The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-14


Bradstreet's Review of Trade.
New York, Sept ls--Bradstreet's tomor-
row VIII Say: The week is eharacterizei
IN trade circles by an unexpected turn.
This IS reflected at the markets. from
which supplies are distributed to these
regions. Relatively unfavorahls features
are felt in quieter tone IN dry goods
iohh,ng circles. check of seasonahia
trade throughout the central West. due 10
the unusual heat. slow prices for mems
woolens and an unsatisfactory look due
10 the depressed quotations abroad. ana
only moderate orders for WOODEN manu-
featured goods. The most hullsh report
comes from st. Louis, where there were
many country buyers. and all lines OF
staple merchandise are active. making
freer purchases and the manufacturing
industries trying 20 keep up with require
ments. Kansas city. too, also distrih-
utor 10 the West and Southwest. reports
unusually prompt mercantile collections
and relatively enormous orders placed
with wholesalers for shoes. dry goods and
hardware. At the South fall trade is op-
enlng Up more freely than anticipated.
with marked Improvement in business and
increased confidence as 20 the outlook at
Jacksonville. Atlanta and Augusta. Ths
Improvement In iron has had an influences
at Birmingham and throughout the trib-
utary region. an evidence OF which ~
found in the temporary inability OF tho
Birmingham wholesalers 70 meet tho de-
mand for hardware and groceries.
Aside from the firrnness Of cotton goods
prices. which Is a feature I'm trade circles
North and East the most conspicuous
movement IS the continued activity In iron
and steel the highest quotations vet
reached having no effect In restricting
demands The present rate or production
of n'g iron exceeds en0 noo tons weekly. tho
- lab .4At IT,
port improved demand for general mer-
chandise. stronger lake frelghts and the
request for tonnage active AZ Chicago
relatively mora orders are received from
the South and Southwest than ever be-
fore The Louisiana sugar crop is report
Cd from - 20 % per cent. smaller than
that of last year.
Gross railway earnings Of twelve rail-
roads for August aggregate si3.fsa6t2. Il
gain or + 6 per cent over August wear
ago. There was then n gain of nearly
per cent over August 1879. Good gains
are shown by the Eastern. granger AMI
trunk lines. IN the order named. The coat
roads show the only important decrease.
although the earnings Of the Central.
Western Southern ard Sourlwestern
roads show a falling off from August hast
YEA. - a
Dun's Review Of Trade.
New York. Sept II n. 9 Dun & Co. in
their weekly review of trade. will say.
slight setback. which may mean much or
nothing. according 20 the final outcome OF
the crope. is not unexpected AZ this Sea-
son n the government crop reports wers
correct the situation would not be encour-
aging but not much confidence IT, plaged
IN the reduced estimate Of corn. none at al
IN the estimate of wheat. and even tho
most enthusiastic bulls do not think IL
worth y bile 10 quote tho government AZ Ia
he 90 lm u "a 70 HnutnH1NFp
"a market not far from . 2f0 on 0f0 bush els
of corn though shout IN nn0. go bush els
viii not he moved from the counties whereic
is grown about f5ne0 0o0 bushels ~ wheat.
of which the farmers are unwisely holding
hack q large proportion. and about 7.an.-
90 bales Of cotton. n the tattcr Indications
are not erroneous. as they may he. TO add
20 the stocks carried over.
The commercial stocks of cotton on Sen~
ternber I here and abroad amounted ~
@ i0N 5SS bales. and domestic ntil stocks
were aG0sie bales allowing not single
hale Of Increase nf stocks ~ Southern
mills. Prices have settled back little dur
ing the week notwithstanding the gloomy
denartmcnt reports.
The wheat crop iH evidently larger thau
rho department has estimated. though no
hodv knows how much larger and is en NJ
ing forward with more encouraging rapid
itv The price declined sharply about
cents nor btshei with little indication oe
recovery. The price of corn has also Weld
81 with q strong prospect ~ the largest
crop ever grown. and ~ = cents ~ Now
Yorl, large proportion of the crop viii ~
~ little profit 20 farmers II we are ~
have = large crop ~ grain and a small crop
~ cotton ~ is natural 20 infer that maJ1us
farturers may find large transactions ac
the West but not ~ tho South There is.
in fact 2 very. large derna M for goods at
the South. and west-bound shipments ara
unusually large
The market for finished iron products ia
a Ilttle weaker with Indica fIons of the sit
tiation favoring huvers a Philadelphia, al
though prices are on the whole fairly
maintained There ia great pressure on
structural products and plates. hut bar
iron e. ztfll quoted AZ Pttshnrg ~ si.A and
tank steel sff9 Tho rapid shipments ~
Marquette ore during the past week have
some fn fueucez on prices ~ FesseYner pro-
atcf Nothing ~ importance has occurred
In the minor metals. though tin has bern
stronger AT times with the London buying.
ard copper has been helped hy the report
~ a hig sale of lake AZ f2f4 cents.
Sales of wool have been s1T,@1 pounds
for 'nn week against II 81 .3oo pounds for
fhe same week in lss2. and there are indi-
cations that the domestic market IS quite
overloaded Nv the speculative purchases
made soma time ago.
Failures for the week were 81 in the
United States against 2I9 last year and -
IN Canada. against H last year.