, 1884-01-31
TIE k.-L5EEs TRADE.

/ EprTyH- AEGu~: ~c in late issue
. Of yuur uar.-r. that tDu take umhT!Te
because I du not IUu my Loaf through
To- 0viuaiamao twice Il week, also, IN Eut
stopping at Port townsend. You have
. stated iAtu.-. E.lcl II yuU had taken bat
t..,, few minutes lim- tur,'iIe t. my boat,
+ could have gwen yen correct IHfu-ma-
/ jioI. uu The ~uuJerl.
/ rriu-c err. tac second service 10
. SemIuulaU i,-cHu-e one boat cam It per
form tie service regularly. and on Time
/ f1. AN, continued lHut; and because the
postal department ai!'" me IUl 81 miles
IL l. cents per sailr, wIcu II s-Iuuid be
81 III es add itIuuIi TLl. Their allow
HuCr S1I2 30 per year rJr this additional
ran To- jHucS 81 Year,, l. very small pay,
as You Yourself must admit; and as 10
,hc J.udu IuIJ | would get fuT that run.
II Won q not pay. tuT the one IEp NOW
maze does not D--sIu tu pay. Perhaps
Capt. Ium ~ rIEut sad bet er run on my
rouIe; If 1t VIII stmuiate trade, l shai
welcome hIG.
Again you a-e very far off on your kn owl
ei-e, when allow Ile 10 state, that except
lur Gueme, auI F'Id l!g', the East side
boats dp not carry TIE large quantity III
freight for tie Islands / he Evange t.,
Again | should have supposed that be
ture putting into print, such an article
as You have, that You would have taken
care and seen that 1t was correct. You
state that freighis were 81 per ton; there,
you ave either wIIfulIy fals!tied, or, If
lniOT-Hed, your Informant Is Il liar for L
ca think of no b-tleT or more fitting
I.rm). The rates of freight have been
since | took the route $50 per ton TO
any point between East Sound and Port
Iowuse nd. The fares h;ye likewise
been reduced. From Port rowusead to
points beyond Il lst Sound the Rates of
freight are S3 per II. Ii You have
gwen these facts from your own kuowi-
edge, then your word, as well lis your
paper, shuIld be accepted with much al
lowance. If yuu have stated the above
upon the Information of others, then you
uaYe been of uH uuf If mimi. | 20 to
Seattle twice a week as it bays me to do
81. as | get the majoriiy of my freightS
to and from there, and certainly You do
not Vish IN to lay over at Port Town
send. and wait for the time when the
merchants of Townsend shall wake up To
the fact that Seattl" Is getii ~ what by
right of location belongs to them. have
offered and do offer to The merchants of
Port Tuwnseud-as l offer to The mer-
chant Of Seaftle-tO take t Ieir agent,
representatives or drummer,as you choose
to call HIM. once IL month over the route
and back for one full fare one way. and
give them the privilege of sto ping off
al going on the next trip, and my offer.
the merchants of Seattle are improving,
with the Iesnlt You complain about, and
are the merchants of Port Townsend
senIing out agents 10 solicit trade? You
take ucc sion 10 rap my knuckles, be-
cause the merchants of Port Townsend
can not, or care not To contend with Sc
attle for tie Island trade. enclose yuu
d list of furrS and frrights, before and
since / took control of the Island rouie.
which you can print or not as you see fit.
Again L would say 10y ali means lei
Captain Tom Wright put on tue Eliza
Anderson" and we VIII lave the more
fun and the less pay.
Yours very Truly,
IL. l.. BEECHER.