The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-03-28
ACTIVE PRICES
FOR PRODUCTS
POTATOES AND HAY Benefited
Government Asks For Bids on 72O,.
600 Pounds of Potatoes and
100000 Pounds Onions.

Market better for hay. Potatoes
in demand at little better price.
Produce other than above mention
ed steady at fair prices.
Considerable hay is moving and
an advance of 81 ton on most all
grades is reported
The produce men of Tacoma have
been invited by the government to
put in bids to be opened at Manila
April 10, for supplying the army
with 100000 pounds of potatoes
and 100000 pounds of onions per
month from June 1 to October /.
This has created a better demand
for the Yakima product and better
grades are not so dull as last week.
The onion market is dull and this
offer does not effect them as the
produce men do not think they can
ship onions that far without waste
and they do not expect much from
their bids on that product.
Many grades Of apples are offer
ed on the local markets and the
prices range from $1.00 to $3.50,
with good demand for good goods.
good goods.
Vegetables and Fruit.
The return of warm weather has
materially improved conditions in
Western Washington, and fruit and
vegetables moved OF better than
they did a week ago. Cabbage is
quoted little lower, prices ruling
steady at &c per pound. Aspara-
gus and rhubarb also show decline,
the first &c per pound and the Sec
ond 25c per box. Oranges have been
advanced 25c per box on all grades
and a still further advance is looked
for. The lemon market also is very
firm, with prices advanced SOC per
box, and a still further advance is
looked for before long. The apple
market is short at present; Seattle
stocks are about cleaned out, while
this side of the mountains apples are
in light supply. Fancy Alter va
rieties are now bringing $2.75 per
box, while Ben Davis sell from $3.50
to $1.75 per box The apple supply
just now is not equal to the demand.
There are no changes to report in the
onion or potato market. A few new
potatoes shipped from California are
on the market, selling at 4c per
pound, with the demand rather. lin
tied. The demand for strictly fancy
stocks of potatoes is improving and
as the supply of these is short they
command premium above the .regu-
lar quotations. Tomatoes show a de-
cline Of Csc per box.
Hops.
There is very little to be said on the
local hop situation beyond the fact
that the growers persist in holding
on to their hops. being firm in their
belief that higher prices will prevail
before the 1906 hops come on the
market. In this section of the state
number of contracts were recently
made for this years hop crop at an
average of 1Oc per pound, which is
about the same as last year, while
for 1904 1t was 22c and over. Last
year there was a big production of
hops in England, and as a conse-
quence the local market slumped.
The Yakima hops are rich in lupu-
line and for this reason the product
is much sought after in the English
markets.
The crop OF Yakima county last
year is estimated by the buyers at
$4,000 bales of 200 pounds each.
With 10c as the average price paid
pound the amount received by the
growers would total $4S0,000.
Reports from Oregon are to the
effect that the 1905 crop OF that
state was 114,000 bales and that
there are not more than 1900 bales
left unsold.
Prices for hop picking this year
are expected to be very low, owing to
the low price for hops. The growers
are already agitating the question OF