The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-08-01
COM MISSION ROW
NOTES FROM THE MARKET

rying over of them until Monday or a
slaughter of the same on Saturday
afternoon, which is improbable both
to the grower and the commission
dealer. A large amount of the produce
arriving is not in shape to be carried
over Sunday. Much of the balance
must be placed in cold storage. Some
of it must be absolutely unloaded on
Saturday afternoon at bargain prices.
For the benefit of the grower who
wishes to obtain the best prices for
his fruit and produce, Mr.. Powles gives
| the following advice: Make your
Saturday shipments light. l don't
mean by this, not to ship any produce
! for the Saturday market, but If you
want a good price for it, make it light,
so that it can be handled at profit
able price. We often times receive
very heavy express consignments late
on Saturday afternoon. This is bad
both for us and the grower Make
your shipments for Monday only a
moderate size, as the Monday market
is only an indifferently good market.
Make Tuesdays shipments of fair size,
Wednesdays shipments better, and on
Thursday and Friday we can generally
handle everything that comes in.
Thursday and Friday are the best days
to have your produce arrive on West
ern avenue. There is more of de-
mand on those days and growers are
more likely to receive good prices"
Commission men state that the red
potato situation at the present time
can only be characterized as fierce"
| III ,tc. n
pecially from the districts along the
Northern Pacific railroad, and the mar
ket is not in shape to handle these
shipments at profitable price. There
are very few buyers for red potatoes
through the medium of commission
men at present. The local market is
largely supplied directly from the
grower to the retailer, the commission
man being cut out entirely, so this
channel of sales is cut off very largely
to the commission merchants. AS far
as the northern market is concerned,
the heavy markets in Alaska will have
virtually nothing to do with red pota-
! toes. They want white potatoes, and
these potatoes are the only ones that
have any life on the market at pres
ent The red potato is too deep eyed
and not of sufficient quality to attract
the Alaska buyer The merchant in
the north who pays high freight char
ges on potatoes insists on getting the
best for his money There is too much
waste to the red potato when it comes
to peeling it. Moreover, it is not pack
ed in as good shape as the white po-
tato, nor in as generous a measure.
All these things have prejudiced the
northern market against them. South
eastern Alaska will use the red potato,
but Nome and Fairbanks merchants
will have nothing to do with it. Under
these circumstances, the Seattle mer-
chants have a hard time disposlng OF
| them.
Jacob Hartmann Co., the we'll known
| hay and seed dealers of Western ave-
nue., report that there is not very
active market at present for the Wash
ington farmers hay. 1t is just about
half way between times. Hay is not
reaching the market in very heavy
quantities at resent and on the other
hand, the feeders and buyers have not
entirely exhausted their stocks. In
a few weeks now the farmers, VINO
are now busy stacking, will begin
sending their hay in, and the buyers,
attracted by this condition, will begin
stocking up. This house is of the op1n-
ion. however, that Washington grow
ers are asking too much for their hay
this year. Last year the car shortage
caused an abnormal condition in the
bav market. A car of hay arriving
was bid for by many dealers and COM
petitiye bidding sent the price up.
This year this condition does not ex-
list, and farmers who received as hlgn
as $29 a ton last year can not LOOK
E l.. aoaoo ,,riooc to nravaj1 at this