Show r I FRUIT SHIPMENTS BLOCKED BY RATES Freight Tariff From Florida to Salt Lake is Almost Prohibitive Florida Is a heavy hea distributor of de deciduous deciduous deciduous fruits and carlot shipments of oranges lemons and grape are made regularly to points on the Mis river but freight rates from there west prohibit shipments of oranges and lemons reaching this market Grape fruit has been brought to this market in car lots and jobbers here regret that conditions In Florida I prevent further shipments reaching Salt Bait Lake before fall Local dealers report that Florida shippers advise that the crop is exhausted and there will wiIl be no more carlot shipments un until until til UI October California grape fruit may be had the year ear around and is isnow Isnow isnow now selling on the Salt SaIt Lake marked for per case It Is Just between seasons for lemons and a sharp advance in price is expected within the next ten days Lemons have ben selling the past two weeks f o b California for per box Scarcity of ot lemons causes wholesalers to look for advance in price as high as 00 Circus are the brands most extensively used on the Salt Lake market The close of the navel orange sea season season season son is at hand Prices range from froim to f o 0 b California The larger the orange the lower the price Oranges which pack eighty to a box have sold the past week at while to the box sold as high as per box When the navel orange season closes seedlings and sweets are brought In under ice These oranges do not stand heat well weH heavy shrink shrinkage shrInkage shrinkage age appearing with warm weather Within the next two weeks several cars of these brands will be brought into Salt Lake Blood oranges are rarely seen on the Salt Lake market as there is practically no demand for them though several cars a week pass through here to eastern markets where consumption is heavy |