Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-11
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seperts frsm the ereGsa and wash
tngtsa rrezs IndEentinx Genersl
D<pressisa % Bsxaaess asd scarcity
81 Hsaey.
Merely 70 show the present ssrinRency
70 general on this upper ceass. and that
il is not the sfect Of sanday I.v Of
any local cause, we append the para
graphs folIozth9 clipped FROM sxchane.
e during the past week. The range
might be extended to California, ,hs
Mississippi Valley. the Atlantic coss,
and Europs in fact, the whole business
sorid-bat doing ss is needless. as like
reports are daily coming from there ia
the presz dispatches:
TRkKArEsED RAxKkuPrcI.
Rigid economy in oar local sxpeudi,
lures 10 an Imperative nscessity it We
would avoid bankruptcy. = 0lympia
Standard.
IS CAN'T BE WORSE THAx -
Let us hope that 's5 will be better
year for Astoria and Clatsop county
th-n "a WAS IL can't be much worse.
-AssOrias.
LARGE DELISQUEsT TAI JrsT.
County Treasurer Mnrray reports the
largest delinquent TAX liz: IN tue history
OF Pierce county, embracing about one
third Of the entire tax levy Tacoma
.Esirs.
9AovLrSGs ABOUT HARp TIMES.
We predict thas 1855 will be a pros
porous year fer ~ all, and with tue
death of 1885, let Us say good bye to
CROSSINGS abuut hard times.-Harrise-
tor Tipsss.
COMPLAIN OF DULL TIMES.
Oar business men complain OF dull
timse. and yet We do not believe there ID
town in she north west that can boasl
Of as lively holiday trade as Spokane
Falis.--Spokass Repiesc.
WORRY ABOUT COLLECTING.
The man who does most cash business
these days ts the one who has the most
worry about collecting what is doe him
and be Is also the oae hardest pressed
IN turn by his creditors. Yet there is
about A. much business done a. under
a-diuary cincanstances.-P0rt To,ra-
sssd Argus
NO MONET To sR GOT.
Knowing toe lack of market for
produce in tnis county and consequent
scarcity Of tnouey, We have never asked
our Subscribers for money. Many of
them have paid as promptly. Should
any desira to bring as grain. hay. wood,
lumber. hour or fruit ON subscriptions
old or new. We will receive it, Yakima
Republican.
NOT A DOLLAR TO sE GOT.
II heard q Tumwaser suan saw last
week that be had over $1,000 due him on
Main street in Olympia, and he had
been up ono side and down the other
trying to collect and did not get q dol
lar. And yet do not believe there is q
single case Of starvation, or even huR-
ger, in all Western Wsshingtou.-Cer
'sspoadeaee Chehaiis Nugget.
a vEBT HARD TINE OF IT.
Our people here imagine that they are
having very hard time Of IL this win
ter, bat II they would read up on the
situation in the East and in Europe, We
tnink they would be led to consider
their circumstances fortunate The
hard times did not reach oere until
mouths after they had been severely felt
throughout the rerritory.-Caehalis "
deffe.
DKPRRoIAfIos OF PROPERTY VALUES.
Land that has been sold for $50 Der
acre will not nos bring $50: lots ID this
city that have changed hands at $4O0
per front foot cannot be sold for one
third that sum, and there Ia no demsna
for unimproyed property at any price.
The value of anything ia fixsd by what
can be made out of Is. The sbrinkaQe
of value ia the legitimate result OF pres-
ent conditions. Walia Walia Watch
mds.
AN EXTRAORDINARY BELIET MEASURE.
Il is ssid that financial matters are 90
badly mixed and money is 60 scarce in
the Willamette valley that it Is seriously
proposed in that section 10 have Law
passed at the coming session Of the
Legislature making provision against
the enforced collection of any account
for period from thi ty to ninety days.
Times must. indeed, be harder than we
Of Astoria know anything about when
sach q project as that 10 given q mo-
ments oonsideration.-Asserian.
oErTrN0 NO MONET WILL TAKE oars.
Realizing the fact that tunes are hard
and money 10 scarce. ve have made ar.
rangements by which those indebted TO
us for subscription cau pay us with eats,
delivered at spence Bros. livery stable
At this place, and for which We xill pay
the highest market price. A great
many of our subscribers are farmers
who have plenty Of oats which they can
not sell for cash, and ne would like
them 10 throg on q few sacks for the
printer when they come to town.-Hedi-
col E.ass Bdnnsr.
DKPREssIoN AND PovERTr.
In bidding adisu TO 1854, the exeep
tions amongst us.vho derived any great
advantages. viii be rsckoned among the
few. In all parts Of ths world from
which news has been received the story
has been the same-depression aud pov.
erty. business In every branch Of in
dustrS hss been exoeptioua small, and
most cases, proftless, in f,azy cases
oaly productive of loss. As IL 70 make
matters worse, taxation has in no case
been llRhtened, but N MANY easez added
20. 20 that the caasss Of disooutent have
been Increased. lkaialasd Gsardtas.
NOT esE RLEAsASr eLRAM OF LIoar.
Tue hard times are not altogether an
unmiyed evil. while ws suffer iuoon-
y niss o. and evrn endure privafions
thus We weHid gladly avoid. and while
ve may not be able 20 see oos pleasant
eieam of light shroaeh the financial
darkness, vet she plncky, energetic.
wisc man will through his sforss and
enforced privattens, nine times out Of
ten, WIN a competence. that would
otherwise he denied him, By the habits
of ecouemy and industry. acquired In
his struggle 10 make both ends rase,
durina the hard times. ~ Goidemdals Sea-
tisei.
yzoH A r,fsoovRkoxD PoarLkxpkR.
We resail desiers are eating 1p COR
own DeanE. and. what is worse, the
means cf 11r ereditora- Uulcss rents
are red1eed 81 least thres qaartsrs of
the small business of the city has COS Co
60 10 the wall. The very bess men are
going &c BE- dxiven out. Tie msa who