The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-18

Seattle hsslrsss is showing a disposition
20 thrsve de4utfe ire Eefhacks - IL rece8v-
ing al tie tongue az cs.ro1tc cQnsps4i1eFs.
Elena % a general revival are being heea
s. May Tires - business AEa uanT Tar
sighted a4en are baEinusng 20 gsr0gnosti--
cats good tlrsea. There "a casa o. sGefa
-xho nOul1 apparently fee 6isappoinfue1t
we're oDpoFfuulfteg foF Esasirsisslc com
Ynsnf not granted them Life under ssF0r-
usie conditions would be 10 taesa fall
tre ard a resell 81 this state & nrf1a
fheY are ready 20 corupsalr even though
40 cause exists. Another class - Hen
WIFI nsver as business proposition dis
close ne fact that trey are forging ana4d.
ghog fear thelr competitors, aad many
s.tso aekn9wisage 10 themselves ard fAeir
friends that they are making more fn0neT
fnan ever before. refuse 10 make sach
statements public
Tebruarv Is usually a 3Bii north. con-
ing ~ Il does a. ths close % the wlRsst
business an0 Just before tae opening o.
srrlag trade Notwithstanding this fact
snany merchants fnd their sales increasing
and the quality q goods disposed Of, bet
ter. The only Just comparison - one
whIeb compares February OF this year
with the corresponding rno1th g. lss AMI
+ss When this - doae. almost iHFariab'y
halAncs Is shown ia favor Of is55.
There are many causes Tor decided and
general revival aua many evidences that
THIS la az hand. Tire coming u s4ie Nippon
Xuasn Kalsha has Infused greater aotiV-
igy into the business OF the city. Every
boat which enters and leaves this port
leaves between t-.pc0 ard 81 90 in the hands
81 Eeattle men. When the steamships
.Agnpantans and Tsnshln Marg were here
tAe pay roll OF the stsvedores alone who
work 81 tn Loading and unloading them
amounted 10 over 5000, To this must be
added the 80 o. more paid 10 Moran
Bros. Company for repairs necessary 20
the Agapanthus, and the receipts Of tie
customs house and many other cxpenai-
tures bring che total To a high amount.
The paWt season has been one at almost
unprecedented prosperity for grain men
.arichinE alike the grower. the mill man.
the exporter and the commission dealer
a.unabermen also have felt the effects Of a
heavy foreign demand ard ready sale
Prospects for q mining boom were never
brighter and Seattle's position insures
fhat she VIII b. materially benefited. AT
impetus f. being felt IL building The com
iuE % thc new -four mill and other project
e. enterprises % which u s. premature 10
i.articuiarize az Indicate a budding pros
9eriEY that 10 It's Bloom VII bring growth
80 Seattle and ease and comfort 10 It's
citizens
a number 81 people IN different lines OF
h2giueas Nere interviewed yesterday with
yieW o. ascertaining the trend OF bust
ness, Bankers Ia general we're not able
TO Gee unen Improvement IA business.
though ths majority OF those seen consid-
cred the money market easier. The tc.e-
graph companies. 10Th 10 give a lire on the
secrets OF their business set admitted
sn Increase OF business over ls9s. Chiefly.
the easier feeling has been felt ~ the mer-
cnaudise stores. Possibly the Alaska trade
.Fssas :. g
this. Lumber An6 shipping. especially the
former, are picking up ateadily.
4 most eueouFagiug View vas taken by
} s Goldsmith OF Schwsbacher Bros
f'The merchants nov ia business" be
SAID ARE thoss who have passed through
tao last three years "a a conservative
way. and Therefore all the IllsRtimats
competition to which they have been suo-
geet has disappeared. This. or course. in
creaacs tae actual business 81 merchants
t1roushoat this entire section. and az
fairs ore on a more conservative and safe
basis than for some time past.
The Alaska t. ade II just beginning and
greater number ~ people and larger
quantity 81 goods are go,ng into that Sec
tien this year There Is good foreign
otmand For lumber. and while logs are low
IN price they are set Ia good demand.
There 5 a feeling 81 confidence through
on, this entire section that has nor been
hsard Of for tAe last three years II the
legislature wfn oE3E adjourn without pass
iug any laws 90 hamper and interfere with
capital the neNt tNe nscutas win witness
q great change for the better"
- PoNsgs. OF J. " Codwin & Co.
tho commission nrm said that not only
Bad the drm ~ which he IS a member
shade considerable advance Iu the last
tao years. having n taat time doubled IS
business but he sis3 tell very ssnrulre
HF -. q
enhancement % tAa lumber interests. Iu
conjunction WITH the mHing boom which
feems - D. c1untsd ur1a among The cer-
talntlea hY those who have given II care
ful consideration. that future prospects fo-
business look very hrirht Indeed he IS
e 'ae eruioa tbat the condition OF thu
ci'N today is very similar 80 that o. Sra-
ktne Eve years ago Ia his frcausnt trims
g Chat city IN The ia,ereaf 90 the SOUTH
"gn California fruit exchange and IA
house. be has hal AMPLE opportunities Of
Waving the existing conditions II the dff-
scfent seasons of Che year unrirg that
time the advancement in Spokane has
been very marked. Indeed and ne rrnllv
believes thar ~ is matter ~ bar short
time when seattle wiz occupy mucb The
same position - the mining interests "a
Spokane Is uow doing. Thfs De- exprcfs 70
see brought sbaut hv the ranil advance
u1enf ~ fhn nlioaE interests lu the CAS-.
ftAF HfHHN taat.as eetPRtslIN r1r SffEertnFs
Chcian Rnd NetNew districts: ffkewiss
with the Co'vnie 3istr{cts n proper trans
partatiop services are furnished bv tha
railroad cauf pRairs.
A. shnNfug ore ~ tNe benefits az tha
utniaE boom " Ae sRtf 'I beard me athar
cay 'hat s3-5.fsa - 10 money obtained hv
tNe safe - enc wsr Essfa .r3re Vas in-
vested Gee the rev 7our n.I1 20 - u., here IS
q. =. Trowhyt3se local aseat - tire pc
e'f1c Coast Steamship Company said. .sDu,
business a incre8slrr. zrf tst-sS thrr.
= n genera unWar8 fenSrvrv W. hq,.
Nfen ronparf-r ogr <hfa-l~~te Wien
yea sgo srd ERA quite ssTesene. m
to amount - freight hansfe8. noe ,,-ty f-
shiNr srts - san E~a0clsrr sue at@, -
A'ssks. T'Ats IS true - passenger as v-s.
- sreiRnt business Wien fAe er+ rae.
ars; went lute eject last vra- mary ae,
ia went - Aaska to take s1vant4e. d,
tse Tatucti 'u This ypsv tAa-~ fs f-e ~.s
S!estty - r'sa in Tire rates NstNh.ist-I
'ssS wear. set the~e e a. heavy a rssss ss
bsfoFe. TIE north e attracting now So
Canse r@oefe $50 there an Cnpcrtv-fte