The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-21

nearly se&F-flffas CO AZ those VIC wsat
- IAe klcnsftks this year. aafet;ed N So
attic. and TIA. -e-v many Q: 1hsln had
prices quoted srcri other places, gives
soEne irsiica:3cn shat S2a.g.e prices ara sat-
sstaceo-y. As stated n another paace. Sc
41tIe. having more railroads ani pon9is-
to1- taken toeetAsr. than a1y Sfaer city.
cozzaS titaess s Reener ard prices aver.
ouftitting in the East.
Merchants Il cites far away from yhs
Eoas. who have not che experience "a.
Casst c1s.eS have. 40 10. ard cannot krew
what and how 20 pack. On proper pack
inS mans afe m2y often depend. Sc
assie merchants saoud ard 10 knew 5uss
what and how "a pack. Another d.s22van-
t2s@ 81 5Gy<nS y. he East Is n tAe yslatter
az ErelEht charges No person. Nh sin
sic outfit. or party can Set such rates IS
men who buy. as Seattle merchants a.. ny
the train losd- and Who have been n are
regular customers OF tae railroads AID
acw 10 ship.
Other uuthttfnG Points.
IN comparison with Seattle. other polaes
which undertake 70 outfit miners are a.
a atSacivansage o. che Wal point eN-
Tsrlesace. 81 the for1y-e.Eat miners who
brought down gold fror1 the klordike on
th@ drsl trips % me Portland and thu ~
ce Sor. twenty tOur acce-x;l1S - Mr..
William Stanley. himself 4 Seattle man.
" 10 brought down nearly - Iscuatls X
god. were residents % SEATTLE. Many ri
these men had been in and out * the va
koa country sor several years AMI had
gwen our merchants thu beaefJ ~ the.r
experience II What WAS needed L IS AL
n1ltTed a. every rolnt that Seattle has had
practlcAiy = monopoly OF the Alaska trade
since the earlier days. and she mas out
.
the days % The Fraser river excitement ia
l~2s
TIE Disadvantages % the other Auleri-
can Quitting points. as coulpare>. WITH
Seattle, ia addition 70 lack - experience
ard their lack 81 railroad facilities ara
distance. size. Or having 70 rakc an euJ-
side route instead % ,he safer Inside route.
by way % FuSe, sound.
America ~. Canada.
America places no TAX or royalty On
gold. Canada collects 10 per cen. o.. x43
pr week or under and - per ceU;. or
over SQ4 American placer claims are
twenty acres IN extent. Canadian
plaCers on bars are 80 tset Wide. on
benches 80 feet square. an creeks a0d
river claims 40 feet long ana 10 feet
vide. America gives fuil ti;le and pat
ent q The land. Canada gives ao tile.
SIMPLY leases the right 10 dig gold for o.,,'
Zee. America charges fee Of slto on ssu-
ing fan title. Canada charges an eatrv
fve oE So and an annual fee II sia0
America allows oue man 10 take w ssS-
eral claims. Canada allows him out oue.
America offers as good fields Tor prospect
Ing as Canada and imposes no ardUous
restrictions, III Canada If q man leaves
HIS claim for Sexenty-tSo hours without
permission OF the gold commits S.oner. or
without putting a man on y, he forfsi,s
his right 10 work the claim. Ann r.cl
charges no tariff on American goods.
They can be bonded through into tho
American Yukon Goods bought IL Can
ada pay duty when carried into American
territory. There Is every good reason why
Americans should outfi, In American ter
ritory ana prospect IN the American Nu-
kon. except that the kion6ike river is al
Canadian territory. Bu; the kiond.ke s
al occupied.
Canadian Customs Duties.
The assistant secretary of the United
States treasury, Nj. ". r. Howell On Au-
gust ~. 1885,, addressed 4 letter 10 the pres
ident of the Seattle Chamber Of Commerce
on the subject Of Canadian duties from
when the following extract is taken.
SO far IS relates 10 any measures % The
Canadian government which bear h.aNll
upon the eTnierants in question. have -
advise you that this department is In re-
ce.pt Of communication from the depart