The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-09

compared with fses roads reporting ,c-
tne month show reduced earuinxs. ths
greatess hoss being on Changers ana ether
7stAsn roscs As wnoss. the returns
50 Tar made for Decenesr compare mach
more savorabiy with pree~1Irx wears shsr
tae orst ccrnrlets report for Sovsrnes-.
Brsdstreers Review.
Bradstreet's tomorrow xiH saw:
with the exception Of reports from q
DOZEN south Atlantic coast and Guls cities
looc-Ts at nearly a., distributing een.4r.
say business Is dull ard without rev
features Demand has improved a, Chi
cSzo and 81. Louis for hats. hardware.
shoes s1t dry goods but trade In those
Ines ss fair only. Cold weather has slim
Elate1 purchases oe clothing az som.
points Little general recovery from holi-
dag dGllGsss Is reported as yet
Exports Of wheat. -four included as
wheat from both coasts Of the United
states This week amount 10 3 ~. sSs bush
els, as compared with All 600 last week
3s1f.sS bushels N the arst week % Jan
uarT. 1875 esssa1 bushels IN the CORE
Spending week Of iss4 and ss contrastea
WITH AIS 90 bushels in the Ike period Of
lsss
The weeks totsl OF business failures ia
the United States L. ass one OF the largest
ever reported This Is cortrasteS with
S@S In the last week OF 1895. with as In
the first week OF 1895; as in the core
spending week OF 1855, and with ss4 IN the
like portion OF 1894
There are S business failures reported
from the Dominion OF Canada this week
compared with 81 last week. IS In the first
week OF January. 1896 and Ike total in
the corresponding week Of ISIS.
Review of the stock Market.
Bradsreet's review OF the stock market
tomorrow VIII say:
In point OF activity, the drst week Of the
year has proved 3 ppointment 10 Wan
street Not only have transactions coz
unued 70 be on q very limited scale but
the quality OF the actual trading has been
sntirely professional. To compensate for
this. the tone has been, On the whole
very strong throughout, prices havin Z
svinced a disposition to advance where
any little encouragement was presented
TOR so doing, while bear interests endeav-
oTed 10 test the market from time TO time
ana even sold stocks 10 some extent. The
impressions produced were. however.
small, 50 far as the general list was CON
cerned. ana though the chief incident OF
the week was the reduction Of the Della
ware * Hudson dividend rate from TO 8
per cent. with a decided decline in that
stock, it's influence on the anthracite
group was limited. The strength OF the
market as whole was attributable in the
al Washington had been worn out and 10
the reports from that city early In the
week. indicating the resolutions rsgardiu e
tbs Cuban belligerency would not be
pressed further in the senate Later on
there Were rIrnors that further efforts
would be made 70 review the question and
10 this fact the street" is inclined to
attribute the hesitation OF the public TO
take part In the stock market and the
equally apparent Discrimination of the
large interests 10 adop, any aggressive
speculative policy with reference 10 the
properties with which they are financially
identified.
More or less stress Is laid upon the come
what better results shown by the latest
reports OF railroad earnings, and the news
tn the Southwest that corn Is moving
more freely. which has an appreciable i'm
fiuence upon some Of the Granger stocks
Europe has been inactive. and as money
rates in London have failed 10 weaken
with the advent OF the New Year. there
is 10 expectation OF assistance from that
quarter.
Foreign exchange is higher. rise being
natural az this time, but speculatively
the fact has had no particular effect.
The bond market Is less active than had
been expected in view of large payments
on January ]. though the investment de-
mand Is sufficient 20 keep prices steady.
Bank ClearingS.
The following table, compiled by Brad
streets. shows ths total clearances at the
principal cities and the percentage of in
crease or decrease. as compared with abs
corresponding week last year: