The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-05

large foreign contracts for PIG peudng. and inn
portant SALES Of finished products fer exposs ssse
coke is quoted At 81 per ton lower than mouth
ago. and anthracite coal has also declined The
city which some expected. but with the average q
quotations By Coates Bros, reduced In April About
he sales have been small and se1 nue. a., ~ ~
goods excepting the most favored stares, has been
far unsettled and irregular as TO give small en-
couragement for buying wool at currest prices tn-
terror holders sim strong. hoping that the end Il
the season brings the end Of manufacturers STOCK
Transactions for future delivery and new business il
narrow. Cnttl prospects fer the new crop are mora
settled. the pressure u English spinnefs for sup
plies tends strongly to hold up prices here. though
foreign mill stocks now heavy.
April exports o. hreadstufs have been large. sur
wheat in aYe weeks. -four included. have reached
n.oso,SN bushels, against i0.Ts4.F2 last year. Pa
sias exports were Ssis.aso bushels. against s,amTH
In spite Of conflicting stories, the movement us
wheat frvm the farms continues larger than year
ago The price closed as il opened. while corn de-
All exports from New York In four weeks have
last ysr and with the gain u n e atom
from other ports, the months aggregate should
above hundred millions Imports show small
Failures for the week have been 100 in the United
states against iS last year. snd q in Canada.
against q las; year
Brndstreers Review.
NEW YORK. May s-Brsdstreet's tomorrow win
say:
further subsistence Of demand and ,eve,ins Il
prices y noted in several lines this week this lew
cling being no doubt aided by the ursettine effect
~ the rather more than usually disturbed consid-
erations In labor circles. Its net result is
thing approaching dizziness In many channels Of is
tfhution, increased conservatism IN thu making II
ventures and disposition 10 digest business al
ready arranged for, before making engagements
That the basic conditions of generai business, such
as the outlook for the crops, the export demand
and the Increased purchasing power Of the people
at large have not been much reduced. bat on the
contrary actually improved evidrnt frrn sha
sdvsces received this week. Business At who!esale
Is relatively aaetsr. which Is not unusual At this
period, bus move than ordinarily marked attention
Is being concentrated upon retail demand which a.
Of course. relied upon rs measure Of progress Of
actual consumptipn. Touching this public demand,
It may be stated that relatively hes, reports come
from the Pacific coast and from tina Northwest.
fioar shipments this week are very large. wheat
including -four shipments for the week aggregate
tS'e2 bushels. against ss6asss bushels last week.
sstcSi bushels In the week u isss and gsss-
For the week failures number iss In The United
States. as compared with 49, Last week. iBi In thia
week year ago, aud 40 In isa6
Failures for Aprfl IN the pcminian were fcv<r
than in April year ago but liabilities nearly
10 per cent heavier.
nradstrcet's Financial Review.
Bradsreet's review of the Now York stock msskst
further dminuticn 81 activity and falling on
In the puhiics interest and participation In spex-.
lauen We're the features q tho stock market this
week The volume Of transactions was small and
would have been almost insignificant bat for the
manipulation which has kept up In American sugar
and the somewhat similar proceedings IN Missouri
Pacific. Apart from the ahow the principal nata-
worthy circumstance the continued heavy tnae
Of the industrials and the readiness II the stcea
tion OF heArish attacks. Hut for the covering Il
the short contracts there wonld seem 90 he very
little support IN that portion 81 the marhet aud
the adverse nfiuence Of the insiustrtals q eoursa
again aided In creating weak tone In the YHrca1
share list. except where msnipulative surpoyt was
extended. There declines n great import
ance. however and tho market was comparatively
81 s26oo Wc gold Money IL easy and the steady IN
crease Ia tho national hank circulation undet the
financial law, iustshss the conclusion that tAe
transfer OF certain amount Il gold 10 London
and Paris this sprins will have bad efyccts on
the situation herc. The London market, ~ msy ~
observed. IL In state ~ tnactior closely resembling
what prevails here and the gold shipnsnts trouhiss
among industsas and sasuina u the railroad ssnck
list have checked the foreign disposition ID buy
American stocks The European pavticipatiun "a
tho market here accordingly much smaller THU
week than for time back and represented a.
much selling purchasing, th~ influence tbeTefrun
being the whole sds~sre 20 market,
holding railroad securities IN iarxe hinsks With :
20 further advance 10 all inesEe yielding storks
when the liquidation in tndustNAis has sten1 ~
force and the expansion n the cirrslatinn has ~
due effect money rates and the financial sitaa~
ton through the country.
Hank uear1mgs.
Tho following table. compiled hy Rraastre~s shs~s
the bsna tisafings Al all principal eities for tho
week ended Mny .. with p~rssatAge II increase and
decrease, compared With Tho correspondents week
last year