The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-09
WASHINGTON
CORRESPONDENCE.


WASHINGTON. Oct. s-Cn;isd States
Corasai AcCook has sent The department o.
state an undated report from Dawson. IN
which re says:
Dawson, probably the la-gss. mining
camp n America. As built On a beg or
swamp ana contains 8 shifting population
which row numbers about 400 Forty
thousa nd prcspectors have passed through
here from III. White and caiikoot passes.
Mos. 0: them had years provisions. Il III
dreds are going away daily. not oe4ns aa.e
10 stay long on account Of die cost OF Nv
ing. A dinner Gusts - 50, and DFeakfas,
and lunch $50 Lodging Is s. % per nlght
in a bunk and a hotel charges $t.5o for
bed per night.
The pric- Of property In the business
locality 10 euormous. lot % convenient
size upon The main street cannot be bad
under $40 20; Lots in log OF Main street
bring from s5... 10 sia.,ss. TO ren, leg
cabin Gust. $50 per month. WITH the ex-
cepIion OF the warehouses ths dlsaters.
dance halls. Saloons and gambling houses
can sfTord there terms Along the river,
ground leaseS from The authorities brings
sie per front foot per month. This. WIN
the 10 per cent royalty charged on The
gross output. yields a very large revenue.
The prevailing price OF labor Is s. per
hour bar there are 90 many idle hands
waiting for employment that the Supply
exceeds The demand. and may bring The
price Down. SIN. there i. the creates, ac-
iivity In The erection OF large buildings and
warehouses;
MICS; Of the PROSECUTORS who ar. coming
70 Dawson leave for camps in United
States territory. since apart fran the
country In the immediate vicinity Of DaW
| con. which has all been staked of this !.
out OF more than 5000 placer claims and
2oo bench claims. only 2o6 have thus far
paid 10 work. great many have no; yet
been prospected and VIII have 10 ne given
up TO the crown. because one condition Of
the grant Is that every person having
claim must work II continuously for three
months each year. Ninety DAYS labor a,
$40 day Is good deal 10 risk upon one
claim and good many who cannot afford
II VIII surrender them. The creek claims
have been reduced IN size from 500 10 90
feet
Estimates OF last years output range
from s. 60 40 10 $4,000 600. Work has
largely been confined to Bonanza and Edo
ra6o creeks. Dominion. Sulphur and Eure-
ka creeks will be opened up next winter
as they promise good results one cannot
prospect in summer, as the pits which are
est chance that one may strike a ricn
claim. No poor man should sell out and
come here Organized companies with
capital will do much better as they can
hire work much more cheapiy than indi-
yiduals"
The successful prosecution and final re-
suits of The lat war with Spain hsye made
thoughtful element OF the people of the
neigh boring island OF Hayt This appears
clearly In letter 10 the state department
from Consul Lemuel W Livingston. which
Will appear In the next monthly consular
reports. I am permitted 10 make the fol-
lowing extracts from advance sheets fur
nished me by courtesy Of the department
Europeans res ding here" saws Consul
Livingston have been endeavoring 10
persuade them 10 seek closer affiliations
with The United States. But this advice.
coming from quarters whose interests In
Hayti is SIMPLY what they can get out Of
the country, does not appeal 10 the natives
as strongly as IL otherwise might, although
the majority Of the Haytians are intense
partlsans Of the United States
THE Industrial depression Of Hay,i has
reached such critical point tha, the coun-
try must soon become prey 10 internal
disruption or 10 the European government
which may have the greatest claim upon Il
the currency has become so deprecated
az 20 be we!l-nigh worthless, and It's daily
fluctuations seem the result Of caprice; AL
most all business enterprises are either
bankrupt or on the verge OF bankruptcy
business IS al standsttn, and no one,
either native or foreigner. Is ah'e to see any
way on: Of the difficulty. Such Is the CON
d,ion OF a country with soil the fertility
Of which probably surpasses that OF any
other N The world. Everything grows
cabinet woods in abundance-even virgin
forests OF mahogany and other hardwoods-
and the mineral wealth, though unexplor-
ed il said Ia be considerable
II believe a tour Of the Island. with
View OF making 4 thorough inquiry into It's
uS'rlal co'iii'on' efnh'atLfg ire pfth''-
pal settlements o. the interior as well as
tie cities along the coast. would reveal
fed ripe for the investment or American
capital. NV suggestion would De 10 Nlsii
all ne important coast towns. examine
INTO bus ress methods ana conditlons. an1
make inQu ries ~ native and foreign bust
0esS men and nnighhoTing planters. both -
% present conditions and future poss Dill
ties | am told that the people OF the iute-
rior are a slnp.e and industrious pea ant
~. but are making no hednWay. oWing TO
the absence or improved methods and In
Diemcnts.
= feel sure that such an Investigation, IL
me0se good 10 the Island Q! Hayt'. besides
securing heii Tor American csp'taI ana
commerce.
As an indicatlon 81 the .rend OF pa.lid'
OPINION Nj LIVINGSTON mas 'nc'0s"o u
copy or Le MAJ 81 Angus II. m@Esp9-
Her published AZ foTt ~ Fr1nce me 'oI-
loving extracts re ttah@lated from ~
Today tbe tni'e1 STATES - ~ tat'. IN.
>AVertlFn of 'Nf Amer ~ continent, sF'i
= VIII mas tfe force 0t d" " 'h4t't:S
wherein L Judges u 09pot 'une o fee-Net'
We shatl TOT Iurt9e' "'Lag%@ UPON n
fhhie 10, ~ tAe fH'E'l2orln- sans
and ~ ~ EUROPEAN I.CsSsSSions en- '1r