The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-10
PORTLAND MARKETS
Latest Quotations In the Portland
Market
complsts Market Reports Corrected
Each Day Giving the Wholesale
Prices Of Commodities. Farm
Produce, and Vegetables.

Prices Of commoditiss. Farm
Produce, and Vegetables.
PORTLAND, March u There
have been two advances Of 10 cents
d hundred each In sugar In the East
within the past two weeks, and local
jobbcrs say that higher quotations
here within short time may be cx-
pectcd. 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, s,577,7T tons,
against 3,747,7io tons last year at the
same uneven dates. The decrease OF
stock Is i69o42 tons, against de-
crease Of ls7,0S4 tons last week.
Total decrease OF is7,o84 tons last
week. Total stocks and aaoats to-
gcther show visible supply Of s.
677,777 tons, against 3,837,7lo tons
last year, or decrease Of l5o,942
tons
Grain. Flour, Feed.
Wheat-Club. BE; Valley, 82c;
bluestem, s4c; red Russian, SOc.
Oa,s--Producers' prices: White
s2s; gray, s26@27.
Fiour--lIard wheat, patent, S4.SO
straight, $500; graham, $3.50; rye. S.
whole wheat flour, $44s; Dakota
S6.40@6.60; Eastern rye, $500
Pillsburg, 81; Corvallis. $40.
Ryc-$i.40 per cwt.
corn--Whole, $3.50; cracked
$3.50 per ton.
Hay--Wholesalc selling prices
Valley timothy. sl7@iS; Eastern
| Oregon, s20@2l; clover, $i4@l5
alfalfa, sl2@l3.
Grain bass-..Domestic. SIC; Cal
cutta. &C.
Milifeed-City bran. $24.50; coun
| try bran. $3.50; city shorts, SIC
country shorts, $27; chop, $22; mid
dlings, $3o.s0
Barley-Produccrs' prices: Brewing
$3.50; feed. $27; rolled, $2S@2o.
Buckwheat--S36 per ton.
Cereal Foods Rolled oats, cream
90-ib. sacks. 81; lower grade, $3.50
oatmeal. steel cut, 4s-ib. sacks, s.
o.ib. sacks, $4.2s per bale; oatmea
(ground), 45-ib. sacks, $50 per bar
rel; o-ib. sacks, $500 per bale; spli
peas. $3.50 per i00-lb. sacks; 2s-lb
boxes, Si.2s per box pastry flour
lo-lb. sacks, $2.7s per bale.
Fresh Meats and Fish.
Oysters-Shoaiwater Bay, per gal
lon, $2.2s; per sack, $3.50; Tok'
Point, SLIGO per 100; olympias (l1
lbs.). So; Olympias, per gallon, $22s
Fresh Meats-Veai, fancy, 100 lbs.
| averag, o@ohc; 100 to $50 lbs, S@
Sic ib.; large and coarse, 5@Sc; hogs
fancy block, 7@7hc; heavies, 6@7c
beef, bulls, 3i@4c; cows, 4@sc
steers, sic@6c; muttons, medium
size, l0@llc; large and coarse. S@oc
Clams-Little neck, per box, $3.50
razor clans, $500 per box.
Fish-Halibut, &c; black cod, &c
black bass, per lb., Zoe; striped bass
l3c; smelt, 7c; herring, Sac; founders
&c; catfish, lie; shrimp, l0c; perch
7c; sturgeon, l2ac; sea trout, lSc; ton
cod, l0c; salmon, silversides, &c
| steelheads, lie; chinooks, l2c ID.
Holsters, 25c lb.
| Fruit.
Domestic Fruits - Apples, fancy
$l.7s@2s0 box; common to good, s.
@l.sO box; pears, $l.7s@200 box
cranberries, $1,000 per barrel.
Dried Fruits-Apples, o@l0c pei
pound; apricots, 27@29c; peaches, Il
@l3c; pears, llh@l4c; Italian prunes
| s@6c; California igs, white, in sacks
7ic per pound; black, 6@7c; bricks
7sc@$2,2s per box; Smyrna, l6@l7ac
per pound; dates, Persian, 6a@7c pei
pound.
Tropical Fruits-Lemons, $2.00G
$50 box; lines, 7sc per 100; oranges
new navels, $i.7s@2.s0 box; grape.
fruit, $3.s0@400 box; bananas, Sc
b.; Grated, she lb,; tangerines, $l.4OG
l,s0 box; pineapples, $4@s dozen.
Groceries, Provisions, Etc.
Sugar (sack basis)-D. G., $s.6s
Xxx, $s.4s; beets, $s.4s; Golden C.
$3.50; extra c, $s.l5; powdered, $3.50
boxes, ssc cwt. advance over sack
oasis; fruit or berry sugar, $5,6s
boxes, 55c cwt. advance over saci