The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-10-20

600 feet of lumber at st. Paul & Taco.
ma dock, burned Tuesday, and was q
complete loss, but no lives were lost,
A NUMBER of big timber land deals
have been made on the Sound within
the past two weeks, and it is said that
the big Eastern syndicate is furnish
ing the money. Most of the lands are
ON the lower Sound, and it is said
that several more big mills are in
prospect.
The Kennebec Journal has been
sent to us by friend in Maine, with
big spread, of sawmill there which
cut 158, 6O1 feet of lumber in a day
and called it the "World's record
The editor should visit Washington
where mills frequently cut SOC, 900 feet
per day and don't brag about the
worlds record either-Olympia Stand
ard.
ENGLAND is now engaged IN the at
tempt to subjugate the Beers, who
have refused to yield to John Bull, and
the little republic is fighting as hard
as it can. In the end the largest
power will win, but the sympathies of
the people of this country will he with
the plucky Dutchmen, even if we can
not help them any. Americans know
by experience the arrogance and hog
gishness of the British.
BY June l, 1900. it is safe to predict
that Seattle and Tacoma will be con.
nected by an interurban electric rail-
way line, with cars leaving both cities
every hour The much-talked-of road
will be built at once and rushed to
completion with all possible haste.
It will be constructed by the Tacoma
& Seattle Electric Railroad Company,
of which John Collins, OF Seattle !;
Henry BUGGY and H. E. Knatvold, of
Tacoma, are incorporators, and will be
trifle over thirty miles long.-P.-I.
LoGGERs, mill men aud farmers are
experiencing much difficulty in secur-
ing laborers, even at top notch prices.
The shortage exists in all parts of the
country evidently. an eastern paper
stating that in the wheat fields. of Da-
kota harvest hands had been offered
Sc per day for short period. This is
the year, apparently, when labor gets
q good strong whack at capital, but if
prices such as above mentioned were
in vogue for any great length of time
the crop of capitalists would shortly
exceed all other classes.-P. C. Lum-
herman.
FARMERS are not complaining about
the action Of the Dingley tariff in cur
failing the expectation of farm pro-
ducts. The figures of the Treasury
Department show the August, 1899,
expectation of breadstuffs $25, $50, 1852
against SIS, 9O9, 1929 in August OF 1898.
OF provisions the expectation OF Aug
ust, 1899 was $15, 1884, 55 against 3d.
4SO,O9S 10 August, 1898. Taking the
four great articles of domestic pro-
ducts, breadstuffs, provisions, mineral
oils and cotton, the total expectation
for the month Of August was $50, $685.
4S8 against 81, sos, $40 in August of
last year.
PRESIDENT Mckinley has rarely
spoken of his own views as to the fore
ing of war with Spain. In South Da-
kota on Saturday he made and excep-
ton and declared: II used every ef-
fort for peace before war was finally
declared" He forbore to say that the
politicians who are now condemning
HIM are the same who bounded him
because he sought to avert conflict.
They tainted him with trying to pre-
vent war Gin the interest of Wall
street." When he proclaimed it they
cried out that he was serving the In
terest of army contractors. Now that
he always wanted war for the purpose
OF seizing territory and extending inn
perialism. What can it matter Ia
Mckinley as = personal advantage
whether he is president over the
United States alone or of this country
and the Philippines? He can only
serve two terms at most.-P.-I.
AS this paper goes to press, says III,
West Coast Lumberman, Telegram
Is received from Minneapolis lumbel
man stating that deal il on for th,
purchase of all the timber lands il
Western Washington belonging to thu
Northern Pacific railroad. The pur
chasers are Weyerhauser and his "a
sociates. Mr.. Weyerhauser viii be o.
Puget Sound shortly. This is NOV,
that Is far reaching, and will have .
quickening effect not only on timbe
lsnds, but on the lumber trade. /
means the Investment Of millions d
dollars In timber, and ADVERTISE "a IL,
whole world that the str onpeet Al.
shreWdest 1um6eF,nen In the uorl1
have .,' pinned their faith . The Coasl
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