The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-04
rsr FAILURES or 1895.


r,traorfInaFy Price Changes
york Jan. 3.-Bradstreet's tomor-
III say. The week which ended 1885
y ~sssred 10 lss5 has been very dull IN
.-ssflle circles. a. Is usual al this pc
re volume OF business has fallen
- e64rply, owing TO the New Years
49, ard fhe quiet In trade circles az a
,Aen stock taking and preparing sam
= =, commercial travellers are taking
.taafiOr OF j0bbers and commission
- A slackeuing Of activity in some
e,s.st manufacturing lines IS also no.
$3.50 Kilograms from mercantile GEN..
=. ,rsort slow orders. the exception be-
- few points In Southern states
,sts-s il leading lines a. many centeFs
:. sassdent as to the outlook for trade
- near future. although In instances
- ar expressed of an unfavorable ef-
- sge 10 inability to secure necessary
sslzslon on financial questions.
-vaarts OF wheat and -four, both coasts
= =. lrnited States, this week amount
sss1r. compared with 3.I42,o00 in the
.,.ss,anaing week last year and 3 1885,
- Bushels in the week two years ago.
4 ! usual at this season. there is
sssn3efsble increase IN the number OF
ts..ns,s failures in the United States the
- reaching 4d3 this week. against 3l6
!. saes s7g in the week year ago. $50
- years ago and 5l3 IN the week three
Esfs A."
Dun's Review Of Trade.
Dun & Co.'S weekly review Of
rsss vii say tomorrow: The commercial
a8agss during the complete year 1855
r.visr 1917. against J.. 8S5 in 1884, but
= aggregate liabilities II slightly great
| : g72i@B56 against SI7Z g52 sd. 80 that
= average per failure Is $l3.I24 against
ass in 1874 The bright promise offered
\ large decrease IN the first quarter
ga followed by a small increase IA the
sstsad and third quarters and a large IN
e,esse in the last quarter Of the year. IN
IA. quarter. also. the deferred liabilities
3 each firm increased. and also the pro-
sr7s0a Of deferred liabilities to payments
rfoagh the clearing house.
Remarkable contrasts are shown this
week IN prices OF materials and of manu-
.srtafed products. Compared with Janu-
AZ !, lsS. prices OF manufactured pro-
sscts and OF materials rose for pig iron
Il Der cent 70 the highest point. but only
Il al the close, while manufactures Of
Es6 rose 81 at the highest point and 23.5
a. he close. anthracite coal rising I5.3. f
Asi closing 81 lower than January /, 1886 !
ESols rose IL at the highest point and SO
a ~ close. but wooden goods recently
n4eAsd within = Of per cent. OF the high
e. point closing a shade weaker. The
eonpzasons cast much light on the de-
5Fssssh and increase of the failures dur
n toe last quarter. The produce markets
| have been The theater OF surprising
asages. which have Influenced all busi-
Wheat producers suffered IN like
saner from Wild speculation, which pre-
Nd the exporting of many million
ksels, and false reports which sncour-
~ farmers 10 keep back their grain I'M
| Zoe cream had been taken off the mar
b By spectators.
Bradstreet's stock Review.
Efadsireets review of the stock market
an Early In the week wall street was
sntfmed In lis belief that the government
taae issue $ioo.00.o0 OF per cent. bonds
erfpRGe for the treasury specie reserve.
II announcement was made that J. p
Aofsan 4 co. were forming a syndicate
subscribe for this amount. with the
fF'her privilege or obligation. as Il may
sfegaFded. to take supplementary is
- q a Ike sum. II also transpirei that
p syndicate has heen largely ovnrsub-
aloed mat foreign interests have taken
NH IN the operation 10 an unknown
lrolnt and that banks aud institutions
N'lgaout the country. as well as IN this
hafe shown marked readiness to sur
i| Their gold holdings for share IN
y lev bonds. These DEVELOPMENTS have
Nted the depressing Influences that ar
ra ne stock market and caused a very
''g undertone N assert itself.
~ street Is fully aware or the rea-
Af delaying the public announcement
nf" bond issue. II is fully appre-
haf The senate must he allowed an
NIFTY @ act upon the bond bill which
ne house ~ representatives last
iaerf seems 10 he no doubt that
raafe committee, which IS dominated
ina IA