Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-08-29

seasonabe supply and demand with
out material change in prices.
Potatoes The special potato report
of the bureau of crop estimates is.
sued August 10, bears out earlier es-
Inmates of a general decrease in acre
age from last year of to 10 per
cent, With a rather poor stand and
conditions particularly in the Rocky
mountain states not promising. Wash
nstun, one OF the leading CONNER
cal potato states. has an acreage about
5 per cent less than last year, which
was normal Many sections infested
with bugs and crop is light on dry
land sections Growing condition is
- per cent ldaho's acreage is $
per cent more than last year; cond-
tion II per cent Oregons acreage
is T. per cent less than last year,
which was close to normal. The con
dton OF the Montana crop is re-
ported at - per cent of normal
crop. Markets generally show a
weaker tone, with northern shipments
supplanting southern, Locally, old
potatoes unchanged at SIS, and new
at 2l2 as cents, with CALIFORNIA; out.
Tomatoes-R Receipts of locals are
now fairly plentiful and prices
dropped to 75cMSl. CALIFORNIA; off
the market.
Other Vegetables Cucumbers, tur,
nips, onions, parsley and green pep
pers are lower. Beans, cauliflower
and eggplant are offering. Other
vegetables seasonable and unchanged.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
| Wheat-The government crop re
port of August Is places the Wash
ington state crop at i1,00O,0OO bu-
shells, a slump of 100000 bushels
from previous estimate, due to
drouth and hot weather The United
States crop slumped off some, too,
but both state and national still show
bumper crops. Portland Commercial
Review estimates the wheat crop of
Washington, Oregon and Northern
Idaho at 60,1j0,000 bushels, as against
$500 900 bushels last year. Oats is
estimated at 21,00O,00O and barley at
100000 bushels. Harvesting is prac
tically completed. New crop prices
are S2.O4i2, $2.o212, S2.00la and
Sl.91t. for the four leading varieties
with bulk prices AZ cents less.
Flour-The grain corporation has
announced that it is prepared to of
fer flour for sale in carload lots il
l40-pound jute sacks, straight grades
both soft and hard wheat blends, al
$40 net, cash. at four basic points
Portland Astoria, Seattle and Tacoma
The official notice says: 1--WE viii
endeavor to furnish flour to buyer.
at other points from nearest mills
thus saving them freight charge t
or from terminal points, but if com
: PEELED to furnish from the termina
points mentioned freight will be fol
buyers account. Jobbers and whole
salers purchasing such flour will no
be permitted to add more than Z,
cents per barrel as profit and mus
in turn require that the retailer will
not sell at more than $l.25 per bar
rel profit in original packages ant
not higher than cents pound TO
!, broken packages of any size" Doubt
less this is done to establish a mar
ket basis for the grades referred tC
Old wheat patents are unchanged a
SLIGO and S1140 for first and sec
onds, and $l1SO for hard wheat va
rieties. Some mills are beginnin
: to operate on new wheat at price
!, 60 cents less than the above.
!, Feed--Timothy is up 50 to SAC
3 and feed wheat is down 81 to ST.
I, Other items unchanged.