The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-15
TRADE DURING THE WEEK.


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NEW YORK, May lar. G. Dun 4
Co.'S weekly review OF trade tofncr-
row viii say.
Spectators have enjoyed an advance In
ucts. though obliged 90 cell woods ana
sugar at lower figures IN orueT
70 realize. Stocks have advancsu
cents Per SOC. and trust st2e -
lost X cents without enough demand TO
constitute 4 market. Imports OF MT
ehandise. SIS ss.elS for the week al New
YORK alone. are ~ per cent larger tnan :
Year ago. making an increase OF a per
cent. for the past week. and have a1ected
the exchange markets and helped faftaeV
shipments OF gold. which amount Tor ne
week 70 s. 7saeco but are practically bali
ancea by receipts from the interior, ana
cause no serious apprehension OF nnanciai
disturbance Many feel that present con-
tend TO prevent permanent improvement
in trade and step immediate essnent.
The winter wheat report. when - sup
posed TO indicate 3 Yield OF S.s"s ,,sass,
better or much worse, but Is olstFeSttu
mainly because all department ests .,a
OF acreage for years have been wiiois si-
The output OF pig iron for the week end
Ing May ! was no ~ tons. against Iis,-.s
April I, and the stocks unsoid, eNetusass
OF those held by the great steei-iaat nasas
cornpanieS increased only S.se>.W2 tons.
Several furnaces. especially those prcaue-
ing foundry iron. have stopped proohcuoh
appear IN pig iron. which Is quoted q
s. . for grey forge at PIttsburg. ana ss--s
for Bessemer and sl2 for No at New
York. though only SOS Is asked Tor
Reduced Southern freights here have not
altered the market materially. and NJ Shi-
cage also the local prices nave been re-
duced. Tha demand for finished products
has been below the capacity OF WORKS IN
operation, and the award for the CONTRACT
for the Montreal bridge. which IS said 70
IT Fa kx11f a yp4 N & m
manded from consumers in this country,
has occasioned trouble in the Beam Asso-
citation, and there are reports that II hAe
dissolved; Angles are quoted al s'c per
leo pounds. a shade lower, and steel plates
phia
Lake at $l0.35. and tin plates are quoted loo
below prices fixed by the association and
SOC below prices of the same grades OF
foreign plate.
Wooden goods ars doing better than for
weeks past. and yet there is not enough
doing TO create enthusiasm or 10 raise
garding the future OF the market. Sales OF
wool have sharply decreased, and for the
week barely exceed weeks consumption,
while prices are weaker at Eastern mar
kets. according 10 some reports nearly lc
per pound at Philadelphia. and at the
West the heavy buyers for speculation
have begun to sell at some concessions.
Failures for the week Were 2e4 in the
United States. against "a last year, and
"a in Canada, against 30 last year.
Bradstreets Review.
Bradstreet's tomorrow will say:
The unexpected falling OF in the request
Tor staple goods within month is "a re-
suit or period Of comparative calm at a
time when general revival in demand has
Wholesalers report that the volume of
business consists of filling orders even
Chicago not claiming more than 10 have
held its own in volume of goods distribut-
ed Interior merchants continue to buy
for nearby wants only, and in many dis
tricts farmers are too busy with field work
TO supply their wants at the country
stores Grocefs report an unusually large
distribution of canned goods west and
southwest. and the extreme depression in
pig iron prices is followed by large West
nounce an Increased demand for grocer
les and hardware at Duluth st. Paul.
Minneapolis. Kansas City and Memphis.
Exports of wheat, -four included as
wheat. from both coasts of the United
States and Montreal this week amount 10
Elsa. Is5, as compared with 17g9 600 bush
els last week, l,9o3e0 in the same week
year ago. and 2,3s7 600 In the same week
two years ago go three years ago.
and as contrasted with 8. 900 bushels in
corn amount TO 3.oes 900 bushels. compared
with s, III coo last week. i.6e5.o00 in the
week year ago. !. 2fAooo In the week two
years ago. LII. 90 three years ago. and as
contrasted with i.2iI, 600 In the correspond
ing week OF 1ss2.
There were 81 business failures report
ed throughout the United States this
week compared with 20 last week 265 in
the corresponding week a year ago. and
80 two years ago, lS6 three years ago and
30 four years ago.
There were 81 failures reported from
Canada this week, against 30 last week "a
in the week year ago. y two years ago,
and as contrasted with Is In the like week
three years ago.
Bank Clearings.
The following table. compiled by Brad
streets, shows the total ciearances at the
principal cities and the percentage OF in
crease or decrease. as compared with the
corresponding week last year: