The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-13

The NH men and wholesale dealers IN
this rsIty are unanimous IN the statement
tnat there IS a great scarcity Of wheat IN
the aTkst sa shorty saI man mas nore mis-
than haye already closed down viii be
compelled 70 temporarily suspend opera
tons In fact. the wheat nUrket has been
a., fsr-,s fos- sor7e time past that local deal
ers have been looking for = substantial in
crease IN the price OF noar. In yirw OF
the scarcity Of wheat. the rise Is due az
ne present. ~, sf s. na ali snrp spss s s1 Il
IA what trey are predicting.
Tn~ra are many reasons advanced FOR
the present scarcity. but the ore great an
swer Is that the demand for the Wa shing-
fer r~oduct - on the Increase, and this
sea son the farmers OF the state have been
hetrer abe 10 dispose of large shipments
than heretofore The foreign trade hiss
fsour shipments have been very heavy.
For tirsae California people were look
ing 10 this state for considerable -four and
feed sfuffs. and tnat TOOK corssdeTaole
wheat our Of the state
The farmers OF the state have been nn-
able to furnish all the barley needed in
this city, ana sor some une consiaefa as oie
news comes from San Francisco that bar
lev hasa gone Up s. ton. 50 that tx viii
be in orsief for chop feed to advance from
% cents to 81 ton during the next few
dayx 4. is something unusual 10 bring
barley into the state from California but
the urpa,et in this state has found a fine
market east Of the mountains, and ia the
northern mining countries. and as re-
suit there is very little left for home con-
One does not find much Puget Sound
hay in the market just now. and very little
IL 10 he found in the country IL is about
all gone and that which does come in is
not OF very fine quality. according 10
those who handle IL East OF the noun
~ L. ~a@ slkr kaG t1H.nfa
CONSIDERABLE talk about Lilly, Bogartus
a Co. having bought up all of the hay TO
be found in the state in order TO control
the local market; Leg me tell you about
Yesterday. .sIt Is true that We bought
up considerable east-of-the-mountain hay.
We anticipated a scarcity. We antici-
pated correctly. AS a result we are able
10 sell nay at ST. Hay is scarce. and IL
we had failed TO buy up q quantity of IL
we would today, in order 70 get hay de-
liverei in thi. city pay Mae per ton. We vs.
II will be readily seen that while We are
making something out OF II, We are saw
ing our customers considerable money.
The purchase was 70 their advantage as
well as 10 our own"
Gooseberries the first OF the season.
were offered in the market yesterday tor
5 cents a pound. They came from across
Lake Washington. and are not of a SUI
perior quality. There was not much of a
demand for them. California asparagus
IS disappearing from the local market
The native grass has been offered for some
time and Is OF a fine quality. eonse-
quently the California product Is not in
much favor, and those who have II are
There Is very little celery in the market
The season has been short. That which
did appear was not OF the finest. Mucn
of il was damaged by the frosts. The
season for old onions Is about ended. The
appearance of the new onions Is driving
w;lar few OLD ones are left into the rear.
California butter is not as much in de-
n NAIVE Z crowdinT II out, althosgh butt
ter in general Is not much IN demand az
Jobbing Quotations.
The following are the jobbing quota
ttons Of wholesale dealers today:
sugar, Flour and COdee.
Sugar 0obbingl- Golden &C. in bbis' per
ID. 4i9c: extra "C'' in bbls. per 10. assc:
dry granulated in bbIs. per 10. 5'sc: cube.
sic. powdered. SIC: spot cash prices,
Flour, etc. Oobbing)-Patent txSeiient'
Aso:: buckwheat -four, per Dbl ,s-so; per
cwt. s3.5ai, graham. per p6i. a. or
f0-ib sacks. s2.25 per .cwt; rye hour, per
Dbl. 81. or io-fb sacks, s25 per ew y
rolled oats, per Dbl s4a4.5e; hominy, per
cwt, g. 3: cracked wheat. per cwt, Szs;
faxed wheat = 50 per ease. wfoie wheat
-four per sw5 ass pear sp Sfi psas pep
meal. ysIlow. los. $50; sos, si.s5 white.
los. si,So; SOS; slss:; faxed hominy. bbis'
coffee Gobbingo--Green- Mocha. per fb.
Choice e I per b. 70. &c. Roasted -Arbuckle.s,
IN looie sasss gsT em nses S per lei s ewt @
Aden Mocha s7isc: Caracola, 27izc: Guate-
mala &c; ground &C. son s,s Y as1io i''0'' iV'
Meats. Provisions and Fish.
Irrasn Meats t,oeasnc,--1,hoiee dressed
beef 7sI7iet. per 10: mutton sixASc per 10;
porK. 6t<c per 10: veal &c per 10;
Provisions (jobbingp- sHarns. large, Tic;
hams, small, ll5 " s,e breakfast paeoh' s'4e'
uf fkrs "a. M, finhbsrg)-Halibut 4lsa5lzc;
salmon, safe: salmon frout, &C. nounaeTs.
sisG4c: soles. 3szc: rock cod. &C. oiaek
is Pa shrirnps. ice.
Butter, Cheese, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Ranch. I2G1tc: Ellens5urg and
other Washington creameries. I'D prints
1eqlTc. >.,,. u,..,..,,.,,.,
HAZE: California cheese, size. ,.
Eggs (iobbing)-Fresh ranch. l5izQilc.
Poultry obbingl-Chiekens, lcallc. live
weight. ducks. sSQs,e per doz; dressed
chickens. l2l1c; turkess' A.e ''c per ~
Vegetables md Fruit.
Potatoes tjooDinSf--ANshhA'e stcSns faSEass
Yakimas. sl5Gl6; sweet POTATOES &c Per
Vegetables. (jobbsng)- -Green peas. sal
per 10: rhubarb. he: Walla Walla
ssnarag ,1s 81 per box cabbages. Califor-
Ma si Il nsr cyt; onions. yellow. 3isHtc
,sr *, heefs S1.s5 per sack; carrots, Toe:
faft.,re hnthoJse c5s74ec per doz; green
onions i0c per doz; eucumoers. dollhouse.
Grsen FRUITS 1jobSingl--Lenons. fancy
California, 81 75el3; selects. 80, apples,
81 seg2 per box: bauaisss; s~ea 90. orsng *
fancy Seedlings s. 21z9 choice. a.zsa
"a. str-s wherr7cs. S1.7sd2 per case.
Hay. Grain and Feed.
uay Ciobblng)-Puget sound, per ton.
s1sTft. Eastern washington timothy. 81
ais: California, sit5ls; straw, "; alfalfa,
siiQI2 .a
Bsriey observation-disclosures or ground. per
'9 corn&whole, so: cracked, SCI; feed meal.
MilIstuffs fiobbingI-Bran, per ton, SAG
Is. shorts per ton, Siuas
Feed fiohbing1-1'hopped feed. $l7I1s per
ton mlGiHngs. per ten. 81 oil cake meal.
per ton. ST.
SEATTLE WHEAT MARKET.
No l club. milling. &c; bluestem, mill
ing, &c.
TACOMA WHEAT MARKET.
TACOMA. May 2-Wheat-MIlling
nrice Ma, ! club. sc: 40. hluesteFn 7sc.