The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-30

ment az pertods Ia tie ccunfrysp history
Woea war waS The anai rexaif ~ strained
rss.a.lons. Tire sesnper with which the ccur-
Try sss recognized ere cusweax a. ncsfsss-
sits With foreign power ss not cnly prcos
Saat t1e dullaess and dspr@Sssca ~ the
rsN SIX weeks Aess larresy discounted tho
vasuahle index 70 the general pcsn, Of view
taken BY The business community as 10
sae cntrS5-se Of the pending war. Little or
90 snset upon general trade distribution Of
the reports OF the past week
ssrnaos the most notable. because mort
nEllof feature has been the unanfnssy
Mlfn which the quotations OK Esasfsn1 sta
pies have been marked an Tness ae-
sanees. too have rot n<sn confined 70 food
pscdscss. but include many widely offering
alse'eA III Is true thai the greatest AMI
ucts u the United States ard foreign coan-
tries the ocean tran~norsrtS<s-> Of ysft.s Is
in the minds 81 snsne people Gseiy TO be in
8erTsred with Thus wheat ~ which the
strong statistical position has been fro
asertfy referred 50 has heen again marked
op. c6se6y because Of the excited foreign
aesrand ws.ch has developed sua OF the
oeaSy advances at consuming paints
ahsoad.
Wsri movement. corn cats and -four hs.e
likewise advanced while In pork ard other
sassIsal pTodacfA notably lard. bacon and
hams. quotations have also been marked
Up. The demand for Steel plates far yes
inert is also feature az interest, and the
outlook IL for activity in the snipna.lding
industry for some time 20 coTae 4 fea-
tnrs OF importance is the immense demand
and rather nadessnate supply Of freight
room in vessels sailing from this country in
the near future. Rates have again ad-
vancea and shipments from several ports
are reported crippled no. only by the ad-
vaneed quotations hut by the absoluta
scarcity. in some cases. OF neutral bottoms
To carry freight In.
gratifying kind hut particularly 80 In that
OF wheat and other grains with the sole es-
.cention "a TO locality. OF California. which
Is buying wheat In Oregon and Washington.
Undoubtedly lie favorable crop prospects
have been ssifnulsting feature throughout
most sections of the country. and taken in
conjunction with the advance in cAreai
products have tended very largely TO OF
the present situation.
Cereal exports as already noted. show
considerable increase this week wheat
shipments from this country and Car6da
aggregating 4t6o COS bushels against ~
0oa bushels last week. LIS. no bushels in the
corresponding week wear ago. %o."0
bushels in 1895 and s555 900 bushes in 1S9s.
business failures In the United stntes
this week number 24s. a gain of n over last
weeks total. and conpared with ett n the
corresponding wreck Of 1897. "a in 1895 and
Bradssrcers Financial Review
win say:
Speculative conditions this week have been
disappointment both to those who held
that war was hkefy to cause further Sc
rious depression In stock prices and those
who look for the immediate development
OF an active and excited buliisb market.
AS a matter OF fact Wall street has not
seen such a duh tame and waiting mar
ket In long time. The pubic Is out of II.
either IA investors or speculafors and the
leading operators and manipula,crs M TO
the last two days trading, rested on their
cars.
Transactions by the smaller fry were
consequently OF limited and restricted
kind while London sold slightly ar the be-
ginning Of the week and later on showed a
disposition to purchase. but in neither case
to an extent sufficient to affect the tone
deciSveiy. The market was sirnpiy heavy
and lower. in the early part Of the week.
and dull. bu. stronger. In the succeeding
portion.
Bank CIearings.
The following table. cnmpiled by Brad
street. shows the hank c'earings al eighty
nine cities fer the week ended April T.
with the percentase OF increase and de-
crease, as compared with the correspond
ing week last wear.