, Sgo1za
Provisions Oobblng)-Hams. large, 1li4c;
hams small, lie; breakfast bacon, gao:
dry salt sI1es, 59s46c.
Fresh Fish (j0bbingl-Halibut. &C; sal
mon, 6GI6lzc; salmon trout. 64Sc: aoln-
ders sjsN4c, soies, Siscs rock cod, &c,
perch, 5ie84c. Columbia smelt, &c, stur-
geon. 546c; mountain trout, lZlz& l3c
Butter, Cheese, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Ranch. 14Ql7c; Ealensburg and
other Washington creameries. 2-io prints,
&c. Iowa creamery. &c.
Cheese Oobblng)-Native Washington,
Eggs Oobbing)-Fresh ranch. 1512c.
Poultry Cobb.ng)-Chickens large spring.
s2.50Q3.25. old chickens, sS43-So. or sgYe.
live weight; ducks. $3.50 per dozen;
dressed chickens. s4l1c. turkeys. l4c-
Vegetables and Fruit
Potatoes 0obblngl-,Native stock. sls9
20; Yakimas. s2l9Zz.So.
Vegeta bles Oobbing)-Cabbage CALI
fornia. - cYt, onions, new yellow, 2i2c
per 70; white turnips. S5q7Sc per sack;
beets, 504se5c per sack; carrots, sSd 4oc,
Q45c per d0Z, toma toes, l5c per 10, GU
cumbers, S14lSo per doz' green onions, zoe
Green Fruit Oobb!ng)-LAmons, fancy
California, $50: selects. s.; apples, new,
s1Ql50 per box. bananas, S2a250; cram
berries, s. per box, or - Per barrel; Japa-
ness oranges, 81. navels, fancy, A1s4S;
choice. s.. 504-.15; fancy seedlings. y;
choice. $40.
Hay. Grain and Feed.
Hay Gobblng)-Puget sound. per ton,
ssaI0; Eastern Washington timothy, sl4;
mixed. ST. 50: straw, s., alfalfa. sll4Ia
Wheat bingl-Chicken feed, per tod,
Oats Uotbing)-Rored or ground. So
Barley Oobbing)-RoAed or ground, per
toy. 50. -.
feed meal, sisQ29.
Mnlstuffs Gobbingl-Bran. per ton sl4;
shorts Per ton, sl7dI&
Feed 6obblng)-Ch0ppe feed. S74B per
ton: mlddings. per ton, 81. oil cake meal,
per ton, s2Sg3So.