The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-21
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Seattle. Mash. April -, 1sa.
To the Editor. / notice In she papers
sha. the sfafngae men Of Washington are
having some little vexatscns ard trfasiis-
items 90 their own. While / am not
shinrie man nor de | pretend te keaw
anything about the aasiness. e~ceptiag
what any business man ought To klaew
by intuition. my opinion Is that eota lac
shinxie and lumber business IS handled
ON the wrong principle here on ire CossSt.
With your permission ] WISH 70 sstggest
a better plan for all cencerne3, and NOT
only for the highest and ueSt Interests
Of the manufacturers alone. but would
adj thousands 81 dollars 20 TIE material
resources Of the state.
have had large experience in handling
ar shipping grain TO mill or 10 clean IN
transit Possibly a carload OF wheat ship
red from q given roint in Kansas or Ne
hraska would be stopped cleaned at some
central point like Kansas City or St Louis
two or three times before /; finally reach
as It's destination and at each point
where tae wheat is milled or cleaned or
mixed the receiver has tae privilege OF
holding the shipment hack for xix
months when he is permitted 10 reload
the wheat or it's product. and ~ atGca-
ing the original expense bill to his new
billing the car goes forward to it's desti-
nation at The balance Of he through rate
from the original point OF shipment. not
withsianding the fact that the shipment
may have been delayed six months or
year in transit
! would propose the same thing for the
lumber business of the Northwest. and
suggest that all manufacturers and eth
ers interested in the lumber AMI single
business make Spokane the great lumber
emporium of the country. She is admir-
ably adapted for this purpose with two
transcontinental lines. plenty of vacant
lands, where large sheds etc. could be
erected for the purpose Of pilimg up or
storing away the primary receipts ct
lumber from the Sound country wbere il
could be sorted over and permitted 10 dry
or season out by the climate such as
Spokane enjoys. l feel sure both of the
railroad companies interested in this mat
ter would only be too GLAD 10 make eauit-
able arrangements whereby lumber could
De shipped from all points to Spokane
On drying in transit rase. for this
reason: That any find of cars could be
used for shipment to $ aoklne either nat.
coal or stock cars. And. besides Il would
tie continuous business As railroad
companies east OF The Rocky mountains
VIII haul ear corn long distances to some
corn shelter located on their lines and
only charge the S2ippe- freight on net
sheiied corn weight / would not expect
i~iti'SsdS ia u4fsf.s TINS green LUMBER would
charge Tor the water con.aIneI in il
Win arrangements on lines as suggest
ed. we would see large lumber concerns
established anu ready and willing 10 buy
all the products in this line Washington
was able 10 furnish, and IL is no stretch
OF imagination To say ;hat a lumber
board OF trade wouai DE established and
all interested would Join IN asking the
state TO appoint inspectors ara scalers
TO see that receipts of lumber were up IS
the proper standard of perfection. Just ex
actiy the Same IS is done In the hes;
grain markets of the country Futures
would be sold on Washington red cedar
shingles the same as futures are ho;lsht
and sold on Chicago wheat Two reasons
IN favor of the above are: Frs. shingles
aired by the sun are worth mora than
hin dried and would undoubtedly COM
mand better prices East. Best les an in
spection bureau would keep the products
up TO A high grade. Second. If futures
could be bought and sold o., shingles
this OF Itself would have a tendency 10
increase values verr materially. which is
admitted on every side
A SHIppEp