The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-18

some sections are reported to he SARGE
nigh and advancing IN prfrp
RE cereals weakened during the week.
PROBABLY IN sympathy with wheat. which
experienced . marked drop ON THURSDAY
sn part as the result OF heavy nousdasfan
~ chicago and In part ewirg is reports
OF the break or 1he Siros,sa i, fSalfsarpsn
sections
-. Wheat. Insulting aoar. shipments 70.
me week aggregase LI,seH bushels.
xs1snsa M Bushels last week 5s-Ns5S
.1saei* IN the corresponding week oe fsaN
Ia s<s.tss bushes N isss. l.sSsis bushels in
~ ana -SS.S5 bushels in 1885 Slnce
July ! this season the sxpor,s ~ rns.,
AExrexate fE-ezs.saa bushels axain,s s-s-
500 bushels last year.
ss sa sn iner .a.sures for the week number
as week. bat noticeable falsinx an a.
W1n pafed With The corresponding veeSe
OF sne four preceiinx years
Failures in the Do-,,snsssr n, rar.s. a.
tne week number only = as ~sr...-.ss
witn - lsst week. - in tho srrre sTsssss,.,~
=, =, , % last year. d in jss7. 20 in iSss ana
sss see -
braastreet'a stock n~n~.,
nraus1reefs review Of the New York
sinsk market will say semorrpv.
rsrmer tendencies in money ,auSss ~.
sesuisr declines in the stock uarker ,su--
H.s the earlier part of the week In S,,sre
oa shas tnefe We're advances II, spselai,sax
or manipulated securities ara ,~assr,- -
sensation OF the week came on Thurss,av
:. LOOK the form of an extremely large
aisu 'Apid advance in American Sugar re-
inning stock The advance Continued ar
friday. the street being ins,tres ~ -
hese that the reports OF negotiations ,or
q setuement OF the trade war had a rsa,
iouhaasion- The absence az any s..asis
OF continuation seemed only To snereaas
ne appsshehson OF the bears. not only
ia sugar but In other stocks. and although
, VAS httie evidence Of healthy
Owing demand for long account. the GOV.
e.ihg OF shorts forced or otherwise. cans
ca marked appreciation in various Darts
OF the ust This was especially notlcrah,e
WAN Granger shares. which had heer
usprsssed and sagging early in the week.
.n eApec.ations OF unfavorahie net earn
nag reports for February. ana an a.
count OF serious damage to the winter
wheat crop Burlington. Atchsson and
oIher SOCKS which would be affected nv
the latter circumstance became the an
jects of liquidation and pressure the ,a.-
Ter resulting In shor. sales in a s,,ffseianf
amount TO furnish material for The s,,h-
seauent rally. which was helped on by
AT the came time the stock market WAS
more or less influenced by the hardening
OF money In spite OF the distrust of the
ihdustr.ai stocks shown by lenders OF
money, that part OF the market was A
feature In the trading.
London was not an important factor In
TINS market. In fact the quotations there
followed ours closely. Speculation on the
ether side was apparently Influenced in
its action by the expectation OF higher
money here
While the anthracite stocks were d,,u
and the Changers heavy until rallied hy
short covering. the lack of public buying
and the predominance Of manipulation
found their chief exposition In the indus
trials and a few speciaities.
90 20 90
Bank ClearinGs.
The following table. complied by Brad
street. shows the bank clearings at all
the principal cities for the week ended
March Is. with the percentage OF increase
and decrease, as compared with the corre-
spending week last year: