The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-07

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iNi.s0 List yssr. lie Price risins cent. il sssns
NOT strange that whea. continues nrm and wssssm
re,sipss havs besn only s.sst.l1 bnshsls for the
week. against 10. 50, 80 last year
The merchandise exports from New York have
been In fear weshs s5l 22s 90 in value against ST..
iacsussd ssposs IN cotton exports irom Other ponts
De increase 10 inporss a New YeS Sss ben about
Wsoeoo0 In ,alns. apparently not enough 10 reduce
the sscsss q expcsts ior the moath below SNe6.em
nraa.treet,. aevaev.
Hra4strs~t's tomorrow viii say:
statistics a failures point TO continued esads M
psovsnsnt and to stu ebotns tide Of business NOR.
ta,au. Failure reports from the nrst and second
ausrtsr Of the rear left little TO h desired show.
ing - they dd fewer failures than In any hut ths
% .SS .S. IL ssns only II .Soas s ssss
they we're In January indicating that failures we're
.e,i down 20 the minimum possible when the frsc-
ton In ordinary business life was considered.
Tue present report Of business failures H. however.
even better than any that has gone before II In re-
appropriately enough shown the fewsst faiiusss he
smallest liabilities and The smallest proportion q
,:s:s to .S:; q :hi s. tss any rsssns
msissd that i.iurss and liabilities ann. found iAsr
total. Of previous years show that the month lust
closed comes near to. 4 not actually possessing the
record q the smallest business embarrassment and
There were only 1o1 failures. involving SIS $50 ss
In riabiltie. and Msn.n in assets IN the third
and PER cent II lissii,s. from from II. ' .am:
e add Va. ! rssy good %. Tor cuisines: generally
ties u per cent smaller. and compared with the
INST three months Of this year liabilities are les
universal though I slisht increase in number and
liabilities a failures Ia the West those IN the
second quarter 10 noticeable AGAINST. this how
year ago satisfactory though burness condi-
tions last year In tho West and Northwest were
ahowins OF all IL that made BY the southern states:
which have 1t last apparently begun TO share In
he prospsftty earlier noted In other sections Of
TO time OF improving Southern trade conditions
partly. OF course. the result 81 better cotton prices
Il found In current failure rsturnA Growth In
population and consequently IA the number Of
trsders u, apparently mainly responsible for the
increased number Of failures throughout the ter
ritoFies
The total number Of failures for the nine months
only 7'o6. falling on Of % per cent from last
year. Of = per cent from 1871 and Of y per cent
from 1884, which year held the record for the most
numerous nine months failures. exceeding even the
panic year l9e3 A regards liabilities the total fne
eVtf&v 1NSls Id q .ne
smaller than Il last year. 8 per cent smaller
than In lSG, q per cont smaller than In 1855 -
psf cent smaller than in 1873 the panic year II
per cent. smaller than In 1854 and in fact Ia the
smallest aggregate Of liabilities for the period men
TONED that there IL any record IT, Assets show
greater shrinkaSe. being " per cent less than
last year. less than half what they were In 1877 1895
In 1854. only uethird Of those in 1888 and only
one seventh Of what they were In 1884 II IL not
strange therefore, 70 nnd that the Der cent Of a.
sets 70 liabilities 10 only u per cent this year,
against 81 last year. Is in 1857 50 In 1875 and 70 ia