The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-10
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THE STATE OF TRADE.
n. G. Dun q Co.'S Revsevv.

NEw YORK. Nov. s.-R. q. Dun 4 Co a
frnr review, resiew o. trade tomorrow win say.
Violent speculation Is threatened but IN numero,,.
instances better demand has caused small Advances
ny most notable change thus far Is In pig irop
winch Is eagerly sought at all markets. large con.
tracts being placed at IS to 50 cents tos, ahov.
nscrsS point recently quoted In partially man
usc.rcd forms. such as plates and beams Improve
ent definite while large building oprstions wiz
weep structural material moving freely. More shirs
are buying most products freely Orders for exr-,rt
are numerous and foreign manufacturers have bern
tom pas 20 feuuce prices for steel rails Spot
or frost Actual damage has not come and hsJ,se
n current Yield Of 100000 bales Is stronger
nuss'an ports SEND out wheat freely and even In
Argentna the outlook for the crop Is leas iscorar-
ing Western receipts arr large heavy cut N
brings standard srsnulated 10 S CO.
speculation In hides is out Of proportion To the
boot t and shoe trade Prices At Chicago advanced
LOT some months and leather has only partially re-
sponded, while boots and shoes average the samc
pnce as Two months aso when the bottom was
recent weeks. but there are ample orders "a icne
as goods do not respond TO more expensive raw ma
teria, This state Of Affairs cannot continue indef
initeiy. The hard winter weather 10 making havoc
with the textile industries and almost counter ~
the election Wool Is more active at BOSTON than
rcappearins Manufacturer buy IN rnoferstiun' Int
sales at three chief Eastern markets reached ssi 90
p r Prices are steady and holder CONFIDENT
Failures for the week were aDi IN thu Urfted
ststos against ISL last year. and eighteen ia Can
ada, against twenty last year.
Bradstreets Review.
Bradsteets tomorrow viii sayi
former largely because Of reports or fesu az ernu
damage. while the latter IL firm at former quota
tions on volume q business equal 70 lately en-.
Iarged totals Cereals are. = whole, duh and
lack speculative interest whs@t is prsct,csli, I'M.
changed. early reports Of Argentine crup damage
turn, inducing realizing Corn IA only fractinaiiy
higher while hog products are rather slow and weak
u = from that long time barometer Of trade. tbs
iron business that relatively the best repcrts a. 10
the demand and the prices comes While oous,d.
cradle volume OF business displayed, tnst pr~vi-
has been very satisfactofy Chicago reporfs the
past weeks sales Of 75eo the largest Of ann ws~k
where 10000 tons sre reported placed within the
past ten days. while PtfrhurT rrputs the sales ~
finished material the heaviest since last spring
similar report as 20 sales OF pig Iron comes from
Cincinnati The irun sales have been largely Al an
advance Of 20 10 rs cents per ton. while bars and
structural material have either been advanced az
The makers are now holding meetings 10 agree upon
increases large part Of the business In cr,ldcr
forms Is reported 70 have been on export account,
despite the reports q falling iron prices abroad
and the very high frcisht rates, heavy business
has been also done in rails at fun prices. but fgurcs
bridge material and structural ses arc reported At
New York Hardware has matcd rather better ~
late Other metals are oaisisr except tan. which Ia
slightly higher after the late weakness
Hcpefuinez< As 70 Improvement in fan demsnd
now that the election y aud coid weather has
arrived. l. reported IN all sections but nowhere
Il the feeling ~ confidence marked a. In the
south Despite the recent dsrilpr In cotton ths
feeling In that section Is notsbiy cheerful: 10 the
West dry goods. riothius shes~ and hardware are
moving better In The East leather Shoes. wool
tobacco and eoal firm and the outlook for tusl-
meas Il regarded faferahle On the p4sinc coast
export trade with resseseons aud with
Asia has bern good. California rppafs the Iargs
arra planted IN Grain helped hr recent rsins Re
dsat sugar Il almost alone among the staples ipwer
IN the wrek ~ u rents. bat this IA mainly due 10
the decreased rsice ~ enlarged supsiy
Wheat Including flou. shipments for the week
aggregate 3ss5 sN husheit, against a6s1tT bushels
last week 4.sa pa t0see3s 10 the corresponding
wpsk of 1852; aT7te1 hashels IN fss: ssiss t2
hsshels IN 1857. and tesssls bushels 10 igs Prrrn
Jrls ! 10 date this seaseu stest experts
E.sl2Ti busseis. ssNiHst Z. 70 90 bushels last
season and r 6n.zls bushels IN ise9p
Failures fer The week Ia she Tinted States rurr.
her 1871 AGAINST rs last wesk. iaz IN sbts wesa
year ago. &c IN isE - In 1881 and - "a tSa
Canada fziiarss for the NySk number sssau.s.a,
sK&ins, sStesn Last verk t~srty ,hre~ IA this w-sk
war eco. thirty Ia less. thistytarss In 1881. sad
forsyfour In iRs