The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-05

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irvo,yes me principal cracker factories on
-, pa~fa. eosss. Asked L the forIsafa
s~-a~Ear COMPANY w9gid aksly sell It's
s,,7sfrsrs II, Portland. Seattle and SPOKANE
w. E-eokss tESs not reply definitely. hoR
Ssrvsax. however, thai pEeposai -
purchase were made il woaid % Ae>sksss0-
An opTION HAS BEEN TAKEN.
A .. Rarweil, president 81 the Seattle
Candy and Cracker Company. Was anus
a ressceut AMI sslf contained As AE'
rr,oaes lie made ore admission, now
800 which was that an option had been
secured fer the purchase by an Eastern
syndicate Of the large cracker factories OK
the Pacific coast
II all De abe 10 give you some details
later. perhaps" said Mr.. BuTweal fSs'
il is true that a proposal 10 purchase o--F
factory has been asads- am exE~ciing ing
parties here any day. Ne. there $ no trust
i'm it There is nothing 10 be said for pup
Ncasion AZ this time The matter mas nos
yet been closed
While il Is true that some Of the fac
tories involved in the deal have not oeen
money makers. ana others nave cSen ia-e
fer some time, yet these VINO ought 20
know say that the operation OF e4scais
and cracker factories on the Coast with a
combined capacity 20 IL the demand OF the
territory would be profitable.
The Portland Cracker Company IS
,hres-oyeu plant and has been running day
and night for some time in order 10 supply
the demand b. the war department Tor
supplies fer Manila. The plant or the
American Biscuit Company, OF San Fran
cisco. IS tae largest and most modern on
the Pacific coast. A little over a year ago
the factory CT this company burned down.
It was rebuilt with the insurance money AZ
4 cost X IS said. OF s15.a.
The Standard Biscuit Company's plant at
San Francisco IS an independent one anu
IS less than tive years Old
In Use. the Portland Cracker Company.
Of Portland. secured contro, OF the Taco
ma Cracker Company. the Northwestern
and Queen City factories o. Seattle and
the Washington Cracker Company. o. Spo-
kane The plant OF the Northwestern. az
Sixth and Pine, was operated until isss.
when II was shut down, because Of the
low demand and the war In prices main
tanned between the American Biscuit Com
pary the Portland Cracker Company, the
Oregon Cracker Company, OF Portland.
and the Seattle Candy and Cracker Com
pany. Of this city. The Tacoma Cracker
Company's plant was burned. rebuilt and
closed down between 1ssn and 1850.
One big source OF revenue 10 the cracker
factories Of the Northwest was the sale
OF hanback, 70 the Indians Of ALASKA. This
was great trade in ear.y days. II has
fallen of gradually year after year. owing
70 the civilization OF the Indians ana their
growing taste fer bread and other foods
used by white men. The demands made
OF the trade by the Alaskan gold rush 10
some extent compensated the cracker max
ers FOR their loss in other directions. This,
in turn, has decreased 10 some extent ana
another war in prices was threatened when
the proposal to purchase ali she factories
on the Coast was taken up by a grlslp C
enterprisins capitalists % the East
Il IS understood tina; as a result CT rhe
combination several of the factories VIII Ia
closed down. Il Is generally believed that
four. or a. most five. large factories can
supply the demand % th{s Coast Freigh.
rates from the East prevent The territory
from being invaded by the National Biscuit
Company, which IS the latest e0nsoiiGa-
ton % biscuit interests II the East Il Is
probable that one factory viii be allowed
20 run ar San Francisco. another az Port
land a third al Les Angeles and fourth
az Seattle.