The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-01

according 10 official statistics. are erun,ov-
"a DOW WHO were idle a year ago AID me
4 sS1ssfaa advance II Wares ss~ fn.sss efy4-
gs~ysa nas gone far to restore the rates
- aSang cesoFs TIE panic THE volume
- BUSINESS through clearing r0ssz.E far
TIE week. if-z per cent. Iarger than trs fsas
n ,a tor iae month been % per cent larger
1san II s1aS year. and In mani trsss.srysss
&c % dhcoeS OF business ffs. latter NOR rs
"a lhAs year nave surpassed al records
| ,,>s.s ss iISt INDUSTRY has been greatly en-
80. asrs oF Increased demand srraE4.- fne
20. .eW weeks, and while the si4gnI I'M
| pIosehaeat IA pig iron at Pfftsharg has
go 60. sia1ln tSineS. Notwithstanding the
SIe1tfzt output ever known the sesE con-
slaetS fos finished products have nesn an
.saa4 Iof TIE season. They include 81 go
ts',ss % slsea rails 70 one Eeastern-snls; i2l
e.atS " structural work for improvements
a. GeH York alone, with large operations
g 1nicago ard other cities, ard q grea thy
49, aenaana .or manufacturing ma
s0s saIs generally. and especially for sheets
s.IlaI metals have been rather weak
Wit an at 10. &c and copper Ios7c, In sp4te
81 large exports. while lead In quoted al
5.sZlze and spelter at 3 Ec The f.,f PES
ssner iuti weight tin plates are selling az
80 against - -lD for foreign. No change
sapnlefts We're the largest for any week
this year.
! ms cotton industry is halted by the
question Of wages although a general re-
daction now seems probable The manu-
aacldfsTs have been buying largely Of ma
lsriai Tor worstsG goods, and their pur-
caaSss nave stimulated buying by wool
manufacturers 30 that the yxo1I r1a-LsFg
ere stronger. though without changes in
! quotation
After the great excitement a. Chicago
| wheat still goes OUT of tha cn4,ntrv a.
aarsely as before. From Atlantic ports
1865 ss9 bushels -four included. against
!,5ys--.ss5 last year. and from Pacific ports
.;l-.b2s bushels. III four weeks the ATTAIN
nc exports -four included have been "a
Nss0i7 bushels against = ss.s III last v-ssr
, Heavy Western receipts are only rere@tinr
temporary conditions IN ms TsISeass, y,,,r9
/ ket. But extraordinary axnortS ~ cor,
If,f5,eeJ bushels agalrsst ; sG4 - i,,ts6sls,
IN the four weeks ~IasY vs,r 80 -
soreiy foreign markets arr n.,stsss ~ 49,.
increasing demand for hreadstHffs Or,
aud corn haz raeanwhIis s.sra,.@7S ti.44f AS''
Failures for The ysek hsts< go a1s =,
the United states. againsf "a Ia1r y" -. -
and Il in Canada. aQalrrsf "a last vssr '-'
u.... - W 'e1s'
$780, neporI
NEW YORK. Dec. E.-Bradftreet's to-
morrow will say:
Holiday ouia, ara ..,- .,.
year which whfIa ms f,il,t eani, M, ctoSe a
tanned rniash tns - "a Set tilifs con-
that la fa,Ii NJ @rs,,;,s > AaIs anu more
Fo1lovfue a ssriNs ~ tpi Vic year 1855.
