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

tas prl1cipa. cracker ara Biscuit factories
CO the Pacific coass. x1tl an invested cap
st2l % between s. asAess and &C. ess.e tes.s-
Enafs<.l. Aas basa secured ay AZ Eastern
syndicate * capitalists, and u abou. 20
be fcrecsosei by the purchase. oa<r.gat.
OF the various estaoasssne ats involved The
two factories IN Seattle are Included in
the deal Today two representatives Of
the Eastern syndicate VII arrive here
from New York for the purpose % COM
pletlng the transaction and Of taking ac-
count OF stock IN the Seattle factories.
TIE deal has been IN progress for the
past three weeks Information cozce<Es-
ing K mas been KEEP as re.isiousIy sup
pressed the secrets Of the cioiS;e- Tn
III yesterday the people in this city who
are affected By she sale would Tot admit
that there Was anything OF the kind brew
ing Il can be definitely stated however.
Saai. barring accidents. the transfer q all
the important cracker factories On the Pa
cite coast VII. be made 80 newly or
ganized company which VIII be controlled
by New York investors.
Frou indications somswaa: deeper than
the surface. i, seems apparent. that there
is nothing III zhe way OF trust in the deal
for the purchase Of the cracker factories
OF the Pacific coast. No increase in the
price Of Tie manufactured products Is
threatened The purpose aimed a.. accord
ing 70 reliable reports. ls the elimination
Of wastesui and expensive competition be-
tween the large factories for the trade Of
limited district. and the prevention OF sucn
wars as prevailed between she cracker
TO the early spring OF 1sss. which cost the
participants thousands OF dollars.
FACTORIES TO BE SOLD.
This is a list Of the factories of tse Pa
cinc coast which are said 10 De included
in the deal:
American Biscuit Company. OF San Fran
cisco.
Eclipse Cracker Company. San Fran
Standard Biscuit: Company. San Fran
Eagle Cracker and Biscuit Company, San
Southern California Cracker Company. O:
Los Angeles
Bishop IL Co, manufacturers. Les An
geles.
Portland Cracker Company. Of Portland
oregon Cracker Company, Portland.
Seattle Candy ana Cracker Company. o.
Seattle.
Northwestern Cracker Company. Seattle.
Washington Cracker Manufacturing Com
pany, of Spokane.
The Portland Cracker Ccmpany's rrinci-
pal factory Is az Portland, and IN addition
L controls the Northwestern factory. OF
this city. and the Washington Cracker
Manufacturing Conpany's plant, ct Spo-
kane.
Beyond question the pending deal IS the
largest % Us kind ever conSummate1 on
the Pacific coas.. The frs. intirnatlon OF
tne formation Of a combination % inter
eSts whieh was 10 secure control % the
cracker factories az the Pacific sope came
three weeks since IN the form OF a dis
patch from Syracuse. y. Y, stating that
8 syndicate or capitalists had subscribed
the money for the purchase OF all the i'm
portsut factories in the cities OF Calsto--
MA Oregon and Washington.
About this time representatives Of the
syndicate which is said 70 include men
Of means I'm New York city and Rochester.
y. Y. secured an option for the purchase
Of the Seattle Candy and Cracker Com
panys plant and business in this city.
Similar over:ures were made in Portland,
where the promoters Of the new enterprise
managed Il is said. 70 secure options on
the plants of the Portland Cracker Com
pany and that q the oregon Cracker Com
pany simultaneously negotiations were
begun FOR The purchase OF the factories At
San Francisco and Les Angeles.
As soon as the preliminary details 0.
the purchase were arranged steps were
taken By the men who are putting up the
money - examine the titles to :he prop
critics involved In the deal, their character
as 20 machinery. capacity and condition.
In the mean time. stric: inJuncti0ns Of Sc
cracy were Laid on the managers % the
factories interested. 50 that until this time
absolutely nothing definite concerning the
flon.