The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-04
PARALYSIS OF TRADE,
More Evidence of Evil Effects
of Free Silver Agitation.
LUMBER MILLS CLOSE oows
ar silver Carries. Goodbye 20 su.s-
pe~-,' the fsu den of the try Th.t
tones Up From. VA gfaoturvrx.

ArnorE tas paragraphs Ia ~ eurren, ss-
sse d E8e Pacific Lumber Trade Journal
witch anom which wag the political tie
& setting aa1eng baslnsss men al over sas
faaatrg ere the following reports o. tas
s4afe ~ trade.
sasd = Tafier. tie wooden caves gutter
naksfs. = no moved from seattls 70 Cen
ITALIA several fu0ntns ago. say.
eve aye doing about one-hgEf TIE bust
nea @e 9efe one year ago. Prices are
from 50 70 = per cent lover We are run
ring a58at baif time We have q good
stock ~ tna various sizes ard a. kinds %
cutters VIC make both here AZ our ware
house "a Minneapolis. Collections are
slow. Prospects are good for the future II
Mckinley IS elected. IS 20 I and free silver
kas completely dem0Faiizsa tfade In our
llns aaal after election. If Bryan gess
there. goodbye business FOR the next four
year "A thls place
TIE Taree States Garnbsr Company. one
OF ne big Grms 81 soafhern Illinois. says:
.sTrado Is very dall. not over hall As good
a. last Fesr. Collections are getting clus-
sr Prospects fuf ths immediate failure
are poor AL 5calers are waiting antil
tAs financial qBce, son Is settled. y silver
carries there wili be 30 trade sals year.
CLOCKS On band are not Iagse"
TIE aray's HafEoF Com ussFcial Com
same strain:
aogr trade this year has been yery Eoca
indeed and ~ had every pr0spSct 81 same
continuing through toe entire season pn-
I'll fhr notorious convention III Chicago
vas hal8. and rom that lime until Nitaln
the last Neek cur orders have dropped
afr amazingly They are nov improving
uttle for quick delivery, hat the fact
remains taat the outlook Is far from
bright There - 10 change in prices. as
Na are able 10 maintain the price OF
s.rlIce and have done 50 for tas LAST
sIghssen months. We are running steady
a. llln time. Stocks are far. ano ths
trades most 81 demand with Us are ssAs
three grades 81 spruce siding. spruce nn-
isA. Or aooFina. ~ stepping, ~ ana $50
sor Asnd aagl purposes, an3 ipmnsf o taa1
Kind. Collections are good. Prospects Tor
me latuee me lhlnk Al! rlEai, Y ths
nespie are aGt mlsiea 70 tie extent q
.leet.ag a free silYsFlte. II which eess
We should expect our business - DC ssfs
much reduced. both II volume ana price
The arm OF Wheeler. Osgood * CO, la
coma Is having he same experience aho
sserl0es II 10 tae saline CAUSE
Trade has been Dester the nrst SIX
months Of 1896 tAan during the same Pc
Rod ia 1885. Prices this year, however ara
lower We are running faA time. D"l less
tAan half force. STOCKS Ga hand are tAi-.
Collect ions are very poor. Ef0spsela ~
ms fails business very poor. The SILVER
agitation mas par @e~ S~NA
eo4iections."
\ go vno say that tho same taiRs has
happened ia other presidential eseetioh
years may ponder the iol49sihS lte4a
Hugh wilson. a prominent de~4ef al '@e~
sonsllle. ILL.,. 49,. ..,..x,
AZ the true state OF affairs ia this place
from The statement or the number OF
men employed now as compared Win
farmer years. l am engaged - the plai-
Ing mlu business and CONTRACTING an tNs-,
ln June, 1 employed thiFty -o4o ''sA.
August 8. tSa2. had twenty-ohe men, AA'd
la.iay august Il, 1850 ! have l~o mens
I'D NV NIL is not running except az jobs
come in now and then. As 20 Mat I.is
future will be. yoa can guess as aceuf-
ste.y as 1 ean.'
Under another heading the same paper
commenting on the shlngie market IN shs
Pacific Northwest, says.
about forty shiugIe mills cut OF totA
NJ 400 have ceased operations within the
naat Two weeks on account OF sow prices
sna a falling demand. Othets are eN-
uected 20 shut doHn when orders on haAa
are liled." --,.-.
And hi an editorial. based on the market
REPORTS from which ths above extracts are
made. Mr.. Beekman thus sums ap me SIT
uaston -.
xh.n Il Is possible for presidential eiee-
lion 70 50 thoroughly demoralize trade
that no section Of the country Is free from
business stagnatlon. Unfortunately A1eh
Generalization exists. IL Is conAned 10 no
lsolatsd territory. but Il as apparent N
H. state of Maine as Il is Ia Texas, as
evident in Connecticut as IL Is IA 'he AsA'e
Of Washington
~ las been the custom Of the Pacific
Iun,hrr Trade Journal since It's birth 70
send from so 10 800 trade condition
blanks consisting % Inquiries as 20 tho
state OF the lumber trade every mohta-
The answers form the basis OF the NaueF
market summary and are AZ al times III
t.re.tins reading hut nc returns ever
received Al this office have been as inter
estlns and Instructive. although or
gloomy character as the ones received
this month portion or whhh are pFlnteo
sssew here They sell ia few words IN"
state ~ he lumber trade the country
ever and are reliable. They disclose
gloomy state OF affairs Ia every portion o.
ths United States. and are. With one or TWO
Possible exceptions or the same tenor.
Trade - don collections Slow and pros
pects t7scouraglng.
These conditions are due 20 the strug-
ale between sound money and free silver
coinage. on the basis of the platforms
pron,i,sated AZ the different national
ae,itksl CONVENTIONS recently had, Com
Ing en- tap ~ the worst depression IN the
history Or the United States~-s depression
iasslnr four wears now ana which wrecked
thousands - business Arms. destroyed the
credit ~ a larger number and forced me
closing y factories and lowered ne price
% every commodity 20 an nnproHtaole
sasis~lhe proposition 20 make new imam
eial ratios always aeicate undertaking.
: one that has better 10 left alone uEtu
ths country rccuperateS sun sleniiF %
rake the test safe enc. But the IMAM
ca question L. the iszae between TIE par
ties this year. snd - Arst result t. az
parent IN tha reports printed. Future re-
salts may ~ worse. time alone VII ten