The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-14
THE STATE OF TRADE.
CONGRESS. ACTION UNCERTAIN.


NEW yoEK. April A-Bradssreess review
Of trade tonor-ow sill say: Wessera
cities report that more favorahss b1ss-
Erss feata-es form tie exrersssoa tais
week At Caicxgo the rEsa OF spring
trade - over. although orders for dry
goods hold cut vel, notably for cotton
dress gsodsL Trade in shoes and harfw are
has decreased Ussavo-aele weather has
restricted sales Of millinery. dry goods.
clothing. carpets and dr1gs ~ ST. Loras,
bot manufacturers Of shoes report trade
rs active - previously. business Is
Kansas City appears quite regular.
Al Omaha business - ON greater basis
snsn during March. hard ware being espe--
csa.ly more active. At San Francisco job
bers report merchandise moving mors
freely. and . better feeling 10 noted. Ex-
rsene heat. with uorza winds. are reported
70 have Seriously damaged growing wheat
IN Southern California an1 IN the western
vas.<ya Prices of wheat. steel. iron. cat
tie. cotton apd corn are ali lover. tae ex-
IRENE drop IN wheat being occasloned
largely By extraordinarily heavy receipts.
ba.ed IN part on rhe report that the wheat
crop 10 less damaged by .he receu. co-d
weather than At first reported. Prices OF
iron. Yves. ana East. have bsen further
scaled down, due 70 cutting OF railway
rates and competition between furnaces
Oats have advanced 25c. pork. 50 cents,
lard, IL cents. y hise sugar and print cloths
remain unchanged.
The Industrial situation 10 more compsi-
Gated ard less encouraging. There Is .
prospect Of . widespread strike OF coal
miners and Others this month. with .
probability of further strikes and iockouts
in other cities early in May. There are
nfsy-sx strikes now IN force throughout
the country, involving abont 300 people.
Railway earnings of i2i roads during
March show increases in only twenty in
stances over March, Isa4 March earnings
are So. - AZ, nearly Is per cent. less than
last year For three months the earnings
are nearly 3i0a -, as. . falling OF OF LA
per cent from last year.
Bank clearsngs show another small total,
$3.50. 72o0oD for the week, compared with
ssas, oo0, 90 last week and with 81. Els. CO.,,
600 in the second week OF April. isaa
Available wheat stocks in the United
States and Canada, aiioat and in Europe,
have decreased less than anticipated.
owing 10 the increase in American avail
able stocks where q decrease was expected.
Guided. aggregate ianS.oO bushels this
week. against 2 7s9 90 the week before.
{, ass, 600 on the week last year.
Eradssrest's financial review tomorrow
will say: Excessive dizziness prevailed
in speculative circles during the greater
part of the week, the condition be-
inc in striking contrast 10 the activity
which asserted itself . fortnight ago. The
dizziness is due to the late reports that
crops are not damaged as badly ~ reported
a year ago. Uncertainty in tariff legisla-
ton has become factor and he's caused
hesitation on the part Of large speculative
interests. London has done practically
nothing. and il will nov be seen that the
recent buying from that quarter Was
mainly the work of professional dealers or
iohbers OF stocks. who purchased with 8
view 10 the probability of selling 20 the
foreigners with an advance in the next
few months. A few high-grade stocks
srili assert themselves. bat buying has
been practically suspended for the time
being.
BANK cIKARIS5&
The following table. compiled by Brad
.traef's. shows the total ciesrances at the
principal CITIES and the percentage of in
crease or decrease a. compared with the
corresponding week last year: