The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-28
20. A pIsArKoUs YEAR.
Failures Than I'm 1s0j-Large
n"t.,yheat shipments This Week.

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Q yvheat shipments This Week.
-. vo-k Dec. g.-Bradstrcet's tomOr-
teg ssv. As L the rule Ia Christ
y ,yeek Wholesale trade has been quiet.
r. seliays. the close Of the year and
IA ling tend % make business slow.
- promise 70 MAKE only light trade
srfg lata u January.
s-slrsss failures n the country for the
..gfsta wear number 1880 an increase
y .ore than 2 per cent. notwithstanding
- shss Is the second year following the
Cri. Ia which, as shown by the records,
7, (. Usual FOR Inc number Of failures TO
$3.50 THE Increase Of per cent. In
,-v,bsr IL ACCOMPANIED by a gain OF 6
=, cert IN liabilities Of those falling, and
- commercial death rate, which aver
ssas q In every l0o engaged In bust
rsss during the i've years from i:y0 10
- Inclusive and ranged as high as 10
1. rke uAdic year Jss3 down 10 l.E In ls9f,
80 risen 10 123 This year. The increase
i the number u failures Is at the West,
ysrthaest and IN the Middle states, de-
s,eases being shown 10 New England. at
~ South and on the Pacific coast The
~ cent Of assets TO liabilities has risen
rom s. per cent. one year ago 80 nearly
pr cent, as COntrasted with c. per
cert II 1890.
Exports ~ wheat flour included as
ehsat. both coasts OF the United States.
MS seek amount 10 $4,000 bushels.
azalasi s0iG3o bushels last week lSl4-
3. bushels in the corresponding week one
YEAR ago This weeks foreign shipments
q q Eheat -four included as wheat. are the
kfssst since the third week of January
hst.
Bradst reefs stock Review.
Bradstreets weekly review Of the stock
q market says: While last Saturday Was
oaafket by further liquidation and de-
&c. which In some cases exceeded those
cCFridaYl the short session checked the
temorallzed feeling OF the market, and
traders bought before the close on the an
tcpAio1 of better markets on Monday,
10th here and in London. These expecta-
tors we're borne ont by the actual results.
o. var scare, which acted so powerfully
o. he Imagination Of spectators on ooth
stas of the ocean, had snbsided. and Lon
On prices came in materially higher
. Is1 with the corresponding advances
here revived Wall street courage. and
8 e improvement in sentiment was rein
iseea by the fact that no difficulty was
Hserieaced Ia settling balances at The
Faek exchange clearing hause The trans
ATOMS % which represented the enormous
saatass and liquidation or the preceding
q Friday T5e decision Of the bank cIear-
~ house TO ISSUE certificates aliayed athe
excitement and pressure IN the money mar
bet AID bad considerable effect in main
20 tanning the strong tone OF the markets. a
Qfei days market. with probable reac-
tons Tds expected on Tuesday. bat Lon
Coz again came higher. and the disposi-
Ton Of thu ho1pe ot representatives 10 fore
30 Is holiday recess In order 10 adopt a
financial measure OF relief tended 10 keep
70 The hufi'sh feeling TN the eve Of the
Shfstmas holidays. Tht market was less
scse "hen i reopenei on Thursday.
}ei1en remaining closed on that day, and
ne principal speculative influence was the
Clslef tilat bond ssue was likely to 10
Nelgat cut Ay ths treasury without delay.
ne fat thar tbs attitude Of the majority
2 ne senate VAS one 81 hostility to boli
hSsiatoH Tosatd the farin and bond bills
Prepared over Christmas ay the house COM
Nllee u ways and means of practical I'M
pI'aRce The prompt passage Of tha for
stf Measure hy the aolse itself was con-
saaeAty d.sftcayded. while criticism cf
VIZ accompanying bond 5il was generally
sl'esF, not ONLY because OF the coin
ist'aFe q tie proposed 3 per cent. Issue.
vt "a tae ground shat il embodied no
haeay Tor The continued depletion Of che
y treasury gold fund through the reissue of
81 TENDERS after their redemption.
wan Greet. 80 DO ,r Justice took no
80 n the tauart of Joan OF Eoli
5sm tHS$ g. '.0 was impressed by the he
- u 'haCcontn~Hta} haukers had been APP
t'o4fhet Niih reference 90 fhe placing OF
seii1s Ter gola from alrNad. and hy ihe
Af69ioa that banks, both IN New York
3al ~ otl60 estjes. would surrender "a pu.-
&c 2 them in tho event 81 another sale
9Fosoteraueui bonds
Dun's Review 81 Fradc.
8 3 q Dun 3 Co.'S Weckly teVicw of
zee which issues tomorrow. VIII say
~ 'a8ares of ,He foarlh quarter aud he