The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-17

Great Republican sstSfy
Nrr YoEK. Nov. f6-Bradsre,f toraor-
row viii say: Perhaps the most conspacl-
Gus favorable feature % the xenerA 1aos
situation IS found in numerous reports
from merchants and naauisSthFsEs
throughout the country Of disposition ~
regard the business outlook more eneoaf-
sginriy ard with increased ccnldence IA
an earsv Improvements in sTa1e- Even "a
many portions Of the South and South
west advices from rhs interior are that sns
country merchant IS doing an lncressed
volume OF business. based on isyofaoa7
weather and large crops. This - the mole
striking in view of the continued reports
Of the gnfavorahis effect On trade IN 'ne
South Of tie low price OF cotton FROM
Georgia il is learned that fertilizer nan
lecturers have arranged 20 curtain sneas
OUTPUT next season, in some instances ~
much as 70 per cent.
In Eastern cen.ers manufacturers Oh
glass. leather. timber, cottons and soosens,
tobacco and agricultural implements, as
well as loobers In general dry gooas,
hardware. groceries. heavy clothing ana
shoes, in numerous instances report an IN
creased volume of business. indications OF
this tendency being corrobora'ed by oank
clesrings at seveaty-iive cities amounting
TO 81. oI9, 0oo. 600, a gain of &c per cent as
compared with the week before; L Der
cent. heavier than in the Ike week last
year, and % per cent. less than IN the
second week OF November, 1897 Ibis Is
the first week in which the volume OF
clearings has equaIed or exceeded sl.ooo.-
10000 since early in January last.
The favorable change IN the movement
of prices last week also continues, with
higher quotations for butter, eggs and
hides. wheat &c higher. sugar Lice. corn
&c. oats sc, lard I5c. pork 80 and coffee
&C Leather, some grades of iron. print
cloth. and wool and lumber at Eastern
markets are frmer. The more noticeable
declines in quotations are . shaded price
for Bessemer pig iron and for live cattle
and hogs at Western markets. where re-
ceipts OF low grades have been free. Trad
ers In wool say prices for that commodity
have reached the lowest figure, and that
the increased demands since election point
20 an advance, though as yet domestic
fieeces feel the competition of Australia
The improvement In demand and for dis
triDution of dry goods has been sufficient
TO stimulate discussion of higher prices.
Exports of wheat from the United States
and Canada both coasts. show . sharp
squirt following the declining movement
of q week ago. due largely TO heavy clear
ances from Portland, Or. Last week the
grand total, -four included, amounted to
100000 bushels. as compared with 2,6s9,-
go bushels the week before.
Returns to Brddstreet's OF the gross earn
ings of ninety-iye railroads for Sep
tember and of l65 companies for the nine
months ending September 80, show, in
comparison with the results of the same
period in 1898, losses in September of A
per cent. in gross and is per cent in net
earnings, while for the nine months the
decrease in gross is 1871 per cent, and in
net IL. Z per cent.
Il. G. Dun & Co. report that the failures
OF the week have been go in the United
States, against 232 last year. and thirty
eight in Canada, against thirty-six last
year.