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

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time. tell you the people are crazy for
anything that bears the name OF klon-
dixie gold.
How about yourself Mr.. Arkeug Will
You go to Alaska ?"
mo. The Bowery and Fifth avenue are
good enough for me. / am satisfied with
New York. Ny brother Bartlett Arkeil.
will go back with Ladue. the man who
owns Dawson City. when he returns in
February There will be some others in
the party.
Millions of Gold Coming.
do you not think the stories Of the
amount OF gold in the kiondike exagger-
atedT'
No / do not. / am now prepared for
ANYTHING. for believe that Glave knew
what he was talking of when he came
back. and he was wild over the amount of
geld there ! have just received a letter
from the editor of one Of the Seattle
papers, stating that he has received ad-
vices that the next steamer from Alaska,
which Is expected on August 2. will bring
s1.,ooo $50 worth of gold in her. IL this
should turn out to be true there VIII be
such a gold craze here as has never been
known anywhere in the world. The pres
ent excitement is based on reports of an
output OF S. Coz. 900. What will il be If the
OF s., ooo op0?'
Hardships Bound to Come.
do you look for much suffering among
the miners this winter
Judging from the experience f my
party there will be thousa nds who will die
of starvation and cold, In our party cf
ten Indians ard ten white men, one white
nan and three Indians died. or four out cf
twenty If the same proportion of the o.
ooo die there viii he l0,o0a white men
buried under the Alaskan SHOWS before
spring. My men had plenty OF money;
they had the whole country TO forage
over, and no one TO contend with them
fer supplies. They were picked men. too.
and had plenty Of servants. dogs and pro-
visions. The men who are going now are
trusting largely TO the resources Of the
country; the ships cannot carry enough
goods fo~ them and already vast quar-
THY II provisions which should so ths-e
is stalled on the way. Nc. lock for
terrible tale of starvation. riot and dis
ease 70 come back with the first supplies
Of gold in the spring.
How about the business outlook, Mr.
Arkel?'
1T is improving There is decided
change and times are everywhere getting
better. We can sec II in our business. and
nearly every one is feeling it,
as ii due 20 the tariff or TO the Klon-
dyke prospectsy'
ITO neither" was the reply 1T is due
10 the Lord Almighty. Tie has blessed our
farmers with good crops. and has cursf1
the people Of some OF our competing couu-
tries with poor ones. The result is the
farmers are making money They are the
basis OF good or bad times. They are 10 a
large extent he real creators Of prosper
iiy. for everything comes cut Of the
ground and great percentage Of our
wealth Is in agriculture look for good
times for the next three years at least"
Talk With Henry Ciews
] mot AIR. Henry Clews. the veteran
broker on WAL street. and asked him
what - thought Of the Kl0ndy Ike gold
fields and their effect upon the times
HE replied. They viii make times bet
ter. We Will have big lot Of new gold
from Alaska, and the output frcm the
other regions Of the world will steadily
Increase Mose than one thousand MIL
Hons Of gold viii be added 10 the gold sup
ply Of the world within the next four
years. We Will have TWO hundred AMI
fifty millions OF product this year and
this We should have had without Alaska
Now alaska promises 10 come in win
sonevh here between ten ard fifty millions
g year AID there IS no telling when the
golden food giu stop. II has already
practically driven the silver question out
~ the market and Il may bring the two
metals to "a parity"
at &. affecting the business Of the coun-
trse.
4 doa't know that the Klondyke gold
is making The prosperity which already
seeTTs In BE upon us. bat 10 know that
rool times are coming I sae e.. i fael =:
! know IL. Why. I have four thousand
correspond covering all parts IF this
ccuUtrv. ! got hurdeeds q letters daily.
and there + r. hcpefgl cas- Ga all az them
MarE a. INV luforma as are rrrerS The
farmers are nov making naomev. I got a
letter today from Kansas farmer. who
ta3j RE he had now paid oT all 0g he
r @rtEHres end had So a%o 30 invest IN
his better be =sl3 I am row capitalist
ard net "a pouulIsf NJ feelings are rov
altogether wi;b ghe capitalists 7 believe
that t1ey have becG abused ana pron~e1
for political purposes. ard now Thar we
have goo8 times again [ have lef, gre
ropaNst camps forever. and ] want 90 say
HAT there are many others Ike ne IN
kansas
'-Thts hotter" Continued Mr. clews
shows yea Row good times wl affect
rEeA> sentiment As soon a. rnen get
money ip their Pockets. as soon IS WAGES
Pc. aCd rlraes become good the pouuiistie
e.euents nuss die. They can orIv SY.svv
f7t on misery aaa w8rf Every mar enc
r&n SET out of debt or who has rnesgev 10
harm i pa&riot ana 81 viii always be
SO"
'Bgt vary few q the farmers are IN that
condition. sar CseWs" ssf5 L
Yea are mistaken IN thai" replied ;ne
" s&l stree: broker Both Nebraska ard
Kansas aTe Scw ray31g 90 Millions ~
eoitsge worth cf rnesr farm rao~trsgzss
y Is estimated that Nebraska has lately
res33scf71 sgIc1 debts much S. S@s 80 Ga
These two states wee those IN witch The
pc~uAsg3S sentiment WIS most deeply
seated an3 as I sAve sad, II cannot le.s.g
survive S4sch co~Aisiorss
PRANK q. CARPENTER.