The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-23

me statistical position OF pig iron has
oee5 strengthen ~ the curSaslu,ent %
pEoduclor and the reduction q sgocks. fol-
n g, "a, p -, q IN average 81
airy l. but some shading. especially of
southern i-o1 prices, 5uparts an air of r.
-esGlarity 20 the trade. Effects - the
reported advance II prices BY the BeSSe-
ineT tron combination have not yet been
measured. and ne result u this announce
men[ : awaited with interest Dul.ness
Las been 4 feature e sAe cereal markets.
- wheat supplies are rapidly decreasing.
Whl4e Inc new crop movement. although II
excess q last year. does net reach the
Proportions expected Tia Shipping a.
texas wheat % California = Cue effect u
tSle shortage OF supplies reported
Another feature u the business situation
: NE active preparation making IN me
coast shipping trade Tor the large business
with West Indian points. which - expect
- 20 develop As a result Of military and
,aFaI operations The renewal of sai!ings
Dy eoastAise vessels and the practical dis
appearance q VAR risks ara accompanying
Rather more attention is given the klor-
cshe as result OF reported heavy arrivals
9. soid a. the coast points. and estimates
OF seasons output valued ar So ~. lso
are current. Rather more animation IS
locked fer in the Quitting trade as re-
sun thereof. but adyices from Alaska are
not wholly favorable as Is proved By re-
ports that large numbers Of unsuccessful
PROSECUTORS are anxious 10 get out of the
Following the usual semi-annual troop ot
small BUSINESS emha-rassments. failures
nave again dropped TO normal figures. the
Sosa4 number for the week just closed he
LIZ IN % fewer han last week. and y
fewer than in this week a year ago. ~ less
than the same week Of iss 81 less than
n vs. lS'a. and ~ less than in 1894
CeFeal exports continue 20 he 81 A salts
factory volume, wheat shipments for the
week (iour included as wheat .gcragat{nc
7.su iss bushels; as against 2s}o. NJ bushels
= ushels IN the corresponding week Of 1897
3.tr1 .0So bushels in 1896 / no ,ges in 1895 ana
s.sM,ta bushels IN lsai.
BradstreerS Financial Review.
Bradstreet's financial review tomorrow
will say;
This has been, sgeculatively. an ex-
era days has been reduced 70 dimensions
OF less than LS.t-S shares Il day Com
mission business has been a; standstiU
ana the operations Of the professional ele-
ment large and small have been on a re-
Strlcted scale. IL has been. in short A case
or midsummer dizziness OF the most pro
nouneei kind. The war news has been less
tHec,;Fe IMAM ever. 50 Tar as The spirit Of
speculation is concerned. though al the be
ginning or the week there was some &C
CeSsloa OF beaT1SAuess on the reports con
cSTning yellow ever among the troops in
iuFida ana CUBA, while the idea that
Spain would sue for peace and the allega
ton that Germany had assumed A salts
factory attitude in regard 70 our operations
IN the Philippines had share In creating
the stronger UNDERGONE, which finally as
serted Itself The market Was dull and
heavy in the early part Of the week but on
v ednesday II became more firm IN tone.
with light advances In the general list and
some more marked appreciation in some
or the industrIals This was, in A measure,
found in the drift OF the war, but il would
have seemed 10 have grown out OF the IA
.oran!e impression created by the reports Of
the crops and the harvest BY the reported
success of the efforts 70 restore and main
tain railroad rates, In view Of the large
tonnage in sight OF the autumn months and
by the weakening OF foreign exchanges
rates. mainly on prospective large foreign
purchases OF our products. These as well as
the Indications Of active autumnai trade
and abundance OF capital in the country
have apparently produced a more confident
though the absence OF any public specua-
t!ve participation is a bar to progress in
the direction Of manipulation for higher
prices. Current earnings have also mad
favorable comparisons with the results Of
last year, which tends 10 check active spec
ulation in railroad properties. though it Is
understood that preparations are being
soon as the present crop begins 10 move.
W h'le the feeling of the professional ele-
ment which at present mOnopol!zes the
market is hearish for the moment there IS
an underlying sentiment TO the effect that
prices are likely to improve In the future.
hank ClenrinSs.
The following table, compiled by Brad
street shows the bank clearinEs AZ eighty
nine cities for the week ended July -, with
the percentage OF increase and decrease.
as compared with the corresponding week