The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-03
YEARS TRADE PROSPECTS.
WORKS CROWDED WITH ORDERS
FOR MONTHS AHEAD.
Deliveries on Previous Contracts
Larger Than n Year AGo-But the
/ Prospects for Lower Prices I'm the
Iron Trade Concessions Few.

Iron Trade Concessions Few.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2--R. @. Dun 4 Co.'S weekly
review Of trade will say tomorrow:
This year starts with much Of the years business
already done, and AL comparisons viii prove mis-
leading II that fact is not taken into account Last
year the certainty Of great improvement had come
before the year opened. and there was a rnsh 70
set In orders before works became crowded ana
prices advanced This year the works are afeaoy
crowded for months ahead in most lines, and Prices
had already advanced far that recol had aireaoy
commenced in some branches and was thought proc
able in Others.
With the exception Of wooden Manufactures the
chief industries have less business In Janu-
sry than last year. though deliveries on previous
contracts have been larger than a year ago IN
work turned out the past month probably suipas'es
oh others, and rightly considered, the TACT Una.
new contracts for work already wen suppheu arg
smaller than last year Ia not Of itself Encouraging
The great burst Of speculation Last year
swealed January payments through clearing houss
far behind those Of this year at New iOiA' sns
such payments at other t540i cities aiso asefsseu
per business day a shade larger than TINS year
Hut a much greater decrease must have appeared
In transactions connected with the formation OF
new companies. Wheat rose l cent, but soon re-
acted Atlantic exports only i.isa,5H busheis'
nour included for the week. against asizi" nusnels
last year and had more influence than the oeetease
A. Eastern receipts. which have been for the week
Is Ter cent and for FIVE weeks 10 per cent 'ess
than last year while the decsease In Atlantic ex-
ports for ave weeks has been 81 per cent pacino
exports have been 800 bushels IN nSe "eeh''
against 3,s7o,s5i bushels last veal.
apAur,latou in cotton has raised the price 10 sic'
without improvement in the demand Inc 70.
ccipts from plantations stiii TAILS so lar pen'.'
last years that low estimates Of yield are efpecoeu
Wool IA rather weaker In some grades but stfuhsef
q, ethers no that the average OF quotations Is
stssdy Notwithstanding some sales At CONCESSIONS
The mills havs taken extraordinary orders iof tne
heavy. weight season without afterward looking io
wool obviously having on hand large stochs 70 tna'
the market depends upon the efficiency OF me sup
rl,ss they hold Prices Of goods are stiil risns
nttis but relatively lower than the Nj
Boot snd she's nanniastursls na's esnp hsyond
those a January last year. but nav o.ue hirs
been greatly restricted Recent ssle- OF nsmocs
The iron and steel industry Ia so far tied up by
ccntrss . rcsel nraueson exceeding consumption is
felt only in some Instances uttie lower n,nss
havs been m.ds for ioanars aoa. not Weld but
STEEL billets arc offered by some at w per ton
Differences among producer aud some ulstes snd
bsrs concessions stil made 70 secure nAnsss'
a in shseta the demand Is stronger and IN rams.
structural forms. tin plates aud naiis prices arc
ys,u1ss for the week have been go in the United
states. against IA last year, and 81 In Canada
Bradstreecs Review.
RraAstreet's tomorrow will say;
weather influences have played no small par IN
The general trade situation THIS weeh, ana ss, sosne
hardly BE- charged to tho more seasonaoie wca,ne,
srpsasneed. Whatever the causes. however; ana
49, have been divers. the fact remains that
euubSr Of staples less than speculative securities.
have hardened In value during the week One IN
have begun TO droop because q the open winter:
Hss been psrceptibiy braced. The influence q
colder ~'hs, y 9e h, wSs, ds
tected by snow and other influences Of strength IN
the market have been the reports as % foreign ssops
the Argentine plague and consequent strength OF
Among products not affected by current weather
conditions, however may be mentioned the south's
great staple cotton which. owing largely TO the
better foreign buying aud the reported abandonment
n extremely large English crop estimates has reach
"a the highest point for number OF years.
There Is Nttie comfort 10 hope nope Tor iowu
prices In the reports from the iron trade TINS week
II u true some CONCESSIONS have been made from
che highest points reached ON number Of products
but the concessions In pis iron are claimed 70 have
recently put In blast whose output had not been
contracted for Inquiry at the leading iron markets
ss,nr' and tho conesssions are claimed 10 have
been really in the nature OF readiustment. The
steel situation s not ever clear, and some business
y reported posaibs At concessions q 81 TO 8 pc,
Ton who're the product has not been contracted
ahead some export business In rails 10 Norway Is
reported this week. while from birmingham comes
reports Of good sales Of pig iron. with further
export business checked by advancing ifesht rates
.nS I ~ .sa ~ a, Inv fr,n traia anihorities
~ ~ ~ ".-as, hs,,na that date hnt the
ss,.rsth ~ ,o,essa markets IL regarded a. a guar
$3.50 a.s,,s, ~ ,,o..ihs re,ysnfir,,lar eron 1,
Sanrs.,,c ,'r,.tinns 80
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a, f.m".rx sish ina branrh,s M ,,ads concerned
a. ,rssil a.,r,hution was unaonhfesliv nnfevorshle
..s.,tst ~ ANA ws.tGs, .aJ stscts =, ,,,t.tlc,s
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AGREE sat,sf.rtnrs shipmcnts fIum heading esntets
49, r,,sal h.a,,., tnaa II iar,ets a 80 49,,
,~h.s.,s, ccnstn,. ye.. ,ers,vsi ~ hsetrsra nrxs
h,sl,..s hs,ns att,,b,,,st ~ ea,i,a, hnSlng hsya
sn,,r,n.,.a tbs s.y,isy .s.sno 'N' ''S $50
wool,u goods sre hoiliur The saxaneaa rscen,lv
..ssa ana raw x,el q er,o ,b,r,eh ssis -. .snslir
az, try snn,r ,vrnsa va, ,ss,, a, 4, si.l,,at y,
sn,,..tic s,orls M d.sirshi. so1 h.,rs evan
Snad,,, .,e,on ..ic. rttn.sseS ,.i ,,r,c ~,ht,I,i
en, gn,s tots b,,t eensasrshls s,manttiSs ,,r, 80,
IA s,xa, ,nd,sra.,s.i "a Isa,hn, A. Am 500 h5.
ays no vsat,s wv
The sfrrnsth AZ SMEAR AND nos.n ar,,ng the
.rs,,,e. d po lea nsnna,pres nan ~ ne ya,v
"a ,sanei araa,s ~ am. tn.t,se 4. .s.. $3.50, So,
rasHea mn ard smal. ara,s rsfssts n.5ne mat ne
hs.,. tny f,rthes strength IL t,.ysc
wh.., snrt,..,n, a~,r .l.t,.-,.sst. - 81, -