The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-03

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- me last fsw DAYS axlf aaxa. -
- P.,fes AAEe Beff a. 70 sscer.s r.s,.i-
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-. activity there. and !. 4. tf,~ "a.
p-s.s - Tree lnnDer. believe. Nox tee
-. sspsiAiA0sa 4umaer msanfacfur-r
Tr-s,es s .Al1 any Of TIE mArkess "a the
f.s.ses Siates and compete sith 6. A
Dr.iash Coianhaa firm rses ~ desfw~-
$40 boards 70 a. and ray ~. ssr,tv
~ .s-ettl- an1 sc In turn used 10 send Tier,
- yer TIE United States. Nov thev wflI
serve. SO ussa 20
r ". Tenant. 81 Toronso. recently
.,.es.s. % me for prices, Asd we CORE
se,,-ss some N regard 70 the matter
Nc eoald DO nothing with tina.
po.hA ! learned that he eoaia pet red
s.@s iald aoEn IN Toronto for SO Der !. co.
iess less Than sc could deliver Is for.
- generally known that trade has
IalIen on IN this country recentIv hecasse
= as expected that lumber woaId be pa.
on the Tree LIST. and dealers neld of 80 that
when The bill was passed.
As 1 aAsd before. II i nv or,infoa ,h.,
we heaviest Sufferer xisl be the timber
ISaa oNners the wages Of the lumberrnan
vii De reduced. and the profits OF The
Manufactured cut doxn. but the effect viii
hot ee 80 bad here as in the East, a. this is
nss country and not 80 susceptible or so
.tg aaI~sS@d oy change in the tariff as
tne more thiekly settled East
r. A Mcdonald, depnty collector Of
customs; Whether or not the reduction
~ TIE anty on prepared opium from 81 10
80 Viii discourage smuggling. I cannot
say. although IL Is my opiuiou that SNUG
ghng viii always be carried on. Is n is a
pfohsa1is, though exceedingly risky bnsi-
"a 49, =. a
cost OF the opium. brought the total I'D to
about as, and new that the duty has been
reduced 10 81, am told by several Chinese
merchants that they intend importing the
article direct IL that proves TO be the
case, think smuggling will be lessened TO
great extent The Chinese are very
iond OF wines and liquors. and nov that
the duty has been reduced from 81 50 to
fL11 cents gallon much more viii be
imported than heretofore. and think the
receipts will be swelied. don't think
The reductions will decrease the price
however, Gniess smuggling should be done
away with altogether"
q. w. Chamberlain. Of the North west
Fruit Company: Il hardly think the new
law vii affect Seattle dealers in any way.
as ~e export or import very few goods 20
British Columbia or Canada. They inn
port from California in the spring the
same - We do, and IN the fall, when their
season Is at It's height ours Is also aud in
that way very little business is done be-
tween the Two countries. Anyhow. fruit
and vegetables are too cheap 10 cause COM
petition. and we do not look for any
change under the new law"
Charles l. Hubbard. of Hubbard & Nor
ton. dealers in hides, wool. furs and peIts /:
Wool will not be any lower, in my opin-
ion, than IL Is az present When this bill
FIRST attracted attention some months ago.
the price was run down in anticipation Of
the passage OF the bill. and it u as low
noE as It wall Ice. The London market
will control the markets of the world, and
l thiak they will import large quantity
of our wool. Before this bill went into
effect, foreign importers would only buy
the center or choice portion of the skeln.
Nov they will take IL whole, with the
edges and ell. F"