The San Francisco call., 1908-05-12
,ams Page Of Commercial News

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to that time all dealers made 5c direrentiaI
between choice and seconds. The production is
gradually falling on in this county.
PETALuMA, May 11--Eighteen and half
cents continued to be the ruling price for eggs.
There was a fair delivery. with tendency
toward shortage in supply
SANTA CRUZ, May 1.-THE egg market is
nrn but prices have not varied 10 any extent
Eggs sold today for 2oc per dozen Shipments
continue good with no trouble TO meet demands.
Deciduous and Citrus Fruits
As there We're no Grated strawberries re-
cefved from Los Angeles yesterday the mar
ket was in better shape for chest goods from
districts nearer home. The receipts were 2S0
chests and all of them were disposed OF within
a few hours after the opening. all varieties
bringing slightly higher prices than on Satur-
day. A small shipment. of crates came In from
factory prices Blackberries from the south
sold at I0c basket Receipts Of cherries
were less than 1000 boxes, and well cOlored
lots OF black packed stock sold Off readily at
about previous prices, while the common red
and white kinds found few buyers. Loose stock
continued 10 sell at a wide range of prices.
most Of the fruit being small and lacking in
color. Thirteen cars OF navel oranges and one
car each OF seeding oranges and grapefruit
were the receipts in the citrus department.
Prices for navels could hardly be called firm,
as the demand was sluggish and limited at
best. Grapefruit still firm feature and
the Seeding oranges met with good call. their
cheapness making them popular with peddlers
fruits.
Strawberries Longworth. s1Od1s per chest:
Cheney S7Q0 per chest Malindas S6QS per
chest; crates, $1q1.50.
Cherries (per drawerl-BIack Tartarian 75c6l
81; purple Guigne, 6oG75c; other varieties,
35G60c in bulk, 3@7c per ID.
Apples tper boxl-Fancy, s1.25G1.75; common
Citrus Fruits tper boxl-Navel oranges. 81 s5
q2l5; seedlings, 81 .2501. 10; tsngerines. 81. 1.25
sP DUa eBOc. 0nd 20 for f5 dns{
grapefruit, S3-25@3.5o for ssedless and $3.50
a. 2,rd01..; for common; nn,.,1; lines. -s9g6 -,
for Hawaiian and 81. 5OgS so for Central Amer
ican; pineapples, ss@7 per dozen.
Dried Fruits, Ralsins, Nuts and Honey
Late New York mail advices say: "A rep
sentative packing firm Of San Jose writes to
Wood Stevens as follows concerning the
coming prune crop: Conservative estimates
place the growing crop in the state Of Cali
fornia at from 35.o0o,6oO to A, ,OOO, 900 pounds
prunes. and Oregon had large crop of prunes
last fall, and so did Europe so we figure that
the coming season. All other fruits in this
the fact that there is very little moisture in
the soil we believe that all fruit will be small
In size and lacking in weight and that the
production win not come up to the present
Fruits-Apricots. 12@14c; evaporated apples.
ga 96Ac; pears, 715@915c; peaches. IA GS15c;
pound.
Raisins Il. o. b. Fresno)-2 crown. s%c; 3
seedless snltanss 41ic; soca$l for london lay
ers and 81 25@1 so for clusters.
1s@lac ne p16s utpa ls@ 4 Ix
1112c; Languedocs, 10c; hardsheIls 7d715c
Wainuts.1se per ID for No. 1 softshell and iOc
for No. 2 do; 121sc for No. l hardsheH and
915c for No. do; italian chestnuts. 1Oa1e1sc
per ID.
HOney--water white. comb. 1s@17c; white,
amber. 1@135c; dark amber and eandled, 81
Provisions
Chicago reports exports for the week as fol
lows: Pork. $50 bbls. against "a. $50 last year
lard. 6,545, 600 lbs. against 6,225, 900; bacon
II. .492 boxes; against IA. .6o2 -'
chicago mail advices provisions say there
has not been any improvement in the cash de-
weakened because OF increasing stocks. in spite
OF light receipts OF hogs. because OF decreasing
There Is nothing new in the local market.
