The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-27
THE STATE OF TRADE.


NEW YORK. Aug. ar. G., Dun s.
Co.'S Weekly Review OF Trade will say;
The volume of business reflected in sx-
changes al the principal clearing houses
is .a+ per cent. larger than last year and
26s per cent. larger than in iss2. heretofore
the year OF largest business and high
es; prosperity ever known.
Part of this increase was due 10 speculi-
ton at New York, but there are most.
healthy Increases over the best Of tile pre-
vious years. and though in some branches
business IL MOI satisfactory In characis r.
IN nearly all Il IL in volume larger than
ever before. No unfavoratsle changes ap-
pear la the prospect % crops upen which
ths welfare Of the country largely de-
financial dasturbanees although some spec
u!ators have been selling nor Is there
shown any want Of confidence among
American investors. Comparisons As 70
imports last year were extraordinarily
small after the big rush u sntieipat. new
duties. while experts were beginning to
show tho phenomena demand which made
the year quite the most rerslarka be IN eur
hist cry. Hence, tffr HTSrvas So OF Is per
cenr. from New York in August thus far
is not alarming. au: sales OF products YET
70 he followed are large ard have stnnusd
any advance la the current rates of foreign
exchange Nor Sc i, at all dishearteGinE
that inpor1s al New York for me months
thus FAR exceed last years BY aeariy 5000
tss' since .asi year they feii below those
OF lS,e hy more Than 81 ssltsa
Wheat goes down D. for ste week. az {
There were no foreign demand cGsnirz. the
previous concert IF farmers 70 keep back
wheat. tie cr0p heiNE certainly very large.
tending 20 encourage A cons piracy IF trad
Tr~ E7-~'n~t them which thus far has an-
IRE control = the market Atlantic exports
for he week have bean . 81 59s bushels
against Assn ssa last yesr. ard FIR fer
weeks 81 Angus. i5.iaf ga nasseIs. against
IS ~ bushels iaSs year. while Pacific
exports "a ~ bushels fer he wpek
X rt..=t-
for ;he monsa Isss "a. bushels. against
/ - - fasfels last year Il Is wise 10 rp-
T7eszlae ti1at he foreign demand on sc
count ~ las+ years shortage Is still lap
ping oV@F, white reports sAsw that foreign
crops are abort average.
The nstT7F1 af trnu ARA steel No longer
Pleasures tbs demand. and tho stipulated
~soppages 81 furnaces in the Shenandoah
ard Aahonlng valleys has RAISED The prize.
81 EeSse gaar gsG ~ p1fssisGrr ~ 80 % and
II gray 5rEe - 81 q without 8uS rfT-
tasnty wAa'ever that such prices can be
maintained wf4~n TIE valley furnaces re-
sgsssse opera ;s0ns. ~ soT1e - thern ara now
63fng- Tia n4f8ra. result ~ ;aaf shs
ISstsSbGrg rrE30n - - mich jss& able "a
fssxE fSrYney4. - aiesl = rrfrf1g AL the bush
aess II rsH &C. and promises 20 eurn nut
s~1n ~ sess cTzst sAaH airy sssN@r works sn
tn@ g>gsgs1trv. ~ al rctfzs ssavS ersrsstisS =
.ara,v onsrsst thar ere~ 70 sfs~ss s-sf ~Tfg1.-~
;uTsi tnTyrs ard Plates are n ssavv de-
n1s0a w9a3e ne TN p1a.e producers have
r. fsf@Frf<F YES ssfsk%Sf 70 sf1sEAgsEWs TrtrE@
sssNsst r ssrfs D~r isss aaA tho SALE. are
said - - Very ne4Fy
Failures sar :N@ Se~s have hear 10 in
the {-nlfszt Stairs against - bass year.
an3 = 81 taraaa agalrgf - last yaar
HfasistreeFs Review
fSF<ziSs-sTff' tUrr 7y~r~ aiis say.
tsssssTsSG& conditions IN fHxs main rssfasss
IKE continuance AZ aff1st Il ,ss saE fa3s
f~a;asrss assisfTfo aassafn ssjns ne trade
stsssaElss n tire f71Grss - TaTezi sgd ms q
tsse s12sgfyv. PF0G7EgEEt fs this gire~~s Tor
- eDgTS-s. srn tae iron ~ ssesi xusf Allied
Industries. n wh3sh srrlvs demand TY@S-
-sz and ylyEsSyr fEe las Ted - further zs-T~e
as EA-ss. sustained ard even tfssrssss-sss
ssst}EtkY .E &4SsEgssgst49r AT F1asf SFssxfNsTS
TaarSeiA Nth Seras improvements utr@s&e
7o1@8 n fN9 Soat8 sr1d 81 t5~ pacafsr
rsAxs. ssss3s ssgsssz s.sess Tsss&Rt gfsrr AnH
eassHs- however @wrssgssxss-~a rs<tzrsSs num-
tS@< - gfssssys@s~ failures s4xr saSsss 81 rail
rsaSe earnings 4 ~ s<sss &s5 "a rk car
,sa.ES s8 sssst@ - = stsgas ysxs19sssr from
-sss week. sAsuSax aesasy xasEs over as3
corresponding s,ersosss - ssssas&s Years.