The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-08
THE TONE IS STRONG.
prsiness Continues to Go
Steadily Forward.
,ose LIST or PRICE ADVANCES
ro,.umptfon Demand Increases as
Wages Inerease-f'ood Pail De-
ff1and Expected.

80 yark. June 7.-R. G.. Dun A. Co q
-. -sv-fev OF trade tomorrow will ssv.
=. .-era Of business IS rising even ss
=. falling t8gt two years ago with
.-.-sssug rapidly. The gain has gone
= a. ard 50 fast IN some branches that
-. rnore conservative fear Il may not ba
s.,,sssneH Bat the period OF duilnegs
80 eorneg fn each market after an un-
- rise brings - jet nothing like a
s.~rssnondlng decline Industries gain
..s.ah half OF fail hack a little. and then
- once more. The demand for con-
swr7p,ton Is steadily increasing as the en-
.s.x-raenf and wages OF the people In
s.~sss Demand for money expands, one
A.,k reporting = per cent. more in the
accounts for the country. and another Q
- cent more commercial loans than a
s..ar ago, and ali but two report some
~sgr The serious question remains
~ks~her the crop VIII be good enough 10
.s.sair large business. But the worst
v.r.orts today are better By far than the
estimates recently current. Whea; rose
!. fell back &c with realizing, and has
again risen g.. with Western estimate
~ a crop s9100g0 bushels smaller than
taxs year. X Is pertinent 10 remember that
aria. and most unofficial reports. down
a late period last fall put the yield
raw known 70 have been. Western re-
e4srts were 1sfes bushels more than last
vsa- and in FIVE weeks have been 5.g7f 90
haxhels against s.So.55O last year. while
Atlantic exports. -four included. were So
tss bushels smaller for the week and have
her In FIVE weeks 7.73s.7 100 bushels against
uass,s last year. There is not much
heEdlng back by farmers. nor anxious
haste IN purchasing by foreigners. TO sup
ror; the belief in scarcity. Cotton de-
cllned an eighth.
Iron pushed upward like the great build
ings into which so much OF II goes. and the
sdYance Ia finished products has become
general OF structural steel 200 go tons
sere turned out in May by the Homestead
works. breaking the record, and prices
rose 20 l.3 cents for beams and IL for
angles.
Coke producers are said 10 have sub
siantiallY agreed on sales 10y an agency
and an advance in prices TO $50 or higher
Chicago workers are in full operation.
though the demand OF the agricultural
implement makers lags because the COM
ing harvest Is in doubt. The tin is weak
er with rise in the worlds supply 10 X
81 tons about FIVE months consumption.
but copper is stronger at l0ssc for lake and
Lead is higher a 80 cents.
Failures for the week have been 1s5
.9r the United States against 2ls last year
and twenty-five in Canada against forty
last year.
Brad-treet's Report.
New York June 7.-Bradstreet's will say
tomorrow: The speculative spirit which
seemed TO dominate both commercial and
financial circles until within week or ten
days past il still less conspicuous in all
lines. Demand for staple goods in a num-
her of instances is smaller. notably at
Boston. Pittsburg. Chicago and Kansas
City particularly In dry goods. demand
for which at first and second hands has
declined. az IS customary at this period
While business throughout the country
nay Be characterized as quieter the tone
o. staple markets continues strong, and
confidence IN good demand when the fall
season opens next month remains una
hated The feature of the week as here
tafore. IS the continued long list OF adj