The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-08-27
TIE DArLY INTELLIGENCE 4.
Saturday, Aug. 81. 1881.
our BUSINESS PROSPECTS

The times" in Washington Terri
tory were never better than at present.
This is the case in no particular local
ity, county or district. bat in the whole
Territory, almost with out excepting
precinct. Why this Is 40 j. evident
enough.
In the frat place We have had good
season, and the harvest has been boun-
tiful, and in addition to this there isan
active demand and the best Of prices
for our surplus agricultural produce.
Our cattle raisers. sheep owners. hep
and grain growers are in the best of
spirits In consequence, and are feceiv-
ing that reward for their labor and in
dustry which has too often in past years
been denied them.
It has been beyond the reach OF the
writer's memory since numbering has
been 30 active and good as at present.
The mills are pressed with more orders
than they can fill. and the demand for
log ~ csrrisd thsis priss higher
thsn they have been W score Of years.
The Best of wages are paid. and the
industry is firmer in all its branches
The salpon fishery. which employs
annually about two thousand men in
our Territory. Is in Q condition like
unto thai Of wheat raising and Lumber
ing. There i call for svery hshf that
6n' b taken, and at prices that pay
enormously.
Agair. the railroads are working
every man they can get into their SER
vice. The surveyors and tie cutters
and drivers alone nsmber about four
hundred men. while those engaged in
the more immediate work Of construc-
ton number several thousand. They.
toA are getting high wages. and are
earning daily an enormous amount of
money. all of which Is coming from
abroad.
Shipowners aud seAmen. ship build
ers. merchants, professional men. house
carpenters, brick layers, iron workers.
farm hands-all classes of the commu-
nity-are doing exceptionally we'll.
The proportion of producers is un.
usually large. In fact. no man need be
idle. end few are.
Under the stimulus Of good times
and plenty Of money. q better feeling
is generally prevalent. Farms. tim.
Der lands end homes in town are eager
ly sought. and en- indulgence in the
Injuries Of art. travel. ETC., is plainly
more widespread. Speculation and
enterprise are also more apparent.
These things are to be expected in suoh
condition Of affairs.
How long the good times will con-
tinue cannot be foretold. There is
reason. however. for believing .sss we
are not ct present near their end.
R~ilroad construction has barely begun.
ln place of the three or four hundred
milss Of road now In the Territory.
there win be Is many thousand within
ton years. Tho lumber demand IL
more than certain 10 increase. and from
three hundred million feet year will
run mp to fifteen hundred millions in
the sepe length Of time. Our coal and
iron industries are In their infancy
only. and ID good time will employ
their Thousands Of operatives. Our
resources are OF the most solid and
enduring character. and consist of
those things needed every day Of the
year in every quarter Of Che habitable
globe. There 10 no reason for suppo-
stag that these resources will not be
taxed more and moro each succeeding
year for q century to come. aud until
our population numbers more millions
shaa are 70 b found at present In the
prondest State Of the Union. We are
fain 10 believe that we have entered
upon . career Of prosperity that i,
destined 10 receive M substantial
check. and that viii 90 on unbroken to