The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-17


Portland clearing houses today were:
CiearanceS- Balances.
Seattle 49, $50 = $500
lacoFna .-..-----.- 49, --T- :,
Portland ..-.-.--..- --A-A4- ID Sssses ~
In these DAYS Of high prices and great
demand Tor Commodities. the condition e
the apple market IL such that x needs %
BE- explafre1. There ara hundreds OF tarff1~
srs in this state who want 20 know Why X
IS that with all the boom II business they
are not able 10 ind a good market y TINS
state for their fruit. J. II. Hlxson said
''The hing IS easily explained In the
first place, the apple crop this year =
much better than x was lzst- Huudre1s
% men have gone North and VII Rot re-
turn fer long time. | don mean 70 s@s
that they ara the only apple buyers 81
tie country. bat / DO mean 70 say thaL
their departure has much 70 do %ish the
GuiIness OF the market. Next year j sup
pose we will De able 70 ship into the Tar
Northern country apples and peaches ana
other fruits. JUST Low, howst er. there = ae-
maad ouly for non-perishable goods for TIA
North The goods times n hich are now
upon Us are not goins 10 boom the apps
market.
chards in tie immediate vicinity OF ths
towns OF the state are having big crops,
aud their owners are able 20 bring a4F.es
10 market at q lower price than would %
little orchards around this city are supply
ing much Of the local trade We have 10
calls for apples The corner groeery =
taking apples and paying for them n
groceries We cannot compete With those
people for the present
II had a cali today from an Alaska man.
asked him II he did not want some ab-
pies TO take North He laughed at me ana
said that il would be useless for him 10
trg and find a market In his city for ap-
Pies. Just At present the white men are
OFF 70 the digginss and the Indians are out
fishing Before long the Indians viii re-
turn, but the white men are OF Tor SeNsEAi
.xsat1
able TO reach the Yukon with fruit but
We cannot do Il This year and there is no
way that the present condition or the APP
Die market can be improved. p"
Commission men do not agree az TO the
condition of the egg market Down on
Western avenue yesterday IL was Staten
that eggs were not very urn. ana ina -
they We're selling at from Is cents 70 y
cents. Another house, Beggs c., stated
that they had been getting 4 cents al
day long. and that they considered IN, tns
market firm. Butter is steady at - cents.
Jebbing Qaotatiens.
The following were the iobbing quota
lions OF wholesale dealers Saturday;
snxxr, Flour and Coffee
Sugar Goosins)--Golaen &C. In eo,s Pc.
dry granulated, In bbls. per ID. 5lec; cube
bsse: powdered. csc: spot cash prices.
Flour, etc. oobbingl - Patent Excellent
go 6gekwheat -four, per bib; 80; per
ie-lb sacks. s.. 10 per cwt; rye -four. per
rye meal: per Dbl. st.25; per cwt. SD.
sewt. rs; cracked wheat per cwt. So p;
-four. par cwt s. Is: pearl barley. Ten
lob Sacks s i 4e o0 sb sos seks spi c corn.
msai yellow. los. Nso: sos. 81. IS; white white
Is sso: -. SIS; faxed honliny' Dds
Coffee ltsbhS1SA r.ran,, Mocha per 10,
choice; per IS. s4 Ne - RIaastedoXrSuckie's
PER .s ew2 e,a as per ew, s2 g. e e2t0
. ..a so-n tins, per 10. ssc; sacks, SIC.
Aden Mocha, sTi%c: Caracola. z7skc; Gu AZ.
iass ss &c. ss 1s s &c, soffss Sc isaac A0'
Meats, Provisfons and Fish,
Fresh Meats 0obbing)--Cow beef. Sss'Tc.
steer beef. 5lsd6c per ID mutton, &c Per To-
pHh. e13s per 10: veal. &c per 10. an.
ha rrovisions Qobbing)-Hanls. large NE:
dry salt sides. Tic.
Fires. Fresh Fish Qobbinx,-Halib9t sgic;
sa ,n,en' tsSe; salmon trout, Sc; nouh hlsck
i:,4a1sc; shriInps. ioc.
nutter, Cheese, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter - Raach. lpgI5c: Washington.
l0Glic
Eggs Gobbing)-gG2ic.
fouitfy Uobldng)-Shacke ns NGllc. I'VE
weight; dressed chicke rs. l211c-
vegetables and Fruit.
Potatoes Cobbing)-New potatoes. SQu
Vegetables Cobbing)-rNative peas. &c;
rev California onions. silver skins. si-4o4
/ % per 10 lbs; beets, T5c per sack; cab
nage, 3xQsse per 10; carrots, zoe; lettuce,
iec per doz oucumeers. dollhouse. loo per
doz: dollhouse tomatoes. 59a6Se per box:
Menatchee tomatoes. 4Gf15Ac. green corr,
90 Ice per doZ; sweet potatoes, $50 per box.
ereen Fruits tfopDIng - t.SlHene- IanCs
California. SS-509l50; selects. Ssg350. new
native Astrakhan apples, 5aUl5c: COM
mon apples, 4euo0C, Alexanders. 15cy$l;
0ravensteins. 81: Wenatehee apples, slGp
Is: bananas seGf2 20; oranges. fancy Val
encjas. s2.59dS; fancy Tariiff. $3qS 30; Med
iterranean. sweets. fa6I2 50; blackberries.
81 per crate; California peaches, Craw-
fords. 65ffT5c per box Oregon Crawfords.
50G65c; Wenatchee peaches, 5o06oc per box;
Bartlett pears S5A9ac per box, peach
plums 25G95c: California plums, CSC per
box: crab apples. 356Iioc.
Hay, Grain and Feed.
HAY Oohbing)- Puget sound per ton.
s.; Eastern Washington timothy, sl2Gls.
alfalfa. s..
Oats (tobbingSs23.
Wheat-S&.
harley Ooobing)-Rolled or ground. per
ton 81.
Corn-whole. s2la22: cracked. s21a22; feed
meal &ZlQ1
MnIstuffs dohhing)-Bran, per ton, sl4:
shorts per ton. 81.
Fsed-Chopped feed. si70ls per ton: mid
dlings, per ton, 81; oil cake meal. per ton,
so.