Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-13
SUGAR ADVANCE
ONLY A FURRY
Dealers Believe That the
Tendency of Market Will
Be Downward.


varied as March weather. An attempt
is being made to force the price to 50
but present indications are that 1t will
fail and that the price win so down
instead of up. Beet sugar ranges in
price from $685. to 81 per hundred, and
cane sugar from $3.50 to $3.50. From
Cakes & Company a wholesale quota
ton was given on sugar this morning
as follows: Beet sugar, $7.S5 cwt., with
25 cents discount for cash in 10 days.
Cane sugar $7.55 with a similar dis
count for cash.
Most dealers regard the sugar ad-
vance simply as a furry which cannot
last and are buying cautiously. Con-
siderable activity is being shown in the
livestock market this week and a good
ly number OF finished porkers have
been. sold and also several flocks Of
sheep. The hay and grain market is
dormant as far as the new crop is con-
cerned Most dealers are not Offering
a good enough price to suit the farm
ers and they are holding for an ad-
vance in price. The fruit market Is
also fairly steady with prices varying
according to the quality Of the fruit,
Following are the prevailing prices
Wholesale Markets.
(The following are the prices paid
to the producers and not what the
wholesaler charges the retailer, eX-
cept in vegetablesD
Vegetables-(C Corrected daily by the
Capital Brokerage & Commission COM
panyO-New potatoes, S1.S5@L5O per
owt,; new cabbage, S125 per cwt; tur-
nips, 81 per cwt,
Local fruit-(Corrected daily by w,
J, Campbell & Son)-Blackberries, S5c
@$1 per crate: peaches, 1907 per
crate; watermelons, lac per pound.
Dairy produce Corrected daily by
the Jensen Creamery company)-
Creamery butter, solid pack, 29c; prints
extra; cream, per gallon, 81; milk, per
gallon, zoe; per hundred pounds, $40;
butter fat, zee per pound
livestock-(C Corrected daily by the
Boise Butcher company) Cows, $475
as per cwt. steers, s5.5095.70; fat
hogs, SSQS.25 per cwt.; medium, $40
$50; heavy. 81: shearling wethers,
S350d4 per cwt.; ewes, $S@3hc per
pound; spring lambs, &C per pound;
spring chickens, $3q4 per dozen; hens
10c per pound; cockerels, Sc per pound;
turkeys, 121ac per pound, live weight;
&c per pound dressed; breakfast ba-
con. Ice per pound ham, 1sc per
pound; lard, fierce base, 121Ac per
pound.
Eggs, honey and ranch butter
Corrected daily by w. ]. Campbell s
Son,)-Fresh ranch eggs. per case, $5,75
as honey, per case. $2.40Q2.75;
ranch butter, 20422l5c per pound.
Hay and grain-Alfalfa. $S4S5O pei
ton, beled; timothy baled, $10@11;
wheat, s1,15@1,25 per cwt.; oats, SIG
$40 per cwt. barley, 9oc@$1,
Retail Markets.
Corrected daily by w. ]. Campbell
& Son)-Green peas, 4 pounds for Csc
potatoes, 10 pounds for Csc; greer
peppers. 40c per dozen; parsley
DC per bunch; onions, 2 for &c; dry on
ions. &C pound ;radishes, 2 for sc; car
riots. sc per bunch; cucumbers, two fol
6c green peas, pounds for csc; new
beets. sc per bunch; new turnips. 5,
per bunch; new carrots, sc per bunch
cauliflower, 10c per head; wax beans
pounds for 25c; green beans, pound
for 25c; sweet corn, 15q25c per dozen
tomatoes, pounds for 25c; celery, 8
per bunch; egg plant. Zoe each; sum
mer squash, Sc each.
Local fruits-Apples to pounds 10
25e; local peaches. 15@S5c per bas
ket; per crate, 65c@s1.1O; plums, 20
per basket; watermelons, &c pc
pound; cantaloupe, 5@15c each.
Tropical fruits-Bananas, pound
for csc; cut off bananas. 15c and 20
per dozen; Florida pineapples, 12Ac pc
pound; oranges, zoe to soc per dozen
lemons, 35440c per dozen.
Eggs, butter and honey-Ranch egg!
per dozen, 25c; creamery butter SO
per pound; ranch butter. zoe pc
pound; honey, Ice per pound.
Sugar and lard-Beet sugar, pc
cwt,, $3.50; cane sugar, per cwt. $3.50
lard, per 10-pound pail, s1.60; mapl
sugar, Csc per pound.
Fish-Halibut, zoe per pound; sal
mon, zoe per pound; perch. zoe pc
pound; salmon trout. soc per pound
salt cod, 15c per pound; smelts, 20
per pound.
Poultry and meat-Hens. zoe; duck
22c; spring frys, soc to Csc: roastin
chickens, pc; spring ducks, 2Sc pc
pound: Jones dairy farm bacon, S5c
cod, 15c per pound.