The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-13

cursailment OF production and further re-
dacsaonS have been made IN brown sheet
inxs and drills. prints and by toooe-ss IN
oiessnsd goods csmncn declined an &c
90 s.ss CENTS for nsda,ing uplands, and both
large.
Wnest dropped o~er &c, but has risen
as rnuch On heavy suysng for export. West
err receipts continue heavy. Ia iwo weeks
i4as. ss bushels. against ia.sS.is last year.
while Atlantic exports. -four included. have
been 4s6Ssa2 bushels. against 3.Gs-3 III last
year. An English authority reckons the
worlds yield AT Isl 600 90 bushels less
than lass year. which would mean mar
kes for all this country has 10 spare
corn exports are again larger than iAee
year and The price has risen i>c- Later
prices or meats do not Indicate that farm
ers have as yet much induccment TO save
Failures for the week have been sai in
the United States. against rs last year anu
= In Canada against - last year.
BrsAstreecs Review.
NEW YORK, Nov 1:.-Bradstreefs to-
morrow will say:
One of the most significant features OF
the business situation IS found in the con-
tinted heavy weekly totals Of bank clear
ines. that tor six business days ending
an increase OF 10 per cent. over the pre-
ceding week and Is per cent. compared
with the second week OF November, 1885.
when cuisines. began to revive sharply
Railroad gross earnings show smaller
gains. As comparisons begin 10 be made.
WI WITH v the more nearly normal conditions
inSs Of III companies operating loooe
miles OF road aggregate SIS. iS4 So. a gain
CT $4,000 over September and per cent.
psres with gains ss Of III Il per cent. In Sep
TENDER and LIS per cent In August. over
corresponding periods in 1896. The Pa
cine, southwestern and Central Western
Other favorable features are the con-
tinued hrmness Of and activity In wool.
iron and steel The heavy output OF iron
week suggests the improbability Of the
advance IN prices OF iron and s'eei next
year which SO many haye hope9 for
the Northwest has stimulated demand for
winter goods. particularly clothing.
Exports of wheat oiour included Al:
States and from Montreal this week
amount 10 s,i6542 bushels. compared with
$50 o0 bushels last week. i,ss40do BUSH
els two years ago. 900 bushels three
years ago. and as compared with 2.si5,ooo
bushels In the like week of 1893.
business failures. the total throughout
the United States this week being 2s7,
compared with 23 last week. 2Ss in the
three years ago: and $40 in the Second nd
week of November. 1893. The larger por-
ton OF this weeks increase over last week
Is in New England and tho Southern
states.
There are 80 business failures reported
throughout the Canadian dominion this
week. compared with "a last week. "A in
the week one year ago and IS two years
ago.
Bradstreets Financial Review.
In its review Of the stock market Brad
streets tomorrow will say:
While speculate showed some re-
Spouse TO favorable developments. the
course OF the market has been irregular.
After an improvement in pfices early in
the week the professional traders made an
attack on the market and met with lttla
resistance. though on Friday prices were
again put up on the shorts The absence
OF public interest and the small volume
10 which commission house buying has
shrunk are still noticeable factors Large
interests have within a few days past ex-
tended renewed support to certain special
ties. but II seems that the cliques and bull
pools are for the present dormant. and
that. In spite OF the much better develop
ment in number OF directions. activity
OF speculation is directed almost wholly
against values.
almost entirely favorable. Among the fa-
vorable Items were the friendly tone OF
the Spanish governments note and the
United States supreme court decision in the
rently developed that the long and short
haul decision was OF considerable benefit
10 the railroads and the strength tha
Changers took on Tuesday and Wednes-
day was partly traceahle 20 this cause.
The coal stocks showed considera BILE
strength. because OF the general belief
that orders will be issued to restrict pro-
duction and check the accumulation OF UNI
used stocks of coal
Sugar was u feature this week declining
from lsses to i2es.. but rallying on. Friday
to ISIS. On the whole, the market has
been narrow and professional one.
Rank Clemrfums
The following table, compiled by Brad.
street. shows the bank cIearings at the
leading cities for the week ended Novem-
her IL. with the percentage OF increase and
decrease as compared with the corre-
spending week last year: