The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-27
Review Showing Unprecedented
Prosperity Of 1898.
Alaska AND ORIENTAL TRADE.
PactHc slope Faces the BETTER Part
Of Ameriea's New Possessions
and the ss0pen Door Of Chisa-
gsfhmian Canal sare 10 BE Cat
Great Increase In Geaesat De-
mand for Horfhwestera Lsmber.

TIE Mississippi Valley Lsnhermsn. pub
!isslea at Minneapolis. Is just oas w!sa
very handsome annga! number o. ia
pages silli ~ valuable ssAsisEl1a4 lslfssssz~
tsoa with regard especially 80 TIE I<saEef
trade of tas M.4dis West. geaSnssg sat
70 the Pacific Northwest IL publishes frSia
It's wssss-awake Seattle correspondent ts.e
following reylsw Of Tic year On TIE e"as1'
The gear isys has been one OF uagfs-
xeteEfed prosperity 20 tas lumber sssc1s-
try 10 tho pacsse ossss1 Circumstances
hate combined II MAKE bosA pfcss!si 49,
Dfsspeclise trade uTscouaHsoliy gooa Ids
l.zrrsLer tEsxls las 81 sts way yFoeysassl Del
Ter than the ssiAgle trade. Eas tas later
has had bat little OF which 20 complain
IL rs share Of prosperity. The conditions
that have given this great impulse ~
trade Oh tins Coast Are NUMEROUS. Ins
opening Of Alaska war the sirss great trss-
pulse 10 trade. aDa though fais was cosIa-
paFaGveiy short lived, II proved 10 De
substantial help 10 the business u the
Coast. las lumber business i1cslced.
'-rns shtpmants Of lumber 10 Alaska
were large IN lie aggregate, and took care
or enough Of the former annoying surplus
70 psrrnit tAs market g strenstasn and
prices 10 advance. But the rush 10 Alaska
Also DrougA a large population 10 the
least towns that never went farther. but
stayed and a4Ssd 10 Tho prosperity ard
mat massfiad asI's,ds OK ,nsss 'o~ a.,a.s ssa
item In drawing immigration 20 tha Coast.
While there was much OF the boom eis-
usent III this prosperity on tie whole II
made iocai demsad for lumber that has
taken a vary considers bic part of The pro-
dUctIon Of the Coast Nails.
War Aids the Pacific Coast.
''Ths war with Spain came 10 the aid
Of the Coast at tlls time the Alaska bulb
bio broke. Tb.a eauss was very potent
ons for thu good OF tho trade Of the COasf.
a. hAe n tf.sx1siU II
wsIi begun its COED work FOR the develop
usegxt AZ tbs Pacific slope, This slope faces
the better part OF the new possessions %
America, gained Icy the waf Net only
this, II faces the open door Of the New
China country that 10 destined som %
demand tho things we have 20 sell. No part
Of this country Is 80 well locstsd For a.
thiAn that will go 10 shis new China.
- the Pacific slope OF the UDited states.
The whole country and large parT % the
world Is coming 10 see this. with the re-
suIs that the eyes 81 the world are turn
Ing - the Pacific coast. Now the eyes OF
the world never center on anything In an
Approving way without enhancing the
valiie NJ II. This glance Of tho world s eye
has efshsneed the value OF lumber on the
west coast.
'.Another result Of the war that Is not
yet a result. but ia certain 10 be, Is tho
new isthuian canal. Whether this canal
II cut through Nicaragua or across the
fstamas Of Panama, II Ia going to be cur.
for the people 81 America have risen TO
demand II, and the sniire Angie Saxon
race IL In favor Of II, THE trip of sae bat
tieshtp Oregon hfough; the people IT
America TO the working pitch on this mat
ter that has been dragging along for more
than a generation.
''Ths eject of this canal, which cannot
he finished In less than len years NJ the
best. ss ALREADY felt on the Coast ard on
the value OF ssnmIaEs and In the pres.nt
prices Of humber. This 10 not Ia say that
much lumber viii come this way through
the canal when completed bat the canal
Will bring more people "a the Coast. and
II FAR better than any outside trade OF
practical present value, sirrriy because
looming events cast their shadows before
The shadow Ia this case has had an i'm
mediate value.
Growing Foreign Trade.
The foreign trade In west coast Tim
Der has been a growing factor, and Ia and
hss bern a very large factor. Hut the for
esgn trade has grown very much because
Of tha war. With the spanish fleet wiped
OF the Pacific OCEAN GA a May day morn
Ing. right at the beginning Of the war.
as Il could have been In times ~ pro-
foundes, peace. With the Hawaiian
islands made American soil our trade has
halfway house Of Us own on the road
To the Orient Net only Is this little group
az islansis a halfway house. n has been
consuming a largely increased amount OF
west coast lumber this year This also
Was ofa Of the spells of war. While Aux-
ssalia has not aene IL share OF busins If
west coast humber this year toaiy because
OF ironth aud hsrd times, ard not be-
cause ~ any alienation OF irasial II IL nv
rsxaEen 81 the spanish war drawn nssrs
sslossly 70 this country Ia bonds % kln-
ship and viii whssi IL RECEIVERS It's buying
ahtifts, take larger percentage Of Amer
sosss' 'sassbsr. which means west coast !uas-
Dor:
While Alaska and local demands and
Foreign ard e-csxtwiss trade have been
drawing IN nn eneomnon way on tire
iutahrr stocks of ths weet coast .he de-
mani from the eastern part ot she United
states has Increased IN . tnast remark
asie manaer. This IL more particularly
appeahie ~ lumber thaa II shingles
N'Ihe deaf line Of white p,ns has been
pushed hins eastward sfnong the re-
tAlefs ~ ira eastern stoFss ~ fhe rlatesn
that divides tho Pacific rlepa from
herynea Of me wess coast havs
heen ssse aggressive IN Introducing their
humber than usual. The epnsumers 81 lam
more or the valuable qualities ~ west
eoas' inInher during TIE year. TIE rat
roads that a ieGaas axe di3 roe kne1ss
whether or nos Il was safe aaA erartahle
hr - the best sisiug thev car get when
they want iens aaa large tlrnhsrx TIE
amount fsaeA simhsr tAst has soa~ 30
the rnilr>ss trade for bridge ana Sex
work iarfrs the veA~ fSSs s. eAr in exees "a
az tfsss 90 any cthaT ypaF
Cedar siding In Demand.
"ts the sczeyai bridge building trade
rr tsas come ~ take = Aszrh saas whi,a
Ia large ess5}sitng entsFrFs*@S z = grssSx3s, I.
IA favpr, as lsree dimension y~s.~,-T,sz -ea
IN cthsr wssets In ths i!ae - cedar iafss-
her thsrn has bern a geerrat ~xs,x ne5,, n
Of distribution Through fHe Eastern teasse.
In cedar s.sitsg tbs has iseesa specially 10
tsc@s he A unSoEnnaeaiy lcw prses far q
time during the war gave ehfs s.at-x az ~
sTtsaaotioa very extensive ara very gavog~
ahse
III gees without saving tAzf wAersse~
WRIST cAa%t trade @FFse gss& a fasss EsotA g
STAYS T'ats tatrefssetion - .~sar ssfleR
uaeAas that Il wssl held tA@ ErUsuss s. sas
gained cssszr fosFr have s3ss snssa \
esa1 EatN. white sYeFsc@ ans ether ~yss.ss
have Increased L. sh~lr n~erarttsn
TN TIE lire - sNsHgiss ne var vas aas
the stscsee@s 'h&f VS. exgst.ts.f Prices were
lever e~ The AYeraxW than fAey ~are fAs
Hfsvs7Iis war. though the nsa skeA Wss
ss'egT StssSV sst8 IN . ~sy Ira 5sasse "a =
Hef7Fa ~asiSfAcEnyw thar sAe ycar $50 Nara
sAtag'es were shsffSS~4 sssNss re C>~As- thaa
ever NSSs-e ta fhe history % sac srasfA.
Ts,'S WAS ane fa- tae most Tart - fAa aa-
fsaswas0riy hfSA vstNes fsF@xaj tsnx AssvsNx
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