East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-23

as high as s2S ton, although ,ne
general business Is no higher than
$27.5O. This, however, Is fully z5c
above previous averages
Wheat trade Is quiet with no gen.
eral change In the situation here. Ex-
porters buying for local account are
offering Sic for club and SAC ror
| bluestem, but one house buying for
| other accounts Is offering as high as
SAC for club and SIC for bluestem
Both prices are for track delivery,
Portland.
Flour trade shows fair business IN
patent but extreme dullness in ex-
port.
Shearlng Underway.
Wool and mohair shearing is well
under way throughout the Pacific
northwest. On account of the warm
er weather the goats are being shear
ed this year fully two weeks earlier
than usual.
Some new mohair is now coming
forward and is finding a sale around
3O@31c pound. Mohair buyers be-
''N'N eAiS iiai MT Will HOlu ClOSt IU
the present figure. Some are looking
for further advance but others as
sert that eastern call for hair and for
goods is not as good as formerly.
Along the line Of the Northern Pa
cific and around Echo, Ore, wool
shearing is under way. The fleece
Is showing good color and condition,
but the wool is not as long as usual
owing to the earlier shearing
Dealers here are Disguised at the
turn the wool market has taken
Trade seems to go from bad to worse
and even at the extreme low prices
quoted in the east wool sales are hard
to close.
Dealers say that 1t is likely that
most Of the wool will be sold tnis
year by individual growers, instead
OF through the regular sales dates.
Potatoes Are Mixed.
Potato markets of the Pacific coast
are badly mixed and the situation n
this respect is growing worse instead
of better.
Higher prices are heing demanded
at primary points but the consuming
centers are not bidding so much, and
there the matter rests at present.
Too heavy shipments are being
s'nt forward from the Pacific north
west to California points and the
trade there has shown a dragging dis
position during recent days. For in
tance, Notwithstanding the fact that
San Francisco correspondents give out
Sl.S5 92.l0 per Genital as the price
range for oregon potatoes, sales were
reported in the Bay City as low as
$l65, and another car of the same
shipping stock although not fancy.
A private message from San Fran
cisco announcing these sales reported
receipts heavy with the market dull.
Although potato prices recently
showed a decline of 81 ton at Sc
attic, Yakima growers have forced
an advance Of 15c per GENITAL in their
section and quotations there today are
$2S a ton.
Locally the potato market is firm
with fancy stock being sold as high
as s1.75 by jobbers. Country inter
ests are too busy with their farm work
" Etll anu are sum
higher market before letting go. Some
interests say that all the potatoes at
present held in oregon will be need
ed for local consumption before the
new crop is ready.
Eggs Higher.
Price of eggs has been forced an
other cent higher on account of the
larger demand.
Supplies of local ranch are quite
good but the call for storage is ex-
ceedingly heavy and for that reason
offerings in the fresh egg trade are
limited.
For strictly fresh candled local
ranch the trade Is today receiving 21c
generally, although there is some talk
of 22c being secured in small way.
However, this can scarcely be call
ed the market at the present time.
Eggs are firm all along the coast
and some interests are talking OF still
higher prices for the near future.
Others are equally positive that pres
ent advances are merely the result
of manipulation and that prices wiii
soon go lower.
Along the coast today eggs are
quoted as follows: Portland, s1c;
Seattle, 22c: san Francisco, 81 lac.