The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-18
SEATTLE AND ALASKA
This City Now the Center of
Supply for the North.
CALIFORNIA LOSING HER GRIP.
Tho Trade Gradually Coming Here
Bright Outlook frr Nfne~-f hesper
Clothing Wanted.

n ". r. Johnson. who. ere year ago.
went 10 Alaska IN she interests Of tas
Great Northern railroad ard Nehh A. Co..
fss1 wholesale Sonkera and importers NJ
ftstz city. and Ste was - pleased with
fns country that be- located at juneau.
entering sfe mercantile business, has
beer y ggeas OF tssp Butler Tor several
davs and tEls morning he expects 20 de-
part for his home on the ssr>-aar Ai-ki.
which IL booked 20 depart ~ vS.<sek-
Mr. johnson has great faith tn the pres
enf and fnt9re Of Alaska. ard 20 repcTf-
er Who saw tTlsa las: night be- said there
was every reason Sfly Seattle saoAia ne
THE f4rzt city "a further the friendly re-
Iafions vsisiesa exist between Washington
and ALASKA
AFTER carefully locking into the mat
fer said Ir. johnson. II am satisfied
that Seattle resolves IN the neiEhboFnood
OF 10000 s year from ALASKA and be-
fore nsaay months she VIII ke resolving
81 s10s9 geAr for Alaska fessts very
friendly towards Seattle and iler business
u1en recognize that tiSis city Is the natural
distributing point fos that northern r1uss-
try Tacoma does some business with
Alaska. boa Seattle captures the bulk
OF the trade. when went 20 Juneau a
year ago san Francisco was capturing
abells half of the trade ard several years
besars that she had II all. at present
Esn Francisco dsas not enjoy one-tenffI
OF Jaufanss trade The truth Is that the
people Of Alaska do rot deal al all with
san Francisco except those who are fur
Their w towards Ksring sea. TIP Ia that
vicinity there are many trading posts
and industries whsch are controlled solely
BY San Francisco men and San Francisco
capital Were II not for that fact I be-
Heve that Seattle would capture a great
deal Of that trade.
II will say. however. that white The
merchants OF juneau feel very friendly
towards Seattle they feel s5at an effort
should be made 10 give them clothing ana
gents furnishing goods at reasonable
prices IA order that they would not have
10 so to St Paul for them a. Ia necessary
~ present Hardware and merchandise.
tneudlng groceries. can be purchased at
a very reasonable figure here, but for
some unexplained reason our merchants
have been unable 10 secure the goods
mentioned at what We would consider a
reasonable figure.
As to the general condition SO Alaska
at the present time l can only say that
II Is good. very good. and our people have
no cause To complain. II is true that IL
man comes to Alaska without money
he will be sorry for II unless he Ia lucky
enough to fall into a position or into the
hands of his friends.
Alaska Is unlike other countries IN this
respect. You cannot move about from
place TO place. beg rides on steamers and
steal them on trains. Once you come
you must stay unless you have sufficient
money with which 10 get out
Our fish industries are not I'm s,.1f al
excellent condition at the present time
but our mines were never In better shape
New ones are heinE discovered daily aud
the old enes az a rule are paying very
Well. was Informed today that mater
tai VIII soon he shipped from Puge. Sound
to Alaska for thlrty-stamp mill to be
erected on siiver-goid basin. The Tread
well Mining Company which at present
owns the largest mill In the world is now
preparing TO erect another 2se-stamp mill
on its property on Douglas island. So
you can see that the mining outlook Is In
deed very bright,