The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-03
THE SEATTLE MARKETS

Tners T.as a little better movement IN
tbs potato Zarkss yesterday. Farmers
Gid not take this as indication thar thu
market is improving and that they viii %
ahse to dispose OF their stock at q good
price. il IS generally conceded that the
commission HAN and the farmer who have
anything like fair price for their stock.
The demand al present - nothing Liar L
ssaoala Dc or what vas expected It would
OF fine LOOKING fakinas for GA When tbs
farmer brought them 10 the city ne in
stracEed iae commission house that took
charge Of them not 10 sell unless good
price was offered The commission house
was offered 81, but the farmer said, Hold
them" They vera held. with the result
that they brought but sii. and In addition
10 the loss the potatoes had 10 be gone
over" and put in up-co-siate condition.
causing loss Of about one-tifth- Natives
market price is $40.
The price Of eggs ranged from Is to u
cents yesterday. bat IA vas the average
fresh ranch egg for i3i1 cents 20 retail
dealers.
The butter market was fairly good. The
~ pounds day. IS finding a good market
In Seattle for its product. The butter IS
regarded as very tine. and one house said
that II had experienced no trouble in dis-
posing OF al it could get. The creamery
esas been III operation abort six weeks.
but has hsen shipping TO Seattle orsy ten
out sss fire a product as is now coming
into the market its reputation ia Seattle
VIII soon De permanently established.
Standard creamery butter IS selling at 10
cents and the general belief Is that the
price IS as low as it viii get this summer.
II prices change the opinion seems 20 pre-
vail that Il VIII be TO 60 higher.
Native Strawberries are at present con-
trolling the local market Hood river and
Walk Wallas are not doing much, in fact
there are few if any in the market. The
he = a
IS m fine condition.
Business III general along West street
yesterday was in good condition
JobbinE Quotations.
The following We're the jobbing quota
lions OF wholesale dealers yesterday:
Sugar. Flour and Coffee.
Sugar Oobbingl-Golden ''C'' in bhls. per
ID. 42sc; extra &C. in bbls. per h. iizc;
dry granulated, in bbis. per 10. Sc, cube.
chs; powdered 54sc; spot cash prices,
Eloar Ell oe0ein g Exeele1t
$3.50; buckwheat -four, per bbl. 500: per
cwi, s,75G4: graham. Fer bbi. ST. or
, bs ae65 E io per s"'' re n hsr eR per
rolled oats per biol. sia4so: hominy. per
cwt. g 3; eraeksd wheat, per, cwt, ss.s5:
faxed wheat. $50 per case; whole w yds q,
Hour. per cwI, SO; pearl barley. loo-lD
sacks sac &c: 25-Tn boxes; sc; split peas. per
Ios-lp , sacks t sn 2srn eSxes &C. ssrn
is~. 90: 5os sl.i5; TAXED hOminy. bbls'
Coffee dobhinga- Green-Mocha. per n.
Choice per h. h. sae : Roasted ar buckles.
II, mr. le on Sass s., per ews sls dsr I . SAC
Alden Mocha. 3.i2c; Caracola, 2'lgc; Guate-
mala, &c; ground coffee, lsaalc, Lion los.
si3l5; Cos. slsa5 ses, sl3.35.
Meats. Provisions and Fish.
Fresh Meats dobbing)-Cow beef. SIC;
steer beef. &c Per ID: mutton. SIC per
Provisions (iobbngl-Hams. large. 10}.c:
hams. small. lie; breakfast bacon. siac;
Fresh Fish Uohbing) -Halibut. -s1aq4.2c:
s So e1se' salmon TROUT: SC: nounds scr
isisai5c: shrimps. i0c.
Butter. Cheese. EsE. and Poultry.
Butter - Ranch. sG1ac: Washington
creameries. IN, prints. 15,.
Cneesr Gcooingl->ative Washington,
Eggs GoeS Gi '1ss Ere 1 ranch' lsaisc
Poultry tiobhincl--C hicket.S l14Iic; live
weight; dressed chickens, GiZc.
Vegetables and Fruit.
Potatoes Oobbing)-Native stock. s1odl3.
Y,,kin.< 80. sweet pota,oes. 4e per H.
&c: Oregon peas, &c per 10 rhuanrb, l'zs;
hages. California. 81. 20 per cWt; new Cali
fornia onions he: beets, SIS per
ssicK. carrots. si.2o: lettuce, l0c per doz:
cucuznbers. hothorse, 6esI75c doz; dollhouse
tomatoes, atc per 10.
,srsen rrulf- sohing1-I4emops, fancy
California, s363. 30. seiects. & s91f3: apples.
81 &sfi.75 per box; bananas. saaf25o;
oranges, fancy seedlings, s.. 5lslS; choice
E. 22E4Is. 80: native strawberries, 81. Esq 80;
eooseberries. iaI2c.
Hay. Grain and Feed.
Hay Oohbingl-Puget sound. per ton,
si2413: Eastern Washington timothy, 81
ais: California, sii: alfalfa, s1idi2.
cats t1oboinst-sZl42
Barley UosbiDg,-Roled or ground. per
ton. 500
Co-n--W-hole. so: cracked. SO. feed
meal, so.
Miilsturs Oohhing>-Bran. per ton, $i40
Is: shorts. per ton, sl1d1s-
Feed ttobbing) feed. si7qls per
ton: micdlings. per ton, 81; oil cake NEAL
per ton, ~