The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-24
THE SEATTLE Markets.

Prices TIA; have controlled The local
market for t1s past few days held sway
yesterday. Business was not as active on
Western avenue during the day as !. rn!Sz.
have been Fruits were In fair demand.
but the market Is flooded. and any tine
THAI an additional supply . demanded
commission men need Only SPEAK and
The fg7sr growers Of ire state have suz1-
csent fruit - supply several states. an1
they woEz1 dispose - Il az rez=onz.ls
prices Il Is certain that. taking the local
market week 10 and week oGg. IL Will es
found II & esrsoraaizsd coudi len. II glass
jars could h@ bought fruit could Dc disposed
o. much more readily.
Wheat Is steady at about sec and Sc. u
= does nos 60 any higher the farmers
VINO, q few weeks ago. refused 20 sell at
ssc and SC visl realize their error. Tney
disposed ot considerable wheat a. that
price and are now prepared 10 speculate
with the balance They think that before
the year is over wheat dealers viii pay
them maca better prices than are new Of
fered. The fine weather. which put in an
appearance yesterday after ar absence or
several days. was welcomed IL this city
II l. not generally known. but II Is none
the less a fact tnat good many seattle
people are seriously interested IN the wheat
fields OF Eastern Washington. and " the
rain VIII oaly keep away anlil the harvssts
are over they Wiz be much better OF than
they are 81 present
Nothing new can be said concerning hay
and oats. The farmers Ia the skagit river
country ara making fine progress with
their harvesting. The oat crop Is short and
the farmers are holding out fSr SO. Local
buyers won't pay that amount. and eonse-
Quenrly not much is changing hands.
Puge. sound hay Il by no means a drug
on the market Buyers say that 10 was
slightly damaged b. the recsnt rains. New
ertheless farmers ara demanding high
prices for f.
The meat market has not undergone
change IL prices during tbs past two
months. One dealer said yesterday that
the market should be mtils higher than al
present. but the dealers are afraid OF
one another" and as a result the house
wife gets her meat az thu same old prices.
Tbs butter market was unchanged yes
terday. There has been no difference in re-
csints since the recent advance, bat deal
ers say that if the outside markets con-
ttnue firm the next move viii be further
slight advance IN local prices. Eggs are
selling at &c. They are not growing any
frmer. The demand does not exceed the
supply.
W II. Brown was inspecting the fruit
market yesterday, and 10 his satisfaction
very few San Jose scales and Goblin
moths. The California shippers stili per-
sist In shipping cousignments which con-
tain Goblin moths. and In one such consign-
and ten boxes of ounces were dumped
into the bay. One thing Mr.. Brown has
noticed that is favorable to the state ship
pers: it is that so far no consignments
from them have been found TO be infected.
war Is TO be waged on the woody aphis.
which has been found in 50 per cent. OF the
apple trees in this county.
Jebbing Quotations.
tons of wholesale dealers yesterday:
sugar, Flour and Coffee.
Sugar Gobbing)-Golden CO. In bbls. per
10: &c; extra CO. in ebls, per 10, 51sc;
dry granulated. IN bbls. per IL. 5ssc; cube.
s%e; powdered, sac; spot cash prices;
=. Flour Sbo etc 9obn.ingl-Patent Excellent
$50; Gold Drop -four. sl75: buckwheat
iicIr. per Dol, $50 per ewt, s.. sra
ham. per Dbl, s4.75, or lo.ie sacks. s. 80 per
a5o: per ewt. s. 20: rolled oai=
per Dbl. saa4so; honiiny. per ewt. .;
s aSes Hssa per Case CIV" whole r wbSst
Hour per cwt. s2.2s: pearl barley. 1co-lb
leo-le sacks. 4c: 2-lh boxes. 4.sc; corn
Ios. 81 10; SOS. si.sO; faxed homgny. bbls
coffee 10jtoS'6ing,-Green-Moeha, per bbl.
shoe say per ps IS sc s cGsls S
per cwL las: ss-ib cases. per cwt, si2 IS:
lava. sp-l5 tins per -. Sc; s s,Sks' ste;
tenala. eSc: ground c0free. is42ic; Lion.
1908. si2 Is: ass si2 q; SOS. sl2,ss.
Meats, Provisions and Fish.
Fresh Meats 0ebbing)-Cow beef. 54Si4c:
steer beef 5l4aso per 10: mutton, &c per
Provisions 0obhing)-Hsms large. INC:
hams smsh l2c, breakfast bacon. llb9c;
dry salt sides. SC.
salmon. aef5c; salmon trout, SC; founders.
3iaa4c: soles &c: rock cod. &c; black bass.
sc: perch, 3i4sf4c; mountain trout. l2ls4
lie; shrimps, fec.
Butter. Cheese. Eggs and Poultry.
Bu;ter-Ranch. 19at5c: fancy dairy. IN
Cheese 0o6oing)-Nativs Washington.
lnu1ic.
Eggs Ciohhlns)-rqslc.
Potatoes Ooboingl-New potatoes. sioGs12
weight: dressed chickens. I2lsc: turkeys,
dressed, lec per 10.
Vegetables and Fruit.
Potatoes 0o5hing)-New potatoes. .loal2
per ton.
Vegetables 0obbingl- New California
onions sslverskins. sl.40dl5O per 100 lbs:
bets, sc per sack; cabbage. h4Ac per
~: carrots, Sec: letsa>e. i"c per doz cy-
c'Ameers &c per dean tomatoes. @qSSe
per ooN; green corn. Nflc Fer dozen.
sweet potatoes. SIS per 100 lbs; 81 per
box.
Green Fr,i.s Gobaine1-L Lemons. fancy
20 fancy apples. lScHHl-z5 per box. COM
mon apples. 25a6lc, bananas. ssn2 so: or
auges sSsiA5e: blaCkbcrrtes. 15cNN per
crate: Oregon peaches. a0Ghac; Wenatchee
peaches kol5esc per hcx. Bertlett pears
4sr55c per box: crab apples. 4oT5ec, plums
15E25c: per box, pruHes. 0Il35c per box
ralawsra and Concord vrsuss from YAK
inaa 5oGs5c per box; California grapes. 500
TSc per box; hucklebeTFles S03lsc per H.
Hay. Grnin and Feed.
Hay (iohbing)-Puget sound. Per ton.
SIC. Eastern Washington timothy, si3: alf-
alta. SO
sAa-s ffohhl~ r1- s2@G3.
wheat-s@0ss.
harley Oo6olngl-ROued or ground. per
ton. 81.
Corn-whole. So. cracked. 81: feed
meal So
NlllstuHs dobbing)-Bran. per ton. sl4so;
sA-rfs par tun VI
Feed-Choppod feed. Sle3eo per ton: mid
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