The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-05

fire OF 1889 In possibly fifteen minutes
President Hill came from another car and
said to the reporter: Come with me:
am going to my dinner and / can do two
things at once; eat ard talk
When he was seated and had been
served the big railroad man SAID, In an
swer to question: NO: my visit at
this time has nothing OF any particular
significance Ia II. / am making one of my
periodical trips over the road and chose
this time on account OF Mr.. W. II. New
man, the new second vice president OF the
road. who desired to make the trip. and
who is paying his first visit TO the Coast
In his Official capacity. We left ST. Paul
Thursday afternoon and came directly
here without stopping.
~ haven't heard OF any law suit against
the Great Northern by the merchants cf
Spokane. I did know Of one against the
Northern Pacific and we We're fighting
it together. as, OF CD irge, We are jointly
interested in the result. II a separate one
has been filed against US Ii Is news 10
me.
II also hoped TO see the Yamaguchi
Maru. but unless she arrives before the
time we had planned to leave we shall
not wait for her. That steamer line means
much to Seattle: II means the opening Of
a market for all OF the wheat products OF
Washington and Oregon. without any dam
ger from the competition OF the Eastern
wheat fields or these OF Russia
"Will the Russians look for market
in China and Japan" repeated Mr.. Till.
''No: they VIII not. They cannot compete
with Western Washington and Oregon.
II they tried 1t, Il would mean from the
wheat growing belt OF Russia haul over
the Siberian railway OF $500 miles at
rate OF % cents per ton per mile. Tha.
would mean $40 per ton delivered at the
seaboard. This country gives the lowest
railroad rates Of any In the world our
rate being 81 cents per ton per 100 miles.
THE reason the Great Northern entered
into an arrangement with the Sippen Yu-
sen Kaisha, instead of putting cur own
steamers on. is that the japanese COM
pany has practically a monopoly on tho
coastwise business OF China and Japan
and could create a very strong COMPETE
ton with US and practically dictate terms
TO for the foreign delivery Conse-
duently we gather up the shipments and
deliver them TO the Japanese steamers
at this point
why has the price az wheat advanc-
ed?" asked Mr.. HIN. II; Is not a scarcity.
but the opening OF a new market A year
ago II was quoted at from % TO 30 cents;
now IL is IS cents After election IL VIII
be more
When asked for an opinion on politics
Mr.. Hill disclaimei fun knowledge OF az
lalfs IN tne fsr w est. bDt as 10 the East
and the general result he was positive:
Mckinley will be elected" said Mr.. Hrl.
and with a big majority. People are not
going 70 30 crazy either. The American
balance wheel vii adjust things as K has
before. This IL the third time that a dis
turhancs has been sent across the country
from South Carolina Once when Presi-
dent Jackson had % send down word that
be would hang Calhoun unless there were
certain conditions cerYvsfaH v-tth. ,r~a
when they fired upcu Fort Surapter. and
last when Tillnan dictated the Chicago
platform. The South Carolina disturbances
swing around n cycles about thirty wears
apart. but people are not going 10 forget
the blood and treasure wasted IN the seq
one. Every hing Is going TO be all right
Then tie shaggy old man folded his nap
kin. sad good night and proceeded 20 iook
ever his bundle % papers. entirely IN
disturbed ~ the screaming or a lot OF
geese n hat dozen crates only a few
rods away.