The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-09

10 accomplish That the fAclrc North
west. ana particularly Seattle. will be BEN
edted by this trade goes without saying.
/ understand that parties are now here
negotiating for the establishment OF line
Of steamers direct from Seattle 20 Homo
lulu Whether such a line Is actually es-
tablished or not cuts very little figure in
the commercial future OF this city. The
hand Of destiny appears 20 De upon Seat
tie Her facilities for transcontinsntal and
oceanic trade are absolutely unrivaied.
Nobody win be quicker 70 recognize this
fact than the people Of the Eastern states.
whose attention is now directed as never
before 10 the vast and undeyeloped COM
mercs Of the Orient
Jacob Furth. president Of the Puget
Sound National bank-With the close Of
the war with Spain large amounts OF
money that are now held by banks and
by individuals will seek investment AZ
a natural consequence many of these in
vestments will come 10 this state, where
ample returns are promised. My opinion
is that farm property viii be the first
sought for. Next to it will come city real
estate in cities that have a solid founda-
ton. l believe that Seattle property VIII
advance III value materially. In fact,
there IS a well marked tendency in that
direction now. Several large transactions
have recently been closed. and there -
HOW Gulte al iCdA
estate. The mercantile business OF the
city is fully as good as We had any rea-
son to expect. We are now doing a large
business with Alaska and are shipping
large quantities OF -four and other produce
TO the Orient. The trade with Alaska and
that with the Orient are as yet only in
their infancy, and I confidently predict
that within the next few years Seattle viii
be among the largest exporting cities on
the coast If in fact she does not rank
ahead Of all others.
c. H. Biack-From late adyices which
have received from the East, / find gen.
eral disposition to believe that when the
army is mustered out Of service large
number OF the men thus released Will nat
urally turn toward Alaska and the North
west for investment and prospecting. so
far as our own firm is concerned, in COM
mon with most Of the other merchants OF
the city, We have had nothing 10 complain
Of. even during the progress OF the war.
We have had a steady run OF business. and
think that Seattle In this respect will
compare favorably with any other city in
the United States. AS a result OF the ces-
sation of hostilities. however, I look for
great development of our commerce and
OF our general trade.
H. r. Clse-The close Of the war will I'M
questionably divert a large amount of cap
ital to this section Of the country. speak
with some degree Of confidence and accu-
rate knowledge concerning New England
capitalists. with whom have mainly had
to deal However We may feel about the
matter they have hesitated TO embark in
new enterprises while the nation was at
war; With peace, this hesitancy will pass
away. 1 am sure that we shall have a
large development Of our shipping and
ayS he satisfaction
knowing that I am by no means alone in
my belief. With this will come the estab-
lishment OF innumerable industrial and
manufacturing enterprises
Judge Thomas Burke-Seattle and the
Pacific Northwest are peculiarly fortunate
in that the close OF the war finds us en-
Toying just those conditions OF agriculture.
manufactures and commerce that are IA
vorable to a great revival OF trade. Peace
will witness such great revival through
out the country. but nowhere VIII II be
more marked than on the Pacific Coast
and nowhere on the Pacific Coast than in
the state of Washington. All present con-
ditions warrant such prophecy. Alaska,
Hawaii, the Philippines. all bring the Pa
cific into greater prominence. Seattle is
the strategic point for both transconti-
mental and transoceanic trade.
I. A. Nadeau, general agent OF the North
ern Pacihc-I think the particular effect
Will be dependent very largely on the con-
ditions finally embodied in the terms OF
peace. For example, I think that IL the
Philippines should be retained vast and
unprecedented impetus will be given to
American commerce on the Pacific ocean.
Irrespective Of this. however. and laying
all contingencies aside. / think that the
close OF the war with Spain will witness
the unfolding OF a very large trade with
the Hawaiian islands and the general ex-
pansion OF the American merchant marine
or a scale such as We have never yet seen.
NJ Gottstein-The close of the war with
Spain will bring about conditions which
can not fail to be favorable to this city
and to the Pacific Northwest. In the first
place IL will release a large amount OF cap
itai for investment, and the favorable light
In which this section now rests before the
eyes OF the American people will bring a
good share OF that capital out this way.
In the next place. il is sure TO witness the
unfolding OF commerce on the Pacific
ocean with all the attendant trade con1i-
lions which that commerce is sure 10 bring
about and in which Seattle is sure TO find
a generous share.
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