The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-09-09
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Hopkins = Company's Review
Of Trade.

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OF Trade.
An inquiry into European crop con-
ditions conducted by the Orange Judd
syndicate of agricultural papers. inciud-
ing the American Agricultural, OF New
York, the Orange-Judd Farmer, OF Chi
cago, and the New England Homestead.
of Springfield, Mass, indicates that the
food crop situation abroad is very grave.
Estimates of Europe's (including
England need of wheat imports range
all the way from 800, 600, 900 to AGO.
coo, 900 bushels. Europe's wheat crop
for 1895, 1894 and 1898 averaged l.
500, 900, 900 bushels. In 1891 the fam
inc year, it was only 1900, 900. The
impression is gaining ground that Eu-
ropes wheat this year is even less than
in 1891. But this is not the worst OF
it. Europe usually produces as much
rye as she does wheat. 1t is the bread
grain of the masses. The rye crop OF
the. principal European countries has
averaged above 1900, 900. 900 annually
for 1896, 1895, 1894 and 1898. This
season the rye crop of these countries
cannot much exceed $50, 1000, 900 BUSH
els. Quite as bad is the potato pros
pect. Only about $3.50, 900, 600 bush
els of potatoes will be harvested in
these countries this year. Without re-
gard to the United Kingdom or other
European countries, there is shortage
of SONS million bushels of potatoes.
The European shortage, compared with
the average, follows:
Wheat, bushels 300 COG, eco
Rye, bushels SsoUO,OW
Potatoes, bushels .................-],O OO0OO,OOO
Total.... ,es5, ooO, eco
The Hungarian department of agri-
culture says: 'The favored countries
are the United States and Canada.
The latter will soon be one of the most
important of the exporting countries. its
excess over last years production being
100000 bushels of wheat, and 20,
OOO,0 of corn. Its output of all sorts
of grain was 27O, 900, 900 bushels. The
yield of wheat in Great Britain this
season is 100000 bushels against
63,OOO,O00 last year. The wheat area
of British India is reduced from 49,,
100000 acres to 100000, and the
wheat yield from 234, OOO,OO bushels
to 202, OOO,OO bushels.
The United States, which has re-
duced its area sown in oats by 2,O0O,-
900 acres, that for corn by 1000, 900
acres, while that in other grain re-
mains unchanged, will nevertheless dis
pose of 534, OOO,0 900 bushels of wheat,
against 434, 100000 bushels last year.
Portland Markets.
Wheat-Walla Walla, 8O@82c; VAL
ley and Bluestem. 84@85c per busheL
Flour-Best grades, $3.50; graham,
1886; superfne, So. so per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, $50 SEC; choice
gray, SAC per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, SIS; brew
ing, $18@19 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $14 per ton;
middlings, sal; shorts, $3.50.
Hay-Timothy, $12@12.50; clover,
$1O@11; California wheat, SOC
IL; do oat, $l1; Oregon wild hay, 500
10 per ton.
Eggs-12Hc per dozen.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 45@5 SOC;
fair to good, s5@ 4oc; dairy, 25@ SOC per
roll.
Cheese = Oregon, 111ac; Young
America, 121ac; California, 90 10c per
pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $500
1915 per dozen; broilers, $4,000. so;
geese, So GA; ducks, So $3.50 per dozen;
turkeys, live, 10@11c per pound.
Potatoes. 20. egon Burbanks. $50
40c per sack; new potatoes, SOC per
sack; sweets, $1.75 per GENITAL.
Onions-CalifOrnia,n new, red. $1.25;
yellow, $3.50 per GENITAL.
Hops-10@111ac per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c.
Wool-Valley. 14@15c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 1O@l2c; mohair, zoe
per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 2A@21ac; dressed mutton,
41ac; spring lambs, 5H per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $3.50;
light and feeders, 1904; dressed, $50
AIS per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross. top steers, $2.75@3;
cows 1925; dressed beef, 4@5Hc per
pound.
Veal-Large. 3@3Hc; small, ~
per pound.
Seattle Markets.
Butter-Fancy native creamery,
brick, zoe; ranch, 1O@12c.
Cheese Native Washington, 100
lie; California, 91ac.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 10000.