panic sIagnafion and 80 a. g. "a aItsfA4ee
of business dnua Seiiteo tafss 'o,uiie
which. whila not af,aos - |" Asoss a. pE.ce3
In 81
previous wear s1nea 4sc,5 S.,ai ~ any
restricted ae,os',1 49, Al ~ changes
Litjer and 49, ss, Dts siaGot.i ago specu-
OF lsg7 whfia 10 $500 - -. = sais Ai % pax
for 4 ,a..rs go. '41s tti1.it "a foreign demand
"a rtefiea. 9 L. - gsaosAu MS ana Tor some
ed the eo1tlItina5 ~ go - aalsciss p-tssE
and fhsrsfGra f,,St, ~ aiises'caH farmer
rtativ e., .ba -. ,+ss is'sts' d"ite iiite-
conditians 49, ~ pase :, lhe yes,r. fIics
producer of cotton nor The Nof li 'r mann
nnrt. ,,s,,,,,1 49, - Sgous- nS ptS. re,
pacsac - =. 'o'i5 tIss WIS.,, N9ftd"tsl anu
xvf,ni.. ~, = Stt i.Nss az tlse cioss are as q
mo ~, - nttsl'I llIse tllA!i al the open
raw siiE 80 n' ',aH e q an iooa pioiucts,
renortea l., ~ =, ~oo. wine deefe*tses are
nssriv m - Nott ea a.su tott9A SgOds'
,ro,a,,n AK l,saals, anstlraelte coal ana Pc
rsTiyaI sss oia .iiesa ISIS snare IN we
sarntnes iars, $50 Win ssesss anu , nes
ana re- - ? teas .,il <s''5 ear s'iot 10
@. ~ ys@a .sso opens with tne business
n vary e "l,f 1iie a,w eAceptlo a noted
bee,.,, 49, ySIsI1 "a ., ~ anis VI hlltu. a.,
htii,ia. ~ ,ai iiS Oh * naa!oss anu IA lisa
Tags,s+s ot ~, ~ ne % Iod loi . IONS
fa,r srsr,,e - ~ 49, i4oIti 100 tiia 'iS
me- - -. ~ l ~ .ia4 60. - ~
maj, TEA E,e Ia s. Ia. A., -, lis = "a. sIs
ass. ~ ~ , = Typ al Wy lsefcehtdse u
sT - sasI1 $1,000 d'ti ,S IL Icouct.c3
xsI,;, ossr ys sinea S' a.
~ tsSi "a ~ sito Siuu...s i9'o,
I,ra,.eI,f 80 ~ ia'ses % iStoi "a ~
~ 10, = 9 40. 1.t s fa I19. S'oss4 Wa
~ ner ce., 60, y is if'su is,, aii
ner Gen. frn,,, ~ rss,,ri. vssr ~ JSaq -
a.s - On st.r s , ei VI 30 atti
isaI : 50 " - ~ VI Ssi''i ~ 0lts
r5,,s,.,os,a a. t,IstP rs - ~ 80 ss,n,, -
,.rsa I'm Ia. .ha 80 - ~
sse,,niars s5te,x,s, - 800" ! ,ar rant ,,tiiS
9snr.r.d peIfb ,e1.s sbSr ~ an S,,.rSa
~ 1ttFner cenf JIahijit;as - tnose fatiing
ranstiit,fad ,ra ~ tha smallest totalS ~
recent 1cerx a,no,intin.. "a nnfZ, sist ia ess,
a ,3esreass cf - nor rsTt from; isas, az "a
nar cent s~ace tSGs ara ~ "a no. 9Aut
fra,n iSai hat f.. eaiy, ~ a. n@r lent over
1S,o rha' fa9st sa,.ars bIn snayyin@ IL ,,sa5s
nv the tysSfsrn states Which raoorf in
cTaa~,aa tn ,,,,nh.r ava tabtlttfes f,,-er 1see,
In s,,sta ~ denyseSson Ia ,.ofton n~ir.S
Sonfhsrn fsiIurss ana In hilities are small
or Than a year ao, ,.btln tas greatest fail
Az, ofs i ,snarfsd T., ne yyeet ana the
~Srthvae. ]Tha ,tsr.,a1raoa ~ assets IN
ia .JiftIss ~ RS. - iitns IN fSa- us 81 1
,ser rSnt ~ .r,ai ISst @narcant.yn since
iesq and oti,. sfiesStl, atso,.e +ee no,.osf
aaSth r9te tG,t Is ~ rtfrsenfage ~ tnNss
IA business fa{Iins i, tx2- ygas n ss com
Those reliable inaices OF The business