Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-12

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aet youE ideas IN regard - e.
Mr.. 0afxegt-Ay Idea b thst us have
suf6aieua field now b establish exclusive
@hoIenals hoasea Oar anc8mm0d4sioEs
faE trade, transportation. ga. are IN
crossing rapidly, tau1 aAordi1R m1re
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exclusively into wholesale. - And that
b puzahagIaa in IaERe quaatiiies difoci
fraTn the manufaotnrera, we can sell
goods 10 compelilion With San Fran
afaao e. Portland, and eeafoEs
about tie 8ound are becoming con
sinaed 81 this fact. Our trade 50 far
has been VERY aatinfaetsFY --mno1 larger
than daring any prssiou8 year since we
oommanasd buainess ID Seattle. and the
people h eoneFal have not SLOWED their
aeaonnta 20 ran as long ~ formerly
partly ewing 20 The fact, perhaps. that
re are selling on : closer marQin and
inpfnea Il up0u the minds ~ our pa
irons th8t whiiat 70 are ceiling them
goods as a. los rates a. they oan GET
elsewhere, We antieieaes tha same tr8at-
meat from them that foreign whole.
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happy 81 aay tie arrangement has prov
the coming spring % reach cut for Alas
ka trade 10 much larger extent than
netefofoFB. Hinoa that trade naturally
belongs 90 this part cf the oeuntry, see
no reason WIS Portland should monop
oiizs it. We are determined 70 extend
cor trade 20 Eastern Washington and
Oregon, eur facilities being equal II not
superior 10 those Of Portland When the
line across tie Cascades b completed.
] am much 10 hopes those Of The man
ayers o. the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company Who have an ere 30 bueiaeas.
aside from that Of selling town lots,
may ooncede the fact thai Seattle b Ia
mush TIE bess position 20 accommodate
the Wholesale trade Of Eastern wash
ington, cur merchants being amply
able 70 carry the stocks which the
trade of that nature and magnitude will
require. and determined 70 make seattle
The distributing point on Puget 5ound.
] say, hope those railroad mAnaReFs
will see % it thai seattle merchants are
adoydod equal Railroad facilities for the
shipment OF freight over their lines with
any other point. Ia regard 70 the re
tail trade Of the city Of Seattle,
have never known Il 10 Be- b 3 more
healthy stats than daFing tbs year 1886.
We don't know any ons single failure
among our business men during the
year, neither DO know Of any one who
may be said 10 Be involved. All seem
30 Be doing we'll, andiwith their general
knowledge % business. and habits OF
enterprise and eoenomy, may look upon
Tue fut1re with the greatest Of aalisfac-
ton. We have but few, II any, men OF
fFms IN businesa here who are paying
interest 20 anyone. whilst, PERHAPS, one
half discount their bills. The farmers,
mechanics, dairpmen and stock Faisers
have all been doing well, aud We, being
surrounded By very Superior farming
country, bota cur local aud transient
trade has been very satisfactory indeed.
Capital, both local ana foreign, has been
very plenty and interest has been greatly
diminished, thereby giving those q
chance VINO wished 20 extend their
farms, 10 do 90. OwlnQ 10 these facts,
mach Improvement Is Noted IN that al.
Fe0tion. Our immigration has been
healthy, owing 10 cheap fares across
the continent which have enabled many
families 30 reach here with some money,
which IN former times was rarely the
case, owing 10 the immonse sxpense and
many changes on she way, all Of which
hslp 10 bald up our trade. Our mana
fAetura have ell started 40 again, and
are doing q prosperous business. Many
% our foundries aud machine shops
are being crowded with work 10 their
utmost capacity. think our hard times
are q thing Of the past. and We will from
this on have prosperity
IsAAo ponsoE,
superintendent Of the Seattle Lumbef
aud Commercial Company's mill. vas
appealed 70 Tor Information IA regard 10
oar local lumber interests. He said:
Daring the past meath the prizes Of
logs has advanced as least 70 cents per
thousand Lumbsr has not advanced
yet, but must Of nsoessity follow logs
apwArda. The Seattle sawmiiis all seem
70 Be doing veil We have bsSR cutting
largely, for the past tW0 months, on
timbers and piAnkinQ for the Gran,
street plank road. We have also cot oal
ths timbeFs and numbers for Harry Al
cars SEALING sehaoaef. These, vita
other small orders, have kept ua very
hasy. Ia fact. for the past three months
We have d0ne better than during Any
Eve months fog ANY two years. and TIE
prospects are mush better than they
were Que year az 80 far, We have con
leated ecrnelves uith eating timber fer
local and SQUAD trade. bat We are per.
fecting arranEements winch ELL eaa1ie
~ 10 Eeauo oat and ship lumber % al
iotsssn o. Amsfioas Potts. TIE ship