, 1884-02-23
lkTIEE FROM reKELASD.
The Upper Country Trade and Prospects
With Rissi n the Hstels ste.

have lsea to besJ ts1n.ins the docks,
inspecting the ships aud f-ss,irg my ncs
ii $ on the IL fsmiiiar smell OF tAr to hni
oct mach that your readers d, not Slready
know Inquiry Of the Frrn. street mer.
chants develop. the sss: ths. bGsise is fully
as bri. K as is expected at :his seasor; al are
ssnga;ne for the future and Ar. making
preparations 70 sccomo5s.e the grow .ng Ge-
uIsrfs o. the hortt we tern commerce.
The fes!iEg OF hostility est-r.siuei ,aa-es
PoIt sad b. the iahabitsnts oi the ia;eIicr
is hss=i uaoa the Tact tAst The merchants
nere never slSscr.lel dollar twsrls
psning ;ra:i = the min ~ camps IL the
eHly days. sni the feeling rsnkles vet,
oa the other hard, the iOb6,rs iaYe always
oern very scclmo lsring TO the interior m,r-
casu's. sO.. goods On t,ne and waited lers
ami patiently Ter tLeir moeey. Tarough
this disposition the farmers and Wigc Wo k
ers Of the upper couatry have tesn enabled
20 obtain long e-e lit fron cur bone msr-
chants. and haze thus ct their Start IN the
world, wlel cssn payments woald have Kept
them ev,rias.ingly poor. Wee her the lons
-re;.it system wil be continue sIa ex-
tended 10 the iltsriOr In tn future depends
enrrsiy upoa the nature of the competition
introduced by the Nar;hern Pacii; IA lroad.
Up cSuntry s:oge keepers will trade where
they tan DO so to the b-s. aivintage snl 1t
Is possible that the bunch grass country h
no. Yet attained that degree of prospe5i,y
which is illustrated ty prompt cssh ay-
ments, and N this case the rei-hot eastern
meticdS Of buyii cheap sor spot cash will
10: fad mach fsyCr, for If tie fsrmsrs de-
msnd time the s;o,skevpers can only accom-
o5ase them by themselves buyicg on long
tine irum the Portland jobbers.
When ere r, ascts ulon tie steady drain
ii II oney from Il c irt-r.or IN t e rusct9s
Q: manufactured gcois, grcceries, msch,uery
ard land. i. is easily seen tha, hut a coun-
try ,;ea In natural resLurces oaa Gsnd such
an outhL "; with n new couatTy IN the eve
Of al important expsn si9D in sveTy DEPART
ment of industry II Is impossible f1r bus
Iness 10 be ccndEct,d without the credit
system, and i: is thereto safe 10 say that
the trade If The interior viii not te diverted
from Portland Tor one wears 70 cone In
the course Cf time aud with the transfer of
neS cal iisl from the more:sry ceateIs Of
the east, added 10 aa increased projIct on
here, It Is pcs ibis that the masses NIL be
educated IN to standard where they can
realize snd appreciate the besutiIs of CT sh
Ha ling. By. his time too, the cent per cent
SHY llcks vino live By n0te 81 svins Will te
dead AM: their methoGs forg,t,ea and III.
poor msa vii have chInce 10 Hive without
working hsri i,.r the prirllege Of stsrsios
to death.
Ahoui TIE hsiGt' ,ask i yis t,r has here
IS 10 fial where he can g; a squire meal for
a reasonable oTics. O4e csE ! t anytt.iog if
he has ncn-y enorSt Of eourse, tut every
msn yho is niepeRj, {: enough 10 kick at
pa, log four bits for two bit meal, AMI ri 0
has the sl'glites. sect FIR his ihie ior IS
llatle TO have h,ri :iin, sns'Sini = ii. un-
IL, S he E2s tie yGykct box Crlri d
Alene ClJsua In N. or ii 5. { aijon | nave
hgru ,,Tnu.lls,l 7, ;-I;t ..:i.y abandon
An e-ican reprb'icaa piiuci2i.s 20 boa-,l oD
the Faro: AZ plan o: paying III what We
e,t and iudli 9 l.y ,hs sn olnt # ctst 1t
tskes to tiil up oa that tasi-, hAve riroct
c ,ae u the cOnciu-Ion that s1u .f tie NJ
rn;ry boarding houses 5ave bad a lai
bargain in feeding The unAe.s sne'i, bur 4
insy oals lie by corpsr:son-
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