The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-26
SHORTAGE OF BAGS.
BRITISH EXCLUSION ACT OPERATES
ONLY To srrFFEy PRICES
Nearly Ten sfIiicz Grain Bags Are
Vow Available for Use I'm WASH
tnGfon-xaIia uAiis Penitenriary

Grain buyers an4 exporters e washing
soa ard Oregon have received notice % the
paasaxs ~ sae British parliament q al
at prohibiting tie importation q prison
rls1s grzta bags. unless such bags shall
hAvs beer made IA some part of the CazEsd
Kingdom The act = construed 5y sx-
poTgers On the PaclAe coast 70 operate
against American prtso1-uaa1e bags. ard
hencefcrfh : rlgtG scrutiny SfIl - mar
tanned a-d az bags made AZ THE state pezi-
Tertiary AZ WaIsa Wafia. ard az san Qaea-
tn vii Be excig6ess from importation
The immediate effect % the passage %
TIE act nss been 20 stlnsn tire price q
fass grain bags. Quotations nov run from
tsZ 90 ssT5 per thousand The ruling
price az san Francisco tao moths aga
vas 80 per thousand
Grain exporters OF Puget sound do not
believe that there vii Dc shortage Of grain
hays q this state One OF TIE leading ex-
porzsrs sad yesterday.
TIE output % Tire Walla walla penl-
.enfszry. while X has affected prices in the
wzfaa waIlz district. has had but little
influences OF the price % bags throughout
the state. Consequently, / do not aPpre-
herd that there sln De anything like
shortage. Prices now tend upward. and
they may reach a figure At which they
were quoted four or i've years ago
One firm % exporters has Distributed a.
ready over 10000 bags. ard 4 Is ssti-
mated that there are = 60 90 available in
nseeiateiy for use II this state TIE great
supply depot for the Coast has been a. San
Francisco A grain dealer yesterday IN
formed a Post-fafslligencar reporter that
there were ample supplies al san Fran
cisco 20 Ill AL requirements OF the farm
srs or the Paeafc coast
The exclusion % American prtsor-n,afs
bags from the United kingdom viii not
cause a suspension OF the tute mill ar wal
"a WaiIa- Il = believed THAT the output Of
the E1iu vii bs used probably for whea:
FOR coastEis@ shipments and milling pur-
poses
The Wslia Walla correspondent Of the
PosE-IntsIlsxencer. writing under date OF
September = says:
The recent dispatch from London. an
nouncing thar the British government had
decided 20 prohibit the t-nportat ton Of
pr1son-H1afs goods. has occasionsd coRsid-
cradle speculation II Waua WalIa as TO
what effect 4 would have upon this section
n relation 20 the use of grain bags manu-
featured az ths iuta mill In connection with
the perltertiary. Al present the major por-
ton % the shipments % waIla waila
grain are made IA tute bags. manufactures
b the couvicts
The sacks made AZ the penitentiary
have been a great boon to the farmers Of
grain belt q Eastern Washington Prior
70 the establishment % the tute aHi TIE
farmers we're completely az the mercy OF
Tire dealers who handled TIE Calcutta
SACKS. forcsng the wheat ralssrx TO pur-
chase bags at whatever figure they would
place on them. But now the farmer Is
enabled 20 secure his annual Requirement,
o. sacks at 4 very reasonable figure. TINS
making a great saving 20 him
Naiis the peniteutiary = not abfs =,
supply thu number OF sacks reauirss "a
sack al the grain harvested each wear a
very large proportion % the demand Is
net
Tie 'uts HnI was established IN April
lsss and has been in operation since
Owing 70 the fact that 40 accurate a..
count vas kept % the output ana sale ~,
the rIiH FOR the years $50 ard fes~ :. = -,
possible 20 Ascertain the number ~ st.
furnished the farmers during thesa tx,
seaS ne prce Tor lS2 was So 80 Per
thousand and IN iss7 Sc pr thousand
During Tire year 1894 there wera rranu-
tacturec ard sod az The penitentssrv Ne
IN sacks. TIRE price FOR the same beng ss
per thousand
In $50 the output was go AZ bags. which
were sod az So per thousand
II isas IRE rnfW manufactured a,H ~,;s
% ne farmers -. 20 bags. fer which was
raie SO psr thousand
~ 20 the present ufus IRIS year there
has bean made 81 20 SACKS TO- vxht~A
re consumers have paid 81 . per thor.
sad. The board % control now sas rzisss
The price . ss--so per thousand
Daring 'he yesr tSss Calcutta sacks we~A
reducet - \ prize less than the yuse r.il
hags could he manufactured scr. ard as |.
result the psniteutisry {. rectors were NJ
abe % corupet. and the stock was carried
ever - fSs@
abe 20 furr5sA re tSs-s az a n~sce which
could not - ret g TIE Calcutta haxS -
suifinE Ia The latter hetrw atrucSt excluded
from tAe market TIE fcte TIL - row
running 81 Fan tire ard ths-. = sas-
Sesent 1uts o. BARD 20 keep he TIL n
operation uatu March fsss
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