The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-29
TRADE DURING THE WEEK.
n. G. Dun q Co... Review.

NEW YORK. May S.-R. G.. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review OF trade tomorrow will
People are actually doing more business
than they realize. They reckon by values,
but these are much lower than In any pre-
vious year OF prosperity. and leave little
margin Tor profits. In quantity there Re
almost Al much business being dope as in
the years OF greatest prosperity, and
though the increase In reputation would
call for material expansion. the compart-
sen is not discourasing. The recovery Is
SOW, hesttating and gradual, but more has
been done on the whole In May than in
April. while the returns Of April show the
volume OF business only 10 per cent. small
er than that of the best year heretofore.
Z Yet hesitation Is doing its work every week
eihllities at Washington, who ought TO be
filing the demand for labor and the prod
ucts OF labor.
wheat going out is much larger than any
or tho markets expected and Western re-
eespts fer the week were 10 per cent. larger
been for four weeks sSiS,s bushels. -four
included. against ASS. 1T last year. AT this
season actual receipts count rather than
try has exported an extraordinary guam
iity OF wheat and -four. and yet has 50
much 10 spare that tho May option has de-
eiasa nsary cent d0F the , wess no,,,r,
IN the wool market, though speculation has
kept the sales large. In four weeks Of May,
- ~. go bounds. againss 30, e, ,as sar n the
some weakness observable with Western
holders, and Eastern prices begin 10 feel
she weight Of enormous imports. although
holders sti!l calculate rise rs soon As new
duties take effect
The iron manufactures gain In spite OF
tho closing OF some OF the furnaces. The
ANA is somewhat decreasing. while the con-
sumption has gradually gained this week,
In part because of special structural con-
t<sl I'D -fsxs
alone and in part because the agricultural
supplement- works have made larger de-
saallis. and also because OF the proposed
leasing OF nearly all the rod mills IN the
country, which has caused some buying.
11g iron shows no change Ia price, but q
Is noteworthy that an advance or % GEMS
Ia the British price Of American pig IS con-
siaerca q relief. AZ lesscning the urgency
20 Southern PIG In the Northern markets.
Tin and copper are stronger hut tan plate
makers have asreed upon an advanse. e ana ss
against s.. 80 for the foreign.
Failures FOR The week have been "a IN
fhss United States. the smallest in any week
siuce september. 1850. against 80 last year.
and - s. Canada. against % last year.
Brndstreet's Review.
Bradstreets tomorrow viii say:
Results OF the spring trade IN staples.
which Is now over. are Disappointing.
The volume of seasorahlc merchandise
distributed Is less than expected. without
taking snto account an improvement IN
business compared with year ago.
Nearly all Central Western and southern
trade centers regort business very quiet.
Dry goods continue depressed. cotton
products selling with difficulty. some va
rieties only on concessions. The an
fscunremens IT reduced or passed cotton
rsili dividends. and that several large es-
II Adjustments will shut down to eEaoiG
consumption 10 oyertake production,
coupled with comparative indifference of
customers TO the loves, prices Of record
for iron and steel would appear Ia safS!-
GENTLY characterize the actual condition
OF general trade.
ellie coast ports but there IS compare
tisssy little gain III domestic trade there.
except Ia cattle. weol and hardware at
Portland.
Among twenty or more staple products,
oaai, two. htssSs an6 wheat. have Ssiyane-
ed while efse-ha1 the number. GOTTEN,
eoai Fscssernsr ptg iron. sfeei eilets. ste l
rails pEtat cloths sagar. pork &nd cos-
fee. are uac hanged. although there was
q nominal advance IN prices Of Be%serner
PIG and steel eilless
Now that the wool manufacturers have
stocked ~. wcoi Is OF, as are coston
goods, WHOM sold ~ quantities and amen :,
cereals s.<ur, Indian cora ard cats are
lower as wei a. lard and pe'relessss,
wheat. frosn bosh coasts OF the GATED
States, aad Montreal, this week amount
70 = rs ~ bushels. compared with e.ess1.s
bushels last week, @Esst. sa bushels III the
week a year age, : AZ "a bushels In the
va~k two years aEo. T.ae bushels
three years sge. ard as compared with
Z so ssss bushels IL ara like week Of zsSS.
zs.r<e are ~ Cas1aess failures showing
shgasss Beat tito United States iris week
q rssSaerate Increase eSTnr pared with tofa,
sssrVsse onszsax periods. Tbs sggrHEase last
week Was IS. compared wssh - the same
weex year ago. lsz IN tas ike week Ia
,Sss. - similar total IN iSss aad "a IN the
corresponding rErsc1 ot iSs1s
There arc - bassnTxS failures -eps~ts a
g. sF
has. week.
Review at the stock Market.
fsraassreSs's financial review tomorrow
wi. say
Speculation IN securities ~zs ncs ariy
eclswEas ulpgs ess.vs Tits week. d. lac