The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-04

e>sass - - rer -sze, - compared VIA .
year age g rsr e=ze- as ccz7a-~S WITH
- c-ss 7-zr<er a. Isss ard - pe< crze.
~ eszsrzsss9 ztsa tarsS years ago Eass-
r@ss failures II CzzzGz rr-ae- - fax
sAe Past czz-se-. sszzzxt 81 = TIE e-z,
caa-tsr 81 sEs. wz.s toszi ltaesis.2es CO
$.sS.-ss0 sxazEs 81 81 aE lase year.
Dans- Rrstcw o. Irzde-
r Q. DIN & Cas- weekly revssx 9. c-z.s
feac-row x1a say Tie reg-zx- Ssza-zersy
ssatsr,s-f ~ failures sAcws ST. wssa Ia
ssllsles * s.. II. z~Hsnst = sE LAST year,
wsts A4azlssses e $50. ard 4sa IA
re sarse quarter Of 1ssS Vita liabilities
o. sSf-a-ss-& TIE average Liabilities xers
Si~.ts. against s11z7 i2sr year and tz4.se
Ii issa Aan@<2esuring failures w~re 81
against 2sz lxz- yrsT. xfla lsAhEs5ties %
s-]ssz-xzs. against - - ~. szss year. an
isere2ss o. tS1 taGs TIE decrease In ccrn-
peFssaa VITA Es$z s sss per eesf- TrA<.nS
failures were ALI. x1fA liabilities Of ysz--
<i-z2- against -. go.ss< last year. Al fa-
crease 81 IS ,~- c~ct-. hcs tn eosneA<ssa1
vita 1xss tbs decrease 10 50 per cezs Tna
rate a o~t213te5 stxhssss - IA rsvr~u.s
ssros'<h Gearing ho1ses ~a< 81 s psr 8. 80.
TIE average % the previous tea years hzv-
!ns ee~z Ct. and TIE average peg f-ru IN
Business sas SD against SIS 81 Ser re
pr-s2oSs ten years. TAs rsatn in-r~as.
oFs- ias. yszr s2s h-scr n manufacturers
t&Sl1rss II New Terk. Psnrxssva-iz~ Siss,
sa1 heat1cky. ara in trading failures IN
Texas ana Asnnesotx owsrx 20 ne tx,
recent large dess2ifs Other commercial
failures are also larger than last year.
PRACTICALLY al tie Increase eefrg al TIA
sosaa Banking failures have been 81.
against = l&si year. bar with liabilities Of
esa1s Afzl.sSz. against xs,ss- - las. year.
A-9Fe iEAa half faf entire banking defaults
were n Northern states west q he N..-
s4xsipps river
me Improvement expected wttA sprsns
sea1asr has begun, though n seras
er&ncises Of business u Ia scarcely v.sials.
A consumers rsaks s7rsag purchases they
nisst loosen stocks and co@ce! hs.yinx
TIE stocks taken - advance Of last s1rzs-
rhers demands have been distributed Ear
mere slowly than vas cxaeet1s bazt
uontAs q waiting have htspe1 70 lossea
TIE soas. which 4, Is hc2s1 snrsas buying
VII clear away TIE s2czsas. season has
been hlaar25ee. as has also been sAs
number Of 5ar9s unenpioyed n trss.o-taa,
industries. az3 tia low prices O. farm pro-
dacsE
A?prshe-ssoa Of foreign financial dsfsru,.
css have hinSE-e4. but are row .earce.y
felt Geld exports are rlnores. hn- AZ this
season are 50 far natural that they have
10 such power 10 cause alarm As ;Asy
had n winter.
y
pectcd % have a great lzsasnce IN slss-
tanning markets and stimulating eonG-
dance. an1. tAoGgh sgcA orSaa xztIans
mss The success hey seEk, they rarely
fall 70 xiztse speculative buying for time.
TIE sudden advance OF g psr ton In sflle.s
week ago has raised Bessenze- pig 81
AZ Pffts5n-g. and as the demand fer
structural forms Increases there - sxPSe-
fastoa that prices VIII ylse. The aali as
xocsafteas have given Eotlcs OF another
advance 81 l5e a. the end OF THIS raonlA.
Bars have been greatly dsnao-aHxsi. ba,
some makers now hope to rs-essaaaisa the
combination as steel bars will become
csare-. One foundry 10 siightly lower 1t
Philadelphia. ard the general aerland for
flashed products does not yet Improve.
The steel concerns propose 20 restrict pro-
d1ctioa by allotment. those proag-fn9
more tEaa their share. paying s. per ton
20 :hose who produce less Prices for lake
copper are solicited al iass ard lead Is
weaker AZ n-io. b.. single buyer lifted
;ir 10 EsA
TIE wooden manufacturer does not gain
IN orders. a1i a large part % tha MA
chisery Is stc2Sst- Prices ct wool have
fallen "a per cent. the average o. "a
quotations being i3sae Sales In Mzrca
were smaller than in any other month
since 1894, and FOR the quarter were only
75.isT.ss0 pounds. Of which @.siGac was
foreign, against e asi as lsst year. 90
which - - 50 was foreign.
Cotton mills attn Pile up goods IN az
vAare OF orders. as reductions II prices
have failed as yet 20 stimulate buying.
Speculation IL prcSuets has been tame.
Cotton conflruss 10 core forward 50 large
Is that former Predictions o. $50 90 bales
are remembered with aer.sias. azd the
outlook fer the next crop continues good
Wheat has slightly advanced. ard Il late
reports OF ss.sry from excessive trosts
ara storms prove correct. VII advance
more though Western receipts continue
nearly G. per cent larger than las. year.
anG ssr FIVE weeks pas; have been i1SsS.-
40 bushels. aga.ns. ss31-s1z last year,
While Atlantis exports have been Only g.
ira bushels. Sour Included. against s.
AZ -G last year.
Corn exports are larger sad receipts also
heavy. bot pork has declined &c per bar
rel