The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-01

the uncertainty about he ape-atAan OF
many examinations ard shasSe Of Sspans
ence.
The new rule Of the clearing house bank
at New York about taxation es country
cnscks also caused some shifting az ar
counts A pxrssd Of trassslsgnn rom Gre
ownership TO another ana fwagn one nsan-
Ageneny 10 another aud frsss one fndax
.r.ss system 20 snosher. where 4 arsSts
tnf country snxsstaa.y caused seE1e asss5sa
ft9st IN business. ssFsir later the sszarg
nundred concerns MAJ he doing more bus.
ness Tran ever. ~ they were Jaxs h%fcre
the combinations were effected Essa. at
the psluE OF transition aehnSiy knews just
waat IA expect. There IS naen withdrawal
or ron business. because continual nee %
alxn prices is doubted because u great
purchases Hssde by woyk Is save not been
met oy orders and because works affected
~ many ether combinations proposed are
net inclined 10 bay more .srssly,
Fric-s are strongly maintained n AS,ss
s0r he$Ssner pig NJ Eitlshssrg. tse Valley
ASSOCIATION having sold lse.aso tons for lie =
livery in the last half Of 10. year Al St&Se.
and gray feTgs = stronger al S1sso, but
hesitation APPEARS a Philadelphia about
tnasntenance AZ future prices Coteago -
inactive compared with recent weeks. VIVA
no sasrS reported excerpt lessa tons at CSi-
cage. rails are qaotes 81 asgaer there. and
as aiS1Sn al isttscssrg. aad the sale az 49,
q" torn af stees hslsess - the sin pate casn
pA1y sets prices fer lse pound plate al 81 Is
AFTER July !. Structural. demand increases
but bar mills at the West and South are
consolidating and are not disposed 20 take
Axrge contracts. although the Piitsours
nils are asking S.1o. because behind their
ercsrs- For the plates thr demand far ex-
ceeds the supply al Philadelphia and Chi
caso and the leading mt.is AZ Pstrsnszrg
are tali until August or later In hoops
COTTON ties. tubes and ether products. ex-
pected consolidation affects business,
Minor Details are stronger fer tie al 2ics
with consuming demand anss fer copper al
is,ac owing to London speculation
more evidence appsars tAa{ the wo0lea
manufacturer is not heissea yes by New
cothoshaiioEs or the prospect Of them. and
the buying demand has been disappointing
IN many ways. though in dress goods ac~
i've sales OF wnol were - 81 ~ pounds al
enree chief markets In rou, weeks, against
S,sss,sso pounds last year when prices were
acid at the top. 81, -. No in 1877, whea prices
were being rushed upward, and ~ ass sss
pounds IN lSe, when manufacture was nor
ma. andlcaung fair, bur not extraarGi-
nary. demand Sog goods. Prices are said
10 be quiet for Ohio at - cents.
Inc boot and shoe business Is again halt
ing because or difference between ssuyers
and sellers 10 prices. The fluctuations Of
the wheat market have hsea large and
tend on the whole toward higher Quota
uons. Exports at Atlantic ports. aonr IN
siuded. have been for four weeks ii .s.s sls
bushels. agains; s.3a2. as, lass year: ard Pa
ciiic, s.sss.6s7 bushels against a,174Ii2 and
ne exports. not given lass yea} make the
Eastern receipts have been L. aEa sis BUSH
els, against s.sis.s .s last year.
Railroad earnings for three weeks OF
March have been III per cent larger than
last year and as per cent larger than In
NV and the east houni tonnage from CHI
caso In four weeks has been $50 rs tons,
against 81 sol last year. and So. 7Gs in 1879,
winch indicates quite clearly the remark
able depression in rates year ago
Failures for the week have been lag In
the United States. against 80 last year,
aud % In Canada. against y Iast year.
q. e.