The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-14
TRADE DURING THE WEEK.
n. q. Dun q Ce,s Review.

II. q. Dun q Co.'S Review.
New York, Nov. 13.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review Of trade tomorrow VIII
say:
There is no doubt that brighter day
Is dawning. and Il Is the common remark
that never before has business shown %
great a change for the better within q
single week. Dispatches telling of about
800 establishments which have opened or
to have materially enlarged their force.
though they I'LL many columns. give only
part Of the facts, for throughout the
country the gain has been surprising
even to the most hopeful. 1t Is not the
mere speculation OF hope which lights
the fires and starts the wheels. for orders
which have been accommodating Tor
months with the necessary replcnishmcnt
Of dealers stocks. now greatly reduced.
would employ the whole producing force
for a time. and the increase In number OF
hands at work means Increases In pur-
chascs for consumption.
tinues an important factor. and the price
has advanced to Sc, gaining &c TOR one
week. 10c for two weeks and 24c since
September. The price II the highest
since June, 1892. Western receipts were
only 4. 94.o33 bushels. against SO. 50 last
year, but the election cut on much work
during the days In which these receipts
spite OF scanty freight room. were. for
two weeks. 2,717.2si bushels, hour m
Guided. against s.eso,sss last year. and Pa
cif1c shipments are also heavy to INDIA,
South Africa and Australia
Many textile works have been starting
or increasing their force. mostly on or
ders booked weeks agA But there has
vet. After purchases OF .oo0 pounds
of wool h five weeks. the transactions
fell 10 $4,000 pounds last week. bat
prices were strong and In some grades &c
higher and even greater advance IL oe-
manded at the West, while foreign mar
kets are higher and Australian fuiiy &c
per pound
The OUTPUT OF iron furnaces In blast
November l was 124.oT7 tons weekly, hav-
ing been increased II IS tons. or los per
cent. I'm the latter part OF October by
confidence in the future All the markets
were stronger, although the enormous
purchases OF pig iron in advance OF needs
cause comparative inactivity Al present
Plates and steel bars are 81 to - per ton
higher and sheets In better demand An
fhracife and Bessemer pig have advanced
= shade, and the average OF prices Is
s,sc higher The billet pool Is In protract-
ed meeting here this week TO decide upon
its course. and Is still undsrsoid
The beam. bar. ran and wire nail asso-
ctAtfons meet this week ana the uNoeIsefA-
ing OF wire nails by outsiders has gone 50
Tar that a decline os sc 10 openly quoted
II Is noteworthy that the prevailing ex-
pectaiions notwithstanding the general
inrroyer - n business Is that some. X
not ALL 4 - combinations viii decide TO
reduce prices. The coke combination, II
now appears, has not prevented large con-
tracts for future delivery At less than -.
its fixed price, and even less than S.7s. but
the output last week decreased
A heavy sale of copper 10 foreigners.
said to cover 100000 pounds. has raised
the price 70 1i1sc. and tin actually sells At
lie. though less Is quoted
Failures for the week have been 30 N
the United States against Ss last year and
Is In Canada against ~ last year.
Bradstreet's Notes Improvement.
B~ae<treesss tomorrow viii say.
The volume OF business improves steadily
IN nearly all lines tn. most active de-
rsnnd il among sobbers in dry goods. cloth
Ing, millinery. sheets. leather and har1-
ware. and In leading Industrial lines, near
~ 3ss mills. factories and foundriss having
started up this week. cue-isaf OF tsesn Al
steel. machinery. tools carriages. irs1oer.
glass. wooden and cotton goocs tines. About