The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-22

Foresxn Lumber Bursrz TYrasA. OWN.
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1ofeaxn Lrsnoer Baysrs T1nsd. OWNS
20 the Currency Agitation.
FoFs ! TTnssEsa. Sept. E--S2~csai-Cwtrg
20 iae apparent Ezs~ttss9 condition % TIE
sAi1A 1se~s * ia United States. foreign la-a-
n@r BUYERS zre trial. about Auysry car
s0~s- LAey aAys as mary orders on hand
os44A @1t prefer waiting un1G after
e.eSNlsa oezors ordering ~. timber from
TIE Hills Most os The buyers are oazssa
enough 70 admit mat they s-s delaying
80 a % lake advantage O. he adoption %
= siF-r currency: sAen they viii come
t-.o .ae Oa1t~1 States with foreign bullion.
CON i z1To dollars which would cost less
Sa&n % cents apiece, ana buy humber. A
SAVING % ~ per cezt IS a Gig margin. sns
: Vel worth re consideration % forels1
amer buyers. Il - al essAhlisn@ I'd fact.
9S9 eal dispute. thai foreign larao@~ buy
RS nope 10 oIy foreign silver bullion with
soia- eo11 the oellIlo2 Into American ec2-
sars ana buy lumber az - per cent less
tnAn sAs present sases
Nos1seq @S..s ly every branch Of .ae Gssyyoer
interests Will Ire Likewise affected. TIE
price OF Soss. wages az nil issooTers ard
sailors Val decrease IN Ike proportion and
~lc foTs4Gn lGmeer buyers ~fu profit n
4AAe 1lA11szr- as phase % ne currency
QAesL*oa is matter % much Importance
AIs2 = affecting TIE foreign lumber market
"A PAFiAcl-Ars that Is - say. buyers are
2o4-l2g OF IN hopes ~ being able 10 ex-
Grange foreign saver ogaAloa az or about
is present rate % value for oar lalra Der,
Feas-&lIg II tas exchange about a. per
S-aI pron- as between the value o.
bullion ard oo4ned silver dollars. The cons
OF letters resolved from buy rs eEaQha-
s~x~s Ills co2sll Ten CT Affairs
Within a month Wages ID deep wafer
ports have declined from 81 70 $3.50 per
month. ard crsSs ara nov asias offered
Io< 40 he abundance q sailors and re
o2A o-IaoSA "a salSp1Gg circles axs tia
principal reasons toF tas decline. though
ina raFS4ry 21a0aS ooar&la. houses mas
seFs a. Tacoma AID Port INownseaG =
largely responsible One OF the boarding
houses sAsaQsG = <aa crew last - sarday
on a eoAS,iss vessel bound 70 Honolulu st
80 per szsoasa ana 81 advance. The fia-
wA4lan Saapp.zs H3A probably DO taken
out OF the hands o. ire Coast Seamsn's
Union. TascA maintained the rate OF
wages Al - per month. and Il Viii 10
elassed as deep water shipping ard Ias
wages reduced 20 81 % or even SIS Per
n2oata- II the move be successful II Is
certain 70 result in q red ucetc1 o. coast
ing wages OF a. least s. per moth and
perhaps more. TIE ASSOCIATION OF chip
owners for some ;i1ns has been conEsgsl-
plating general reduction OF wages 20 a
figure consistent wlsa the present coast
N.se lumber Fights. When men are p4ea-
t-f1l and fre-gAts are low me unloa Is cor
rsspor4iugly weak. al % which Offers a
good opportunity O. lowering wages. How
ever. the treasury o. the union Is in q
prosperous condition, according 20 a recent
showing. and its members are coFRpoS ID
OF such classes as Will resist Tic reduction.
particularly during the coming winter
months But then. the abundance OF deep
water sailors on the Sound Will pTooa Ay
supply the demand aad the union sailors
wiIi remain Idle.
Another Innovation in Puget sound ship
ping, which Is OF material Importance 20
the mining interests OF tie Northwest, WAS
commenced this week. The fine italian
bark LSzzaro. Capt Bevento, LA days
out from Port Prize, Australia, came into
port today loAjed with ore from the
Broken Hill nines. near Port Prize. and
bound to Everett. where II Will be dls-
charged at the snelteT. second cargo
has been engaged ana is being loaded II
the venture IS prof .abls regular line *
sailing vessels Will be established between
me Broken HilI mines AMI Everett TIE
distances IS aaoat s, "a miles. which seems
20 De a long haul from tie mines 10 me
snelter. The brig Courtney Ford from
Alaska, arrived AZ Everett today with a
cargo of gold ore.
Though 1gctaa-iEg, lumber treiThts
continue 70 decline TO q pe-e-piIhis exteat.
thu latest and lowest charter 10 Shanghai
was that Of the aaxkendae While =.