The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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with capacity Of i.so.eoo 10 2.so.oeo feet
each can constantly be found loading a.
such points a. New whasroEn. Seattle ari
Tacoma. Shipments OF lumber ard shin
gses East b. rail in 1856 were ise1 ear
loads. while foreign shipments aggregated
about lS1e.0.aoo feet OF lumber. The ocean
commerce Is growing steadily in ali lines.
iss exceeding any previous year. The Pa
get sound customs district records show
total clearancez and entrances Of over 400
IN lssS. and tonnage Of 2e4l.
90. or course the coal. wheat
and -four trade are the chief
items OF exTsorr nexF 70 fIrabex. bur T
Is surprising 20 and the wide diversity
OF products on the manifasts. covering
almost every Isne Of American produc-
lion. Great progress Is being made II the
manufacture and export OF fsosIr. In which
Spokane now does. and Doubtless always
viii. on account OF SIS magnificent water
power and superior location. take the lead.
Spokane has just completed another ef-a-
harrel-a-day mill and is adding 20 the ca
pacity Of others. The modest and sue
cessful beginnings In manufacturing In
many lines are noted all over the state and
associations are found In various cenfers
pledged to the purchase or only homemade
articles. Considerable Is being done in car
building Of native materials
'-Of coal the state now produces about
i.eo.os9 tons annually, and coke is getting
10 be an important article, the product
from the famous Fafrhaven nnine "a seam
OF solid clean ooking coal - feet thickD
coming into general use all along the
coast
1T is probably not generally known thas
e per cent. Of all the tea brought 20 Amer
lea Is landed at Tacoma. This amounted
81 1895 70 over 81. 900 tons. making 400 car
loads. worth over 81. e090o0. About 50 per
cent. of all the raw silk received from
China also comes through Puget sound.
/ saw a train load OF this worth $1,000
start East one day over the Northern Pa
cihc.
The Fisheries.
ut is not long since the fisheries OF wash
lugtOn were confined 20 the production OF
salmon. and those only canned Now, be-
sides a product Of some 10000 cases or
canned salmon in 1895, the state has shipped
In the aggregate many train loads OF fresh
salmon. haltbut. cod. sturgeon. etc, and
great quantities. Of herring. dried or smoked
salmon. halibut. sardines. oysters. etc.
fnd these various fresh and cured fish com
ing right down 70 Boston and New York.
and while the industry already employs
some 1000 persons. ~ Is apparently only
in us infancy, for the supply seems almost
iimitable ia Puget sound and adjacent
waters. and the market is worldwide. sucn
a glut OF salmon were there this season
that I saw fine large ones selling at Fair
haven at and 10 cents each.
Il noted a remarkable growth I'm the
mining Industry. especially IN Eastern
washington and in the kootenai. Trail
and Boundary creek districts along the
international boundary line. north OF
Spokane The kootenai district. almost
unknown three years ago. now shows
twenty paying mines and hundreds or
others In process OF development, with
Weld that now reaches s.. oa0eo per an
a fr fr3f has
from 100 prospectors year ago to 1000
permanent residents now. and q yield of
gold and copper at the rate of $4,000 a
year. From si,e9ooo 10 Sl.5eoeo each has
been offered ard refused for several of
these mines. like the War Eagle and lie
Roi which together are shipping $1,000
worth OF ore daily. The Boundary creek
country, $50 miles northwest Of Spokane,
even promises to eclipse these others. as
the most prodigious veins of copper gold
ores known in the history Of min
ing are being developed there. I
met many prominent mining men
from all over the country going
and they unite in the opinion that great
camps like LeadvilIe and Butte will surely
rise up there. All this IL stimulating the
building Of mills and shelters the mar
keting a. paving rates OF the farm prod
ucts OF Eastern Washington and the ton
ern and the Spokane & Northern are
reaplng n particularly fine harvest IN the
carrying Of ores. mining machinery and
supplies and the city OF Spokane Is profit
ing largely through its control Of the
trade Of all these districts.
YES / am better than ever satisfied Of
the safe outcome O. municipal invest
rr,enfs placed In that great rich state.
Every public obligation will be paid: first.
because IL IS the universal disposition Of
the people 10 pay when able, and second.
because they have the best field IN the
world for rapid recuperati0n, the mainten-
ancc of a dense population and uphuilding
OF large and wealthy municipalities. All
this applies with equal force 70 mortgages
or other Investments which have been
pIaced on a reasonably conservative basis.
Holders Of all such securities can rest as
snred OF the ultimate outcome, even
though in some cases returns now seem
slow