The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-19
mi THE GROUND Up.
--<.rrs SPREADS PROM THE
-. 10 ALL ND sTHiEs.
$50. Tells How sood
..x prse@s are Resfs-
and Raising WsEes-
~ IN silver Is h"'"

- "a the Pos4 -Tateiligsncer
fx<.zl p. s-psr..S Sers.. iE.-Secre5ary %
ssrnl.. . r-st.e1 hsx recently FffslE slefa
tfsrt;l'sl. -..r.s.s srtn through the Vest
- y $500 he took for ff1e purpose
= '-sss,..s.,ng 81 personal iElsp7s''gs, m
80 - ~ agriculture - faat s-..,I.-
$500 snst there Is oniy an aStfsse
= 49, tar0Igg0fif ne Nss afs3
~ = .~s,hlng. II viii fall fselo~ fatner
~ : a].s TIE averag@. TIE corn crop
- - -. and both 'sese facts nsesn
p -. and better times for farmers
- - -. ~ corr said Secretary VIII
- q, - 80 a. yell as vheaf. There
- :. ~ ar Increased demand for
-. food gr1s5ng ouf ~ Ire tact
~ .sgl nc ~ enough wheat %
sx -. e. rnaple with their DFeadEluffs.
50, - ,te West the farmers are
y -, ss.sar They wear broad smile
.-ss.yfslnsss ard hopeful ney
4 -, deal 70 be thankful for AZ
"a mare to D. hopeful for IN the
.,.s,re They are getting more for
~ .s..t corn and meat. even uo@.
- 80 arasx are bringing increased
80 In pFopoF sio''. "a. - a..
~ eo1disI0u means BfyFp< fity lot tile
- evsnsry. Yog starr tae farmers IT.
- =. = ar increase ard yo1 starr gooa
-. fsr the merchant the hoorer and
@s'.<,ufzntssrer. The farmer u selnorn
~ spends freely when NJ has Il.
8 =. rst bad much IN the past few
-. ard there il a great deal 20 be
s - n,9. Tire nsrehants in the large
- - tsesnnsng 10 feel this. Every
-. "a. e,s.ns~g etnrekeeper Is laying IA a
- s.oes for the fan 81 anticipation II
Z ssarrestsa demand. and he viii not he
fappointesi.
4vsss IN the mining region ~ the
80, continued Secretary Wilson. I
..xsd into The mining industry Silver
7. - m. Hane. ~ course. Very few
E~s.ss are putting out silver. and those
~ i eases where other metals. suca
!. xatd ard copper. can be mined with
I. sglver. Severtheless. even with this
.ssssasion Of the silver mines the Ia
ts-.rs arr not being hurt thereby. The
s,stsaed industries IL other lines are
ss.fhsn1 the labor that might otherwise
! A. on account Of suspension of the
ssss- mines. The only people who ara
= afspersy IN the little villages that
u, grewn up around the silver mines.
~ night be called Individual loss. how
~. and not national. or affecting the
vhs.s community More than that. the
sssz 1 the miners are going up As
s,5d before. they are finding work IN
- branches Of their industry that
ssss been stirred into activity hy the
frsra lettering Of the times and busi-
- conditions"
o. Of the main points pursued by Sec
rslr wilson during his trip was the
gk)rf q horse raising. fie finds that the
refun farmsrs especially IN the far
M. are bot raising the kind % horses
n ukinh there Il , demand IN the East.
s~refsrs Wilson asserts that there r. a
tnzhd fof superior horsefiesh especially
= stn.hfed heavy draft horses. and that
r ~ present. time the cities Of the East
hss % ssnd 70 Europe to get them.
I fogrf In the West" said the secre-
by mat the farmers did not feed their
IesnF colts IN he winter ~ they should.
~ n her run - large and look uut Tor
1<nss'Fes told the stock men that
~ shogsd foed their horses IN winter.
~ Deg answered M that they did not
lsse - enough
ka.s merr. said
n " haven't enough lard under ir-
ruiia thsf sid
R4A more danis. said T.
b. nat takes money. said theV ara
- ihfn ttey realize that the East.