The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-19
Closing Quotations.
THE STATE OF TRADE.


NEW YORK. May a-R. q Dun Co.'S week
ly review Of trade tomorrow will say
business is not what IL was year ago but
men do not agree in defining the difference. The
creasins Works are stopping 10 relieve exces.
sre output in manufacturer II paper, cotton. wool.
leather and some forms q steel, while prices are
suddenly reduced for the same purpose in lead.
wire and nails What 20 merely
spring duliness' others think the beginning q
The remedy for one. difficulty does not NJ the
other. and there & more need, than usual for
close attention to the meaning 81 events.
In place u the wild speculation In securities
which swelled exchanges year aso, there has
dustrial stocks have sold this week at prices
aging Ss3li per share though the same stocks
twenty eorninou have sold this week for SIS 70
which sold last year AZ N6S double the price
Yet many Of these companies have earned aud
paid good Dividends and all have enjoyed year
II extraordinary business The indltstrisls have
reached the lowest sfersse they have esef KNOWN.
while the sixty mo@t active railway stocks, thossn
depressed sbout " Ter share since carly IN April
higher than in January Of February. high
er than early In December and higher than a
year ago. Business in lines has bsvn hin
dered by the holding d prices 80 hish a. 90
cheek consumption. The closing 4 works by the
steel and wire company. followed hy the reinc-
tnn q so per ton In prices q ~ products; the
closing q many paper mills because a oterITo-
duc,ion. the sudden reduction u 70 ceuts per
100 pounds IN lead from the pfice TO which u
was raised late in DecornbcF the report that tin.
ous creates a feeling that some business has no
longer the guarding aud guiding influences x
sumption. But progress toward healthy adjust.
mens has heen ragad within The Jast week
70 hs Largely at guaranteed 'priees 70 that dea.
mite quotations arr avoided, though much Besss-
GRAY forge Is shade ioSw th-rv and iusAl
coke a. Chicago, while No ! fehish IS quoted At
the Pitisburs association rearims is auotsiiou n
cents. which IA shaded Plates hlsa sell there
a !, cent? WITH i ~ 81 a. lhSstifis IT,
hssn induced Ia part BY hulding strikes
wcoisn manufacturers are not naeetins teIy
satlsiaciory market al me advanced prices asked.
ard until = change App-ars IA that respect the
holders q wool vii need pausuce
tic experts q wheat n ihree regts a Mas haze
bs-n aalr ineia,led. zu.otl hashslA szsiHst GA
t'l.hcis against isss 90 bushels last Ysar Wheat
has advanced ossr ernt
FaaaTs ios TIE wsss hsve teea III In ne
canada a1lsi ssass.t Il last ys "a ~ ''' anu IA
Bradrtreets Review.
rradsifests tornsroE wtn say.
contiHrsa daiines' ig nany 6Tsarass ana tgr-
leading fastures ia The htslarzs situafl.a this
uesk Thr ueaknrss Z rxioes q DISPLAYED iH ioues
Iaasatinss f8r ezra. rFQk bgtlsT. cisess woss ard
e9stusi aHsoaz tha great agricultural pTfslarts and
Ist-aesm and lad anlqta rnlueFal TFataets
soTahie aTp svIsrfs herr and sfsraed FessfluHel
dryusss ia ths Northwest has s1ren tha stTsGs
vheaf .itaasian less sstifsciaeY arE-sraacs ana
ttsrr b Nrtie improvement f.esed ia iAe sfuirr
utenf sevtasls x tie oeFifai West it Is dastt
~
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iuz frum iht isnteF tnieTests. vhieh rvfsrts lrg
STREAMS inierfeFius with the fqasldfig < sup
we'd ~. tsen shaded sxsin, stewstAs,aug,ns
thr fsct that father Ha9ft strorg'h g nnfei IL
afaaa~ ara rvreftea Ca rrgerEtc
ne irun tua steel a,nafian d ifcnFeT end
shaded uTises fsa 70 eesssep fu9eh IeF hsasiusss
Hetsfurr 90 l. uouiug5iy unchanged % psistu4s
taf re saHe grade = iroa made 7-ftstds n ths'
aftf Is tstng offered there hFlqw rsfrent gu1ta
fiosz strasterai maternal o1Hjig4ss fhr sirrng
ess fratare n che tf1se. FFCm Hlfutrehsm carr.
reports = asutiunef larsr FEuaft t'zsHsss. ff0f,
aaring natu duuF Zee 90 vffk8 pat fham in fh'
tw8 wFrks rre7osa. t1t 3aothtluns Aae lErsst
tais A unrnaer x larsp Perpsylfas.ss nsr, hag'
thut h1Uu FL repairs Uigrh sarifef th&n gsasl
srf srne RELIEF fran fAis f1arrs "a inrkfd fas
Anraug arhsr rsets3s. lad tf VERY sesk sad car
rvut ugires are he l1xcst - iqug tlase pnsf
I'm har slar tsea stafsd uhlls copper h n1-aina M
al.rIr Tatter AfFtrT than Tor t@mn past o.
that disturbances are fever aad seEst "a one
rave fren settied Bet practical TEMPS a. fT4icaE
tre stlu rrt-oEtn A. A. LoVA ~ Eiuis p
,niinsss has heen hgrt ~ fhe strse q street raii
vas frsrtryes and uncertainty az other rtbss rar
rruiart I'd ths b1ll4lrE tr41fTi has hzd az uufst
il-g eject upcn lamisT.
kufhraeffe coal Frsdlrfiu1 81 teiag rsztri-fef a
ssar1rahs ratlfrts. Wle DE ie;tirlnnt - M
tstlmtnc-s trad, isbcf matters & REGARDED "a
yoru. e11tiu2si sa0i tate
Whfat lrciaEinE fear shipFnenfs far The ueri
azrssatsi tI7s ~ bushels against - 81 hsahei
az ueek 1zI1 - hlaheh iu the r1rrssponain.
week u lssq and fos4 az bull,sls g. 80
Basinsss failures tu he United statra for M
past week number lss. compared sith - las
week. 10 IN this sssk ye.I az. I'D III ~ -
FallsIrs in the DoGatEioG q Canada Ass s1shal