The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-03
TRADE DURING THE WEEK.
n. G. Dun d Co.'S Review.

NEW YORK. July Ar. c. Dun & Co
reviews OF trade Will say.
Atc@urnfne: vacations have commenced
n nlAbEy works WITH decrease OF orders,
as usual at this season. This customary
vacation Is causing strikes where agree
D1ents regarding wages for the coming
year have not been raised. The strike OF
tAs AHaisanated Iron WORKERS, an
DosE3ced july !. Is OF this nature. 5Lzt the
strike OF coal miners In Illinois ana other
tsntrsA Western states is not. and may
prove costly. In some iron and cotton
WORKS wages have been reduced owing 10
low prices one cotton mill ciosans because
d re44cttO2 was Lot adopted. with a bet
tsr demand. the employers Will seek an
ags cement, and In its absence the workers
vii before iong see taai the situation Is
distinctly OF q midsummer character
Large hopes are buii Oh prospective de-
nland after the tariff bill! has passed, but
the pressure IL the market OF large i'm
porting stocks may defer II. The general
belief Is that the removal OK uncertainty
Will in any case Increase business
Since much Of the future depends or
crops. the Frightening prospects are OF the
soas usually most pessir1tstic now far ex-
coed any made a month ago. one proTnis-
ing aSS. o01,9V bushels Of wheat, with lower
conditions. but largely Increased acreage
OF corn.
The movement OF wheat is small. West
ern receipts for the week. l60. I'D bushes.
against -.itiI.sls last year. ard Atlantic ex-
ports : e*fa li3. -four included. against lel,
IL last year, but a strong effort TO lift
prices failed and the close is &c lower
for the week. with corn izc lower.
The iron and steel industry haits al mid
summer. although the demand for finished
products stiu increases. and disappoint-
ment Is due oniy TO the fact that the IN
crease IS not get enough TO keSep ali mills
a work and thus 10 bring better prices,
which now average siis atty lower than
eyer before, though not per cent. below
those Of March. 1886
Export trade IS increasing and large
order foI India has just been taken at a
price said to be $5s below British oids.
Coke production IS increasing again,
more IRON furnaces are gong to blast, and
an addition II - per cent. has been order
ed in anthracite coal.
American makers are selling tin plates
largely AZ 81 80 Tor fau weights against
So for foreign.
Enormous buying Of wool. 80 90. 900
pounds this year against lo2.@aeCo last
year, reflects speculation, and some large
lots have been sold three to 1--WE times
since arrival. Prices are somewhat strong
er at se1bcar I'd markets and so high IN the
interior that dealings In domestic are re-
strictnd for two months TO Il 600 90 pounds
against 55oo0oo foreign.
Failures for the week have been 24l In
the United States against 2.i last year.
and - in Canada against = last year.
Bradsireefs Review.
Bradstreets tomorrow will say:
Better weather has favoraoly affected
the sale OF seasonable goods. particularly
clothing. hats and shoes. Orders for
a.
meat OF merchandise for small delivery
has been begun. The most encouraging
feature is the continued, and in some in
stances increasing confidence Of msr-
chants and manufacturers that the au-
tuun will bring large volume OF business.
General trade Is reported as quite salts
factory.
None of the large Eastern centers re-
ported an increase. The least favorable
feature Of the week is disappointment at
lack OF demand and reaction in quotations
for some varieties OF ircn and steel The
threatened strike OF 100 ftu iron and glass
workers and sof, coal miners is. except in
the IL tier instance due Ia part 10 the sea-
The exports OF wheat, -four included as
wheat. from both coasts OF the United
States and Montreal this week amount 10
2sz7 go bushels against 2,iss C0o hast week.
sUI, zoo In the last week or June. 1876.
2es7. 900 In the Ike week Of 1885 / $4,000 in
lssi: as compared with Ss"."e in the week
There are 7.eoa business failures reported
by Bradstreets In the United States dur
Ing the past six months. a falling of Of
57s from the like total for last year. with
which exception IL = the largest aggre-
gate OF failures in ike period. Total Ia
tons failing amount to s3.s5seco. a de-
crease OF $li $4,000 from the corresponding
total LAST year. and OF 81. sa4 coo from the
liabilities reported in the nrsr half of the
panic year 1888. This total is also smaller
than in the first half OF the year 1894. with
which exception II Is the largest recorded
years,
While there has been only a moderate
decline In the number OF failures since last
year. Liabilities have been Unexpectedly in
creased by the embarrassment OF several
large concerns In New England within
The past quarter. Il Is worthy Of not that
the New England states and territories
pgcue among tins group OF states report in
cfeas4ts IN number OF failures compared
wiki last year. Thsre have been i.o3t fan
ursS tn Canada during the past six months
iIa less than in the first half OF last year.
with aggregate liabilities of S.sls co.. a de-
crease II about per cent. There ara g
fewer failures IN tire province OF Ontario
ard IS fewer IN quebec
nank CiearinGs.
Thu following table, compiled by Brad
stfeets shows ta~ total cieGrances ct the !