The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-23

country, TAefs has ben some dispoaa-
butte il more 70 fsar 81 impendinx hes-
Sesn xss sena |. s ssa rssps hsssrs a.ss
q cancellations IA many INES Il trade, al
due, Z II claimed. to tie fear q ssraiaed
nss;rr ss.,. SPECIAL and wiessprsad In
Of esaee aa q rrs naes vel q
trade NJ various cities, With the exception
the cause 4 she Is $. ess s
saFprd conditions Of foreign w.2ssons
nss been seme cbserv~ss sstributed.
and; We believe, 20 some extent properiy
activity which was such feature o.
wooisn goods one year ago CAncelia-
tons were reported as coming chiefly from
Sne percentages sven Of cancelled orders
nas been placed - high ~ 80 to IS per
cent 4 number Of miils. however. are
oyerstockinG h thought to have been
aTgeiy Averted. Careful INQUIRY Wniie
showing q considerable portion Of the
prospects Of war. would Indicate that
fuuy . per cent. Of them have been due
g, e ciSsnsns houses giving large. orders
that the market would continue Is a.
vance. A. the mariket, hUwevsrs- slsas d.
appointed them; The oFders hare been
h sMey ernesssd ara the anuvs reasons
Generai trade and speculation this week
nave exhibited most OF the charartSrissics
wi nsn the ea sn pssome p1puary ASSOCIATED
there Is reported q further quIeting Of dis-
innutsve trade in some lines ct the Hast
anticipated wariike Conditions. there l. 4
tack q regularity even In the reporss
from these centers which serve 10 show
.na.. now that the uncertainty 80 long
prevailEg has been dispelied. conditions
are being shaped TO the new order Of
things. There 10 consequently greatly In
CEASED gre activity In many spec.aities. al
marksts ana heavy price advances.
While trade In the interior IL Ia line With
tnls. there V stu = perceptibly coed trade
serves TO prove that the prospect Of war
mas not had nearly a. much effect inland
as II has had on the coast. In commercial
and activity In the speculative aud ac-
tuaI demand FOR leading staples such a.
wheat corn. oats. -four. coffee. sugar. meat
active demand. which had its rise. 40 far
as wheat and cotton are concerned, among
foreign buyers who wish to anticipate any
n shs nssrp.'on Of suppiss Is followed s
first time for many weeks past show
general upward tendency.
me advance In coffee. sugar and rice II
directly traceable TO war influences, mark
Ing. as It does. either desire on the part
or the domestic buyers to protect them
selves against any possible interruption OF
10 meet the increased OUTLAWS OF the govern
ment- Careful search among the quotations
Tor staple products fails TO reveal any inn
portant declines In prices outside OF a frac-
dcnal marking down OF steel biilets at soma
markets. The check to export trade at
s ,sn, ports: notably at the South Is re-
The total shipments OF wheat flour in
GUIDED ia. week assregate ) za.ns BUSH
I.s5t.6 8 bushels In this week q year ago:
IL 90 bushels in 1856; 2 81. go bushels In
1856: and 2.7z7o 00 bushels In 1884.
United States this week. against as last
week. ZIG In this week 4 year ago. 30 in
1885 and Is In 1896,
Business failures In Canada for the week
week year ago. 81 in 1896 and 81 In 1856.
Dradstreet's Financial Review.
Hradstreet's financial review tomorrow
VIII say:
received the serious Developments OF the
present week with calmness. The long
preparation through which the stock mar
se ise as n the saSs
been reduced to minimum by the pre-
ceding liquidation. account in large meas
ure for this fact.
The trading contingent here who took
entire charge Of the market in the COM
piete absence Of any public interest seems
very nervous and they were very prom-
Itcut tS1itI0ItoxS dnS fhspuf& tuutcAt-
Ing that Spain would withdraw from her
position or that the course of action
mapped ont by congress might be delayed
The market. in ssite OF the very heliiger-
ent aspect OF affairs, had several such rail-
lies. mingled with Its waiting and duliness
In the early days of the week. and Lon
don's free offerings seemed to be well alb
sorbed. II might be noted. however that
railroad bonds. aa.there has been no spec
ulation and no short interest. were re'a-
lively heavier than the stock market aha
couxse OF which was influenced BY the cir.
cumstances.
Bank CleaFtngs.
The following table, compiled by Brad
street shows the bank clearings at eighty.
nine cities for the week ended April Il,
with the percentage OF increase and de-
crease. as compared with the corresponding
week last year: