Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-08-06
MARKET AT SPOKANE.

The general business situation con-
tinues decidedly favorable, consider
ing that war requirements have dom
mated and supplanted civilian require
ments and normal commerce to a very
large degree. Factors in the general
situation are heavier bank clearings,
increasing foreign trade, few business
failures, increasing coal output and a
favorable crop situation.
About the only untoward general
feature has been various threatened
labor troubles, but the government has
manifested an inclination to assume a
sufficient control over labor to pre-
vent such troubles becoming serious.
Wheat in the Inland Empire is show
ing up somewhat better than pessi-
mistic predictions of a few weeks ago,
but the crop is short, probably about
the same as last year. Mining and
numbering interests are actively en-
gagged.
Sugar-lncreasing shortage of avail
able stocks to meet current require
ments is the feature, and the food
administration has ordered further
reduction in the per capita consump-
ton per month to two pounds. The
latest estimate by Willett & Gray's
Statistical July IS, makes the grand
total of cane and beet sugar crops in
1917-1s, total 16,574,47s tons, an esti-
mated decrease of 4O7,11S tons. To-
tai cane crops, 12,S97,276 tons. Eu-
rope, beet sugar, 3,4S3,0S5 tons: u. S.
beet crop, 6S2, s67 tons; Canada, H.
$50 tons; total beet, 4,177,20 tons.
Provisions.
Butter-Local creameries are up &C
to 53@51c and butterfat is up sc to
52c. The advance is due to shrink
age in receipts and to coast advances,
which have forced local market to fol
low. New York reports continued
heavy receipts and weak market un-
der slow buying. At Chicago receipts
CHARACTERIZATION are unchanged
since the advance to 27c last week
Market is firm, however, and new
stock will be higher
Eggs-Quotations are up a little
more to $11.3O012 to the producer
and S13@14 wholesale, under slack
production. Chicago market is strong
Poultry-Hens are not coming il
freely at all and prices are up &c
Broilers and springers unchanged
Ducks. gees and turkeys nominal.
Fresh Meats-Hogs are slight,
higher and market steady. Bes
grades of cattle are steady, but low
grades are weak and declined. Sheel
yearlings are up slightly. There hav'
been corresponding changes in dressed
meats.
Lard and Cured Meats-Lard is un
changed but firm. There has been
/. | general advance in hams and bacOl
of from y to 21ac, due to continued
comparative high prices for fresh stuf
and heavy demands.
Hides and Wool-The hide marke
was supposed to go onto a selected
basis August J. but local dealers hav
not got the new basis of prices Ell
tirely Strengthened out yet. On tn
average, prices will be about the sam
as at present Nothing new in tn
= wool situation; government require
ments still dominate the market.
e Fruits and Vegetables.
D This department has been compare
5 lively quiet this week so far as nC
e table developments are concerned.
: Apples-Receipts of early varietie
5 are more plentiful and prices ar
= down to S1.25@1.5O, with a seasonabl
q demand. Chicago and eastern mai
:. kets report declines due to increa:
ing receipts and fair demand. Tn
western boxed crop will fall somewha
short of last years outturn.
1 Other Fruits-Local plums are SUI
plementing California product an