The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-13

n Eastern pig iron wrought iron pipe
see beams and other structural material
features have been the accumulated de-
man3 on foreign accoun. for wheat and
corn which e affected n advances fer
those cereals IN spite OF = rather more IA
vorahle than expected rovernusat sepor.
OF possible yield. Popular estimates tend
10 allow OF an underestimate BY the gov
ernnens in wheat fully saua, 20 TIA, O:
less than aNaaa ao bushes. Elects Of
the holding % wheat by farmers for bet
ter prices are found in the reduced volume
July. Price strength is also a feature
oats. lard. beef. ccsYee. lead rubber cop
per and cotton are advanced on the week
Cotton prices are higher and contrast with
condition a. result, Of July weather. but
this 3 partly due 10 complaints OF TOO much
ram since August ], the dale % the gov
erEment report
Evidences or business at the East are
beginning 80 appear.
Business a; the West Is, II anything.
more active than last week. dry goods.
clothing. boots and shoes. groceries, hard
ware. lumber and hats and caps all shar-
ing IN the swelling fall demand. On the
Paciffc coast business Is relatively eeet in
Oregon and Washington
Cereal exports are Of a satisfactory vot-
urne and are still ahead OF las; seasons
liberal movement. Wheat shipments for
the week, including -four as wheat. aggre-
bushels last week. and compared With
4. t0.5ls bushels In the corresponding week
% 1897. 2sss. 2le bushels in 1895. i.S2a.ss in
lsSS, and 2.s1s sai bushels in 1874
Stree July this year the exports OF
wheat aggregate Is 7l2.6s1 bushels, against
ls'll5.5+S bushels during the same period OF
last wear.
Business failures still incline toward
minimum. numbering only i57. against lss
last week. "a in the week a year ago. 2sS
in 1895. lse In 1895 and "a in 1894.
Business failures in Canada for the week
number IS. against 3 last week. 81 in this
week year ago. s. in 1896. q In 1895 and 10
In 1894
Bradstreets Financial Review.
Brads;reets's financial review tomorrow
will say: Successful progress in the peace
news as 10 the crops produced further
buying movement In the railroad share
list The activity was on decidedly Larger
scale, and the outside public was much
more of a factor than for some time past
London was a seller here on the advance in
the cary part OF the week. but later de-
velopments included not only an increase
or transactions in Americans, but an in
creasing interest In them in the London
public. This speculation here presented
many indications that large professional In
terests had resumed operations on the bun
side, and signs were not lacking In The
closing day OF the week that such people
were realizing speculative profits. A slight
temporary hardening OF call loan rates can
not be said 10 have had much effect in
sentiment in the street, nor Is attention
paid to the ste2dinesS OF exchange and the
postponement OF gold importat,ons for the
present at least The principal factors We're
the growing certainty that the Standards
would submit TO the terms OF peace laid
down by our administration, and the even
more important indications that the spring
wheat crop was not damaged and that
there had been much exaggeration In the
reports OF reduction OF the corn yield. The
recent rains at the West had done much
10 dissipate the unfavorable notions Of
these matters. and the work was completed
by the exceptionally favorable character
OF the government crop report published
on Wednesday last. The belief that rail-
road traffic and earnings at the West will
he on par with those OF the past year
has made the Granger stocks the feature
OF the market.
Government bonds were strong though
the Old issues receded fractional,y on real
ling. but the new per cenf. war bonds,
after a slight reaction, recovered to 1854
The railroad bond list has been strong and
active. new records having been made in
many issues. and especially interest has
been taken In per cents.
Bank Cle0ringa.
The following table. compiled by Brad
streets. shows the bank clearings at the
leading cities for the week ended Augu I
Il with the percentage OF increase and
decrease as compared with the corresEon-
ding week last year: