The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-26
sEArrLE rrRxIsnED THE WHEAT.
Several MISREPRESENTATION Corrected
ny Mr.. Rrsinrrd.
phllaas.nhla Inqalrer.

Seattle. Wash. jan !.
To .hc EastoF C tAe ia4GsrST IL r.
ce.s isss.e Of tho E1Qu.Ter appears a. ed
itortai article IN which yea state n Srief
that Seattle figured as the center Of a
story that the Cramps were sbc91 10 start
big shipyaf6 here ard there WAS moth
iHg in the story, thar on The same date
there appeared the statement that the
steamer Atgee had sailed from Tacoma To
Africa with the largest cargo Of grain ever
loaded IN a single vessel. carrying wheat
valued ii s3ia.ep. and YOU conclude tha.
almost any town would prefer the real
substance as its basis 10 he advertised. no
matter how widely Tor soale. hing which
aad no basis whatever"
Permit me TO say that the Cramps story
was not sent out from Seattle. but WAS
published n a New York newspaper. and
that the puhlication Of untruthfui news
about Seattle IS a. highly disapproyed
here as it can b. in Philadelphia.
In The second place. let me inform You
that the steamer -Aigoa was under charter
TO Balfour. Guthrie * Co. OF Liverpool.
having branches in the respective Pacific
coast cities: thar Of the cargo OF the
Algoa. ia2.sge eentais If wheat. valued at
$40 las. were loaded at the West Seattle
elevator, that only 3a.5Ss centa1s. valued
al sI05. IS, were loaded at Tacoma: hut
Tacoma claimed the credit Of the whole
shipment. although s. worth of wheat
Was shipped from Seattle 10 81 worth from
Tacoma oy the Aigoa.
In addition. | may state that IL is a
common and usual practice of the Tacoma
newspapers TO include in their statement
of wheat shipments wheat loaded al Sc
attic. bur so long as Seattle is doing more
real business in all ways than Tacoma
ii is immatsrial TO Us What they mag
claim. except whenever a reliable and re-
sponsible newspaper. like the Inquirer, is
misled by their statements and make a
comparison from which you draw an un-
favorable inference, Ny statement that
the amount of wheat shipped from Sc
attic in the Algoa was S2s1.ee9 worth as
compared with Sfoo, 600 worth shipped from
Tacoma in the same vessel can be verified
by you on reference 10 Baifour Guthrie
a Co. " nile on this subject will you
permit me 10 say that Seattle has re-
ceived very great deal of publicity with
in the past six months by reason of rs
being the first American port at which
steamers bringing passengers from the
Alaskan and Yukon gold fields arrive
That owing 70 this publicity and the fact
that ii has for a number OF years con-
trolled the Alaskan trade. ether Pacific
coast cities are now seeking TO attract
that trade, not only by representations OF
their own merits. but by actual misrep-
RESERVATIONS of the conditions al Seattle
This city is engaged in minding its own
business and IL has quite enough 10 do
TO attend TO that without strenuous rep
RESERVATIONS or misrepresentation of its
own merits ard Of other cities demer-
its; but, at the same time. we are unwlll-
ing 10 allow Misrepresentation 10 go I'M
challenged
We look upon the Klondike excitement
a minor interest as compared with our
foreign commerce and home industry
Our shipments of cotton. flour. lumber
coal and wheat are of more Importance
to US even that the Quitting business.
which is also naturally ours. but which
- number OF other cities are striving 10
snare with Seattle. Yours truly.
ERASrUS BRAINERD
Secretary Seattle Bureau of Information.