The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-07
THE PASSING THRONE.

William K Gree1e accompanied by BIZ aust.
Mrs. II. 2 G.eene. aa1 ksS eoEsscs Mis- 6gseae
ar9 Hsnsy T. Gre=se. Of Amsterdam. ~ T.. are
so7rssfs -ssepeiag u the Eatni<-- They VII 20
20 Alasks tomorrow GA the q 1ecn- The Gseezss
are . yery wealthy family. sse foandsssoa OF
snssr fortunes having been laid b. NJ Creens's
r.azdfstbex. VITO started shs Afss knss goods
fscssry IT Amsterdam. and the Grsens Knstfing
CozsAay 10 Don ose OF the largest sEsfssrfioas
II shs. Iiae IN tie country. NJ. Greene IL siso
. nephew Of Ma Watson c. sc1ire. Our town
AID coaoex. NOT far away, are the csnsses OF tns
knit goods industry Of snis eouassy." sasd b
last night. "xnt. although an not familiar
with tie extent OF the msrke: IL this section,
! zee no reason Why . factory could not
Be rrn hero as profit OF course
the question could only be dee.det after thor
ogga examination O. mamy questions. We use
q great deal Of wool from this par; OF the eoua-
try. in fact most 81 the wool use 10 domestic
wool, although some Of the nser wool comes
from A1strslia- You are much nearer she
sources Of supply Of the raw material. but We
are neafsr the markets. Another thing II that
We nee . great deal OF cotton. not only In the
sii-cossou goods. but cotton IL largely mixed
with wool In the Same thread for most a! lines
OF underwear. OF coGrss there are lines also Of
ali-vooi goods II order to manufacture this
line you would have TO haul yosr cotton loag
distance. The cost OF labor, too. eu,s . large
ngufs In tbs matter. Most OF cur employees are
girls snd women and boys. and Whenever We
can We pay By the piece. Tbs lowest paid en-
p!oyes are the machine tenders, who
esrn about 81 day. Some OF the piece hands.
however, earn very good wages, aad l have
known girls 20 earn fIs 70 sl5 for several weeks
a. tine. Yes,we got the business down pretty
fine as tie result OF long expes!eace, and We can
tell jast what the cost IL of each garment snd
OF each button. seam scd item about II. both
material ard labor, but OF course you viii e.
euss me from entering into thai matter. We
cell all on, product in advance OF manufacture,
and thus We have no overpsoduction- We have
designers who get up new styles and desixns
We make mp . LOT OF samples for our saiesmsn
OF commission houses In advance Of the SEES
son for which they are intended AZ
certain times of the year the
johhes and the la.ge dealers visit
markets zee the various styies and Grades OF
goois offered and pace their orders. Thers are
many styles suggested BY our designers which
do not meet With favor. and hence they are
withdraw from sale, AID VIC start TO work on
those lines which have been accepted b. the
buyera In this way the buyers make the lea
In the old way the buyers had to take Whatever
styles were offered BY the manufacturers On
the other hand there are some mills which run
exclusively on staples. because they have ?ecu-
liar advantages for masking that class Of goods"
This Is NJ. 6rceae's hrst visit 70 Puget sound,
and be expresses himself a. charmed with this
region.
"Ths shingie market 10 picking up some in
the far Eastern s.aies." SAID Harry Carstens last
night "whils there 10 not 20 mach building
going on this year in the East In the lew
years preceding. the fame OF the Puget sound
single continues 10 spread and orders are con-
ssansiy coming in from new markets. all over
the country. Thus, whiie there IL falling Oh
in orders from the we!-known markets. this Is
maize up In the large increase In orders from
new markets. especially in the far East"
NJ. and Mrs. E. T. banning. OF Tacoma, &C.
compauied by party Of Eastern tourists. were
I'm the city yesterday and took lunch at the
Grand. The party comprised Misc Mary A.
Glenn, Miss Lyde Glenn. Miss Pitcher, the four
Misses Cham oeriaiu. Of Philadei phia: Mrs. West
and Miss West. of Morris.own. n. j., ana Miss
Bright, Of Pottsvilie, Pa
Nelson westeost, OF santa Rosa. Cal, IN guest
OF the Northern. He is . mining expert and has
just returned from tho mountains northeast OF
the city, where he went TO examine some min
Ing properties belonging 70 r. b. Groat. OF Ct
Paul. land and immigration agent OF the North
ern Pacific railroad
4iss ~ B. Cochrane. the delegate 70 the
womens board OF foreign missions of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, leaves today for Chi
cago TO attend the annual meeting.
Miss Florence J. Richardson. who has been
visiting her brother. G. e. Richardson, FOR the
past six weeks. returns 70 her homo IN San
Francisco this morning
Among the touriats registered at the Rainier
yesterday were Mr. and Msa A. F. Brand. cf
New York city: G. Haesler, of Berlin, and J. =.
Coffee, OF Toronto.