Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
MARKET AT SPOKANE.


While the quieting influences of
midsummer are making their influence
felt in some branches of trade, bust
ness generally is getting a good start
on the last half year and in a number
of directions there is indicated i'm
provement in merchandising and man.
ufacturing operations. Grocery job
bers report an increased volume of
sales over last year. Produce lines
are moving out better Dry goods are
going out in large quantities on future
sales for fall delivery. Hardware and
machinery are holding up to normal
levels.
At the present writing growing
grain is in a precarious condition.
Spring rains Topped over into the
seeding time, causing a late season.
Now that warm weather has arrived
it has gone to the other extreme and
unless the temperature moderates
soon and rain comes it is reported that
crops will be damaged considerably.
Provisions.
Butter-There has been no change
in the local butter market during the
week as to prices. The undertone of
the market is a firm one and at east
ern points where some weakness was
apparent for the past two weeks it has
firmed up somewhat and shows signs
of going still higher
Cheese-The market remains I'M
changed at around 26c with some
grades above and some below that fig
ure.
Eggs-The extreme hot weather of
the past several days has boosted the
quotations on eggs so that the present
figure is $9.25@9.50 loss off to the pro-
ducers and $10.50@11.00 wholesale.
Receivers assert that egg receipts in
some cases run so per cent bad as a
result of the hot weather, this fact &C
counting for the wide margin between
the producer and wholesale quotations.
Dressed Meats-A readjustment of
quotations during the past couple of
weeks has noted some slight declines
in the price of beef and advances on
pork and mutton. In livestock hogs
are still scarce and probably will be
till fall. This is also the case with
sheep. Beef is plentiful and easy.
Lard and Cured Meats-Hams and
bacon have been declined slightly as
will be noted in the lists. Lard is also
off to 24c.
rTuitS ana vegetables.
Berries - Strawberries are about
over, nearer than they would have
been had the weather not been so hot.
Gooseberries are also on the wane
Red raspberries and blackcaps are
just beginning to arrive nicely and
opening quotations are $500 for the
former and $3.50 for the latter.
Oranges-Navels in jobbers' hands
! oil .nto
improving and fancy are now quoted
at $3.50 with choice at $500.
Lemons - Crop damage and hot
weather demands have boosted the
price to $7@7.5O for fancy and $6.5O@
700 for choice.
Other Fruits-Cants are off all along
the line. Flats are quoted at 81, pony
1925 and standard $3.50. Currants,
plums, apricots, peaches and water
melon have all been declined.
In the vegetable lines there has also
been some reductions. Old spuds are
nil on the jobbing market and the new
variety is offered at a reduction to
$3@3.50 per cwt. Cabbage is off from
25c to soc at $2.25@2.50, and dry
onions are easier at $500. Tomatoes,
peas and beans are also off, quotations
being $1.50@2, &C and sore respec-
lively. Hothouse cucumbers are lit
tie firmer at S1.25@1.5O per dozen and
the field variety is offered at $1.OO per
box. Cauliflower has begun to arrive
and is quoted at $3.50 per dozen. Spin
ach, rhubarb and asparagus are off the
jobbing market.
Wheat-Markets are without change
from the previous weeks. There is
hardly any wheat for dealers and mill
ers to trade in, and the trade is await
ing new-crop stocks before there will
be any activity. Wheat prices have
shrunk under the elimination of the
trading in this cereal, and it is prob
able that the producer will soon begin
to realize that grain exchanges have in
past years been instrumental in secur-
ing to him better prices than he will
be able to get without them. None
know accurately just hiw the distribu-
ton OF this grain will be accomplished.
but enough has been outlined to ac-
quaint the public with the fact that
1t is to be the policy of the commits
sion in charge of this important mat
ter to expedite the assemblage of
wheat grown in distant countries by
forcing neutral countries to release the
greater part of the tonnage required
to accomplish its concentration at
British ports. This will ease the de-
mand upon our surplus and insure a
lower price level for wheat which. we
think, cannot fail to influence the en-
tire cereal list in the Sama diraotion