The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-10

HE Business OUTLOOK. con-
F~rs'"g wi'h oar hlsiui-s. men we tind
they a.! gard the outlook far .he com
ing season decidedly favorab- in a bus
!hess point of vi.x. There IS sou.e
Complaint # hard times al present.. and
Tie times are cnt.ceably dull: bg. vino
could expect them otherwise This
ssa.scn OF the year and dali times are
snseparabie conditions. Who ever
Sne" oi Community where they a,e
not He who expects TO see brisk
Times during this portion OF the year
ias certainly LEANED but little from
tue experience of the past la compar-
ing The present spri~g vita those Of
past years ar business men generally
regard this as the most auspic-
lcas. aud decidedly the most
active In business way. W are
just now. TO use coiumoa j.hFls@, D.
tween hay and grass: just At til hip III
'as tide Nhen the current = neither
one way or the o,her; when every pro
Iect - lying on it, oars ready for :
fresh start with the approach OF SUN
ner; when business generally. like the
laborer at n0outinl.. IS taking lis re-
pose. We are, il j. generally con>id-
cred. enjoying rather better times than
last Year at the same stasou: and for
cal reasons tine coming months of
Z, promises 10 be much more prosper
ous than those of last war. Now that
the Residential inu'iiie i, settled, the
cloud OF financial depression hat bas
hung over the nation since 3
promises 10 brighten up Busi-
ness will likely revive at the
East with the coming spring. This re-
vival Viii he felt Ia great extent I'll
this coast. and will likewise effect our
Territory, though Indirectly. True, the
failure Of crops In California will have
a chilling effect on the lumber mar ket.
BIZ. IN this instance 1t Will be our mlii
propr ietors. who are for the most part
n0n-residents Of the Territory, that will
feel 1t. At the worst, the depression in
the lumber market cannot b: sufficient
TO lessen the production of our ilills.
The mill companies could make good
profit on this lumber if 1t only brought
enough in San Francisco to cover the
price of the logs delivered at the mills.
and freight Of S. per NJ to San Fran
cisco. for the reason that they own their
own vessels, and tina. in allowing
six dollars per NJ. as freight. they
would make on that at least $50 per
NJ, clear above the expense Of their
vessels and their wear and tenr They
can afford "a saw it for nothing If they
can calculate on receiving as freight six
dollars thousand Eastern mill pro
prietors make money At cutting lumter
for one dollar par NJ. and our mill pro-
prietors can certainly do AS we'll at
one dollar and fifty cents. But there
is not tie remotest possibility that the
lumber market Will get this low. al
though We can hardly expect to Sec it
az good "a in former seasons. While
partial failure Of crops in California
will work reduction III the price Of
lumber, it will also indirectly affect the
coal market. and tend to bring the
price up. There will be fewer
vessels at San Francisco for cargoes thi,
year than last. and much less foreign
coal brought trere. So. as the prices
are regulated by the supply. they must
improve, and hat ever affects coal IA
vorably affects our interests directly.
If the price Of coal be good we may eX-
pcct general local prosperity