The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-18
WASHINGTON
CORRESPONDENCE.

WASHINGTON. March i--Fe5ruary
SsscIal Dispatch to the Paes-intsiigsn9s-.
exports are likely 70 prove The lasges. n
the history a our sxpor: trade VITA the
Eng.e exception Of that Of iES. TIE pre-
urinary statement Of the exports Of
nreadstnns. provisions. cotton and mineral
oils. isSssd by the bureau OF statistics.
gives the total Of those articles a. s., SIS
-. AGAINST -. ss9lsS n February. lsS7.
x2i.tsss in February. 1876. while with the
single exception of Isss no February shows
Is large exports of these articles. The
figures for February isse. are ~ es. -.
Just ended.
This slight reduction in February 1879. as
compared with the corresponding month OF
lSS does not Indicate al actual reduction
IN exports. but merely q slightly lower
price for some OF the leading articles sx-
ported Wheat exports. for instance, in
February. lsss. are nearly f9yc.eoo bushels.
eGzsrAz 5,etSyso bushels IN the correspond
ing month Of 1885. whise the value Is
given AT tssssssS. against ss.4ss 0-s in the
ports Of wheat in the eight months end
ing with February. 1882 amount 70 io@
SI,SS bushels. against iui. AZ. So bushes
ia the corresponding months Of last year
Inc exports OF corn IN the eight months
ending with February. isss, amount 10
lu.aI.7N bushes against l3o. So. ss3 bush
es IN the corresponding eight months Of
last year. slight reduction In quantity
though the value OF the corn expor.s for
the eight months ending with February,
IesS y $as.ais.Eio. against $4l Sc for the
slightly larger quantity exported IN tns
corresponding eight months Of isss.
II b therefore apparent that while sx-
port prices OF corn are slightly higher than
those OF a year ago. those Of wheat are
materially less. and that IL - this reduction
In the export price Of wheat which Is max
ing the apparent falling OF IN cur exports.
In other words, it Is no. q reduction in
volume OF exports. but in the price obtained
1oE tnk MrgsSt article OF our expert trade.
While the wheat producers are not OBJ
tanning As satisfactory prices for their
products 40 they did at this time last year
s cotton growers are more fortunate.
amounted 70 -, .sos pounds, were valid a
ed at N5xS&s while IS. IS co pounds ex :
ported IN February of last year were
valued at but $1,'sl. i67. the average ex
OF February 1887 or 1885, but considerably
above &C. In quantity the February ex-
ports OF cotton IN 1889 are larger than those
OF F,eoruary 1887 or 1896. but considerably
peiow those Of February Of last year. In
practically all articles. aside from wheat
February exports seem likely 10 be more
satisfactory than usual. those OF provisions
IN february. 1889, being larger than In the
corresponding month OF 1855. 1885, or lass.
while manufactures continue the steady
growth over last year and over any proceed
ing year.
products is plainly apparent in the rela-
tive proportion OF the total exports which
they form In the seven months ending
With January During that period they
formed but S9.oe per cent. of the total ex-
ports. while N the corresponding months
OF last year they were 7l.Ss per cent Of
the total exports. Manufactures made a
very satisfactory showing. their percens age
OF the total exports being 2a.H per cent,
sgaineka@. ss per cent. IN the corresponding
Ssonefs OF last year. On only two occas-
sions have the exports Of manufactures
shown In the fun fiscal year as large a
percentage OF the total exports as in the
seven months just ended. although the
vaine or the exportat tons OF other articles
mas been unusually large. 1t seems prob
year Which ends june 80, 1897 will be the
largest ID the history OF the country. the
revised figures Tor the seven months chow
inS 2 total OF esiss4s;s as. against $751;
the year making the largest export record
IN tho history OF our commerce.
Gcneral Superintendent White OF the
railway mail service, issued an order to-
DAY instructlrx the postmaster at Tacoma
registered mail sacks for Seattle twice
daily. once ON Monday. instead OF twice
daily and once on Sunday. as At present
Judge Shallenberger, the SECOND assist
ant postma ster general who has charge
of the business OF making contracts for
sending mali into the kiondike region, viii,
nave conference with the war depart
ment officials next week as 10 where The
troops VIII be stationed in that region
This Is q preparatory step TO making con-
tracts for better mail service INFO .he
kioniike region. with a view to rs.et.lyIn =
the protection OF the troops The mall
now goes through a large section of Cana
dian territory, and the service Is extresnely
unsatisfactory. The postofflca aenart
ment wishes to establish new route and
GET as near 10 Dawson as possible throux h
american territory.
Postnssters have been appointed for
washington as follows. Bradahhk Kit
sap county, Paul paulson. vice John y
vetter resigned; kaiispeil, Stevens county
JONI W. smith, vice James W. Preweft,
resigned; Cherry Valley. King county
William NJ. Wilson. vice Ir,ejus nav -
signed; Johnson. Whitman county, Loret.e
: Greer vice George p Libby. removed !.
orion, Fierce county. James II. O'FarreII
vice Alpedro Noble. removed.