Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-01-02

dleatlons Of stronger ruilug. owing to
good demands and the reduction of
surplus offerings from the mills The
holidays have produced limited de
mands, though conditions are about
normal for the season.
SPOKANE WEEKLY REPORT.
Provisions.
Butter-There has been slight drop
IN eastern extras; prices, however, are
firm and the prospects are that they
Will remain so for some time to come
Local houses report sales very good.
Cheese-Quotations are unchanged,
with the demand good and prices firm
Eggs-Eastern storage eggs have
taken drop of ST. per case; other quo.
tatlons remain the same. Local deal
ers, however, say that if the warm
weather continues the local production
OF eggs will increase and prices will
decline. At New York, although prices
were not materially higher, the situation
had somewhat better tone. At Chi
cago prices on storage eggs recovered
somewhat from the recent slump. during
which they sold as low as 1872 cents
per dozen.
Poultry-No change has been noted in
quotations, but chickens are expected
to go up in few weeks, as is usually
the case after the holidays. Shipments
on geese and on turkeys will be very
light in the future, as there will be
very little demand for them after the
holidays.
Dressed Meats-Prices remain I'M
changed. There is full supply of hogs,
hlf ~. l.
tons on beef are firm while those on
pork are steady. Prices on mutton are
also steady in sympathy with beef.
Lard and Cured Meats-In sympathy
with the hog market local lard has
taken slight decline. Eastern lard re-
mains the anne, but shows a tendency
toward strengthening. Eastern hams
and local breakfast bacon have taken
slight decline.
Hides and Wool-Although the prices
have not declined they are very weak,
and there is practically no demand
whatever. Dealers expect drop daily.
Tanners have been holding off on ac-
count of prices being too high.
Fruits and Vegetables
Apples-Little need be said in re.
S"iu W ioSdi oiludIlou IL is pretty
well known fact by this time that the
market is absolutely dead, and judging
from the fact that practically the same
condition exists all over, there is little
prospect of change for some time to
come. At New York prices are un-
changed, but the demand is better than
1T has been. At Chicago, also, there
is little better feeling.
Lemons-There has been drop of so
cents in the prices of both the fancy
and the choice grades of lemons. This
is due to good shipments from the
south.
Bananas-The local supply was
cleaned out by the heavy holiday de-
mand and many retailers were unable
to fill their orders. Further shipments,
however, will soon be in.
Other Fruts-With the exception of
a slight advance in cranberries and
slight decline in dates, other quotations
remain unchanged.
Potatoes-Local conditions continue
dead; what little demand there is is
being supplied by the farmers. At New
York prices are little better, but there
seems to be no life in the situation.
At Chicago the situation is easier and
prices ar slumping.
Other Vegetables-Californ onions
and tomatoes have declined slightly.
With these two exceptions the quota
tions on other vegetables remain the
same.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Wheat-The market is picking up
little and quotations have taken a slight
advance. Red Russian has advanced u
cent, club l cent and bluestem l cent.
has taken on a little better
but the movement is still
somewhat sluggish.
Flonr-The situation shows no change
over last week. Quotations remain the
same, with the volume of business nor.
NAL.
Feed-The only change in the quota
tions is in the price of corn, which has
dropped 81 during the last week. This
makes total drop of SO in the price
OF this commodity during the last two
weeks. Business in general is dead
and no material change is expected,
either in the volume of business to be |
done or in quotations, until after Feb
ruary.