The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-14
THE SEATTLE MARKETS.


The family that makes nee tea the prin-
cEpai summer drink viii not receive with
any degree OF satisfaction the news that
tea has advanced 70 cents Per pound The
announcement vas made In this city yes
ier8ay and hereafter people who buy tea
will be compelled 10 pay the advanced
snort eroo and the heavy duty are ' cresitet
with bringing about the rise, bur the for
ner Is believed 20 De almost solely respon-
sihie. The tea wsSscn comes into the local
market is raised in Chins and Japan and
India and reports are 10 the effect that
the crop which is now being prepared for
the marketable world Is nor near 50 large
rarr,ers are looking for an advance in
wheat and some Of the intelligent people
of the Gty say That the expectations OF
the farmers may be reailze1- As told in
these columns yesterday. there is a scare
sty OF wheat in the local market and a
number OF mills have been compelled 10
shut down on account of IT, The local
mills are offering s5c for No. club. mill
ing. and nc for bluestern milling Bat
they cannot buy any AT that price. That
fact Is admitted. one local house offered
farmer. who has e3,oco bushels. 75c few
days ago. bat the .offer was declined.
Tire man who owns the wheat IA A Wash
ington farmer. he believes that wheat
will 20 VI, ana he Is holding ONO what lit
tie he has. hoping that before many days
go by that the price win jump 10 about
Sc or aoc II was up few months ago.
but min men say that the price which
they are now Offering Tor II Is about all
farmer buys az their figure he can make
a good profit on his product.
But the farmers say that they know
there Is a general scarcity OF wheat and
that IL they do not get in too much of a
hurry they will be offered q little better
price The foreign shippers maintain that
liz the price goes up the foreign trade will
fan of. They set up the argument that
the Cinnamon and the japanese want our
hour 40 long as IL can be purchased at a
reasonable price, but let II so too high
rice.
Local mill men. while not denying that
wheat may go up Few cents, say that
they think the farmers are making a mis-
take In not selling at the present price.
The farmer wfnios and says he knows just
what he Is doing. II Is generally expect
ed that another year VIII witness bag
and of the entire Pacific coast. Mill men
agree with President James j. Hal. of the
Great Northern, in mis- statement that the
new Japanese steamship line between Sc
attic and the Orient is responsible for the
already increasing trade and will be re-
sponsibie for any future improvement.
But 1t Is not the orient alone that wants
heavy shipments TO South America. and
one house has flied orders for South
Africa. Just az present II has big order
Today viii be steamer day, and II the
market stt,ffs arrive in time to be placed
early on the market, West street Will
present a busy appearance 1esterday was
a quiet day along the street The only
thing in demand was strawberries. There
were not more than 100 crates IN the mar
ket and they were sold early In the morn
ing The hot weather was responsible Tor
the increased demand. Go into restaur-
ant on a warm day and you will find very
few people eating meats and soups. Inc
ma fority want berries. Yesterday was gem
nine berry-eatsng day, and the demand ex-
ceedei the supply. The few berries tnat
were on sale were not very ms. So OH
mission men are looking daily ior Nottn-
west berries and next week the local peA-
~ Is expected to appear.
Jobbing Quotations.
The following are the jobbing quota
tons of wholesale dealers today:
sugar. Flonr and Coffee.
Sugar 0obbing,- Co IN 9sls 4. per er
H. 4lac: extra "c' in bbls per 10. 4ssc'
ar snanasrs a so spJ Per cash 5 Prices sa0s
A75: Novelty A. Nis: California brands.
$4so; buckwheat -four. per Dbl. s6.so; per
S sg sssa @s sf pen a~t ps rye IS Sur
Dbl. 81. or i0-fb sacks SIS per cwd:
rye meal per bpl 81 e. per r,, swt. n ~;
cwt. 0.25; cracked wheat. per cwt. SO:
faxed wheat, go per case; whole wheat ns 4
-four per swt s2S pearl . harley ey. l" nsp
sacks, &c; 25-lo boxes DC, SPIN Peas' -
meal meal, yei i1 los los. N.5s; sos. sl.ss; white.
70. no; Sss !, s q; baked hominy' obls'
80 s kes s,o6 & as;,-,reen-Mocha per 10.
s. coh Java aoI per- H. sgssc; Costa Riea.
choice. per 10. &c. Roasted Arbuekie' 5,
In ieo-rb cases. per cwt. $ls.ia: sd sssss.
per ewt $50 S-lD eases per swi; Ne 40
, ason Mocha agb M bic e arscoia z7sc Guate
maia. &c: ground coffee. lsazic: Lion, lcos,
sI3.l5. Cos. SIZES; sss, $l3.s.
Meats, Provisions and Fish.
Fresh Meats Ooblfng)-LCow beef, SIC
steer beef &c per 10; m', So ne ,I M pe
Provisio,,s (5oblang)- TIams. large. lie;
hams. small. IiAc: breakfast bacon, sac:
DRY salt eide sdss sa ,sgsS*s 4,a54c
salmon. sQf7c; salmon trout. Sc; Founders.
si1Q14c: soles. sisc; rock cod. bc black
bass. &c: perch. slzQ4c; mountain trout
12iaGl5c. shrimps, JUG.
Butter, Cheese, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Ranch. i2Q1ic: Ellenshurg and
other Washington ereamerles, I'D prints,
Sbeese fiobbing,-Nstive Washington,
I1HI2c: California cheese. sl-c $780,.
Eggs (fobbing)--Fresh ra1en, l3lz4lic.
Pantry (jobbingp--Chickens lo1lic; live
weight. Dire ssed chickens, leszc, turkeys.
lsqisc per 10.
Vegetables aud Fruit.
Potatoes Uobbingt-Natife stock, si5Q IA (.
Yakdmas. sl5ai6: sweet potatoes, nc per
Vegetables Oobbangl-Green peas %, {
ner IN. rhubarb. 1i@c; Walla Waila
asnarsrus. ~ per box; canhazes. Caiitor-
MIA si7S per cwt: onions. yellow. 3laM4c
uer IL. beefs 81 . per sack; carrots, Zoe;
ie,ture hothouse. EQ41c per dog: green
onions. Zoe per doz. cucumosrs, hothouse
Green Frtrifz (3obbiBg p--Lsemons. fancy
Califarnia - 756f3. selects. s24Jz.5o; apples
a sep r,.sr hoy: bananas. <@Q 80; oranges
fancy seedlings. S. 2sT2- 81. choice, S2Zsa
$50. strawberries SIS per case.
Hay. Grain and Feed.
HAY 0obbing)-Puget sound, per ton.
HsGi4; Eastern washington timothy, ~
ais: california. Si9is straw "; alfalfa.
tli1i2 ,
Barley 0cbblngf-kolAed or ground, per
'S 4.oirSn@whole. $50. cracked. szi feed meal.
Miilstu1s Uobhingl-krsn. per ton, sl4G
Is. shorts per ton nsuls
Feed 1Sobhinel-s1 bopPs.d 4ts,1- sitHib per
ton. mlddhngs, per Ton. Va OF cake meal
per ton. Sc.
SEATTLE WHEAT MARKET.
No. ! club. milling. &c: bluestem, mill
ing. Sc
TACOMA WHEAT MARKET.