The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-29

PORTLAND. Feb. 27.--Eggs are
becoming more plentiful from day 70
day and were considered weak at i8
cents on Front street this morning.
As usual during the falling market
retailers are not inclined to buy any
more than they need for the days
business, and as there 10 no export
demand, stocks are inclined to pile
up Cold storage men say they will
not put away eggs this year unless
the price Of fresh eggs drops to IA
or Is cents a dozen.
Grain, Flour, Feed.
Wheat-club. sc; Valley 82c;
bluestcm. S4c; red Russian, Soc.
OATS Producers prices: White,
$2s; gray, s26@u
Flour Hard wheat patent, $3.50;
straight, 500; graham. $3.50; rye, SIS;
whole wheat flour, $44s; Dakota,
$640@6.60; Eastern rye. $500;
Pillsburg, 81; Corvallis. $40
Rye$iAo per cwt.
corn--Whole. $3.50; cracked,
$3.50, per ton.
Hay-Wholcsale selling prices;
Valley timothy, $l7@is; Eastern
Oregon, $20@2i; clover. si4@is;
alfalfa. Sl2@l3.
Grain bags--Domestic. Ssc; Cal
cutta. &c.
MilIfccd-City bran. $24s0; coun-
try bran, $3.50; city shorts. $26;
country shorts, s27; chop, $22; mid
dIings. S30.50.
Barley-Producers' prices: Brewing
$3.50; feed. $27; rolled. $2S@D.
Buckwheat--$36 per ton.
Cereal Foods--Rolled oats. cream,
90-ib. sacks, ST.; lower grade, $3.50;
oatmeal, steel cut, 4s-lb. sacks, So;
o-ih sacks. $42s per bale; oatmeal
(ground). 45-ib. sacks, $50 per bar
rel; o-ib. sacks, $500 per bale; split
peas. $3.50 per i00-ib. sacks; 2S-lb.
boxes, SIPS per box pastry flour,
l0-lb. sacks, $2,7s per bale.
Fresh Meats and Fish.
Observation-Disclosures Bay, per gal
Ion, SIPS; per sack, $3.50; Toke
Point. sl.6 per 100; Olympias (l2o
lbs), So; olympias, per gallon. S22s
Fresh Mcats--vcal, fancy, 100 lbs,
averag. o@oac; 100 to $50 lbs, S@
Sic lb.; large and coarse. 5@7c; hogs,
fancy block, 7@7ic; heavies, 6@7c;
beef, bulls. 3i@4c; cows, 4@sc;
steers, 5ic@6c; muttons, medium
size, i0@ilc; large and coarse, 8@oc.
Clams-Little neck, per box, $3.50;
razor clans, 500 per box.
Fish--Halibut, &c; black cod, &c;
black bass, per h., Zoe; striped bass,
l3c; smelt, 7c; herring, She; founders,
&c; catfish, lie; shrimp, l0c; perch,
7c; sturgeon, l2ac; sea trout, lSc; tom
cod, l0e; salmon. silversides, &c;
steelheads, lie; chinooks, l2c lb.;
Holsters, Csc lb
Fruit.
Domestic Fruits - Apples. fancy,
$l.7s@2.s0 box; common to good, 81
@l.s0 box; pears, $i.75@20O box;
cranberries. $4,000 per barrel.
Dried Fruits--Apples, o@l0c per
pound; apricots, 27@2oc; peaches, II
@l3c; pears, lla@l4c; Italian prunes,
s@6c; California ags, white. in sacks,
7ic per pound; black, 6@7c; bricks,
7sc@2.25 per box; Smyrna, l6@l7ac
per pound; dates, Persian, 6a@7c per
pound.
Tropical Fruits-Lemons, $1,000
$50 box; lines, 7sc per 100; oranges,
new navels, $l7s@2.50 box; grape
fruit, $3,s0@400 box; bananas, SC
lb,; Grated, Sic b.; tangerines, $l.40@
l.s0 box; pineapples, $4@s dozen.
Groceries, Provisions, Etc.
Sugar (sack basis)-D. G., $s6s;
Xxx, $s4s; beets, $s.45; Golden G,
$3.50; extra c, $s,ls; powdered, $3.50;
boxes, 5sc cwt. advance over sack
basis; fruit or berry sugar, $s,6s;
boxes, ssc cwt. advance over sack
basis (lcss ac If pal dior in Is days.,
fee-Mocha, 24@2Sc; Java,
fancy, 2s@2Sc; Java, good, 2o@24c;
Java, ordinary, l7@20c; Costa Rica,
fancy, l8@20c; Costa Rica, good, l6
@lSc; Arbuckle, $l663 cwt.; Lion,
$ls88 cwt.;; Colombia coffee, l4c lb.;
Salvador, lli@l4ic
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