The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-21
Closing Quotations.
THE STATE OF TRADE.



In nc iron business the formal reductions al
most wholly anticipated ia actual sales. Some
ir~is8ing hat fer The New YORK tunnel. requiring
70 00e tons AZ prices not stated, but ~ T. knowh
that many Others have been deferred unth the pros
T6cns is slightly tetter demand for hides at
Chicago attributed 20 their improving e'sadiiion.
'rtt tfe Distribution of boofs and shoes does not
Keep all the factoties al wc4k some arc ,loNfs'
many more are running part time and very lew q
those in operation have orders ler sinSe be a
There Is no room Tor d9Hhi that greatly resifictel
hivinr has been caused by tbs high prices asked
which The makers declare unavoidable, uati ptiess
q heather yield The shipments from Boston n
,hrse weeks have been 81 s2 cases. ~ rs per cent
smaller than last scar and nttie ,ess tnAn II
isas Yet large business Is Claimed N ietins1
which is .tif held witteut yielolHg. ana aa'lh Is
The textile industries have large orders yet e he
sized which keep MANY % the mills busy. uM tnefe
.rc MANY cihprs less fortunate aud their hunt for
orders without mush regard for prizes caused II
regularity ia the lines not oi established position
NM scenic ,.,,ole, and wafstgd goods hold steady
a. the utakers necd more contIaets guy III lesa
favored lines. both for men eelf ana ,, J, -
Wool has been inactive without change ~ pnees
Cotton goods are 10y some. sold at concessions i9f
fuTc delivery as all realize that present pfiees VIII
not long control ctHst II ptoducupH
Wheat has declined fraction in Pilee ai'n w., C.lh
advanced a fraction. both markets ueihs tenoeissi
comparatively inactive by tne ey!'alh'g ma wy AZ
maiiiHg foieig1 requirements VIII @ easih met
Atlantic eSports 30 three weeks. Hour ia.iaaea
have becn sg5soa bushes against Se21 - as' Se s5
~ ssr
f,i,,srs. fur the week we're ls4 in the United
states and II in Canada, against 2 last seah'
ur.dstreet's Financial Review.
nradst4eets ausuciel review tomorrow will say
This week the industrials furnished the sensa'
tional elements m the stock m@keE iheil IN
staafipc-s for SOME time back in the face ~ The
rising tendency Il railroad shares, mas aliesag
been referred 20 and ~ cannot De sara that Neh
tiis r.,-tiog IN ne market What surprised and
d,ruayed the speculative public ~ connection with
The break VA American steel ana "lis 49,
aud The other steel industHsis' was tne @lpaleu's
weilfounded reports that the closing Gown q
some Of the company mills thoukh peIhalT WV
r8ntcd by hnsuc.s conditions growing eut W over
production aud decreased consumption at the prey,
aleut high prices vas attended ~ heafS seilihs o.
both common Hnd preferred stocks by inside IN,
tefcsts. In fact. even u ihe aerlhes III hiilsht"
steel pFoa"et iat a " n. Ssspsndine opera
Mons a. ~ lime ucina il was promptly concluded
tbst ~ r,sn,er In ,fhicb this was done aud the
i5d nature nj tfs announcement left little doubt
s.' rs ,t ,,l.,iy, ssen ipbind the Increment
finder ire errtlstances particularly there were
pro5apt combinations of the reported concessions
IN ~teel trirs generally an 81 the and steel
| sfeets WITH faw exceptions shared less
N the general break ana we're only raed by heavy
~h5-b a. srst ,ras inclined 10 hold its ground in
tho face Of the dernoYalsatinn u the iBdnstrials
deyeiepcd more or less irregularty aud weakness.
Witch was natural In ,ew Of the rather severe lia-
| uiatttou IL sfrepiafiee accounts Ia the leading
steel stock la spite x the persistent manipulation
| of The Southwestern and Pacific stocks Feahzins
sale. set in ia 4 large scale ard prices generally
| tended 10 sell OF landaus 7etiyiiy Ia the mar.
| market ttere apnareuriy realized that the diil-
GUILTY IN wall street related onig the ndustrials
and mad no actual bearing on railroad earnings or
lisi.lsnd urtar.,ts Alter the London market re-
1fsuel pw T1estlsf ffofs its Easter taeass therp
~. s,,ne seliioe IN foreign lo,isss but later ~
IN, F,lqotsan utftcipatiti although mixed IN char
aciar was ia the main in the direction u further
purchase rather than u saies The continued weak
tendency Il rxrhange rates hsrr 20 advance con
tinue attract attention, although the money