The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-26
THE SILVER HERESY
It's Paralyzing Effect shown
by a Populist Daily.
MlLLMEN's ORDERS OUT OFF
geeult Il slack BUSINESS on 3. = I. ara
Elsewhsro-so Improvsmsus
Until the EIecsioa.
mILLmEn's ORDERS OUT OFF.

me rutnors effect Of thu freq silver A.
f,stion or the lumber sa6 shtax.s grHss-
IN * thls state has been brought bsfors
shs pubic many times since Bry4a b~xsn
bis prssideatial campaign Manufacturers
hare been quoted 70 the effect tlat they
axa been compelled 10 run or Refused
fius or 20 shut down altogether. because
81 cancellation Of orders: and the Seattle
q Inssrnz kionai railroad has eaIsrssy cut
81 ons train
The latest papar 10 point out that mill
csea are 10 Tact without business ID. tie
fesstse Evening Times. an advocate of
i.cxsI TIE Times x!ves = summary al an
snssrs1sv with Secretary Phillips. OF the
Iumpsr exchange. and brings tins article
,rss 6ans 9sI bas sns puor y gran q
Naze-~U EElatural Conditions Upset. ths
sanEss TEa6e-Tzls Gold or Silver Calf
Easisrs 5ayers work.as upoa ne =, VEST :
Nos Panty EigEDas-Tbe Trade Ia . Very
D3stur0sa Condition" The article follows:
sscrslary Phillips. OF the Washington
STATE lBrnoer exchange. has returned from
I four days tour among the EnlEsie mills
and camgs located along the lire OF the
eaAstss Il international railroad. buf Re
has Ros much 70 say that - encouraging
Ia the business. From MIR. Philips OBJ
servAt4o ns II is apparent that the Eastern
.gnbeT Dealers are creating conzidsTaf,as
slArn among tas manufacturers on tasss
abe 10 determine whsfner the ota@efs
East are honest In their motives or wnetn-
or L Is not al done ior q se.Iasn plfposs.
Numbers OF mills with ORDERS s.n their
books. Ar. Philips says. too frequently
fna their orders cancelled wholly or In
part. bst the secretary says tnai ne h4s
rroof II some cases where this has hap
rensa tnat the orders have simply been
Transferred from one mill 10 another. IEs
Ezster1 buyer Is mystlfyiag IN his CORES
1endence. and writes ia such way lhAt
"a
ly where, 60 a mill has on its books
hvs-car order. and 6efors s, cd,ai mae sses ~
Ing one Cur. and then the buyer viii go
GA with his CORES pondence. writing IN
such way as 10 sease ne manuiaetafsr
al Ia the dark as to lust whsf 10 90
about The remaining cars. he can not
tel from ths letter whethsr II - sale
for him to 20 ahead and al the balance
Nor. than ever. says the secretary, the
manufacturers are realizing the value OF
s.anca rd grades and prices. ana the ts-
uniting ell interests are bearing fruit,
Taey are now learning what they could
rot learn before In this respect. and or
sanlxlng Ia Ell sections or the lum osr dis
through and In harmony with the siats
association here. When tbe proper time
sad grades set viii be adhered 10. and all
manufactured lumber and shingles Sent
East wnl be subject 20 the Puget sound
Standard Prices set for the various sraass
a question OF Disagreement between Last
ern buyer and manufacturer II VIII De set
tiss Through the exchange, and Ia the END
the saddle be made 70 ride the torse 20
which II he.ongs: IN other words. the
man who Is az fault Will bear the loss The
organization will test Two or three suea
Iish their standard r. legal process. As IL
Is now and has been for long time. DIR.
Phii,Ipa says. there Is absosute.y no re-
dress for the Individual n'anufactarer
xhen he has not received full returns for
ogdars shipped which Justly or Otherwise
The buver found did not come up 70 the
sadard + + The oolse, o. 'a naw sss ~ ~
tAa actual demands Of the trade. ana
rnFnbers Of mills are closing, some or
when al least may not opsn unuA hso-
Dary.
II IN not easy TO say tust what object or
objects are sought 20 be obtained ny the
Eastern BUYERS In their late dealings WITH
TIE Manufacturers here, Some OF the
mn men believe that II is done 10 fur
iher the ends OF the gold money men,
s1me OF whom are honest IN their ehosts
saa some not Not ell the MIL men believe
that a triumph OF silver wiz cause the
mischief predicted and they 30 not Ia
many Instances expect the relief that u
sarufsd 4 i succeeds: ysss scee I,n ga 70
many OF them. there IL an undercurrent
Of feeling that whichever why II soes
there 10 goinR 20 be a gradnAi improve
Eent when II IL ssitl"f.
Precisely this condition or affairs was
portrayed by the Poat-frteliigencer last
Sunday when Gan. John II. Bryant. pres
idsnt OF the Seattle Il International. and
Newman Kline. general superintendent.
vsre quoted 70 the effect that free silver
agitation hal denorali1sd business. and
that the company bad been forced TO
shsnaon one train through an neon
sss+An~v that oeufd not esrape The no.
tee OF even a casual reader. the Evening
Times, IN the issue containing the Phil-
lps interview. printed the following;
THIS ONE NAILED SURE