White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-18

movement, but the fact remains that
the greatest problem that confronts
Of the country today is to care for the
business of the future, rather than to
develop business.
Provisions.
Butter-Supplies have been coming
forward with greater freedom, and
prices have adjusted themselves
slightly. There is steady current
demand, while the Pacific Northwest
is now in the export column and will
ship large quantities East during the
present season.
Eggs-Market has slackened off
from earlier advances. Storage oper-
ations are still limited, and the carry
over demand surplus will be below the
normal.
Dressed Meats Market is still hold
ing at top figures, with no indications
of Improvement. Light marketings of
livestock and the backward season,
which delays the receipt of grass fed
cattle indicates firm rulings for some
time to come.
Lard and Cured Meats-The situa-
ton in cured meats continues very
strong, with further advances In hams,
bacon and various pork products, with
growing scarcity and lack of selling
pressure. Lard and lard substitutes
are also firm and advancing.
Fruits and Produce.
With increasing receipts Of season
able products the market shows
steady tendencies, with moderate de-
mands.
Strawberries are arriving in rea-
sonable price limits from the South,
jobbing at $3.50 in 20 pint cup crates,
with fair cleanup.
Apples still hold at lower figures,
and are among the lowest priced food
products available. Extra fancy Wine
saps are selling at $500, with q gen.
eral range on price from $l.25 up to
that figure.
/ Oranges have been selling well, with
some of the smaller sizes holding
around $2.75, and range up to $3.75
for extra fancy stock. Lemons con-
Rhubarb is coming in at sc per Id.
and moving well. Green peas at SC,
spinach at &C, asparagus at sQ10c and
new cabbage at &c, are among cur
rent receipts.
New potatoes from The South are
offering at 10c and still trfle slow.
Old potatoes have again firmed up,
and are quoting at $3.50 cwt. for To-
calls, and while offerings are limited,
demand has fallen off perceptibly
from the normal.
Carrots are about the only sacked
vegetable available, quoting at $l.25.
Onions are very scarce and practical
ly out of the market.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Wheat-The market has shattered
precedent and traditions in the course
of fluctuations during the past week.
Prices have now reached a position
where there is no adequate media for
basing predictions of their future
course and legitimate operators in
cline to the belief that they have
passed the limit justified by existing
conditions, even though the shortage
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ments up to the forthcoming harvest
Is an aggravated one. Mills are prac-
tically out Of the market, buying only
against immediate wants, while there
| Is no demand from other sources.
Considerable wheat is still held In the
interior, extending from this state
clear into the Dakotas. but most OF
| this stock has been sold and Is being
| held up in transportation.
F'lour-Following the course of the
wheat market, -four has been sub
| jected to steady advances, reaching
the pinnacle Wednesday at $1,000 for
local patents. With the unsettled po-
sition of the market and the reluc-
lance of the trade to operate, very
little business is passing at these fig
ures, and the mills are not pressing
sales Retail demand has also sub
sided, following the heavy buying in
anticipation Of advances and the trade
is quiet.
Feed-The market has been thrown
entirely off balance, with the disrup
ton of cereal prices, and abnormal
advances have taken place all along
the line. Oats and barley are up, the
former ruling at $55 and $50 and the
latter at $55@56 per ton, while feed
wheat crowds the limit by passing the
500 mark. Millfeed Is also up, while
hay is quoting at $2s for alfalfa and
$50 for timothy.
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