The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-22

sae outeUrSs % activity in xysei las. week
business has rather fallen OF. aus me
values s-nss1 steady Coassnaed buyans
OF high grades ~ foreign wool Ser expovt
= reporte6 sr3 there Is some talk Of high
grade American woazs aesng bought f0-
shipment 30 England Following "A sd
vance early n the week. dae 70 gso3 fer
e5gn a9vsees and smaller taan expected
crop movement. cotton Is q9aeter ass holds
part OF the advance
The strength IA raw sugars ss ns-ahie
feature. Abroad. quotassens - beet sugar
have been advanced. while tho Cuban
yield Is not expected 70 De large ana
8ra5ssreeEs advscss potns 30 not more
than half an average crop hesnx grown -
louisiana Raw sugar Is higher an the
week. bus TIRE refined lags behind. shoEga
consumption Is en3vraous
The demand fa- bunker a. wholesale
eonsino~s good ard the southern snssussrg
seems 10 be sharing "a she fssA IN the
general prosperity. Retailers. however,
report buyers slow 20 pay the advanced
quotations.
Leather and hides are strong and bccss
and shoes hold recent advances
Wheat. including four shipments for she
week. aggregate s.ss..sss bnshsia aSasnss
i-sss $40 bushels last week, 2.2sz ia5 bs:sae;s
IN the corresponding week - sse. ssa.sss
bushels in isSs: fsss 40 bushels In 1853 and
3tsI 81 bushels in $50
Since July l. this season. the exports %
wheat aggregate fsS 80 1ss bushels against
Isl ya Ss bushels last year
Business failures show notable failing
or from those cs fas. week a-gregaIsng
Isl against 20 IN the preceding week, -
In this week year ago: rs In 1885,. .4e in
1855 and ~ In sxs
Business faslure- in the Dominion OF
Canada number u against . la week Is
In this week a year ago. - IN 1871 IS In
1855 ard = In 1855.
BraSstPeef's financial Review.
Bradssree,.s anancfa, review viii tenor
row say:
More or less irregular tendency has
been shown In speculation this week The
crop prospects have played a considerable
part In determining the drift of sentiment.
ana with the pending uncertainty about
the situation Of the winter wheag and the
outlook for the spring crop there has been
an apparent disposition on the part OF the
larger interests in Wall street 10 wait un-
sil clearer view Of the situation can pe
had The public interest IN the market
has fallen of and professional maafouia-
ton has been neither SO general nor re-
nouncrd. In fact some 81 the traders dir
played a readiness 10 act the bear
side though they are quick 10 cover On
Inc Sttfhft&1 agSsf df38Ss OF 8&AEef sfE
Granger and Paciic stocks have consa-
aueniiy been uncertain In their action.
while the coal stocks and some Of the
railroad special;ies continued 30 be the
objects OF hu.lish support. The in3usfrials.
while not neglected. were by no means as
prominent as they have been for some
time past Money was on the whole in
better supply and showed increasing ease.
There is however. still not a little dis
elimination pracisced In regard TO the trs-
custrials. as collateral loans and broker
age houses have developed additional con-
ssrvatisn about speculative dealings on
margin in lem. TIE week has accord
lngiy been without any sensational &C.
yeiepment as in connection with he new
er class OF securities and in ne rather
diminished volume Of transactions she
standard stocks have supplied more than
tasir recen. quota Of dealings. London
has not been a factor OF importance. the
only noteworthy incident in sae American
market there being a rise in Anaconda
mining stocks said TO be due 10 heavy
buying for American account
Rank CiearfnKs-
The following table complied by Brad
street shows the hank cjearsngs at all
PRINCIPAL cities for the week ended April
e. with The percentage Of increase and
decrease as compared with the corre-
spending week tat syear.