OPENINGS FOR TRADE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1316, 20 December 1911, Page 6

OPENINGS FOR TRADE.

REPORT FROM VANCOUVER. The IV,Honing report lias Ijcen received by the (Ifiveriiiiienl from the New - Zoabniil Irade representative at pre-ent at Vniiciiiiver, under d-.ite November I :— .Miitlon:-l."iiifed Slate, mutton is : being placed on this market at. a very low price. There'are three cold storage'firms in Seattle and Tnocuiia cutting prices, viz., tin- Car-teii reeking Company, Prvc lli'ihnt I'oiiipany, Ynkiiiia I'acKin'g I'imi]>auy. They, are selling at 0 cents M'.d.) per lb.; tin. u-iinl price is lit cents-per lb. The buyers do not understand their loa-o'.i fur doing so, unless it is lo compete iigiiin-l the imported million from tli'- Hntisli colonies U'ltlei-.—l'ri -e, continue to advance under a very active .demand, finest Kaslorn Townships being quoted at. eonts (l-'l'd.) per lb., 1.0.b. There Iris not: been '.i many inquiries lor export, which is taken ns an indication, th a the Kurojiean butter supply has-iiicre.T.ed slightlv. and i* taking the pli of taiiadiai) butler in the Kuglish markelc. 'l'| lo output of Westi'in cieaiuories has ennsidera.ljlv'di- ■ iiiiiiisherl. n:id .very little-'m-jrc butler will be received from this section. The Pacific. Canst markets will require early shipnienla from Au-truhii iind New Zealand. i'hee.-e.— Ciinad.:i has: produced more chec.-e this, season tlnin last, but prices me much higher than last year, ns extremely large quantities have been exported. The. majority of llm Kaslern I'lriners lind it more profitable to have lli"ir milk put inlo choe.-e ihaa jnlo liulter. The prro of cheese. to-dav is about m; eonU (7',d.) f.o.b. l.'gg.-.—l'n'cfs, are just about (he same as at (hi* lime last year, although we hea-t- that there is a larger quantity of eggs stored than there has been forsomo years. Kggs are being r-hipped in Ijy Ameriean producers at prices ranging from 1 lo 2 cents higher than.Canadian houses. There will be very lew eggs, coming in ear-lots la the West, as the weather is now beginning to get cold, and eggs that will be'required-during the next two or three: mouths have already been brought forward. Local fresh eggs are scarce, prices ranging I'roin 15 cents lo 50 cents (Is. lfl.Ul. to L's. Id.) per dozen. Hams and Bacon.—Prices have been gradually, declining, and the trado look for still further declines. Chicago prices still-regulate these linos on the Americanside, and their priees react en prices of Canadian hogs.' The present supply of hogs is greater -llmji■ last, year, but they will not run so heavy, as the fanners can get more money lor selling their- grain, than feeding their hogs with it - Vl-rices on hams at ■ Vancouver to-day is'lß'.. cents (fljd..),- breakfast bacon IP cents (Pjd.).' ■ Potatoes.—The hifeh prices prevailing on the-Pacific, Coast, have attracte-i the attention of potato-growers from distant sections. The Alberta district has been shipping freely to this market, and even Ontario' add as fir away as Nova Scotia have been making shipments. The nights are now very cpol, and frosts iuay be expected very. soon. The farmers are very busy marketing llie'- surplus aiid pitting aiid* storing in root'houses all the potatoes they can afford, lo hold for high prices which arc expected to ruin uexl spring. White Burbanks are quoted delivered at the coast around '22 dollars (£i Bs.) per ton, red varieties at '21 dollars (£1 45.). -Taney selected ; lots about two dollars per ton higher. Onions.—The British Columbia crop has been marketed, -and the prices are rouging from IS dollars Uv 22 dollars (XI 12s. to' M Ss.) per ton at shipping point. The crop is not quite as.large as expected. California onions are. now; being sought after for winter use, as Australian and New Zealand onions ..will bo required carlv in thc-New Year. ' ~ Apples—ln. British- Columbia the. crop has been vc-rv 'small, about it per cent, of the usual .quantity. The quality has been somewhat better than usual, Jo the loc-'il growers have obtained better prices. The American apples, however, are very plentiful, aud are being sold on this side for a verv low price. Last season's speculators lost considerable money in the spring. The high-priced apples purchased last rear were not so keenly sought-after a's .was anticipated, with the result that there was a general scramble to dispose of stock before the new apples ' Comeiit.-Ouly one factory is-in operation in British Columbia, producing ladl) barrels per dav. The importations yary greallv, in Julv. for instance, in three weeks' about 8700 barrels were used in Vancouver alone, and these were chiefly imported from England imc the Lmted States of America. I'roin October 1 to (Hobor IS 957;) barrels were used outside of local production- on railroad ccnctruction. It is probably safe to say that 15,000 barrels are used per m™™- «" elusive of lcc.nl production, lhe United States cement is considered to be ol a verv inferior quality. Price AnclnatM froii : .l.osdol. to 3.10i101. (ab.oitM'is. (id. to 135.) per barrel of 4001b.. c.i.f. * aucouver.