The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-16
CITY OFFICIAL rAPER.
SEATTLE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10.
OWE MORE Wall rRox PORTLAND.

oGATTLE, WEOAEAOABs ANoSA 49,
ONE MORE Wall rROM PORTLAND.
The Portland Oregonian continues In
q state OF mind about Seattle and the
Alaska trade. It adopts the familiar
pettisogging refuge of the advocate
who has exhausted his argument. and
II charges the Post-Intelligencer with
ignorance. Well. the acknowledgements
is modestiy aware that Il does not
know an much as the oregonian thinks
Il knows-nobody does-but II II. never
theless, In possession Of the facts about
the trade and shipping of Alaska The
Post-Intelligencer recently stated that
Puget sound and San Francisco have
practically all the Alaska business. and
Oregon only n little. and the Portland
paper proceeds warmly to assert that
San Francisco IL the great source Of
supply. Then It goes on to make a lot
OF foolish assertions about Oregon's
large share In the business. A sample:
Oregon wUolens, manufactured from
homegrown wool at Oregon City and else
where, make the chief protection Of the
Alaska miner against the Arctic climate:
Oregon -four makes the miners bread:
Oregon dried fruits are staple In Alaska.
ana other Oregon products form q large
share Of the general supply
Here are a few facts that can be
verified by any, person or newspaper
which cares to know and state the
truth:
Ali -four shipped from Puget sound
north is Washington -four manufac-
tured at Seattle. Spokane or Tacoma.
So far as the Post-1nteiligencer has
been able to learn from inquiry. not
= single Seattle tobbcr handles Oregon
hour for the northern business. Flour
from San Francisco Is doubtless Cali
fornia -four.
No Oregon dried fruit in any quaint
ty Is shipped from Puget sound
Prunes are from Oroas island, not Ore
gon. California fruits are staple In
Alaska.
Groceries and hardware are from
Seattle. California and the East.
Meats are from Seattle. and other
Washington points.
Blankets sent from Puget sound are
from Washington and the East. Maeki-
nav goods. widely used In Alaska. are
manufactured at Seattle. San Francis
CO and in the East. Others know. II
the Oregonian does not know. that
British Columbia does a heavy part 81
the clothing business. Last year. In the
great Alaska rush. 5000 blankets were
obtained by local merchants from Ore
gon: this year the quantity Is inconsld-
cradle
During June, the busy month. eigh-
teen vessels sailed from Seattle TO the
mouth Of the Yukon. carrying 6.5oa tons
u freight, The acknowledgement risks
nothing OF the truth when II says that
the number of vessels from san Fran
cisco and their tonnage during that
time. and durs1 other months. was no,
more than half az great
From January 81 date. there have
been lss sailinSs to Lynn canal ports
from Puget sound. ard the tons ~
freight from Seattle alene were ~ en
Not one vessel srom either Portland or
San Francisco WAS engaged In the r.sls-
ular Southeastern Alaska traffic. AMI
not one ton az freight Mas carried direct
from either port
II Is az course understood that these
statistics are intended to cover onlv the
American proportion of Alaska ana
Klondske trade. The situation H. hyie.
rs that puwe. sound has all the traffic
and practically all the trade with Lynn
canal and the Alaska panhandle AMI
Northwest Territory via thar rout~
aud II IL n CONSERVATIVES estimate tina,
Seattle alone has more than onc~haif a.
the yakna business and traffic hy ire
lower river
II Is easv ~ understand thai ear
esteemed Portland contemporary nzay
he chagrtnet over the Masks
trade situation. II IS DC. 81
easy - understand why taur-
nal that enjoys a we;i-earnss. seTuta-
tscn FOR candor ara fairness shosssA
httud ff~rts 90 the s~4ash ART sS-ysYsfs IL.