The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-16
FINANCIAL AND
STOCK REPORTS.


NEW YORK. Eos. E-Thers wss . show CT
strength In stocks today owing TO the large opera
.'sns psosssssensi sssess.ofs - n na ,s -
leather stocks of the metal issues. and View
York rhisc utilities. al o vhseh show large gains
There we're strong adsances In New York Central
or the annos1reed settlement Of Differences
the Bnston q Ainang lease: In s5sithern Pacific.
on tae sonsinisd large ah~osrtion % sasnns n
trfests in Pacac Mail in Anticipation q the acsi3n
On the dividend. and the eaalen on the gsoc
conditions iE the anthracite trade The ievsi on
prices the whole is higher. bra. the activity
ssTy stdsly Distributed. and the general dis
position maintain 4 waiting attitude pending
further Developments In the money situation There
VAS recurrence Of extreme styingeEcy In the
local money market
The sterins exchange market was dull. bart In
e.ine6 20 finances in response 10 the hardening Of
money ntes ia London. where there was 4 special
demand the nsafkst. incident 10 the taking I'd
q soscrnrrent bills. 70 provide for war expenses
There continued demand from stock exchange
for time zssnsy, and per hid
for SIX months loans, where industrial stocks figure
-. . ,sa ,as., W., I'M, .ns ,s n
ment at the treasury bureau f statistics attracted
great interest From this IT appears that the slight
falling on in be October exports Of Agricultural
products. compared With last year. due de-
cline A % per cent In the amount a cotton
s1gosss; y nsrs than ohsst % me sncsssssa e. e.
the month &. 60 90 In excess q those for
last year These figures the most significant in
consequence d the large current demand for cotton
By foreign bnyers Taking the ten months Of the
rear. II appears that the decrease Of So 90 90 In
the vace OF Agricultural exports is more than on
set b. the inersase In exports OF manufactures.
that the total experts for ten months valued
At $fi $4,000 in excess al those for the ten
months Ia is9e The increase in the value Of In.
ports for the period a. $50 900 90 leaves the
merchandise trade balance In favor nearly So.
0oG. 90 less than last year But in the period
imports Of gold have been nearly Si22 c 900
less than last rear As net result the unii1ui-
dated trade balance In favor ST. So Go greater
than fer the corresponding period Of last year Add
10 this the recent buying hera for London account
d secsfttiss estimates OF shipments 90 London Of
American securities By coming saiiings running
high A. BE 90 shares Large loans have been plaeed
IN the New York market By foreign houses In the
last week so. obviously with the purpose Of de-
ferrins demand. for gold on foreign markets But
the figures cited giys the grounds for the claims
m foreign exchange houses that there must be a
heavy import movement Of gold In the course Of
short time
There vas moderate activity In the bond market.
and price change. were mixed Total sales.
value 81 $40 90 United States bonds are unchang-
ed in the bid price
Advfees from Washington received In Wall street
after business hours announced that the secretary
Of the trcasry would purchase SIS 900 600 Of the
Cnited States per cent bonds Of 1907 and the
hves Of lso4 q. the prices ruling Yesterday. The
for the fcurs registered ii2a for the coupon bonds
and Ill each for the fves. coupons. and registered
Money and Exchange.
Money on CALI easy. s1s per cent last leans,
per cent cloesd. ruling rate. per cent. prime
mercantile paper. SAT Der cent sterling exchange.
firm with actual business IN bankers' bills at ssf
81 demand and Aels SID sixty days: posted rates.
81 sita3G ard 81 stat sst: commercial hails. 81 SET,
silver eertihcates &Ah6r bar silver, sec Mexican
dollars dc: government bonds steady: state bonds
inactive; railroad bonds. irregular