The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-11
SIX failures in the state were reported at Brad


the number OF failures In each state and the
Dominion,o of Canada for the years 1885, ST. SO,
50, 30 and 81 in tabulated form, with the liabil-
tiles involved: also the total failures in the
United States and Canada, by years, since 1857.
From these tables the following interesting
enrapar.sons have been made Total failures in
the United States in 1891, 2,213; an average of
one in every ntnetythree OF the business institu-
lions in the country. Total liabilities S1s9 SOS 63S;
snayerage of sls.47I to each failure Total number
Of failures In Canada and Newfoundland, I,sss,
al average Of one in every forty-fve business
institutions in the country Total Liabilities,
N7,l0o,e49, an average of sa0J2 to each failure
The number of failures in the United States is
the largest for sny one year In the history of the
country, lisa coming next with 1o.s6s failures,
though the liabilities for 1878, when the MUNGER
OF failures was 10,47s, were almost $i5Ooo,o0o
greater than those for 1891. There wexe 1856
more failures In 1891 than thsre in 1890, but
the total liabilities were almost the same for the
Two years. Another interesting fact Is that dur
Ing the past three years the number OF failures
and liabilities have materially decreased from
year TO year IN the Eastern states, and In the
Middle states the liabilities were 100000 less
In 1891 than in 1880: and the number of failures
has increased but very little during the
past four years in the Middle and West
srn states, while in the Southern states
they have increased by almost one-haIf and the
liabilities by almost two-thirds yearly. The
ratio oil failures to the number OF business in
Eiiiutions in Canada has remained unchanged
for three years, the failures increasing In exact
Tst1o TO the increase in business enterprises By
comparison OF the failures arranged by quart
efs from 1878 10 1871. inclusive, it appears that
o. upward OF l2s,0o0 failures which took place
during the fourteen years 1900. almost one
third, took place during the lrst quarters OF the
ycar-January l 20 April i--and almost $500
during the last qaarters-october / to Janu-
arr l.
The total number of failures in the state of
Washington for the year 1891 was 500, an average
OF one IA every IS business institutions In the
state while ia California there were
COS failures, an average of one in
every "A business institutions IN the
state Total liabilities involved in the failures
u Washington, $.274.700, average of about
s7,ta0 10 each failure. In 1890. Warrington had
26o failures the average Liabilities of which were
smost 5000; and in 1889 there were II9 failures,
the average liabilities of which were over st0.-
Coz. The total liabilities involved In the fail
urss In the Pacific stltes and territories were al
mot 81 2o,O coo greater in 1891 than they were in
isao, so that while the whole section compares
very poorly with the record in the Eastern and
Middle states, yet, when compared with the
other states and territories in the section Wash
1gton stands well up toward the head of the
list
Coal shipments have been somewhat heavie-
the past week, thu following vessels taking car
goes:
pessd TINS
SY Of Puehla 100
willamette NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Id
Two Brothers -.................,...... 90
Total for the week ...>......57 $3.50
The following. taken from the Citizen. of Puy-
sllup, FOR January 5, shows the amount OF hops
shipped from that station for the year:
s. far L. Mseker & Co. have shipped Ii.coo
70 Enslsnd: about 400 of these were sent from
fGyallup station.
Fred : Mesker says that the Oregon growers
are n iding above the market and that there arc
not over 30 bales ia the state
Z. MeeEer ( Co, have bought fifty bales dur
ms The week At from 10 to Is cents.
During tho year 1891 10 January l. 1892. 9, 2l6
ps.es OF the 81 crop were shipped from the
.1yatInp station. This includes none of the
oaies OF the 80 crop. The decrease Ia the ship
Isns OF this season as against last is between
since Friday s54 bales have been shipped
nom Puyallup
GENERAL sHIpMESTS
During the past forty-eight hours goods and
merchandise have been shi pped from seattle in
ms Following amounts: BY rait-Sorthern Pa
eanc, 20 tons; Columbia 4 Puget Sound, %
IONS seattle, Lake ssors & Eastern. ~ tons
nS Naser-M iiamstte, 80 tons: Two Brothers,
wv tons; Puge, sound & Alaska steamship
soihpany boats, 30 tons; J. X. Mcdonald, s.
IONS, Mabel, q tons; ". +. Munroe. Is tons;
"Aseo u tons. Total shipments, Asp tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE EEcstPrA
Produce and merchandise have bssn reeaivei
ssthe port OF seattle during ths past twenty
aeuf holrs as follows: BY raii-Nortneru Pacific.
s1 tons; Columbia & Puget sound, Is tons; Sc
sste, Lake shore 4 Eastern ana tons. By water
msseo 20 tons; North Pacific, 40 tons; w, T.
ss.uhroe 50 tons; Henry Bailey, 20 tons; Puget
SOUND Alaska Steamship Companys boats, >
s'ns' Aaosi, Q tons. Total receipts. 74s tons