The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31
SPUD SUPPLY
VERY SHORT
ONLY FEW HUNDRED CARS Htf6
Believed That There Are Not MWeSa
over -Four Hundred Cars in Thl-
section OF Northwest.

John Gourley. the well known cocU-
mission man of Seattle has bccg1
spending several days in the valley
When asked regarding the fruit situa
ton Mr.. Gourlcy stated that lie was
not particularly interested in fruit uts
line being hay and potatoes, II sUe
here" said Mr., Gourlcy "to look int"
the potatoe situation -
short 200 Cars
There is no question hut that the
supply of potatoes in the state uA
Washington is short about two nun
dred cars. From the best information
can get in the Yakima valley. tHc
White river valley and sections of Owe
gon that usually ship To this market,
there are not over four hundred and
fifty cars of potatoes available for Sc.
attic and Tacoma; while Everett and
Bellingham and a great many other
small towns in this section of the
country. are way short of the supply
of potatoes they should have at this
time of the year. >,
Oregon Also short.
at is reported on reliable author
ity that the potato growing section of
Oregon, near Portland, has about
three hundred cars of potatoes to ship
out beside what is needed to supply
Portland and the immediate vicinity
but every year. these potatoes go {"
san Francisco and Los Angeles during
the months of April and May, unless
our prices in Seattle and Tacoma Ar"
high enough to induce the growers
and dealers to ship this way. This
do not expect, as the Los Angeles mar
ket is usually very high during die
months of April and May on good
! Oregon potatoes, such as are grown
near Portland.
81 am informed by reliable dealers
in Vancouver and Victoria that their
supply of potatoes is very short and at
the present time they are selling as
| high as $40 per ton, SO if our mar
ket in Seattle does not advance very
soon, we will be able To ship p"ta-
toes to Vancouver and Victoria profit
ably in a week or two. as their market
! is steadily advancing.
May Ship From East
| 1T seems to me that oar prices III
Seattle will be governed from now WI
/ by the conditions of the potato nrslr-
ket in the east as during the month
of June. | am satisfied We viii iGayC
to get potatoes from the east and IL
their price remains where it is at pre-
sent, potatoes from Minnesota will cosi
us laid down in Seattle from Sal SO Ia
$43 per ton and ! have reports nnn
the most reliable dealers in the east
Ithat the supply of potatoes in Min
nesota, Wisconsin and Michigan l.
much less now than is usual at this
time of the year. For that reason.
will not be surprised to see .f2le price
advance in the east during the month
of April or May anu if il does. we viii
have to advance our prices here, or
we VIII not get the potatoes My cx-
periencc has been in past years, that
when we We're having potatoes sim.
ped from the east to this sound couu-
try good Yakima Burbanks sold &c
from three to five dollars a ton high
er than Eastern potatoes. on account
OF their superior quality
Some dealers may not agree with
the above statement as to the supply
of potatoes and if so, J want them to
show me where the extra supply of
potatoes is in this section Of the couu-
try"