The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-08
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Latest Quotations inthe Portland
Market.
Complete Market Reports Corrected
Each Day Giving the wholesale
Prices Of Commodities, Farm
Produce, and Vegetables.

PORTLAND, March - There
have been two advances OF ~ cents
hundred each in sugar in the Eas'
within the past two weeks, and local
;obbers say that higher quotations
here within short time may be ex'
pected. No changes were announced
today. An Eastern trade paper gives
the following figures on the worlds
visible sugar supply: Total stock Of
Europe and America, 5,577,W tons
against 3,747,7l9 tons last year at the
same uneven dates. The decrease OF
stock is l6o,942 tons, against de-
crease Of l57,9S4 tons last week
Total decrease OF ls7,94 tons last
week. Total stocks and afioats to-
rether show visible supply OF s.
657,777 tons, against 3.S37,7lo tons
Inst year, or a decrease Of isoS42
tons
Grain. Flour. Feed.
Wheat Club, &c; Valley, &c;
bluestem, S4c; red Russian, S0c-
Oats Producers prices: White,
SIS; gray, $26@0.
Flour-Hard wheat, patent, AN;
straight, S4OO; graham. $3.50; rye. S.;
whole wheat flour, %.4s; Dakota,
s64O@6.6O; Eastern rye, 5000;
Pillsburg. 81; Corvallis, $40.
Rye$1.40 per cwt.
corn-Whole, $3.50; cracked,
$3.50 per ton.
Hay-Wholesale selling prices;
valley timothy, $l7@lS; Eastern
Oregon, $20@2l; clover, $l4@ls;
alfalfa, $l2@l3.
Grain bags Domestic. Ssc; Cal
sutta, oc.
MilHeed-City bran. $2450; coun-
ny bran, $3.50; city shorts, $50;
country shorts. $27; chop, $22; mid
dlings. S3o-s0-
Barley-Producers' prices: Brewing
$3.50; feed, $27; rolled, 5000.
Buckwheat- $50 per ton.
Cereal Foods Rolled oats, cream
cob. sacks, 81; lower grade, $3.50
oatmeal, steel cut, 45-ib. sacks, s.
o-ib. sacks, $4.2s per bale; oatmea
(ground), 45-fb. sacks. $50 per bar
rel; o-ib. sacks, $500 per bale; spli
peas, $3.50 per lOO-ib. sacks; 25-lb
boxes, $l.25 per box pastry flour
DO-lb. sacks, $275 per bale
Fresh Meats and Fish.
Observation-Disclosures Bay, per gal
ION, $2.25; per sack, $3.50; Toks
Point, $l.6O per 100; Olympias (12(
Ibs.), So; Olympias, per gallon, $225
Fresh MeatsVeal, fancy, 100 lbs.
averag, o@9ac; 100 to $50 lbs, Ga
SIC lb.; large and coarse, 5@7c; hogs
fancy block, 7@7ac; heavies, 6@7c
beef, bulls, 3a@4c; cows, 4@5c
steers, sac@6c; muttons, medium
size, 10@1lc; large and coarse, 8@9c
Clams-Little neck, per box, $3.50
razor CLAIMS, $500 per box.
Fish-Halibut, &C.; black cod, &c
black bass, per h., Zoe; striped bass
l3c; smelt, 7c; herring, She; founders
SC; catfish, lie; shrimp, lOc; perch
7c; sturgeon, 12ac; sea trout, lSc; ton
cod, l0c; salmon, silversides, 9c
steelheads, lie; chinooks, l2c lb.
Holsters, 25c lb.
Fruit.
Domestic Fruits - Apples, fancy
$i.75@2.50 box; common to good, :
also box; pears, $l75@2.OO box
cranberries, $7O0@9 per barrel
Dried Fruits-Apples, o@loc pc
pound; apricots, 27@2oc; peaches, !
@l3c; pears, lla@l4c; Italian pruEe'
5@6c; California ags, white, in sacks
7ac per pound; black, 6@7c; bricks
75c@2.25 per box; Smyrna, l6@l7a
per pound; dates, Persian, 6a@7c pc
pound.
Tropical Fruits-Lemons, $1,000
$50 box; lines, 75c per 100; orange
new nayels, $l.75@250 box; grape
fruit, $3.5O@4.OO box; bananas,
b.; Grated, SIC lb.; tangerines, Sl.40C
i.5O box; pineapples, $4@5 dozen.
Groceries, Provisions, Etc.
Sugar (sack basis)-D. G., $50
Xxx. S5.45; beets, $5.45; Golden
$3.50; extra c, $5l5; powdered, $5.S
boxes, 55c cwt. advance over sac
Jasis; fruit or berry sugar, $50
boxes, 55c cwt advance over sa'
basis Qess ac if pal dior in Is days
Coffee Mocha, 24@2Sc; Jay
fancy, 25@28c; Java, good, 2o@24
lava, ordinary, l7@2oc; Costa Ric
fancy, lS@20c; Costa Rica, good,
@lsc; Arbuckle, $1663 cwt.; Lilo
1888 cwt.; Colombia coffee, l4c Il
Salvador, 1lA@14ac.