The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-11
Bresastuns.
TRADE DURING THE WEEK.


NEW YORK, Sept. ie.-R. q. Dun q
Co.'S weekly review Of trade Ia It's issue
tomorrow VII say.
There is no hating In the advances. Bust
its speculative end breaks Conspicuous
gamblers for q decline. a steady increase
IN productivity working force and tie power
which foreshadows all others. Reports OF
New York trades unions show an Increase
since one year ago Of u per cent in the
number Of men al work. and similar tn
crease among men In Ike positions
throughout the country would exceed
go. 90. while every week adds many estab-
iishmsnts 70 the active list A gain OF u
per cent ia one month In the output of
pig iron. from les SIS tons August !. 10
1887 tons September J. with the knowl-
edge that half q dozen other furnaces are
preparing TO resume. and that unsold
stocks have been reduced IL 100 tons week
~ IN August indicating q consumption OF
about 1890 tons more, explains the mod
crate advance IN prices Of finished prod
ucts. Wheat has risen s cents the past
week not in a furry, but In answer 10 the
increasing foreign demand. Though re-
ports Of the crop. now almost wholly out
6f danger. indicate yield never surpassed
but once. foreign accounts SIN strength
en- the belief that the deficiency abroad
would be about 100 00o00 bushels mere
than usual, and meanwhile on reports tn
dlcaung that less corn than was expected
viii be available for export, it's price has
risen about %c. While wheat receipts at
Chicago have been breaking records. re-
ceipts az ali the Western points are fer the
week a little below last years but AtlanI
tic exports were 81 Isl bushels. -four in
Guided. against 4.zlelS last year for Two
weeks. with S,s3s.iil bushels of corn.
against 3510 zoe last year, indicating for
eign demand apparsztiy limited az present
only by ship room.
Braastreef. Review.
Bradstreet's tomorrow will say:
The business week has been marked by
a continuation Of comparatively free buy
ing by fohbing and commission merchants,
In anticipation of the future wants. at al
most all important distributing points.
Exports OF wheat flour included az
wheaf) from both coasts Of tho United
States and Montreal show falling or
from last week. bat ara still very large,
aggreeating g. 81 80 bushels. With the ex-
ceptiou OF last week when the total ex-
ports aggregated 1854 they were the
largest for any week this year. and COM
pared with exports In the ike week year
ago OF s. 7l9 al IN 1885 Of SO coo In 1884 Of
/. s9s. geo. and IN iS93 Of 3Ss7 zoe bushels.
There are lss business failures reported
throughout the United States this week,
against isS last week. sA in the week Of
last year ziS two years ago, % three years
ago. and 800 In the like week Of September
1855
There are Sc business failures reported
from the dominion OF Canada this week.
COMPARED with % last week Al IN the week
q year ago = TWO years ago, and as con-
Brnasfreet's stecl Review.
In its review OF the stock market. Brad
streets tomorrow viii say;
The stock market continues 10 be active.
higher and excited. Public participation
ia the buying Is on very large SCALE and
the market has effective bull leadership
in London as a seller OF stocks, though
az the close 81 the week speculative par-
chaSes for foreign account were aEaIa
noted. The professional element has sew
aral times endesvcred 70 create a reac-
ton such attempts resulted. however.
in little beyond fractional losses. though
the market gives some evidence Of over
buytnx and OF the distribution OF many
stocks in the hands % weak operators
where the disposition F. 20 overspeculate.
A leading buliish force In the market
has been the Increase OF railroad earn
!ngs.
hank Cfesria2s.
The following table compiled BY Bras
street. shows the hank cleaYfngs at the
cities indicated for tire week ended Sep
tenSer 70. is2s. with the percentage OF in
crease ard decrease. as compared with the
corresponding week last year;