The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-18

zae-t few weeks ago are TOW finding :;
= F&Sr ard Tzpi1 tazz t6sy teA- rea ss1sn-
=. S.aas eesss -ErsSs as Vel s. 1ssless s4se 80
20 supply themselves zttsr years q ecsEz-
eTzE. En6. wAlle tAetr power 70 r1Tc1ass
= increasing every day. their actual SAF-
lns a. retail. reasons Tor arpreseaSse1 ATS
zf-er sozr years ~ dep-e@sion- I does rot
zAA ag212 after foUr weeks TIE vne4t
-s~xe- ASS declined over } cSzsss. % a.
count q crop repcrts whlch promise arg
er prosperity, sns corn Ana cotton are
both a AErE@ lawer for Aks reasons. aSs
estimates ~ the highest financial auteeT-
it's regarding requirements IEcn 80
country are rot smaller. oGt 2rs&r, tnSA
before. while better prospects = Afesn-
tina Australia ard Enl.x2 bod OIL Eso
promise OF sarge European ssGplss or Q,
Atiantic Experts u wheat. aoar .acine-
ed. are naore than aoSh3A last year sscn
week. ard IN twc weeks As-aSs1 a1SIe.s
against AIR u last year. ara = Sa
7.9-S - bushels against A.1$s,s-s as year.
From ire Pacific cast wheat = $50
moving largely. - csrSoes from san Al
cisco this month. and over eso,S>a a1sAl~As
n seven days from Portland
Corn declined ever 3 cents WIN re
growtrfg belief that me yield VIII saFF$ss
estimates.
The stock market had sreta-- Of its
reactions or MoN0ay. but on E0eSiaS NtS
higher than ever. The reactions thus lar
have been Insignificant After TIE aver
age ~ sixty active s4o@ks hA1 Flsea = ~
share. Il fel IS cents n twa Gays o. Ee-
action u June and then rose asa.Es. 49,
rising s. Eore. * fell = cents AGs4sS ?
tnea rose another dollar. and had 4 serA-
Gus reaction 81 g cents .. the A-AA. saa
was higher thar ever within a wees Az
gust "a ard Is Il fell 3 cents. bat u then
rose So more. September Is It's rsacsiQn
averaged > cents, and x has since AL
vanced Si-81.
The iron industry again SHOWS inaTsAs-
ing demand ard Al average q prices
nearly per eEu-. higher. due 70 p1fctlAs-
ing BY consumers. Buying OF lNt"s t9Is
% BesssnSr psg 81 Fttts0aFS ha< -
20 fna there an ssis. and hlllets sell At
sl558 with the output increased TO l--.s so
tens weekly. Co1nealSvllle coke advanced
70 s. - for furnace.
than al any other TIME for years thossn
new buying has diminished N sxoo~hL
and while the number Of orders reee.xsa
IS stiH large. the amount r. smaller. lie
demand IS stfll very good Fer the season
and prices are firm throughout, with soEle
further advances Actual buying OK Asga
By mile IS increasing az all markets. We
the belief that foreign supplies are saost,
Failures for the week have been a4 10
the United States. against 81 last year
and % in Canada, against 8 last year.
Review of the stock Market.
In It's review % the stock market to-
morrow Bradstreet's viii say.
This week has seen another vide act4Fe
and IN the main. an exceedingly hnilish
speculation. Further records have been
made throughout the list, some Of them
OF q very remarkable character. ana the
attention OF the market has passed with
rapidity from cns 10 another part or the
list Public buying on a large scale has
been a feature. and there " as also con-
siderable pureha sing for London account,
though Europe probably seld more STOCKS
than IL bought There was marked r.
regularity in the movement OF prices, ana
a number Of diverse influences, some o.
them OF an unFavorable nature made
themselves apparent The railroad earn
fngs reported coHtfnue 10 bear out the
most favorable view that can be taken OF
the traffic situation. The outbreak OF
yellow fever az the South had, OF course,
an unfavoraale influence upon several
Southern properties. particularly LOUIS
vile & Nashville shares. but The chief M
settling factor Of the week Is the harden
ing OF money rates Il would appear thai
some OF the leaders are inclined 70 take
a conservative view OF the situation and,
so far as possible. prevent the market
running 10 dangerous extreme.
Bank Cfearings-
The following table. complied by Brad
street. shows the bank clsarings az the
principal cities for the week ended Sep
tember II, with the percentage 81 increase
and decrease as compared with the cor
responding week last years