The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-24

naisig owing T. the growing strength q nav mate
Wheat and com auoas the husaasniss. have
Beam rqhkqv rererfiuz an5thcr sne cf those shoFt
svirrs ia prizes which have tscn such : feature ~
rsp,s s-osa Aryensna ana scs8 estilaatsi crop ~
ro-ts fron tho SaIih ard Wet In TIE tenhai
s S ar s9 s3ii. . -e-e ihsa osssinS ~
creased Acreage WcA rsnains ctc e the t9t
s.s< IA. r,ga a., Ell. vss% man iast es,sccs-
sicns easier 70 obtain and prices ARE quEtAhr
icuez Leather. On the other hard, RETURNS better
erert tAsa teF some time past Qeo;aaans q ne'l'.
lcck ere hiShcT md business has been lAfscr At
ms 6cc, ana shoe industry notes Improvement
IN demand and priess. bpt hides rrasin rather
wheat including a,ur shipments taF TIRE week az
1fuszfe 2el343 tashals sesinst -7 90 bushels last
v.yes and 2'i&'@ bushels Ia the corresponding week
Rgsiaos. failu'vs for tss eeys u ne un.sd states
number l22 compared With - last week
BUSINESS failures Ia tAe nominion - Canada uurs-
Der ., coiuraged with : last week.
Bradstreets Financial Review.
srSdstfeeis financial rvieS win saw. tomorrow
Speculation has this week developed rrnAFkAsle
activity ard strngth. the latter feature he'aG malr
y eoafnga - What az known As nc standard rail-
road sioeka The principal fsc,eg Ia ths market has
market Last vsoSs hask siais.rsat sAswsa a Lays
decrease in the item II loans indicating that banks
witch had purchased government hids fpr the pur.
pse u cen.ertans hen lRto rev Ter eauts, aus
taxing cot circulation, were psyins "a th'sse eaf-
snd the SUPPLY N money avsilahle fne steSk
kc' rsirroses hss rtiently iAcr,Nsea nssse for
call loans were however. only slightly easter and
Che activity q the stock market neaFly tsads 20
alignment the demand f~ tundA TIE feeling II TIE
street regard to the anal catinok ncveyshwess
one q confidence ard The discseisico - aisccunt
TIE eject o. the currency htl upon tho hAak ercuia
tiun has hern msshrA
lsrEo interests have consequently feis themselves
able 90 gtFe support 20 their sfeciatirs and A. tho
same time the nN@id beth here and abroad has
shown readiness te participate 20 the movement
The amount ~ outside bayine was considerably "a
excess ~ sny'hing which the market has Witnessed
for some months pRst London hss tshsn a fNrer-
atle view a tue Effects Of the currency bill and
Of the position ~ American Tzilroad properties An
the European MARKETS strong. upsn the belief
that the Becr VIII terminate. and that
there viii he no present complications 81 an inter
national ehaFsctet growing on, q it. consas have
shown an advance and American stocks we're feat.
ures ~ the rise az values Il mas been time
slpec Lantcn has heen 1'ch large purchaser
Baltimore ohe ami other lefaon sfs.aiaitiss PRO.
whieh has been decidedly weak. uviits e. afey4ngs
81 UM ssaiHs these foreign bstinwu She s1dAen
announcement a the purchase II the Tbirs Avenue
road by the METROPOLITAN. and the sensational al
vance q inars thar a points tr ne fofnera price
not onlN dgfaorgcd the hear partY IN ths street,
hut created for thee on less ftar thar ,rauic
might arse IN CONGESTION with the short interest
the stock Ne Rrnal aNfCulloa hueryar ifgriu,,ei
IN this connection ana tina action a. fhill Avenue
led go covering ~ shorts in 0IheT die as ard
aided materially Ia stimulating public l8gost ~ TO
ether parts q the Int