The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-24
STATE OF TRADE.



NEW YORK. Dec. Ar. a.. Dun 4
Cos weekly review OF usde win say to-
morrow:
1t is a year beyond parallel and goes to
its close with the biggest vosume of bust
At the stock exchange makes some differ
enco in heavy railroad earnings, but
when al the Transporting and speculative
interests are eliminated there IL still q
much larger business than In any other
month OF any year
Last year the exports were In volume
greater than in any prevtoua month In
the history Of the country. but this year
the three weeks reports show an increase
Of y per cent. against per cent. In inn
ports, which would indicate much more
than S0oo.oo excess Of exports this
month.
The payments through clearing houses
have been for the week a6.5 per cent
greater than last year and LA per cent
greater than I'm 1872 and for the month
lis per cent larger than in 1882. Until
now no greater volume of business has
ever been done In the history OF this
country than in the closing month OF this
year.
bushels, -four included. at Atlantic ports
against 1855. 3ei last year, although West
ern receipts for the three weeks have
been 3,eS. $50 bushels against sos.see
last wear, a fact which the believers I'm
q small crop may well consider. From
Pacific ports the shipments have been
for the week Lai6.0i3 bushels against ESQ.,
90 busheis last year. Considering the
exceeding last year. one can only wonder
that the outgo this year has been 90
large and the price has risen during the
week q cent and a half
Sales OF wool have been large. 1856. 100
pounds against =. 5.A0 pounds last year,
and q 81, 10 pounds In the same week OF
rs2, with small as well as large manu-
facturers buying freely, which indicates
In, he x{xf,s an4
for goods, although not enough as yet 10
lift prices.
The story OF the iron manufacturers IL
like dream VILE 1900 tons OF Besse.
gray forge at - -. and Chicago sales sius-
fled only by the capacity OF tho works.
and Eastern sales numerous and -
large as TO raise the price = :ents there
includes Al Philadelphia 400 tons of
plates for export to South America: 3.9Ue
tons at Chicago, where the works are
crowded; so.oao tons of steel rails by the
Russia x-Wo tons for Australia against
British bids az Pittsburg and about lv.Sge
domestic at the East: $50 tens for gtruc-
tural work at Chicago asd PlttsbEg and
900 tons for car building al Chicago.
All the works a. Chicago are crowded
with heavy buying OF sheets and wire
rods ard there IL heavy competition IN
the South on cotton ties besides pend
Ing contract fer 5o.eo tons Of cast pipe
for Yokohama, and Gales OF smaller guam
titles in each class too numerous 10 men-
ton
Prices of iron and stees products haye no.
materially changed, although the tone In
everywhere stronger. and Tor wire nails
oufs;atsons have been advanced to sE.a1 ~
flts-esrg. fsat shas country - beating toe
world IN this industry
an the business is done with the full be-
lief that tsss next years deusns VIII s@
Erssster than ever before and u IL credis-
Ia frxzx. nx>A rfSS 81
ness that So little advance IN gzIees OF ha~
;xAst r,rodaets has beec made. The range
OF prices IL nessriy - Per cent lover than
n iss- ..aesasany an . sssnss.s aaessaAe
How Europe will oe able 10 pay mors
than 81. 60 va due on rss'chaasdsss on ec-
count to- the month OF pscefns,e-, besides
the enormous hass nces dus for Noven Der
ard x,reyiosss months, h. a question which
tho country can affUrc 20 coz1ststex ~ its
leisure with comfort
Failures for the week have been -.
sgasnss ~ In the Cnissss states last year.
and 81 Ia Cana1s against 3 last Year.
Bvadstreef's Review.
R-asstrees's tomorrow VIII cay;
current ys1xsnsss conditions sasrrsxh some
sharp csnsrsssx 10 tsose usually i5oksd
fer ard rg7zxsrtsvs 81 shis season a. the ysar
IN Is 81 c6sgse, reasonable TO iook for ex-
ee9sIonal activity 81 holiday ard retail
trade generally az this dafss sne t's this
s~ar 10 havs aeasa realized Probably new
o. fore az this date however WAS tss4
course OK gsns~as business - animated ~
I. n 81 lse~<GL
sy.ecalaftse activity is 10 larger con-
asssst Il. sns stock market. but has A1svHHe-
81 20 iaciuaa wheat ARA corr among the
cereals ard copper among snx metals. while
~ rssxA 81 Business ~ freu and s,s&S ssezxls
nfsse Il arr asAssss ard nSrss lines aesabsy
cssrnzs sEaossS ami raw wsoA are Displaying
az ae-tvstF arc s. raGxga wkasea wosai3 have
Ysprr welcomed az ARP tins far yea. asas.
Prices u seesarstSa4 and as ssav1ses alias
fsssssssa examples al aggressive sz-sGxsa
easeks a~e - nssEarc1s al to deserve Assa-
Gal N szzskrz4
n ssss sreFs srassc s4ssss Of Tagging 70.
s~s-sxs Are so ~ asaxs~arsf asH rnxxser Mors
rsrsgxsk. Yssed activity Ia rew s1irSrFsnnnt Ths
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