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

os4s the East - tie natural Isorat u sup
p.y AT DEL arturo f5r the KIND ke and
ali Assa&A mining points. Iais result
came aboat largely fran geographical po-
s.t.oa ard from me fact tia, when the
great so.I excitement broke out seattIs
had a1eeasy- eeeaa.ixhed 4 cFsnnsl Of con-
naerce wltu Alaska. When me ad1idoTa.
demand. ccsated ~ TIE new movement.
set IL. Seattle Was flnsz n the fs!d -
rus@t II. Ina. she has met u iate llg@n;ly
ard satisfactorily - ths testimony o.
fho4s4 ads 49, aave made Their purchases
GsIe. ard ~ u1ouy Wao have made the
a.stake ~ buying ,u the Easr ana nave
rea.lzeI ta.e.r mistake only after reaching
here. % 0ed fa&s they bad bought ioTs Of
things they 81 not netd and aad failed
to prav.de themselves with many ueces-
sary articles Thousands ~ spontaneous
testimonials have been sent 70 drm.s and
Individuals IN Static from men MO have
omitted here aad aftsrward tested entIr
oy.ts:s 81 northern tra.ls and In tAt camp
life Of Aiaakt and the k.9adlke
This ia bur "a natural result ~ natural
causes. W;1A she merchants Of Seattle
the kiondlke tsade - nothing new. When
It's golden poo Utilities first burst on the
bew..deEed gaze Of other cities and Their
merchants began grcp.ng b3iEdIy for com
mafclal c&peg meniS and expedisn's. Sc
attla merchants had the trade Reli Ia
hand. and c3pld gave the prospective Ar
gonAai valuable advice as ID what he
should buy. Advisory lists were first made
out IN tAis c.fy. only TO be copied WILDLY
ty miners. FOR these reasons Che maT-
hare from Eastern states and even from
the Oh mining districts were surprised 70
fnd articles of clothing made - order.
and articles 81 food. ned!cine and trans
poytation of wlAeh they had never even
dreamed.
Merchants nay in Quantity.
Not only this but Seattle handles snor-
nous quantities OF Yukon supplies. it,
merchants have shipioaGs Of goods coming
around the Horn or across the Pacific
from the Orient ar al times. Whole train
loads OF goods come overland direct from
tho East There are factories here, 100.
which turn ous many OF the articles used
by miners. For these rtasans the mcr-
chants here are able IT, and do. sell goods
cheaper than the merchants of other coast
elites. 'Pais - demonstrated by the futile
attempts of Victoria merchants TO divert
trade from Seattle. through the agency Of
pa4d agents, who maintained quarters in
Seattle for a time, and wAo altered free
trans. 'ortation 10 buyers who would go
over there and leyk at trer stocks Moth
tHg Ike Az extensive varieties of goods for
'his rpecl9I trade can rs found even III
Sa1 Francisco. Tbs rush this spring nay-
iug Aabs4ed sooner than was ant 3p4teSt.
tho mere Aaats stall have large stocks. and
the keen~=t OF competition prevails at the
present time
The Customs Regulations.
Prospective iukoners may purchase
chair goods IA the United states aud pay
the Canadian dHty when they rujer the
Northwest territory, or they may buy in
Canada and pay the American duty or
bond the.r :ogssgn bought goods ever the
strip of Uncle Sans soil. It has been
Hound by thousands ~ men who have in
vcstIsated the subiec. for themselVe4 du--
Ing ;h~ pas; SIX months that The PIN -
buy ia the JulteI States las great al
yantaKen over tas other way. Canadian
duties are much iower tbaa those of the
United states. ard There - far greater
trouble aud expense encountered rs the
Canadians who have 80 fa9 tie gauntlet
of red tapped customs Laws Al skugway
sni nyea tram - met ~lth rs Amer ans
= tn American goods passing tl4e sum
iata TITO Canadian territory, TAe cana
dians eSefnpt personal clothing ana cook
iss aters,s II use. blankets and lo1 pounds
Ct sood
Mast Fay Duty Eith~r Nay.
Prices ~ ali sorts Of Yukon goods are
ldwer in Ameiecs than IN Canada. chiefly
because the gaods us-i are mostly manu-
facturs4 here THIS merchants hare To