The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-15


q loca4 iron are strong. with less 5.sposi-
tens, The orders ior tinIsasGi 9FSdasIs
i FISH . sssxy demand for Plates. es9s-
be magnitude fer structural works COW
eri1g acJUt 25QsQ tons and H. Unusually
heavy demand Ter tars. Ia pipes. pit.s-
barg has been able II place orders fer
ta.r'y niles Of ten-inch pipe and ots1r-
orders fer l6o miles afa practically closed
ITa1nFes fer he week were rs IN me
nttef States. against - i2Sf YEAR, 9i1d
- In Canada. against - last year.
Bradstrcet's Review.
Bradstreet's tomorrow wi, say:
While the advent ~ cooler weather ~
most sections q ne country has ua8o3o;-
eddy been instrumental in causing some
OF the Improvement IN the tone Of ne 49,
ffloutlYe trade pefcept45ie at GlcSt markets
this week. the beneficial effect upaa ger
eral business. and particularly ugon asri-
cultural pro1pcts. Of the reported improved
demand abroad fer cur >tapie cereals,
should not - lost sight of. Al most Vest
ern ceniers an improvements IL the re1asl
ard johblng trade n seaSunahle aFY goods,
clothing and shoes S reported. and most
seasonAole weather ~ 81. T4e4is IS response
bic for some relaxation - tie ab>rT8 quar-
antjnes which have done 50 aluca "a ERIN
pie trade n that section. Good export
demand fer European account smaller
shipments from Russian aaa pauubiGn
ports. Iess favorable reports regarding
Russian and Australian crops and an uu-
Goubtedly active home demand far wheat
for milling. SupeTfnduce9 by the active for
egn call for foJr. have all worked 20
strengthen The price II wheat ms wee K,
and sympathetic rtgicction * found I'm me
improved call for cereals a slightly better
prices.
Another favorable feature in The foreign
trade situation. TOO. has been the appaT-
entity satisfactory progress making IN de-
yeloplng The trade Win our nSN posses
si0ns IL the Atlantic ard Pacific, Large
orders or Cuban account are said 70 nave
been placed IN New York aad aeaSy ship
ments 10 Manila and other Pacific ocean
points. with the reported starting % new
lines OF steamships 10 Honolulu Sud Aus
traH2, all bear testimony 10 the energetic
efforts Of American business u> n "a ad' ia
up eur trade abroad. railroad earnings
and bank ciearings continue 10 furnish "a
vorable measures Of current business
The leather situation has attracted more
attention this week because q ne report
Ell intention 10 shut down large number
Of tau3ar.es IN an effort 10 4uect me prices
which are now said 10 be relatively higher
than the finished product.
Iron trade reports are repetition ~
recent weeks. new business being Of mod
crate proportions.
Wheat. including -four shipments for me
week aggregate 8, - .f4a bushels against
5.3a7 pa bushels last week and 59y9, ~ in
this week a yeaT ago 43l6.Sls in 1895. 2.4V',-
4s6 in 1885, and 3l92, lt3> in 1894. since July
| this year the exports or wheat aSsFeeate
s.. CPS ll6 against 6,q2t ~ bushels during the
for the week number 233 against ihs last
week ls5 In this week a year ago. Za9 IN
1sae 2S9 III 1926 and 90 In 1894.
Failures in Canada number this week =
against ) last week.
hank Clearings.
The following table, compiled by Brad
street. shows the bank clearlngs At the
leading cities for the week ended OCTOBER
IA. with the percentage or increase and de-
crease rs compared with The corresponding