The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27
TIVE SEATTLE Markets.

rnE sEATrLE MARKETA
The news published In the columns of
the Post-Intelitgencer yesterday to the
effect that little grasshoppers have maoe
their appearance in the grain nsi0s OF
the state, created much talk in this c1ty
yesterday, and grain men spent much
consensus II opinion seemed 10 be that
there is no reason for raising q great hue
and cry about the matter, and heraiding
il abroad that the coming wheat crop VIII
be = failure II the graSsuopperS DO not
interfere with the crop. It will be about
10 per cent heavier than IL was last year.
The question OF what, II any. damage
the grasshopper win do. is pFoblematical;
through the Minnesota grasshopper scare
OF 1873 "a and IS. said yesterday.
Il do not think the farmers and grain
There is no doubt that serious trouble
may result, put let us not cross the bridge
until We come TO il. The grassnoppsr,
which works so much damage in the
wheat fields. reminds me OF specie OF
locust Ii Is not the same grasshopper
that We encounter in the summertime,
when we are out In the country.
My experience In Minnesota taught me
one very important thing, and that IS
that the Notwithstanding grasshopper
seldom If ever remains where he is born
In almost every instance. they are able
egg and one and ali they depart for pas
lures new. Lord help the wheat fields
wherein they make their home.
People who have not seen the devas-
tating work of these grasshoppers cannot
comprehend the enormity of IL The 9TH
CT day / was talking about the grasshop-
per, and l told some friends that l had
known where they had stopped a passen-
ger train. My friends laughed, but Kan
sas man who was in the party told them
l was telling the truth And l was Some
times they piled up two. three and four
inches on the railroad tracks When the
train came in contact with the grasShop-
pers, the wheels reyoived without max
ing any progress. Ground-up grasshop-
psrs MAKE ana ,r grease e Is nI, n .h.
train go. Why. when few million grass
hoppers crossed the face OF the SUM- 1t
was the same as though a cloud had OBJ
Scured II.
THE grasshoppers which visited Minne-
sofa did not eat the grain. They simply
bit on the head Of each blade at its base.
1t didn't take them LONG, TO do 1t. Let
:. good-siZed herd in a big wheat field
In the morning, and in the evening the
field is one grand ruin. About five years
ago Ii was announced In Minnesota that
the grasshoppers had made their appear
ance. The wheat was not yet above the
ground. A professor at one Of the uni
yersities of the state invented a device
which was made up largely Of canvas and
tar. The wheat fields We're secured and
the grasshoppers were caught In the tar.
After much hard work the fields were
freed Of grasshoppers.
But. as have said. don't worry for the
present. The Minnesota grasshoppers
went TO Kansas. and If we are now Ell
gagged IN raising the misunderstanding
grasshopper, let us hope that they do as
others have done. leave the place of their
BIRTH
JObbinE Quotstfons.
The following are the jobbing quota
tons or wholesale dealers today:
Sugar. Flour and Coffee.
., Sugar OobbanglLGolden &C. in bbls. per
10, 4ssc. extra &C" in hbls, per N. 413c;
I sc o spo e pssh prices cube
A.7s: Novelty a, NS: CALIFORNIA brands.
Nso; bnckw heat iour. per Dbl. $50: per
Dbl. 81. or lob, sacks. SIS per cwt;
rye meal. per Dbl. SIS; per cwt. g:
cwt: s225: cracked wheat. per cwt. ssS;
faxed wheat, s2se per case; whole wheat
n esc per sw, 81 pearl sa harley s.. i elp
meal. yellow. los $50: 5os. si.s5: white.
e ss:; No. Co. COS :, US: faxed ho"iny. bbls'
&c; Java. per ~fo. 2sG2sc: Costa Rica.
choice. per 10. .4c. Roasted-Arbuckle's
In loie e sss per cw1 sis1s sln s ga &:
Java, .5o-fn tins. per N. &c: sacks, 34c;
Alden Mocha. 37fsc: Caracola. 27izc; Guate-
mala. 2sc: ground coffee. lsq2lc; Lion, zoos.
si3.l5; Cos, s152s; 36s. 1885.
Meats, Provisions and Fish
Fresh Meats dobbfng)-Cow beef. elac;
n; pork si4c per N; veal, sisc per IL. :.
Provisions (jobpine)-aam ANS. large. lie;
hams. shall. 1l1@c: breakfast bacon. sl1c;
Fresh Fish Oos,hingl --Hanbut. 41aass'4c;
salmon, sac; salmon trout. SC: founders.
siaG4c; soles. .3,ec; rock cod. sc; black
bass. sc. perch. 5saic; mountain trout.
l2i4Ii5c. shrimps, l0c-
Butter, Cheese, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Rauch, aVl3c: Ellensburg and
otner Washington ereameries, 2-fb prints,
l5c.
Cheese Oobblng,-Native Washington.
i0<iItc: California full cream &c.
Eggs Oobbingl-Fresh ranch. 13li5c.
Poultry tjobbingt-Chickens. loGtlc; live
weight; dressed chickens 12isc; turkeys.
15GI7c per 10.
Vegetables and Fruit.
Potatoes Cobbng)-Native stock. si2Gi13;
Yaknas. SIS: sweet potatoes. &C per 10.
Vegetables Oobbingl-Csii:ornia peas. so
SIC: Oregon peas. Sc per ID, rhuoarb, tl2c;
Walla Walla asparagus, sl.&' per box; cab
fornia onions. Il4Q9iA.c. beets 1875 per
sack; carrots, SIS: lettuce. dollhouse, 159D
3ec per doz; cucumbers, dollhouse. s5cGsu
per dox
Green Fruits Uobbing)--Lemons. fancy
California. s.. 7s&I3; selects. S2Qr. 50; apples.
sl.5o4s2 per box; bananas. s3az.so: oranges.
fancy seedlings s.. ..yGi. N: choice. g. 2s6e
$50: Hood river strawberries. So, natives,
S5Ql3 50, Walla Walla's. SlIe.5o
Hay. Grain aud Feed.
HAY jobbing)-Puget sound. per ton.
sisSyft. Eastern Washington timothy sl7
ais: California, S44l5; alfalfa, &l1I12.
Oats tjobbingt-f2lq-.,
Barley Oohblng1-Rolled or ground. per
ton. so.
meal saII-
Mil!stusfs Cobbingl-Bran, per ton. $f4s1
Is; shorts, per ton, si1nIS
Feed ttobbingl Chopped feed, stT9Is per
ton: middsngs. per Ton. ST. oil cake meal,
per ton. ~.
SEATTLE WHEAT MARKET.
No. club. milling. 15c: bluesten. mill