The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-28
Following is the record at Seattle clearing
house BY days for the week:
Total for the week


Nothing of special interest has developed in
the local trade or financial situation during the
week. Receipts and shipments of general mer-
chandise were very fair, but freights in general
produce has been rather light. Two vessels
took coal cargoes. the Keweenaw 5000 tons, and
the Willamette {, 300 tons.
Henry Clews has the following to say on the
general outlook in his last financial review:
After the first week of April the market will
pass into a new and probably more favorable
phase. The outflow OF gold will probably have
ceased ceased; the usual temporary transfers Of cur
ments will have been effected; the silver agita-
ton will have passed into a stage of develop
ment which will afforda clearer foresight as to
its ultimate issue. The factors which, three
weeks hence, are likely to be chiefly occupying
the attention OF the market will be mainly the
following: In the first place, the very low
prices OF q few OF the leading staples, especially
iron and cotton; as, however, those declines are
not due to any lack OF demand, but to an ex-
traordinary increase in supply, they are likely
to be construed as on the whole beneficial to
business at large, though unavorable TO profits
in those special interests. Next will come the
prospects OF the new crops. So lar the condition
OF winter wheat Is upon the whole favorable;
and, should the present outlook be maintained,
the effect at the West will be unusually helpful,
for the crop conditions OF the continent OF
Europe are anything but encouraging, while
Russia can hardly fail to yield this year another
short crop; SO that q second good harvest in the
United States would be likely to meet a ready
1t Is to be considered that our stocks of both
wheat and corn still on hand are equal to over
40 per cent OF an average crop which leaves I'M
preeedented supplies for export between now
and next harvest These facts have a very d.
rect bearing upon the prospects of the railroads
for the next twelve mouths. Another favorable
factor Will appear, at the time indicated, in con-
nection with the silver problem. Even though
the vote of congress on the measure now pend
ing should be affirmative, it would certainly be
annuiled by the presidents veto, which would
make free coinage impossible until a new presi-
dent and new members of congress were elected.
Should the next president happen to DO Re-
publican it is reasonable to assume that he
would veto any free coinage bill that might be
passed by congress during his term of office
Should Democrat be elected to the presidency
the indications are daily accommodating that he
would be ex-President Cleveland, whose record
resist the policy of the silver faction. Thus the
probabilities largely favor the prospects OF the
defeat OF future attempts to force free coinage
upon the country.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.
During the past twenty-four hours goods and
merchandise have been shipped from Seattle in
the following amounts: By rail--Nerthern Pa
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern, So tons; Great
Northern, % tons. By water-Mabel, 40 tons
W. F. Munroe, 30 tons; Puget Sound Alaska
Steamship Company's boats, 50 tons Henry
Bailey, 80 tons; Multnomah. 10 tons; State of
Washington, tons; Wasco, tons; Buckeye,
tons; Glide, tons. Total shipments. $40 tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS.
Produce and merchandise have been received
at the port of Seattle during the past twenty
four hours as follows: By rail-Nortaern Pa
cifc, 40 tons; Columbia Puget Sound, p tons;
Seattle, Lake Shore * Eastern, 265 tons By
pany's boats, rs tons; Multnomah, tons; Glide,
5 tons. Total receipts, 16S tons.