Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-02-01

this week, Win Prices 10 tue pfOuuc-
ers quoted at $11@11.5O and whole
sailing at $12@12.5O, while the stor-
age product, which is about all gone.
is offered at $9.50@10.50.
Dressed Meats-The situation is a
strong one, with all lines showing
scarcity and higher prices, while
business is about as heretofore.
Poultry-Hens, springers and old
roosters are very scarce as to sup
ply, with not enough coming in to
supply the demand, and were it not
for the frozen stocks the dealers
would be up against it. Advances noted
hens from 13@14c to 15@16c, spring
ers from 14c to 15@16c, and old roost-
tiers from &c to 1000, these being
the live weight figures paid to the
producers.
Lard and Cured Meats-Cured Meats
are practically unchanged. Business
is holding up well to the seasons
mark, although this is the quiet Pc
Rod in distributive operations. Lard
is still firm, but holding at 1sc.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Apples - Market is without pro-
nounced change. There are good Of
ferings, covering current wants, but
stocks are cleaning up fairly we'll in
first hands and the season Is prov.
ing favorable to the grower.
Oranges-This fruit is selling. at
former figures of So for the fancy
and $2.75 for the choice. The quality
is gradually getting better and sup
plies more plentiful.
Other Fruits-Lemons remain 'un.
changed at $3.50 for the fancy and
81 for the choice. Cranberries are a
little easier this week at $1,000 per
barrel and $3.50 per box.
Potatoes-Market is a very firm
one. The weather has been fea-
ture in restricting shipments from
producing points, and stocks are re-
stricted in Jobbing hands, with prices
up to the highest figures this sea-
son, and short supplies in first hands.
Quotations this week are $2@2.50 per
cwt.
Other Vegetables-Cabbage and dry
onions have scored another advance,
the former going to $4@4.50 and the
latter to Sc. Head lettuce is also a
little firmer, being quoted at 60@85c
per dozen and $2.75@3 per box. Gel
cry has firned up at $1.10@1.25 per
dozen, as has also garlic at 7@12c.
Rutabagas are firmer at $2@225,
while rhubarb is easier at 1oc.
Grain, Flour and Feed. 4
Wheat-Record prices have again
been touched in the wheat market.
The accentuation of the shortage OF
supplies, with the indications Of con-
tinuance of the war for an indefinite
period, and the fact that Brazil, which
is one of the controlling factors in
the situation at the present time, will
have a big deficit in export surplus,
have restored speculative values to
the full level following declines in
December, and there is a strong I'M
dertone.
There is not much activity in north
Pacific markets, the mills generally
are buying only against sales of -four
already contaminated, and there is a
distinct disinclination to speculate at
the present range of prices. There is
some selling in progress at the inte-
rior, but this is mostly for Atlantic
seaboard delivery, with movement
still restricted to an extent on &C
count Of transportation conditions.
Prices have touched the highest level
in a quarter of century, bluestem
going to $1.55, with other grades rul-
ing proportionately, although values
are not on a fixed basis, and opera
lions depend to some extent upon
special conditions.
Flour-Market has made no ad-
vance within the past week for local
patents, but is holding very firm in
sympathy with the price of wheat.
The trade is buying only against re-
quirements, but the movement is hold
ing fair, with some export business
still passing, although difficulty still
continues in the matter of deliveries.
Feed-Prices are firm, but there
have been no radical changes in the
situation. Oats are in moderate sup
ply, with a firm price level. Barley
is quiet, but still holding strong, with
corn showing continued further adj
vances at eastern centers. Millfeed
is moving we'll, and prices are hold
ing as heretofore.
Revenue Bill Ready.
ashington.-Backed by a caucus
of house democrats, the new admins
tration revenue bill intended to raise