The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-24


Continental shipments include optional ones
!. e., that may go TO London or TO any part of
Europe, while portion OF the United states
elk imports are for Canada. The weight of bales
shipped for the season of lsao-9i has averaged a
small fraction over one pcu each In addition
90 the shipments from Yokohama as given above
must be added direct shipment of Si5 bales
Rom Kobe, the first, by the way, ever made, and
which brlngs the fali export from all japan up
70 1922 bales.
ANYTHING BuT HOPEFUL.
European news received Ia Japan by silk deal
ers aud growers is OF anything but a salts faetorv
nature, and a large number of heavy failures
have resulted in connection with the trade Il;
IL feared that the japanese will have TO content
themselves for some time with a much lower
scale OF profit than they had hoped for, but with
care ~ selection and manufacture il is said they
can stu do good business and work away ON a
somewhat smaller margin with prospects OF a
good crop which may eventually bring the ne.
earnings quite up 10 the old standard The
consumption has undoubtedly improved during
She past six mouths, but on the othes side sun
plies are large, producers generally are hard up.
financial facilities win probably he abuormally
small and current sales likely TO be the
order OF the day. Taking everything into con-
rideraiion, the future course OF values is more
likely TO be downwaras than upwards and all
those ia inc trade are mantle sting 81 decided nm
easiness that the final result will DC a heavy
collapse Last year the weaker houses got a had
shaking up owing 10 poor consumption. the
vagarles q exehsnge and the almost constant
drop IN vaiuss, aud pro8ting by their previous
experience, the financial institutions whose and
- generally invoked daring a stringencv viii
not move hand this year
DISASTROUS coi-iaERY ACCIDENT.
Private kilograms received from NaeasakI 70.
port that one 81 the walls OF the fourth nit of
The Takashems sollteiy COLLAPSED on the 9i,b ~
last month, letting ia an abundant a,,v -
water, and drowning twenty three miners
Later adslees winch came 70 hand stated that
are disaster III the fourth pst was immediately
followed by similar cues Ia the first and thtr,i
pits. ami that at present writing fftlv =, he
whole mine was full % water sua ot,e~stior.
were suspended. over 2,He0 miner. have bssn
thrown out Of work, and owing Ia the Great ,,e
rand for coal there is famine Threatened
Several efforts have been made 10 r,paIr tho
Damage done, 20 prevent further inflow
while the pumps were 81 work, but all stts,npts
have been unsuccessful, aud little hone ia enter.
tained that July will zee work resumed. In The
meantime, however, the threatened famine =
averted by constant sud regular sppply being
sent to the market from the mlues 80 sarsehi
and Yesso. These are new mines. but the out
nut, which has recently been thoroughly tested.
Il said TO DC really frst class iuel Tor house
hold and steam producing purposes
SPURIOUS FEkS
Great complaint is being made in certain quar-
ssrs. particularly by the native press, that =
great deal Of spurious and edGiIeratsd tess are
being placed upon ihe market under brands
which heretofore have been looked upon IS the
most reliable Under the laws of japsn there is
en- incorporated concern Known as the Central
Tea Dealers Guild. One section OF this concern
has taken prompt action in the matter hy max
AM
recently seizure OF 2.coo chests was nade.
This was branded heing Pure and OF sxcep-
eonally good quality, bus beyond al doubt il
vas N reality the cheapest Of poor tea horribly
sdnlterated. This tea all came from the IbaTasl
YEA distriet, and tie process used in making tie