The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-09
THE PASSING THRCNG.

L. c. Trent. of the mining machinery house
OF Frazer Chalmers, OF Chicago. is stopping
az the Rainier. Mr.. Trent's duties take him into
All the leading mining camps OF the West and
Mexico. but this Is his FIRST trip to Seattle.
The mining business il dull new" said be,
mot 50 much owing to the low price OF silver,
but the uncertainty - to how much lower IL
Will 60. Iexpect to take a trip into the mining
camps northeast of here. As . rule We can
generally learn something about . camp by tho
kind OF men who 60 into it. Mining has been
reduced to regular business, conducted BY
practical men. and they have mllliens Of money
waiting to put into good mines. /. 10 an easy
matter to sell mine. There ara a dozen men
OF wealth looking for mines to each mine that
10 looking for . purchaser. Blu. these men
are practical men, and they usually have men
looking up properties ia every camp. II there
10 anything good lying around they soon get
mold OF 1t, but when you hear of Q camp boom.
ing and don't see any OF these men going in,
you needn't take much stock in St The day
has gone by when Outsiders can Be ropsd into
mining schsmea" Speaking OF Mexican mines,
Mr.. Trent said: ~ don't know Of . single
American mining company that has made
cent In Mexico ! tell you the Mexicans can
give the Americans points about working the
mines OF that county," Speaking of mining
towns In the West, aud the growth of Western
cities. Mr.. Trent said: 81 have never seen
amount to anything, even when 1t had
natural advantages to help It Take
Great Falls. for instance. Jim Hill doomed that
town all he could. AL the rich men he met in
the East got pointer from him about what was
going to DO done at Great Falls. The result was
that he sold more lots there than could be COW
ered by Chicago, and they are nsld by the
weaithiest men in the East, the Vanderbilt
crowd among others, but the town is dead.
Give me town which does not depend upon the
wealth, Influence or favor of outside people, but
which rather depend upon the enterprise and
pluck OF her own people. That's the kind Of .
town you seem to have here, and that 10 one OF
the reasons why like it."
Ia T. Waldrou, an attorney OF Knoxville,
Tenn, 10 at the Arlington. This Is the we'll.
Known old town, dating back to the beginning
OF the century and now the center OF large
trade. The nature Of its surroundings can be
best gagged by the fact that the Queen and
Crescent route iron Cincinnati to New Orleans
via knoxville) cuts through twsnty.seven tuu.
nels from Somerset, Ky, to Hartman, Tenn, q
distance OF less than forty miles. "Coal and
Iron are In abundance In our country. and It 10
almost needless to remark" said Mr.. Waldron,
"that the land shark Is there, too. lot OF
Engiishmen sunk SIS. coo in Middlesborough
ana may yet get some Of it backbone day or
other. The scheme began in the fertile brain
OF Canadian named Alexander A. Arthur. He,
In company with certain other fnanciers, got
options on about 10000 acres of land in this
vicinity, organized q land company with q cap
ftal stock OF $20O0O0o, q manufacturing and
mining company with q capital Of 5000 600 and
various other companies with various other
millions OF capital. Then they began the build.
ing OF town, with streets. hotels, ETC., com.
piete before any material development Of coal.
iron OF the like had been done aud before there
were any people to make city.
The selling OF lots went on briskly,
OF course. Finally the end had to come,
and when the English, who had been induced
70 BUY stock In assortment of companies counted
up, they found themselves in BY a very large
amount, and nothing to show bat potential
profits, to be realized some day or other. There
IA iron and coal on the land. The Duke Of Marl-
borough wrote articles for the English maya
zines on the subject, but how responsible he
was do not know. Seattle strike me most
place this side OF Chicago" he said in conclu-
sion. cit will be large place In q few years."
}. Loewi. OF New York, Is at the SnoQualmie,
being here for the purchase OF hops for the East.
ern brewing trade Mr.. Loewi Is a member of
the Twenty-second regiment OF the New York
National Guard, and was with his command for
nearly two weeks during the late Buff.
falo strikes and riota He says that some
ofthe National Guardsmen, more especially from
the Brooklyn regiment, had much trouble with
their employers, owing to their long absence
during the riots, and some OF the men, even
those who had families, were discharged In
consequence. In agreeable and honorable con-
trast 10 these experiences were those that the
employees of certain New York banas had. The
Fourth national, the Chase and the Corn Ell.
change banks not only permitted their clerks to
go but hired men to fill their places and paid
the soldiers their wages during their absence.
As remarkable an episode a. any was the de.
meanor of the well-known ana honored mer.
chant, Altman, Of B. Altman & Co., at Sixth ave.
nue. aud Nineteenth streets. An officer OF one
OF the regiments came to him to ascertain
his feelings on the matter of permit
ting his employees to 60 at the states
call. "Will I let my employees gor' said
the old man. "Well, tell me the name of any
man in my employ belonging to TIE guard who
won't go, and will promptly discharge him"
Mr.. Loewi gave some interesting "reminiscences
illustrating the manner of mobilising the New
York state troops, and of the speed with which
1t was done in emergencies. An experimental
mobilization was carried out at the time of the
centennial celebration Of George Washington
as first president OF the United States, and on
that occasion the whole guard, II 900 in num-
Der, including those from the distant parts OF
OF the state, were assembled In Nav York city
In fourteen hours from the time orders were is
sued
Mr.. and Mrs c. L. Pratt, OF Minneapolis. are
stopping at the Rainier. Mr.. Pratt 10 q manu-
facturer of cigars, with factories located at
Tampa, Fla. and Philadelphia '.The increase
In the consumption of fine cigars during the
past two years Is something marveIous-75,0 OO,.
0C0," said Mr.. Pratt to a Posi- Int zLLIGENCRR
reporter, "and, strange to say, the manu-
facturers of fine goods opposed tho Mckinley
bill making the duty on foreign cigars ceuts
They raised $4,000 to defeat 1t, and even ap.
preached the Ohio statesman vita an offer OF
100000 to not disturb the existing duty. But
Mckinley told them that tsere wasn't
enough money in the business to tempt
him. The old duty practically shut out
all but the very best cigars, though the
people didn't know Il They kept on smoking
stamps All they wanted to See vas the Gus
toms stamps on the boxes. But since the Me-
kinley bin went into effect the makers OF hns
goods have been unable TO keep tip with their
orders. Ordinarily it costs the manufactures
more to market his product than the whole
profit should amount TO. 1t really takes q pro-
iessionai to be a drst-class cigar salesman, the
same as wines, teas or coffees- He must know
all kinds OF leaf on sight their qualities where
grown, whether doctored aud how cured, must
DO able 10 point out clearly the various fsyors
OF different weeds. be thoroughly posted on tho
values OF the different growths, etc, all in ad-
ditiOn 10 being q first-ciass business man. Such
men are worth all the way from Sic 900 TO 5000
year to . manufacturer. Yes. the great Amer.
lean public Is being poisoned, nos only by the
creosote III cigarette papers, but by the Der
nicious practice Of doctoring cheap cigars. III
had 1t MY way there would be Law making ita