The San Francisco call., 1908-05-30
A Gamers View of the Coming Fruit
Season

The following extracts are taken from a state
ment by the California canneries company just
issued:
''rhe fruit crop In aprfcots. pears and peaches
viii be the largest in the history Of the state
1t may be difficult however. to get an abund
ance OF first class quality on account OF the
trees being heavily loaded. and in many sec
tlons the growers not thinning sufficiently
This viii mean smaller fruit.
Notwithstanding the heavy fruit crops we do
not look for excessively heavy pack Of canned
fruits, as the financial scare Of last fall has
servative course on the part OF large buyers
The result OF this Is already seen IN the fact
that fruit Gamers are not in position to name
prices crops excepting for limited quantity.
All indications point ito the fact that the
heavy purchasers In the east are going to BUY on
the hand 10 mouth policy and this will undoubt-
edly take away the speculative feature OF the
business. The same applies to the dried fruit
trade, which ordinarily uses the largest quantity
of the fresh fruit crops. 1t remains to be seen
whether cheap prices will stimulate business in
large way, or whether the buyers viii pursue
an tra-conservative course. which seems quite
likely. From present indications the buyers OF
these goods propose to force the producer and
into next excepting what buyers need for i'm
mediate requirements.
and Bartlett pears, both of which are better in
quality and larger in quantity by thousands Of
tons than for several years past. will depend
largely upon the shipping Of these varieties
fresh; and this again depends upon the purchas
Ing power OF the people in our large cities east
Of the Rocky mountains Thousands Of cars of
California fresh fruit are consumed By the mid
die and poorer classes. and IL II is true that
thousands Of people are out Of work, they may
not be In position to purchase the fruit. But
this is matter that time alone will develop"
Wheat and Other Grains
Wheat-Chtcago was lower and heavy, owing
to the unsettled weather. Local conditions and
prices remained unchanged There win be no
business today, as it Is legal holiday.
CASH WHEAT
California club, $i.65@167ls do milling.
S16I y 41.7O; California white Australian, $1-70
@1.721a; lower grades OF California. 81. .40Q1 80;
northern club. S1.65 91.67h northern bluestem,
81; ;7ogl .5; Northern red. s1.66@ieIh; turkey
FUTURES
1880 a. m. Session
No transactions.
p. m. Session
No transactions.
Barley-The market continues to tend down
ward and is depressed and dull. Buyers pur-
chase only from hand to mouth:
CASH BARLEY
common to fair. $1S5@l.s711 per ctl; brewing
cnevalier, nominal
,o..o FUTURES g..
December M: :si'a7 sly si.ssx 81 .Sss
- p m Session
over the market Ike a wet blanket and trade Is
very dull. with all holders anxious to sell. No
further decline In prices.
Common To choice white 81 All, al. .57A: gray
nominal 81 .5OG 1.5T11 per ctl.
Corn-There Is no further change to report in
this market. 1t continues firm. with light
stocks.
California small round yellow nominal;
large yellow. nominal; white, nominal; western
francisco track. s1.74; white, STA: mixed.
$1.12; Egyptian. nominal at $l.so@1.s5 for
Rye-California. s.47h@1.5o per ctl.