The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-27
The roEKles LuHBsR TRADE
one Of the Proprfstars Of Bfakeiey 81
the TARIFFS Effect


G. g Holmes. Of the arm Of Rentoo.
Holmes E Co. agents IA San Francisco OF
the Port Blaksiey MIL Company. d which
b. j. one 81 the largest stockholders. Is 81
the Raiuier. lie arrived from san Fran
cisco on the Umslills yesterday. and )
Aecomusuied By hjs son r EIxard
Holmes and daughter Miss Nellie He mes
Young Mr. Holmes and his Sister are on
their way 20 Winnipeg. where the former
viii be married 70 Miss Patton. hand
some and accomplished young belle OF
that osty. Then Nr and Mrs Holmes
will take a wedding tour through the Easi
Miss Holmes. after seeing the wedding
ceremony. will return 20 Seattle 20 join
her father. who will remain here for sew
era. weeks.
la talking about the lamber business
yesterday. Mr.. Holmes said:
1--WE are trausactinr a large volume Of
business a. Port Blakeley. and ere keep
our mill gOlng al the tune. The foreign
trade. while fair. is not as large as It has
been. There is nothing very encouraging
at present in the lumber business gener-
ally. The small nails supply nearly al
the local trade. bus xe keep our mill run
ming 70 supplying the foreign demand.
What effect do think the war between
'
busine<sP Well, | can hardly tell as vet.
It may improve the condition Of trade.
The civil war IN this country made busi-
ness very lively while IL lasted and for q
long time afterwards. We have two yes
sells bound for the Orient. One vessel
vent 10 Philadelphia with lumber and
took on coal oil. and Is nos on the way TO
JapGn. Another vessel Is eli route 20
Shanghai with lumber. These vessels
were started before the war began. Ia adj
dition 10 this We have a number of vessels
nov loading az Biakeey for foreign ports.
I'VE do not handle Eastern business At
the Port Biakeiey mill by rail. We sent
several cargoes TO the Atlantic seaboard
last year aud year before last but thew
consisted OF timber decking and clear
lumber OF a kind that is not much handled
by rail.
I've have not vet begun TO ship siding
and shingles TO the East. Further along
we may do this. We will load the shingles
and siding on barges and hiring il to Seat
tie and then put IL on board the cars. Our
rem0teness from the railroads initiates
against rs in This branch Of the business
az present"
How will the passage Of the tarif bill
affect the lumber business OF Washing
ton ?"
II think the operation of the bill will
hurt US Lumber has been put on the free
enable the British Columbia lumbermen
10 compete with Us IN the same line OF
business that we are engaged in. For in
stance, they can ship over the Canadian
Pacific into Chicago and be on the same
footing as the Washington lumbermen. /
have always heard that the Canadian Pa
cihc is very liberal with its shippers. Ii il
hauls the lumber 10 Chicago for less than
our railroads the British Columbia lum-
herman will have the advantage over his
cousin in Washington.
Seattle, | see. IL not only holding her
own, but is making advances. Cities seek
natural locations, and time has already
proven that this city IS so favorably stu
ated that she will be in time great city.
There are other cities on the Sound whose
locations were forced by private corpora
tions. The growth of these towns stopped
as soon as the companies that located
them stopped booming and whooping
them up. Seattle, however. has had q
natural. healthy growth. which come with
the natural increase OF trade acquired by
reason of her situation. | have always
had great faith in this city and now il Is
firmer than ever.
The firm TO which Mr.. Holmes belongs
has been in existence Tor thirty-iive years,
ard be has been connected with it for
thirty years.