Show DECREASE IN THE RAISIN PACK I Prospects of an Advance in Prices Arc Good I There is every evidence that the raisin rI sin crop of the Pacific coast will be considerably under that of 1893 and jobbers feel certain that an increase I in prices will be the result During I I the holiday seasons and in fact durIng I dur-Ing the entire year Utah consumes I great quantities of the fruit and a I marked advance would mean considerable consid-erable to the public 1 The first crop of raisins which are by far the better in quality Is not as j great as last year Under the prospect i pros-pect of a smaller product and the combination of growers and packers i incorporated as the State California Rasin Growers and Packers company com-pany i is believed that higher and remunerative re-munerative prices will rule this season j sea-son sonThe pack of 1891 was 53831800 pounds that of 1892 a 57000000 and i that of last year is estimated at from 8000000 to 85000000 This immense increase in-crease made it almost impossible to obtain paying prices to the producer They varied greatly last season ranging rang-ing from 2 cents to 5 cents a pound for loose and 75 cents to 150 for standard London layers The average price was probably less than 3 cents a pound in the swaatbox a less to j the growers of from 1J cents to 2 cents on every pound sold Thia years pack Is estimated at not over 55000000 pounds The figures fixed by the Growers and Packers company have I been adopted by the San Francisco fruit exchange and are a follows I Fourcrown loose 44 cents three I II crown loose 3 ½ cents twocrown loose 3 cents seedless Sultanas 4 cents seedless Muscatels 3 cents dried grapes 24 cents and in boxes threecrown London layers 125 clusters clus-ters 150 Dehesa clusters 2 Imperial I Imper-ial clusters 3 fourcrown loose 115 and fourcrown loose faced 125 Even I with the smaller pack these are profitable profit-able figures and with i will be more easy to maintain in the eastern mar kets |