The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-18
BrendstuMs.
berlin BOurse.
tSE'Rf IN
THE STATE OF TRADE.
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NE3' YORK. Dec. 17.-R. c. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review Of Trade will say In It's
Issue tomorrow:
Close 20 rs annual holiday and halt, the
business Of the year IS surprisingly large.
Payments through banks are again % per
cent lrSFr than il 1892 heretofore the
year % greatest prosperity: the production
OF iron and woolens and boots and shoes
- larger than ever before. exports eclipse
al past records and failures FOR TWO weeks
have been the smallest for corresponding
weeks In five years
The treasury receipts show a steady in
crease for The first half Of December over
previous months. both In customs ana in
internal revenue and heavy payments 20
The government on Union Pacific account
caused but slight stringency in money
markets with preparations for large con-
collation. Of bonds,
The most weighty news Of the week lis
the rise OF merchandise exports IN Noverl-
her IN Sis 6sn, 2y9. he excess OF exports in
four months being s2za 2l2 i1I while in half
or December exports are nearly as large
and Imports s. 7fs.tF0 smaller than last
year. when the excess Of exports was $50
a5 rs. Probably I'll records were slr-
passed hy exports for this year. which nave
excess over imports in five months has
probably exceeded $40 o0o $50
The output Of pig iron December was
The greatest ever known. Us GA tons:
against si2 80 November !. 1885 ana gis "a.
in Move nj Der is95 the highest nnIn. here
iofore. UnSold stocks also decreased IN
NJ
sumption of aheGt -, coo tons weekly during
the month. BsSssuer declined. In the face
Of suCh production. II per cent. ana gray
forge . cents A. pittsburS. The demand
N3s. ea the whole. greater. and unusual
structural contracts for the season were
placed. Nlth sales OF ih.fsa tons stee! rails
At New York and the largeSs orders aver
booked by thu Illinois Steel Company II is
said ard unexpectedly heavy business in
plates. Much buying also resulted from
expectation Of the wire consolidation. in
Guiding = tst1 tons Bessener and 70 14sl tons
b.licis a. fIttsburz. No reaction comes
IN copper. and exports for the month are
estimated al Jos" IONS and tin plates
stiGhtly stronger
Wheat s. Just now the backbone Of for
siKu relations, and Atlantic exports ia two
wetKs have been s.SNn a. hushela against
a. fia,as. has; year while receipts rasfs 10
l~as.i - bushels, against 8 81. ~ last YEAR
The dcsnsDd for soolea goods is lncreas-
ing snd some 'riils are IN me market pro
wang Tor = sFsat+F Hrod4ction- TIE
500. market is remarkably duh, sales al
tae thres large points being Is -, IA
hounds, against X lea 10 last year. h 10 =
ITO ia lSsS. and les I'D in 1882 Whiia
prices are said TO ~ Self wlthc,,t ri,s-cs
manufacturers are hunting for bargefns
and foreign woo2 IN considerable quantity
IS coming this @ay.
Br&d>treers Review.
NEW YORK, Dec. IT.-Brads,reet's will
saw tomorrow;
A sensible quoting OF demand in Whale
sale lines - reported a. the holiday sessan
and the annual StoCktAEing periras an
s.roAcaes- sn4ef ssla"ss ne favorable
features % the week has be~n enlarged
inquiry at higher prizes for steel in varE-
Gus forms. accom- panied by advance il. the
prices OF me sorts most affected A cor
TrSp0nsinSly heavy bushes mas Seve la.ssf
n piS isoa. and prices snow d.: . align,