Cured Meats-Bacon, to 10 lbs 161ac; 10
to II lbs, 16nc; light. medium and medium.
to lbs. Ioi4e; to 10 lbs. is1sc; 10 p's to 1S
lbs. 1sc; fancy sugar cured. 22c per ID; eastern
for light; California hams, 1s1s G14c; mess beef.
Sll per Dbl; extra family. s12; family. S11.5O;
g4 pig pork oias e1ra est esaf or 5sr 5ss
s.. .25 for % 1b kegs and $3.50 for kits; smoked
beef. 1s@2oc per ID
compound, &c for eastern compound and lie for
pure; half bbls. pure, 1Nc; so ID tins ike;
10 10 ID tins, nSsc; 5 lb tins. 111se; lb tins.
Oottolene-one half bbl. exc; half bbls.
91sc; tierce, &c; tierces, S7sc; tierces.
Hides, TaIIow, Wool and Hops
Late NAH advices from New York say Of
''Telegrams from Oregon report purchases for
export Of small lots at prices ranging from
inasmuch as exporters have not been in the
market for some time. Estimates OF tie stocks
California. 81. 600 bales: Washington, 5000 bales;
New York. 1000 bales; total. 10000 bales In
1908 hops to the extent Of 5. 600 bales in Oregon
1000 bales In California. and 1000 bales in
Washington. Or grand total Of $4,000 bales Of
of hides:
have advanced prices on almost all grades.
wool is still declining and no one tell
how low It is likely to GO The demand Is
and low grade wool is not wanted at all This
class of wool VIII have to be bought very cheap
HIdes-CuiIs and brands sell about 15@1c
under quotations. Heavy salted steers Sc; me-
dium, 7c; light &c; cowhides. &c for heavy.
5hc for light; stsgs &c; salted kip. 6lsc; salted
veal. S15c; salted calf. 11l3c dry hides, 13c;
dry kip, lie, dry calf. 1Bc. dry stays, sc,
Mexican dry hides. 11c Mexican cry salted, do,
DC; Mexican picked do, 1Oc; sheepskins. shear
lings. 543Oc each; short wool. 2565Oc each;
medium. 55ds0c each; long wool, S5cd$1. 10;
lambs 15Q30c; horse hides. salt. 81 -25 az 20
for large and S1-7562.25 for medium; 75cG
s1.25 for small and 25Q50c for colts; horse
hides. dry. s2G225 for large and S1.50Q2
for medium. 5oc@$1 for small and 25@5oc for
colts; deer skins, dry Mexican, 25G26c: dry
saIted do. 20G24c: picked do, zoe; dry Central
American, 2662Sc: goat skins prime angoras.
50c@S1; large half goats, 35@40c; medium,
2063oc small. 10G20c.
Taliow--No. l rendered, &c; No. 2 31315c;
grease. 292Hc.
wool-spring clip (freel Humboldt years
staple. 20c; northern Humboldt and Mendocino.
126114c; San Joaquin. sale. southern coast.
7d10c: Nevada. 96112c per lb. Fan clip: north
erD mountain (free). IdSc; defective. 4G1c.
III 621ac; 1907 crop, 4dTc for all coast de-
scriptons; contracts. 9G1Oc for one year and
10G12c for three to hve, years.
Meat Market
No change in quotations was reported yes
terday.
DRESSED MEATS
Slaughterers' rates to dealers follows
Beef-6% @lHc per ID for steers, 596c for
cows and heifers
veal-511 9sc for large and s69c for small
Mutton-Wethers. s@S1c; ewes, T@T11c-
Lamb-1o@111ac per ID for spring.
Dressed Pork tper lbl-7a Csc for heavy and
e@10c for light.
LIVESTOCK MARKET