The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-29
THE STATE OF TRADE.


NEW YORK Oct. es-R. G. Dun 4 Co.'S
ekiy revisw % trade viii say tomorrow:
business has been more affected by for
eisa AFFAIRS than many realized I-on5on's
apprehension OF war first caused ar al
vance IN whaat and fears OF monetary
pressure here Then came confidence IN
Londca with fight Of French money
across the channel AMI stock markets aa-
EaaSed while whea, fell Aohs in Paris
ia not Esean 20 Influence American inter-
sstS from New York 70 San Francisco. but
electric wires have made the world snail
Sa the wires moved cargo Of wheat from
the Pacific coas.. started 81. $40 900 more geld
from Australia 70 this country on London
account and the selling o. American s-cur-
tiles one day ard buying The nexi- There
has hs~-n no domestic change Of much i'm
D0rtacce. ard he rise in prices OF western
railroad stocks indicate thai the supreme
cour. decision aSsins, the trunk lire asso-
citation is considered helpful 10 railroads.
Wheat rose 6 from Friday 20 Monday and
then fali 1850 80 Friday. Bur sich
changes DO not represent actual conditions
and with Western ~s>eirts for the week
s.sss sa5 bushes axalns, sa9~ sST las. year.
nobody can pretend that holdings Of stocks
by Western farmers = y important factor.
The Atlantic exports -four included. amount
n ss9s 80 bushels agsins. ~. sss last
wear ard Pacific EXPORTS s-s.sat bushels
aSs'ns. I 32S SIS bushels as wear making
= ~. 80 bushels II four weeks. against "a
4ls osT last year when the foreign demand
was Ear hevoua All rree~seGt. In four
weeks ~ Western receipts have heer over
- - so bushels against - %. ~ h,shels
last year and vet DrtceS ara sc lower. This
clearly indicates much farg-- Sp9r3ScS and
greater Rad ness 70 mart with them thar
was seen r wear ago wher nobody doubted
ire magnitude % the foreign demand
Corn refused 20 follow whss.. but eighty
advanced
Cotton rose 20 5s@e last week. but has
fallen 70 sssc IN spite az heavy fr0sss IN
par. Of the growing reg4or THIS ex-
presses strongly the belief that rcn-Nirsssi-
Yr7ert % Weld g possible that viii AFFECT
-, surplus more than the closing % East
ern nils one month In 'hres an1 TIE -
durtion Of CONSUMPTION abroad. Fer F,t,-
royean mills as we'll as those az THIS cour-
try have surplus stocks produced from the
high priced cotton u last year. which Trey
not to have damaged the crop apprecss Div
hsir WELD much smaller than has been
expected all exceed. with stock on hand
the quantity th. world can consume.
Wool dealers have reached fne concsr-
sA,r sha. with gre heavy stocks on hard
It l. no longer question OF pTohi out %
avoianG: losses The o.sncessions nave
h~c,ssh, hig increase In sales for the
vaak though Ter fo1~ weeks ths aggregate
has N,.en oniv II sas - mounds. against rs
so o9s a.st year. =. 100 II iss ard ss5Ss,'
-ss in Tsa,
Now ohio holders ara asking aGac le>s
than month ago having $ Der cent OF
fine and ~ Per cent q medium 500 ses
en- hand while Ie@,l" bales or WOOL are
offered t. foreign bidders who may de-
rt9s 10 axun-f IL Colder geajhe. has
made somewhat more demand Tor gNHis,
aud set not enough 20 change the sttua-
tfnn materially T~s cotton manufacture.
fss erfll a soos; demand. late as s. II, bat
tre makers are depressing prices b; BID
dina against each other. although IN the
average Of al quotations the decs3ae has
been less than = per cent. from, the hixa-
Is. point But the wire sail nlanu>ac-
tilreTs have reduced prizes PEI, cent, ana
The rail manufacturers according 10 eur
zen. ra1ayfs have decided not tc advance
prizes. srsa there IL 81 prospect that heavy
fervand 70. products wil Re further Els
couraGed ~ the later gua'ations 49,. =
Failures for ire week have ben :. IN
ire United States against = last year,
and a II Carada- aEasns. q isst yeaF-
Bradstrcet's Review.
NEW YORK. Oct --Isrsas'reet's to-
morrow aii1 say, Irres0larifY n pF1c@s
and trade rioEru1 MS nave netn TalheE
Trora s,s~kes this week thau f3r some tine
ras+ bfsf rsasa sursd by e ! lhs usual stand
srss OF saxi;ess developments TIE sstus-
ton X ouo a exceptional ACTIVITY aud even
strength TIE active foreign demand AZ
advanced prscss .or American cereals ard
products aqpe8res 70 have c0in'nAtei
early In the ~ees in 1 virtual war scare
market in wa3Ca the aSt1Fst prs IS rtASlsrc
ssrre August were recorded The reaction
saown however has beer saan one,
ssst5fy4rg 20 reTvt usness bath a. nome ana
atroa5, growing o5l = ne *Acsii3ohalF
small @slaS - SoTils supplies aB1 -
y,cr:s u daws u 70 svHsal n Fsl@ as 81 n
ire %cr+ wsS' A-3 t. AA1l.ots. acttve
milling demand Ger wheat ~ nome Mn
-ean1lSs breaking a. records q Production
far TIE xeqk ara continuance az ire
AK q rather less tasr Anticipated out
sgyzs q e-oFs ABROAD nc;e9 sor soEss time
vzs. ~ sene@@ q reaction n prices
nTe re. confined > shat RAJ extend 10
Ysys ars coffee s-1o0g fso9 EFotu~ts Ess-
~4yYsa~ zig .rom lead an5 snttsn. while most
o.her cereals. ptf& aat tesf copper ana
FTr. -3oths EsTe Y@sssa1n@E sfsssr AhS un~
rfsrgss3 n zlstrIoLGivs sraes come reports
- bal weather interfering w5zE regular
54rraxa ara collections *zsr ~ sts-r alaflF'g
ratax tyaE@ tr heavier printer goes con-
iru srcns 80 Wesi ard H9fss~ ssi, whenr@
< 80 cc7ue zszvscss o. ts8 E9aGs cfigf a3ng
fsrzse-x abalty 70 ce.ss- gsss' 20 mar
k Against tis.s hsFEfser. F12ss Dc 2steai
th~ fact tnst prius&FY receipts - ? - al
a. n excess - Gne year age. &z1 Tor itas
seaxo- AZ fa1gv equal s1ose ~ last
var 4 r~eas hurst = zcft~Sfy - faes+1T
an Ifres has Sa,.uz@ 81 the tsae.1g ~ the
t~We- Mississippi sw1;ss@ from ne -arasT~
rs 1aAyz atSaes ap& Country buying -
rerSs~sess zct~y~ nssuE partially stimulated
a. eaE9a- wesssier IS that s@stton
F*rarT fhe ssAcits- caass Tafrts-l-lariT p
90 soaa1 AID -.s4sz<a.. river f-01ts. me
advises axe OK ~a-y ec-.ye t-a5s SeSvy