The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-24

asei9.sf ~N,,t> te'sS fer the fan year Of .s9s
Failures fer the week have been - in
the United States against ~ Lass war ara
10 IA NAh,'tA against = Jas; YEAR.
Brndstrcer> Review
EFacstFest's tomorrow Will Say.
aNot Anie lFAte developments manifest
themselves chiefly along the Encs prev
lousy noted The irnto9fanfA II \ large
eASNft demand 20 .ht. c0Qntry's domestic
interests IS Illustrated ~ The improved tone
ana prices II wheat ana -four this week
ssoa ~ cut .. better foreign buying, IL
cuce4 ~ less favorable Russian crop rt-
ports. smaller shipments from that country
ana apparently carefully continued selling
ty American producers. Raw c1ttoa On th..
o;hsF saEd, reflects the probabilities 81 6.
piShtiui supply. and q rather Sow dem ard
III Q1o3 atoms. lower than the lowest point
reached in the year Of depression lssi
waen large yield VAS ce.nCident with p0os
tr&Ge, industrial troubles ard tight money
From the West ana Northwest a3vices con
Liile aiseiy IN ;he former cherrftt strain
So4ne FeiaN4Uou In activity Is perez ptia.e
IN some lines 81 large markets. buE the
volume 81 trade as a whole is evidently
eG@a1 10 any previous record.
A. lie south, lc~ priced cotton and yell
10" fever quarantine affect trade adversely
lApFC en3eDt II one ssEfion being counter
balanced hy less favorable adgices from
oLlvr- Favorable conditions on the Pac4fie
COAST are mere n}iner0aSly reported IN tAe
states u oregon aHd Washington. couser-
waive mans cement cartier in ihe year. how
IN California, where crops were less favor
able than further north and failures and
down 20 4 minimum
At the East the less favorable reports
continue 20 COM frosn the textile indus
Tries. Wool L. quiet and manufacturers
are not encouraged to oIy heavily IA view
OF the Very moieyate trade "a WOODEN
goods Cotton goods are in better dlS5r!-
button, but prices betTaY the unsajfi.ug IN
nuguce ot !os eT prices lor The raw mate
rial. and print cloths are slightly weaker.
Activity IN iron ana steel manufactures
continue unaoated, and similar conditions
are x ported abroad.
An improved foreign demand for Ame,i-
can cereals Is shown in The enlarged ship
ments this week. Wheat. including -four.
shipments aggregate SAG ssl5 bus heis
against 36's.@sl bushels iasi week. 5.51o s-5
bushels In me corresponding week az 1891.
3 sYl ie6 bushels in isab 3tal .97 bushels in
July ]. ths year. exports OF wheat aggre-
gate ai,l6n.4fi bushels. against 5e,Slo.a25
bushels last year.
business failures IN tie United States for
the week number lS4 against l52 last week.
compared With -. ia the week a year ago.
81 Ia 1895. lS9 n 1875 AID pa ia 1874. Bs!si-
ness failures in the Dominion OF Canada
number u. against - last week. - ia tais
week enc year ago ard - IN 1896.
Bradstreet's Financial Review.
Bradsireors financial review HIll say To-
morrow.
Irregularity has been the chief feature
manipulation furnish the bUik OF The activ
itN AID the public is hardly a factor. al
though commission houses are fairly busy.
London has 1ougt.t few stocks On bal
ance. but AS a y hole tie market has rep
resented Z struggle between bull and bear
speculative Interests, IN which the Money
market and the gold inportatons have
been DSEG with some effS|. 70 Influence SEN
tlment The principal movements OF the
week heWeVe1 have been in stocks Ike
Sugar Manhattan. American Tobacco and
"a few others wa'ci hare acted IN accord
ance WITH particular conditions Or especial
manipulation.
The reduction Of tAe nine bank surplus
reserves % s. 5z3.sr shown by last sal
uttay s. averages. Was followed oy calling
81 loans early th3s wee <. a9d BY A per
cent. call money rate- THIS !aSt. however.
Wae oh-S m0ruenlsry, ard not Only were
assurances given 10y banking authorities
that conditions were satisfactorily adjust
ed bat as the week progressed the fan II
exchange rates and the engagement "
s2.1sp.a9 OF god for shipment 10 NrE fork
assisted ia 81 rs ng bout the easier rates
for all leans and j more confident tone IN
regard To meney. THIS hrl.et MS bot
shaken Gy gae advance iu the Bank - Eng
land discount rates d Thursday aad the
sharp advance n interest So london. when
wol,9 indicate that opposition VIII u. Of
fcrea 20 further large American withdraw
as Il gf.d.
Pronahiy TIE most important event Of the
week mas ths declaration ~ half pr
cent. balf-yearIy dividend o3 IHion IA
ctfc last Thursday iet por q me
street seemed 20 D. d}N& ypc!3iet %ttb
shase resulgA. itla4Se t1e company Rad
earned ia the frst * months - its *
isren~e not only par cent. for the prefer
red. bet .s9n }atng for ttr cJTr111n stock.
Bota the common ans pyeferrfi s5'5 II "a
ths. anrou rifsfnast Of ere cog s3l SaliNv ae-
t5sn - the manage meat. Northern FaciIic
etagks were sron& tErpgg7out fne week
TNev mad excellent foreign sGpt+9rt FEa
Fsit{trfors- K ttu3o securities 8eE% strong
early IA tae week oa tie ancorncf ineot Z