The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-08
Resie.. of the week.

Sc Monday, being fMb1r day. the local
gram houses Cid not Co any buying. bat
yFsfereay tie market opened waEh prices
a. s4sfsGe A small amount was secured at
those figures. There II every reason 20 be-
Aevs that the market wiH continue frm-
TIE rain OF The pas. few days threw Cut
mint thar the wheat crop Of this state
might net BE as large as anticipated. and
that those who wanted wheat had better
advance the prize few GEMS. Reports
from Eastern Washington. however. are
% The effect that the rain has done 70 ma
teriai damage 10 the wheat sad that an
les * costtn1es ths cFeD vii Dc as heavy
az was expected. Grain men vino want
wheat contnae fe insist that the farmer
Is making a mistake in not disposing NJ
part nf lis wheat AT tae present figures
iastead OF waiting FOR enormous prices.
which have BEEN promised by failure Of
erons in other Countries
The cereal market Is firm in ali lines AZ
present.
yery little hay r. coming into the mar
kei. Eastern Washington farmers are not
satisfied Nth good prices for wheat. They
propose q gel good money for their haE.
u IL g ID TIA trey are holding out for 30
hay which means about ST. - IN this city.
Wien the dg8lsr pays thai price and JOBS
K for Sl1. his proat Is not very large.
There SEEMS 20 Be slight Improvement
IN The egg market during the past week.
Prices remain the same and from the pres
enf outlook there viii be ne particular sd-
vance during The present week. They
may 50 ~ cert. bot e IS not likely. Al
present the general tobhing price Is $50.
but mary are going FOR lsc some for less,
One commission bouss on Western avenue
sisted yesterday that Il had been selling
flrst-ctasS ranch eggs the past week Tor
JIG and vas glad "a 81 that. One has no
trouble Ia bearing rsasous for the decline
IN the egg market. ln{lt a few weeks ago
the egg market had been very stead.
Camulissia mcn say 4 was even 81 adler
vaucfug untii they got beyond 2ac. Tn n
the crisis came and the price went down.
Since then tae market has been weak.
Commission men insiSt that - this time OF
the year families wifi not eat e<Es when
they cost 2}c per dozen retail So long as
they are down 20 &c Or less then the de-
nsaHd i good and hundreds OF families eat
them at th#1 price whereas az &C fney
would consider t1en a luxury and get
along withopt Them. Then too. she OUT
SID egg 4 Acquiring IN the present market
price Restaurants ara The great egg con-
Snmers Of the city. 50 long ss they can
Ee1 fresh home eggs AZ a -reasonable price
they patronize the state farmer. but lei
eggs get up too higa and things change.
or coarse the customer looks for his eggs
VIXEN he goes 70 the restaurant, The price
may he N Y nay be down. but he expects
~ pay about the same the year around.
The restaurants know they u1nst have eggs
on hand ard that the customer does not
expect 20 pay any more than the usual
price. As a result the outside egg b bought
and the densud for the Washington egg
s uot 50 grsa-. Then the price q the
Washington eggs drop But the local far
mer does nos seeH abe 20 cope with The
for ign gg market The fer iCn eggs are
sold g. or e cheaper and while they are
ncg as good 80 the ranch egg people 90
not seem 70 snow the difference. and II
they de- the difference Fra price prevents
them from saying anything.
IL would nor surprise any one II butter
should advance "a price. There has been
ne snnouncesnen of the fact and local
deHiers do uGt hint AT such q thing, but
tugt .at present the butter market IS ffTn.
Since the last advance The shipments have
not increp sssd. Eastern Washington
creameriss have nos increased their snip
meuts and give no hint Of their attention
20 % 50. TIE demand = good and the
market is kept well cleaned up. Yesterday
there was not much sup Tfiucus butter IN
the market. Even fancy ranch butter
witch a few months ego was more or less
o. a drug on BE market, new finds good
sale al reasonable prices.
Cheese. FOO. should advance. II IS some
thing cut CT the ordinary mat the price
shopid not have changed during the past
six weeks While suteT has Witnessed sew
eral advance. L IS customary for a
change in the price 81 efse 10 witness a
change in the price % IRE other. When
butter goes 10. CHEESE follows, and when
butter goes down yog may buy cheese
cbeareF.
