The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-28

1oa sssckexied aary hexan - thiak hus1-
less dwscdltng- SznHaence Of deferred
cFaers - nos y decrease OK business
SrSadsy speaking. rns gain has been
greater than anybody expected. and IL Is
Aos sz;rrfsssg X = small part 81 X - in
excess 81 -Ae present consuming demand.
nercrss from all rz-ss Of tie country
snow eleariy the enlargement a. trade, nos
- Al points IN the same branches. c1s
vTywaere helped sy . more ccnnsens
Iselnt- Extremes 81 weather have made
sns week not ai.orethe- good for retail
.IAds> bat n that line also there - sorae
improvement On the whole
wheat has risen over 8 cents for the
week without ratertai change in foreign
sdvsnces, which have been. o. the wnois.
iess stimulating. Western receipts are
fsllsry behind lsss years. ard four weeks
pAss have been only 1ass-sa bushels.
Against z-sos~e-s Iass year. while the ex-
pcFtA aour Included. nave been s.ssa.-
- ousasss In the same week. against
~~0 last rear. ard are not large
enough 70 create excitement But tkfr-
teen eArgces have left Tacoma In Novem-
Der. and thirty have lef; San Francisco.
Win Twelve more loading. and forty en-
gaged- The milling demand in the Attain
TIC states is Also large. and al four west
efn Giles the output Of four In i've " reks
mas been S.. go Barrels. against 1<Se. 800
N the same week last year
Corn has srmpafAtxsd with wheat only
little. And Is coming forward freely. The
most important factor in the wheat mar
kei - that the visible supplies do not
gain as much rs expected
Wool was and 10 still bought largely tor
specuiation. and earlier purchasers are
unloading on the later. but the mills are
not yet doing much more than IN Octo-
Der. few more have been started. but
tnsre II scarcely much dss.sand apparent
Tor goods. Including SPIN .ative operss
tons. the sa.ss o. wool have been or four
weeks s.A4.ioo pounds. OF which 8.xiz-o 900
were domestic. against ~. rs $50 last year.
Of which 1881. 10 we're domestic. ard ~.
<.l.SN In iss2. OF which q. .sss were do
nestle but the producing capacity In
operation does not seem 10 be half the
capacity Of the works. and the ssoppAgs
OF several large carpes mills within the
last ten days II OF Importance.
The collapse OF the nall combination.
and probably the beam combination. and
considerable reduction In quotations for
nails and beams. give reason TO look for
. larger demand for products az iron and
steel. but At present the sales against
speculative purchases made soma time ago
are depressing prices. and Bessemer pig
has sold at 81 .. and according 10 some
reports = little lower at PittsourE. The
demand for such products as are not con-
troiisd by the combination Is somewhat
Increasing. but by no means as rapidly az
expected. In minor metals tin Is scarcely
as strong ~ IL mas q week aGo. but cop
per and lead are stronger.
Failures for the week have been 800 IN
the United States. against 81 last year.
and 3 in Canada. against tT last year.
Bank ClearfnSs.
The following table. complied by Brad
streets. shows the total ciearances at the
principal cities and the percentage of In
crease or decrease. as compared with tho
corresponding week last year: