The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-21

tn, surr-is OF the market yesterday
was the remarkable advance IN the price
OF potatoes II - hard TO give direct
reason for The advance. The hard frostx
OF the past winter no doubt were tia
cause OF considerable loss. The fast re-
mains. however. THAI stocks are very
scarce There is a demand from Portland
and san Francisco for potatoes. which
would tend TO stiHen prices. re say Roth
Ing Of the shortage in local supply. Yes
terday's quoting jumped to SAs$s4o. and
one commission man went 50 far To
insist on $&5 per toa. The end is not yet
Apples are very plentiful sn market: IL
anything there is perhaps al oversiocx.
Ranch eggs are hrmer, with prices uI.-
changed.
The following prices are being offered
TO the producer by the local dealers for de-
livery in round lots on the dock or In tn.
car at Seattle:
Grain-oats. Sc: barley. ss4: wheat.
chicken feed. $500: bran. is: shorts. SIS.
Hay-Puget sound, tsUS per ton, East
ern Washington timothy. si2-5o; alfalfa. $
Eggs-Strictiy fresh ranch, fsfle
Butter-Fresh ranch, i1alSc: creamery.
2eg3c.
Poultry-Chickens. live. BE: live turkeys.
lec.
Live Stock--Choice beef cattle. cows. &c.
steers. is2Q5c, choice sheep. 4i115c: good
hogs. live, aiet: hogs. dressed, size: calves.
dressed, large, Sc; small. SC: calves. i've.
Hides. Pelts and wool-Heavy sound
salted steers, over 90 pounds, 80. medium
sound. per pound. TIC. light sound, I'M
&c; stays. bulls and oxen, 445c: salted kips.
&c; calves. per pound. Sc: green hides &c
less than sailed: dry hides. per pound.
lie: dry culls. one-shiri less; summer
1875: papery deer. sdiee: dry elk. sGiec:
green elk. 4ftSc. sheep pelts, 2SGS1c; shear
lings, 1SIcSc; Eastern Washington,
wool, &c; Western Washington wo3l, lie;
Jobbinx Quotations.
Jobbing quotations yesterday were as
follows:
Sugar, Flour and Coffee.
Sugar Uobbing)-Golde G., in bbls, &c:
extra c. in bbls. SIC; powdered, Sac: dry
graduated. 5ssc; cube. Sac: beet. sac:
Flour, etc. Oobbing,-Patent Excellent.
$s.25: Novelty a. s.. Star tbakersD, SEA
calif.rn:a brands nd Nio; corn meal. vel
meal. white. Ills per 100 lbs, in l0-lb sacks;
buckwheat -four. pure. s. 50 per 80 lbs. in
s-lb sacks; cracked wheat. S1a per 100
in io-lb sacks: farina, s. per 100 lbs. in 5-Ib
sacks; steel-cut oat meal, $3.50 per 100 lbs
In lo-lb sacks: graham -four. N.a per ieo
lbs, In 10-Ib SACKS: whole wheat -four. H.S5
per 100 lbs, in lo-ib sacks; rye meal, s21o
per 100 lbs, in la-lb sacks: rye -four. s. Is
per 100 lbs, in 10-lb sacks; split peas, 100
ID sacks. $50: spill, peas. 50 per 100 lbs. IS
Id boxes: pearl barley. 81. Is per 100 lbs, IN
sacks; wheat fakes. 7s-ib boxes. Sc 10:
wheat flakes. $3.50 per case of SO 2-ib pkgs;
fancy rolled oats. as per bale, In s-ib
6o-lb sacks: corn meal. white, s2.so per bbl,
In bo-lb sacks: buckwheat -four, pure. $40
per Dbl. in 5e-lb sacks: cracked wheat, =
per bbl in 50-lb sacks: sieei-cut cat meal.
81 ~ % in III a m
& 90 per Dbl. In 5o-lb sacks; whole wheat
four So per bill. in 5o-lb sacks: rye meal.
per Dbl: fancy rolled oats, $50 lbs net bbls.
ss.i5; fancy rolled oats. so-ih sucks. $50;
fancy rolled oats. per case. 81. q.
Coffee Uohhing)-G Green Mocha, per ID.
choice, per 10. i5aisc Roas,ea-Arhuckle's
per cwt. siss: ss-lb cases per cwt. si2 Is;
Mocha, 3'ise. Caraeoia, &c; Guatemala,
aic: ground coffee, le12ee: Lion. iaos siee IS;
s5s, $i2.35; SIS. sisi5
Butter, Cheese, Eggs ana Poultry.
Butter-Ranch. lsaI,c: fancy dairy. in
squares. 1sI2sc: Washington creameriss,
, ra g ET'ass: 'a''' Eastern Iowa and FL
Cheese 0onbing,-Na,ive Washington,
l2aGlslac; Eastern. i2ianl31se.
Qi5c.
Comb honey--CaEfornia, &c; strained, &c.
PoUiiryDressed chickens iSsiISc: 1--we
chickens, lac: live turkeys 1sfit5e: dressed
geese. isGise; dressed turkeys. isafl.c
Nuts.
Walnuts. per ID. sacks iinisc: Eastern
black walnuts. tee; pecans .znisc: fiiherts
lac almonds. fancy. soft shell, fsdeoc: al
monds No. ?. is6Ifsc. peanuts. sss7c: pine,
f5c; hickory. ldc: coeoanuts. per dozen, sc :
popcorn. e per ID.
Hay. Grain and Feed.
Hay GohhIngl-puset sound. per ton. s.
0io: Eastern Washington timothy, SIS 50gs
IA Alfalfa, SO.
Oats ttobbtngl-Per ton, SIS
Rarley-RoIlei. s2aA27
corn--Whoie, s23aoi cracked. S24: feed
meal. per ton. s14
Feed-wheat, s2i12e; eli cake meal. SIS:
miialings, s3lu23: bran, SIS: shorts. slT
chopped feed $a1Qzs; dairy chopped feed.
SIS.
Meats, Provisions and Fish.
Fresh Meat Cjoebingi~~Cow beef. Sc per
III, steer beef Size per n; mutton. wethers
"a per 10; pork. 7s4c per III; veal. large
S. per IN: small, lec.
Provisions ftoisbtngs~ Hams. large 1otzc:
hams saassali lie: breakfast bacon, 1iisc.
dry S4lt~a sides T$.e
Larl 1jo1hingA- Homemade per lb. TIC:
White star ~. tsuln SgsesiaI sase. lard