The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-27
R1SINESS IS BETTER.
s,..dy Gain in Industries, and
Stocks Are Strong.
-.,s.r ADVANCED THREE CENTS
,oo Mills Have Advanced Wages
w.l iron Demand Was Never
larger Failures Increased.

- Aurfi 2s-R G.. Dun e. Co.'S
fss ~.xSex OF trade will tomorrow
YES. xssfher the rising speculative mar
~ me steady gain IN industries has
So 4nd Il IL wholesome that ineFs
sssss 80 sigus Of hesitation 81 the pro-
..sxs Industries than ia speculative
- wage strikes sro@ more nameF-
~ cause some trouble, and retail
- tags behind wholesale, and job
r,ur.hases behind production, IN
s~apcfses, bur through many con-
- So ~anorts the fact shines out that
ssass,ries are gaining. not with a
- whiri. but more safely. IL -
So that railroads are increasing
-. ssrnlags. or that oyerproducttou OF
- all be cured Dy the advance OF
/, ufice, or that covering Of short
- - wheat will help TO market the
=. s,sr,Igs. but a revival OF activity IN
= .ssse directions ~ possible.
80, uils are getting more money
.y,As and have quite generally ad-
$50 wages Consumption Of cotton by
.ss.nsrS al the maximum, would be IN
- r,ouths. l.50i 80 bales. but they have
sernsIiy taken $4,000. The consumption
:. arge and advances seems 10 De war
go for production. stimulated ny
- coke and oil products. which were
f.s~rrt 4 fEtAEt4EI ~ a NAst tAAhts - "a 80
..~sra for products. on the whole. new
s.'.sss Il said 10 be smaller than IN
..s,aarv OF March. The structural d.
80 for building throughout the country
:. meyer larger. the frenzy In oil has
800 large demand for pipe and
<s,s AZ slight advances. Rails are
..raauf though shade better at chi
- yire for fencing, nails and wire
= are 40 dull as to De scarcely quoted,
81 mar. though lifted a shade. meets no
s-sysased demand Bessemer pig Is lower
- salss OF Southern pig In Northern
sa,kAts have been large at &c advance.
rnishea products are nearly all at their
bztst prices Wool has sold at the low
., price OF the record for this week, and
.ssrs 10 clear old stocks before new sup
as come forward and tempt the man.
vf,e+arers beyond present need. Sales OF
fars!zn wool have been Sill. 800 pounds In
ts.ea weeks of April against s.2s2. 500 In
symestlc. making the total OF II. 90. So.
sssiast 1901. 100 in l%2. Demand for
dress goods continues large. Cotton
gsaneis are 10 ~ per cent. lower, and
pne irreguarty appears In prices for
Gre fancy goods. Higher prices for
rhsat. nearly 3 cents above last week.
snd 10 cheek Atlantic exports. which.
ssth -four Included. were only ! ss3 s73
Bushels for the week. against $50 SIS last
year. though for the previous two weeks
about equal to last years. Cotton touched
cents. receiing 10 6.g3: s.312. 800 bales had
come into sight and British exports of
goods were ieooao10 yards less the first
quarter this year than last. With such
facts the rise does not help TO lessen
Southern acreage.
Bradstrect's Report.
The failures FOR the week have been
81 IN the United States against l79 last
yeara. ard 81 In Canada against 25 last
year.
New York. April 26.-Bradstreets to-
morrow viii say. The feature OF the
rsek Is the continued strength OF prices
Of staples after the striking advance ot
preceding weeks. There - flrmer un-
ssrlons IN nearly all lines az trade. but
q Number OF points gains in indus
afsis are more marked than ia CONNER
cal lines. The furry IN petroleum IS sue
@ded by "A very dun market. Wooden
tess goods mills have secured a num-
hsT 81 orders for fall delivery which &C.
nants for the moderate activity in the
narkst for wool. Cotton goods are firm
e. the advance in cotton and higher
wages paid Eastern mill operatives. About
shs weekly average OF exports of wheat
eael1dicg -FOUR from both coasts of the
tated States since January is reported
ialr week. ? isi 200 bushels. This Is quite
decrease from the preceding week. Ia
he fourth week OF April one year ago
re total export WAS e,7eT. 90 bushels: in
f2s Il was 2.501. 0t1, and IN 1892. 3. 80 o.
Bushels. Al the West with favora bic
Weather. although the collections are
SLOW the volume Of business remains I'M
changed. except az Cincinnati. where
the-e has been a better demand and a,
s.. Logis. where the request 81 quite ac-
i've IN dry goods aud millinery and for
altle and hogs.
Regarding the stock market. consid-
cable portion OF tho street has been
s2l,ing for a reaction 10 the upward
aurse OF prices. There has been how
ser. none OF any serious character. aud
D market seems 10 he broadening under
N accession o. public interest in spe,.u.
alian and 81 foreign purchasing orders
ne later fact. indeed. was the import
ant event OF the week. The London pub
Y. h seems. IS stiii occupied with tha
tsa speculation IN kRfiir mines, the fort
Rightly acCcun. ~ them Just completed
having hrcn one Of the largest since the
m9vement begas 81 the same time tbs
settlement revealed a larse outstanding
ssnrt Interest in American railroads
eNsf me disposition or the professional
hear IS 'to take up the Yankees" as the
aSssesi specula tive thing for a big rise
saHe he foreign buying 81 our stocks
ass ~, approached the character of a
Hrgs movement. to was stili sufficient "a
Fefoaa1'y AFFECT the temper Of the move
cent here - offset several unfavora Bic
&Reopmeuis The principal ~ these was
e nature 80 coal roads % come 20 any
ssresneut, while the uncertainty which
"a exists about the crops at the West
fffic'ncr's ne unfavorahle exhibits o.
Afn'age which railroads in that section
= making on 'he ether hand other
@fs show marked improvements ia
seF net earnings FOR the month O.,
aareh, A. 'he same time the better
NaHr In trade circles. which has s,tc-
.faast th" :lse Bra prices - commodities
sSss !tsrf f.}t in thc confident tone -
r marke. aC5 ,hc readiness With which
e.eSsi2nai operators take she bun size
sae marAe-. rot only she stock. bat iu
N9ats as wa
'ae NOV crlrHt iu bonds this week has
taei h''r remarkable in character tha
transactions running up - 10 less
aa Flt 'elHs in par value