There has baen 10 great activity IN the
fruit market FAe past week A real fancy
apple. sach as The GrRvers, 81, rnaks
coed seller. Peaches are no; 81 great de-
fnand s8d are at present little weak.
ewing go thA great supply now 30 the mar
kft. Prizes remain UNCHANGED. Fr7.it
dealers say that the present bad weather
e - some extent responsible for the weak
coadi son of thing People are VII iug %
buy bat Co not care t0 - 50 Wh4ie he
weather remains IS in liz presest nnpleas-
rn8n. "there S. nnoce frtti, than there ara
peaple g. buy. II at those reoHle from tne
Yukon were here Min geld. OF Il ta6 "
kon was near Juneau. 80 that we could
fteArf FEA ~ WFsffA 30 %
mere active"
TaanRtoes are much hruer AZ present A
few days $50 ghey we're }ohhing az Sc nud
~. today thsy ara wor.h SIC 20 SC Bnt
growers VIII rssln The market II they take
tkls as a hiur thst tomatoes ere iu crest
dznsnd ard SIP IN several hu0arej boxes
by svery train. e. they sre 20 dcuht "a a
Tee meat arkst = frrn. There was 20
Fork ~ the market yesterday. and f is
nos likely that there wEu p any today.
There sre 10 hogs Ia Tire state. ard Teat
ynen say e does uot pay 20 Bring them here
from th@ Fuut Tire crst - havf~g ard
tTiagt1g "a car load from tae EAST = some
thing enormous and after trey are here
ard 81 tke susrkEt .Gs pT.ce Vec94ved for
them dos not Justify The expense.
Jobbfnx Quotations.
Following are TIE quotations % the
wholesale ant 3aohsnx dealers tQfays
Dairy .nd Poultry Yard
Ratter Ranch f1&ts-, Washington.
creaussrgas. an prtnts. assc
Cheese 0ohbiaEb-Nattve Washington.
fgI ereaEa. lasllc; same. hall SKINNED,
Eggs Cohh3rEA-Eresh rarrn. tsF1ac
Poultry tSohhtug t-k@aiekens. SC s9c I've
weight: dressed chickens. IL
Meats sad Provisions.
Fresh meats eoAhsnES- Steer Bat. &
cow hvaf. Sac FER }e. 1uftoG. s. per
p pork, e Per g.. veal sSc pr u
Canned Meats GtoN1. nEt--E >eVtis4 Kan
s. tsa1& caTae3 hssf IN cans s. 3
coras4 heeE s-fs aus g. chiqoes hAef
lilo cans EE: s-is cans 81 ~ iunch
toEgu~. l-ss cAGs x-2es I'D cans, 8. RESIST
eeeE $ = roast ehlckea- KS. roass gn4t-
ton. &c -, raass tGr&sy, re, pigs
FraviSisns ttoaasnxa - Hams. 1arwe
3Ayc. hams sTal ~. breakfast hzcoa.
Has, dry salt hssiss. Sc
Fresh and Preserved Fish.
F~sss rssn fgos1sng1 - rgA1ih.st. ga,
sAfnaos, ssse; roaEaisFS. ; $50 so,ss. =.
raca GA g. @azck h&sSt s.. p%~cA n~g.c
r-s,sanszfr trout xs.-ss So hack 80 =
sailed SSsa gsa.Nssssf--Esez s@1laaa. s.
rgak 80 lsroa. zs~fA "a s.. sa41aoa Aas-
ssas. as-bsfs. s.. TX AsTrtnE .a-Eo pas
g - HOsla11 ssrVzaE. kegs 8 go IS.
Af4s&a herring AaAs. s.. sSncEa3 sczlea
ee-rszK sas. pr BOX 49,. ses,ti 1errsag
.~N keES, 8 - ua&c SeTe4. fssT> t<-eas
So =. ccsaSh s-Ia syscss. SN>e whota
esd. 1es~an -soxsS. *. szaekse asckEzE.
.s-~s "a Cssssazs,-Cas=a. 30
ssrx. per &a.. x@sa. cans. IN tus. PER
<1px 81 II. fsesssrs In xz1x y<- s1x s. :
essA. a-Ea0. CswzszA nvs-. II "a