The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-14
POTATOES AGAIN
ON THE ADVANCE
Scarcity Oh Market Causes
Raise of 10 Cents on a
BusheI.
FRESH TOMATOES. ALSO
TAKE UPWARD STRIDE
Cane Sugar Takes Two Long
Jumps in as Many
Days.

Potatoes yesterday took another big
Jump upward In price. the reason being
the fact that the farmers are not bring
Ing them In. They jumped up from so
TO 30 cents per bushel and retailers
claim that they are likely to take an
other jump again today unless some
thlng unlocked for happens The failure
on the part of the farmers to bring in
the potatoes Is accredited to the fact
OF their being busy with their barvests
Inc potato crop is reported by the
farmers TO be very light this year for
some reason or another The vines
looked healthy enough. bat the potatoes
are small and lack greatly in numbers
Reliable retailers say that the price for
them will remain high all winter.
Tomatoes Advancing,
Tomatoes also took an upward stride
yesterday. The wholesale price Jumped
l5 cents and the retailers found it neces-
sary to follow suit In the retail price
They sold at most OF the markets at 90
cents bushel. instead OF 10 cents as
on the day before. Many Of the retail
ers who bought stocks OF tomatoes be-
fore the raise in price sold them at the
old price and it might be possible to get
few of these today, but In the major
lty OF the markets the price has gone
up.
Another raise which will be far from
pleasing TO consumers is in cane sugar
The advance was started Wednesday
when the market price for cane sugar
Jumped up 10 cents. both in the whole
sale and the retail market. The whole
sale price Tuesday was $3.50 and on
Wednesday it raised 10 cents. Yester-
day 1t took still another jump OF 10
cents. This brings the retail price up
TO $50 per sack. The beet sugar mar
ket raised on Wednesday TO S5.40. but
failed TO move yesterday. The move Of
price is claimed TO be a "feeler" by
jobbers. il being the idea of the West
ern sugar trust 10 raise the price TO see
II the Hawaiian company, which is not
combined with the trust. will follow.
The Hawaiian people, however, have
failed TO advance and 1t is question as
10 what results will be, Some claim that
the Hawaiian people will hold firm and
others say that they viii follow the
course of the trust
Coffee May Advance.
Coffee is also expected 10 begin a
raise very soon. A deal which is on
with the Brazilian Government by which
they get a corner on coffee may go
through, and il ii does coffee prices Will
go way up.
The market was rather quiet yesterday
in the fresh fruit and vegetable lines,
Peaches remained unchanged In price.
The fish and poultry markets were also
quiet, there being nothing added TO the
market and being no change in prices,
Striped bass have disappeared from the
market. IL not being possible for either
retailers or wholesalers 10 secure them,
The grape market has become rather low,
but a car OF the various kinds Will be
received today and the retail market
replenished.
Wholesale Quotations,
Hay, grain and straw-Oat straw, per
bale. 35c: alfalfa. per ton. s13; timothy,
s15 per ton: feed wheat. S140; shorts.
sl.10; oats, S1.60. rolled oats, Sl.T5: corn,
1885, corn, chopped, 81 40; barley.
rolled. s1.30: bran, s1.00; -four, bakers
No. l. $40; straight grade. $50; high
patent, $500: rye, $500.