The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-15
TnE SEATTLE MAnkErs.

IUE SEATTLE NARkETS.
The butter market had q greater tend
eney to be sitter yesterday tran It has
Lad Tor nome time. and II may be that the
pfsce Wiz 20 TIP The truth is that not
much brick butter il coming into the
local market and there Is no doubt that
the mining Development In this North
are recsived In thss caty almost every day
from Eastern Washington cre&caesies TO
the enec{ that they can place their prod
letter price Ihan they can get for X in the
local market One wesi-known creamery
nian, m sstter received IL this city yes
for bis butter az he would IL Il were tos,-
csd 70 this city AZ Is eefss. That means
Snat az y getting about II cents for It. II
present price only Is cents, 30 that he gets
: cents more pound By letting IL go 70
Spokane and vicanity. Just how long the
In Its present healthy condition Is a ques-
Ton. bat some believe thar IL will fail.
Eyen some OF the creameriss are inclined
70 that belief and for that reason they
snip some butter here in order 10 retain
their trade
another reason for tn. scarcity Of butter
u tne TACT thai butter is being stored.
Jnat Is unqncstionaniy true. A Western
Washington creamery, In q letter received
ysstsfaass stated that IL was storing con
siderable butter at the request OF the far
E1efs who fsstTcuize the creamery. They
say that they VIII not sell at the present
plscs. ara believe that IL the end they will
Sci more fer their butter. Another reason
gwen Ter the scarcity OF butter is FRAT 50
Maeh naa bssm placed In tubs and shipped
70 . sns city That Is not being done az
the crs2Inerses, at the suggestion az local
dealers. packed Ii III tubs.
AZ Is certain that unless. more butter
turns up In the market prices will ad-
vance. One local house 10 receiving Just
s.4v pounds less Of creamery butter week
irnM east oi the nlounaadns than Ii re-
ceissd one Year ago. Just about two weeks
IateI than the present time last year but
Ter was 80 scarce, because crearneries .ere
Storing. that the price. jumped TO % cents
and started to ship 10 the city There
could DC but one result. The market was
.n ~ is supplied and the price dropped
70 IS cents. Reports from Tacoma are 10
the effect that there Is no great demand
Tor DuttcT. but from Portland comes the
news that butter which has been selling a.
~ cents Is now selling al Is cents, while
aown IN San Francisco butter Is bringing
~ cents.
There is no change in the price OF eggs
TAey are weaker than butter. but jsist now
50 many are not coming In and yesterdays
demand was fairly good. What is known
as fresh ranch egg Will bring. 5obning.
he less. Only a fancy. fresh and clean
egg sells at Is cents. and very few farm
ers are able 10 supply such. One house
OBJECTS TO the quotation Of IL cents. bit IL
Is Justified so long as some farmers bring
In an egg which sells at that price. 4
farmer, however. who brings In fresh
clean receives but 1atsc and 13c. but IL the
eggs are unusually fine and fresh and
clean he receives Ac for them. There are
some such eggs coming into the local mar
het every few days.
strawberries are not so low in price as
they have been this season. They were
they johhcd on Western avenue at SIS.
There were good many In the market.
nut the fact that they are not selling at
such low figures as last week Is a good
indication that they are not plentiful. The
been tried.
Sugar has not gone any higher, but whole
sale houses predict that II Will.
JobbiMg Quotations.
The following were the job5ing quota
tons Of wholesale dealers yesterday:
Sugar. Flour and Coffee.
Sugar 0obbsng)--Golden "C'' in bbls per
a ig 4 =, ,, sEtra (, nb ln bhls per No. NC;
csc; powdered, s7sc: spot cash prices.
=, Fiour etc Gobsingl-, rat.nt Excellent.
sa.so: s.aekwheat -four. per Dbl; $50; per
evil S. a,6a4 graham, per BIOL 81. or
bbl. 81. or io-Fh Icks. sa.25 per cwt:
rolled oats. per Dbl. siaa'5o: homtny. per
cwt. s2.25; cracked wheat. per cwt, S25:
faxed wheat. s. % per case; whole wheat we :,
sacks. 4c: 2s-fb boxes. SC: split peas. per
1eo-fb sacks. &c: @.rb boxes. &c; corn
m me Se''9 g sss A' ssksS bsasn ; ~ hbl.
ISIS; kegs SIS.
Coffee uoihing, --c;reen-Afocha. per n.
ss.c sav per Per s p Ross s osrs E5ea.
per cwtt. sis25: SON, cases, per ewt. si?.sS:
Aa den Mocha. s sssc p cars &c 27zc Gus s
rnala. 21c. ground coffee, Issl2ic; Aon, le)s.
s13.is Cos. $i325: 26s. sl3,35.
Meats, Provisions and Fish.
Fresh Meats Goblin g,-4-ow beef e6istsc:
r IT. p 6sef &c PET ye nu sssa p sgse per
Provisions Cobbing)- large. l0a.c.
hams. small. lie; breakfast bacon. sisc:
Fresh Tlsh tjoi5sfsnE) -.Haiib1t. 3isz7iisc:
saaufon. s1Tc; salmon trout, Sc; founders.
siaGeic; sseics, stsc: rock cod. SC: black
bass, SC: perch, 9'.gtc: mountain trout.
l2is9 NC; sfirsmi<'. itr.
Butter. Cheese. Eggs and Poultry.
Butter - Ranch. e1lsc; Washington
cree nserisS, 2-fh prints. i5sg &C
s,aes,se siehtsngf-Native Washington.
io9filc; California foil cream. Sc.
EGGS oohb,ngf-~lsEt i5c.
Poultry oasbingl- Chickens. lngtle: live
ws4sht. dressed stscke ~, JZlec.
Vegetables and Fruit.
Potatoes tloblsns)- Native stock. sio;
>,
Vegetables CJonningl- pssss. Sc:
riTubarb. 'izc. WaAa Waila asparagus,
s.25 per box. cahpagcs California. SIS
pep cNt: new California cDicnS. ls4c. bects,
ST Is Ter sack. carrots. S-ss: lettuce. fac
per doc: cueambers. dollhouse, f8xl6ec doz;
dollhouse taassat oes> .9c per n.
Green Fruits t}oeosngl -I.eTncns fancy
California, sSls3s0. selects. s. 5esis; apples.
81 sega per box, bananas. x44s.se; oranges
fancy seedlings. s.. ssSas; escsse. 81 2ssf1 %
farcy NaienssaA 81 81 native Strawberries.
SIS. gooseherries. &c. cherries. ~ &c per
box.
Hay. Grain and Feed.
fIay (ionbinel-puget sound. per ton.
ST. Eastern Washington timothy. slG[.lT;
California, SIS. alfalfa S1s.
Oats slShtHasf~ S-lss2s
harley tjoso.ugl or ground. PER
corn--w aole. 80: crackei. SO: feed meal.
Sc
sIll,stufSs tioea.ss)-Bran, per ton, sia:
shorts. na~ tan. SIS.
Ere8 eeuhnk}-4'hepc feed. S96sis pr
ran. usl&fl.ngs. per ton, So. ca cake meat.
p..r Ton, 80.