The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-15
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THE rEssIMisrs slDETRackEp.

'fha wall 81 the pesslnist ana calamity
howlsr IL dying ont In the land, the Pop
tilstle newspapers. which. while the tariff
bin was unGar discussion in the house.
were u@Fslsientiy inquiring as to what
had become OF the long-delayed and
much prom tseI pr psreEity. stuck doggediy
to tgeir text for sime peratsteutly tried
10 asilttis the onward movement, bat now
esth tie most pssslmAstic OF these publ
cations & forced 10 reluctantly admit
that the era of good times is not only
coming. but is alrea ~ az hand
he boom la wheat alone would go FAR
to dlspel the clouds at depression which
have so long hung over the land. The crop
for this sen son Is s9.ooo6.9 bushels greater
than last year. and the price Is the high
est known at harvest time for many long
years The present crop, at the present
price. VIII net the farmers OF the United
States over 81 90. ooe so more than was
realized for the WHEAT crop OK 1895. a. fact
ia Itself which would be sufficient TO set
ali the Wheels of industry Ii. this country
Ia motion. II there were no other good fes-
In 10 state in the Union will the re-
turns to the farmers On their wheat crop
be propor,io lately 80 great as in the state
o. Washington Net opli Is the farm
price now being offered the largest ever
received By the farmers Of Eastern Wash
ington, but according to reports from all
over The state the yield is something
Nh. al
OF wheat Was fairly good, the yield OF
Eastern Washington was estimated AT
Bat s.e9,1na bushels This year the most
conservative estimates yet made place the
yield at double that amount, aud esti-
mates not Fecklessly made. tut ty careful
comparisons Of data from all parts OF .ha
"8eai-&tosirg area. have run as high as
ahtV2.vs@, an amount which would place
Washington among the foremost wheat
producing states in the Union. Only two
states IN the Union, Minnesota and Kan
sas exceeded this amount OF wheat prod.
uet ia 1896 ard In the case of Minnesota
ths margin was slight. The estimate l.
probably extravaganza, but dssccunting IL
:, per cent. or even s. per cent. this state
Is insured "a Fetugn from it's wheat har-
vest enormously greater than vas ever
known tn its history. The food Of
wealth which viii aow In upon the farm
efs of Eaatefn Washington viii be far
greater than aay which will come out or
the wonderful gold fields of the Yukoa.
for this season M least Mortgages NIL
he paid OF. and Is is 10 be hoped. " u
usFer again BE- imposed as burdens unon
sac farmers long standing accounts win
he settled, ard There viii still be broad
marslns Left for improving home oondl-
tlous. for broadening tie scope Of farm
operations. ard for investment In horne
ettefpris which will Greats. & home mar
ket Tor tha various products of the farm
No SECTION 81 the United States has oee1
sc 4uick to feel the yevEy!ng Influences ~
returning prosperity IA has Washington.
'fais IS due 81 part % local causes but
underlying al shls remains the fact that
no state has been SO bonntlfuuy favored
~ nature Tic boom In wheat would
havs eeeu of uttie value to Washington
hal not ths phenomenal richness ot fhe
eesi ~ Der wheat lands enabled The rails
INK 81 crors sat 0: al proportion greater
teaa san % harvested n any other per.
uea OF the country.