The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-09
Brad.treet's Review.

Tne distribution az senTtA4 nsS4Clthe-1o
IN tae Cen,ral Wess ard NoEsh~ess - IAs-
taer checked owing 20 me prolonged droGsh
In Kentucky Illinois and KANSAS portions
OF Minnesota. Nebraska aud the bAAola--
TelexTaphic s5Elcas % braGstreetS re-
g,art ss.ritstls Sarage ID Kansas and parts
u Nebraska and Iowa. where carry pant
ed wheat = budding olt. That planted lSs-
er Is not likely 20 sproai 2 az EtoN4As -
now impossible, SIX weeks without Tala
having dried up pastures and c04nIelled
farmers 20 feed stock.
Manufacturers Industries throughout the
West particularly iron ana sI1e4s c9AelA14S
active While sle volume Of trade has de-
creased al Chicago. & IS alead o. the Ike
record ia recent years. There = an ina
pToyement IL business N the S0Itns 3lA-
oama having raised The quarantine as@.hst
Georgia csties and Central and soFIntkL
Texas points having resumed c1Enliasf e@s4
relations sila Galy t.s;o1 Planters e9sa. as
20 hold cotton wa.ch delays c0lseclosls-
Higher prices this week are reported tUE
cotton whica has been declining Ter some
time. zeal ard clothing, IN sympathy, for
naval stores. under heavy purchases z.
large traders: wheat, -four and eggs Frlnt
cleihs. lard. beef and sugar nave oecAnta-
Hides are weaker. Lead = lover and ses-
seEner pig sold of Sc a ton under heavy
speculative offerings. notwttass anding the
iron ard steal ol2rkess as whole remain
active and firm.
wheso from both coasts Of ths United
States aud Canada this week show heavy
falling of, aggregatlng only 4>Sa.sal BUSH
p.
compared wan 4.0Aeoo bushels n the week
a year ago, = "a % bllseels in KS. &sAl,es
bushels in 1894 and 2,SS4Doo bushels IN lsS.
There were 81 business failures reported
throughout che United States tbs week.
compared with lsg last weak. - in the
week q year ago. "a TWO years ago, -
three years ago, and a. JARED WIN 10
lrs iAe first week az October. lsS%
Braastreet's stock Review.
Bradstrests review Of the stock market
inactivity on the part % the public. pFes-
sure from bear opera lions snd a lack OF
support from the larger interests % the
financial spectators. nave been the pr.nci-
pal factors IN the weeks stock market.
The ress3i has been narrow. and a. tines
a very Guii, speculation, with Irregular de-
eiiass IN the greater part e the liss. thoaEh
81 only few caSes. notably Chicago Gas.
iid the decline assume any serious proper
tons TIE volume OF sranSa ctiGns has fall
en- OF IL q marked degree. and no less ssg-
nincant - the changing character OF the
trading ilseit Commission houses have
been Comparatively inactive and TIE small
ana room traders have made the market
for the greater. part - the week forcing
rent and causing brief and IN the main ur-
important rallies when they began 70 COW
er their own shorts London Eas snown
very liitls interest II these proceedings,
though early IN the week IL bought some
stocks 81 the decline, presumably 10 cover
is short sales
his kiAAsGAC4eaa~Es As-t mess anu t-4F
Lsh attitude of the market are not accom-
panied BY any unfax cradle developments 10
The actual situation. On the contrary. the
principal events In the bearing Of ne Anan~
cial and speculative positions ara distinctly
fAverabls. Gold lTnportatlous have begun.
apparently without anything nui natural
causss behind them. and n ire opinion Of
the authorities are likely 20 attain large
volume and 70 continue az intervals for the
remainder of the year
Railroad earnings continue g make
very handsome showing. those cf the New
York Central for September heluR The arg
est FOR any month in The history o. tne
company. The rush q grain a. me West
- sppa rently decreasing out railroad off,
esaIs SAFE taAE SGg falling OF in east
bound trafEc = cogrpsusa ed Tor bE the IN
creasfng volume nf west-3our1 Fuiscellaue-
Gus ard raerchaa die srsiE5Iiz- The actsv-
~ y business IN various sections also has
- effect. and csTtHtn sou tneTn rcs4ds, no.
oWlng ~ toe ysiioH fever quarantine a. he
Gulf Cstles were expected q show de-
erea - n earnings Tor the current week.
have thanks 20 the ACTIVITY O. the coal
ard iressa trade IN the South. saown lncreas-
ing ETo~s earnings, Sosae GSs has been
r.zds BY the Bears n 20 sicsx market or
TIE drauTh az Ire Nssgr y lich has had lie
rsfeet upon agriculture! opera Sons eSps-
caUy Sc rne winter wheat regions.
Rank CIearfnEs.
The following table. compiled by Brad
street shows tie bAnk cIeaFingz az the
leading eitses for TIE week euded October
with the percentages % Increase ard de-
crease. rs compared Rlsh the correspond-
ing week iast year;