The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-08-13
MARKETS HERE
Are Among the Cheapest
in the State at the
Present Time
SUGAR TAKES A DROP

Cantonians realize, that the markets
of Canton are among the cheapest in
the state and cheaper even than the
Cleveland markets. This summer has
been the first time that this has been
the case but it is true at the present
| time. The change is due to the fact
that Canton commission merchants.
at least some Of them. buy directly
from the shippers instead of getting
their supply through the Cleveland
and Pittsburg commission houses, as
has been the custom in former years.
| This Of course relates in general to
fruit dried fruit and canned goods
which come from other parts of the
country.
Minnesota -four has risen steadily
| all week and there is no indication
that It has yet stopped going up. This
Is due to the scarcity of No. 1 hard
wheat In the northwest The out
look for the coming crop is SO du-
bious that the buyers hardly know
| what to expect, and there is none
too much on hand at the present time.
The wheat in the central states is
much more settled and there is no
change in the flour market of the
softer wheats in Ohio, Indiana, llli-
nois and Iowa.
The continued dry and hot spell
along the Pacific coast has sent the
price of California canned and dried
goods Into the clouds. There is no
telling when Jupiter Pluvius will open
up on the golden west, but every day
he holds off the rain. sends the west
ern markets higher. Lemons are up
i'll the air ,as are oranges. 1t is near
the end of the orange season how
ever, which may better account for
the rise in that article. In spite Of
the rise in lemons they are lower
than they were last year.
Potatoes have retailed for forty
cents peck for the last ten days but
1t is expected that they will drop to
| bed rock inside of a week, on account
of the recent rains. No estimate can
be made of the good the rains have
done the farmers; and the potatoes
have received their share of the ben
eft Wholesale potatoes now sell at
three dollars and seventy-fve cents a
barrel, each barrel of eleven pecks;
whereas formerly the price ranged
three dollars to three dollars and a
half.
Sugar has dropped ten points dur
| Inn hn net
retail refined market a perceptible
fall. The hot weather on the coast
which is keeping the fruit dealers
guessing is just the thing for the lima
beans which have taken fall on
that account
This is the season for the home
grown fruits. 1t is the end of the
season for Georgia peaches which
have held the market up to the pres
ent time. These will soon quit COM
ing and the dealers will have too look
nearer home. The northern Ohio and
Michigan peaches will be the next in
line.
The late season for melons has had
a tendency to keep the price down.
They were late in coming but are now
arriving in large quantities. 1t is now
the end of the cantaloupe season
but there are plenty on hand to keep
the price down where it ought to be.
The season for small cantaloupes is at
an end. Those now on the market
are the large variety, called the tip
top cantaloupes. The price averages
about the same as in former years.
Sweet potatoes are coming slower
than usual this year A large sup
ply is expected in about week The
rains will probably bring them fast.
Apples are more scarce this year
than usual.
The season is also starting for
home grown plums as we'll as peaches.
The outlook for the fruit crop this
year is especially bright. Peaches
and plums are expected to be more
plentiful than ever by some of the
merchants, and there is no reason
why they should not be.
There is little demand for garden
truck this time of year. Every one
has about all they want in their own
garden, and the articles at the retail
stores are therefore cheap. There is
nothing radical doing in the butter
and eggs field. They are the same
as usual at this time OF year. The
usual scarcity of butter in week or
two, however, is expected. Although
the market is well supplied at the
present time the annual drop is ex-
pected to take place in a short time.