The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-11
PRICES GO HIGHER.
South and West Report GOOD
Business Improvement.
EUROPE BUYING OUR STOCKS.
Industries All show Gains in Orders
aud Prices Increase OF strikes
the Only Unfortunate Feature.

Z 6 Dua 4 Cos weekly rsgSsw %
trade. = faBell issues sov7n<~ow, viii sav:
The eveas q the week IS Fne ienpora hzss-
ztc8 o. foreign excnasge. caused ~ sacr-
nous Sale~ % fss-a5s asru2d. EeSi1ess r.
sale ~ SO 9s9 asa Manhattan and Other
galrcssd bonds eErO41gh rSge syTls14 e,
large purchases on foreign accounZ have
been rcc3rt3sr1 for some weeks. - that
me agEvsgase Tsr-ysa by excess1s s5o.5s.s. 90
since the sale % tfe eTuErs aszt hsospis
Safety Tor the ssiIaSEtsr means nsEHsh for
al EsGssress. and TIRE syndicate deems z
- fully assured thaz /. distributes - uer
cent Of tlse money advanced by the asso-
cAateS. R-as3ch reEheves a large aTysolrr 70
SIM 4late operations ~ securities and
products. Crop proSExcss also have
grady improved and his Is Of stIIl
higher importance. as Il viii do much 10
deaer-niTIe the character and volume 81
ali business after summer uncertainties
arr over In addition. business Is reviv-
ing. although me gain IN tl1e industries
y Retarded by many strikes
SaAss 81 whesat for she week have besz1
q 1so.6se bushels. against &c. 0sa De- the pre-
Skous week and q. osa. a9o the week before.
ard .ales OF cotton $40 taleEs. against
LOIS % The previous week and J. 10 80
the week before. But Thursday fr-asgghE
new activity. Wl8saa had fallen Zisc ts1t
rose p thai day. Western reoesT,s are
lss7.in bushels. a seasssst 81. "a last YEAR.
and Atlantic exports. -four 4ncgudfzi. Isl7.-
90. against 2Gl4.Gl9 last year. In tAree
weeks z1lce the rise IN wheat the ex-
ports have b<saEa 5.o1s - bushels. against
2,iias7l last year. Hogs have fallen &c
per 100 pounds Cotton Is lower. The in
dus trifss were Distinctly gaining when
strikes began, which have spread quite
|ads2y- Garment workers sn several
cities. Ppcalhont coke workers and sex-
eral thousand WOODEN workers glsar Prov
idence are sCill or. Other wo-olen mills
and the furnaces in tire Shenan@co and
Maaoning valleys, which We're making o.
80 tons per week. have stopped ana the
Illinois Steel Works. me largest West
eTn concarn, which produced q per cent
OF the entire output April !. are effected
The output Of iron Ss1il exceeds the con-
sumption. bat has fallen ISIS tons weekly
since April 20 i5A54 May / Bessamer ZIG
has hse,n raised 10 sic - az Ffrisburg. and
the general demand for finished products
does not s-llTal their recen, output, but ~
distinctly increasing, bars and shee.ts
selling mora largely. The more note
worthy gain b IN orders for steel rails
~ 60 TONS for the Pennsylvania and So
90 for a Western road. Coke production
SIN lessons. s.7Z. tons for the week. and
6s,3s3, or = yer cent, In the past three
weeks. Tin has raised 70 sli 90 and cop
per - 10isc by increasing demand.
Cotton goods are strong, mills being
well employed, and they hold heavy stocks
Of raw cotton bought at low prices. The
failures this week have been ~ IN the
United Statas, against 2ns last year. and
81 IN Canada. against & last year.
IBradstreet's Report.
New York. My l0-Bradstreet's sonsor-
L
distinct and in some instances even Inore
pronounced evidences OF Improvement in
business. notwithstanding the Increase of
she wave OF industrial discoTHtent and
strikes for higher wages always the ac-
compartments Of an upward tandealcy 20
prices sole leather was up another -.
and prices Of shoes are following Gal
vanized iron and wire nails are higher. az
Is Bessseneg pig. about iec, sugar &c,
PRINT cloths lilo ard wheat -four Ia
In addition prices have remained firm
for lumber tin and cotton. while no ac-
tlIsl advances are announced FOR steA
bllle;s live cattle and rice this week, al
though the tendency IN each instance Is
upward. The hnvy drop in wllaA, prices
early in the week prevents wheat qHo-si-
lions from showing a net advance. nct-
wsshssrandiug the sharp upward turn In
the l,as, few days. The large receipts of
1BZS nave T0t Prices down -. ana Mfl
and pork have followed.
Experts 81 wheat and what -four from
the United States. both coasts and from
Montreal. -four 40 wheat, amount n
@ $4,000 bushels his week against 2sa1.-
on hast week 2Sl5 40 bushels in the wc.ak
"a year ago. : IT, ooo bushels two years ago.
ami 3.9si.@o bushels In 1902
Bank cleariaEs a ws@k ago Indicated
thai fhe tbie ~ trade AZ .ha Sputfvvevt
was rising, and this weeks teleera-ns
confirm y. The South sends 20 Brad
stra8,'s more encouraging reT.or.s than
for long zine. Sane lFftle gain IN d.
usana for ctchcr dry goods. plantaslo
supplies OF. IN colhert lions (yTalch Is rnost
s.cuid.Rwl IS announced nv two. birds
- AL cities reporvIng. A. the IVES, rr,r-
Yfons gains are maintained and conf
de1ice IN an enlarged volume ~ business
increases. A. Chi.1Eo and s. Louis
wholesale dealers reporr a voluma or bust
Ness larger than last week. and larger
Flan the week n year ago.