Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-28
SPOKANE NOT
HIT HARD BY
DEPRESSION
Only 1900 JObless Men
in City, Spillane
Is Told.
BIG WHEAT YIELD
! 'armers Doing Well,
Especially in Irri-
gated Regions.
Special to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Bv RICHARD SPILLANE


BY RICHARD SPILLANE.
SPOKANE, Wash, Sept. 28.-In-
dustrially and commercially, agri-
culturally and financially. Spokane
and the territory tributary TO
Spokane are doing quite we'll
Spokane had no war industries and
consequently knew no shock from
their loss. It's immediate establish
ments are of modest size. These in
clude:
Woodworking plants. packing houses,
-four mills, news print mills. agricultural
and mining machinery. factories, clothing
manufactures that turn out Overalls.
mackinaws, women's and children's wash
dresses, mems suits and overcoats work
shirts, sweaters, hosiery, bathing suits,
searfs, etc. There are various cement
plants. one Of them a branch Of the Le-
high Portland Cement Company Of Al
lentown, Pa and in Stevens County
there are two big m8gnesite quaUries.
Aagnesite is essential to the making Of
the fire brick used in the lining of blast
furnaces Not far from Spokane in the
Couer D'Alene country Of Idaho, are the
greatest lead mines Of the world. aud
also some silver and zine properties of
importance. They are busy In the Occur
Occur D'Alene country OF Idaho are the
employment strain. Some months ago
there were ? 400 persons out of work
This has been reduced to 1000. Orchards
have taken some of those who were idle
There is persistent demand for pickers
and packers There is considerable con
Etructinn work MANNED tlfS 4rfr+.-
including the building Of large armory
and eight road jobs aggregatiug 120 miles
Of highway Improvement
Agriculture is the big thing in the
State of Washington While reports
would seem to conflict as TO the general
situation, gloomy picture being painted
by the people from the dry farm sec
ttons and a bright one by those of irri-
gated territory, the sum and substance
would seem 20 be that the State as q
whole has done unusually we'll whea5
yield Of nearly 81, 100000 bushels is re
ported By the Federal Reserve Bank peo-
pie as against nt-7a H. r-ee % 0co 500
last year. 2 gain Of 2B per cent The
largeat apple crop in the history of sic
Northwest is oeing marketed. 1t aggre-
gates y 10000 bushs.s An excellent
potato yield and a boantiful berry crop
does not satisfy the farmer, failure Of the
apple crop In the East and poor potato
rrop there also have tended To give 8 far
greater money return to the growers Of
the Northwest than was expected!
views Of bankers vary. Those whose
business has been largely in territories
not under irrigation say It will take a
year or two more for the farmers 10
clear up their obligations Those whose
loans have been TO fruit growers and
farmers with irrigated acres are real
clipper. All agree. however, that the
northwestern farmer is determined Ia
clearing up his obligations az the earliest
possible day, and. generally speaking
collections are good.
FARMERS TRYING
30 PAY LOANS.
The same stoTieSsof the sale Of worth
less securities to farmers by swindIers
are told by the bankers here as reported
by bankers OF Iowa. Illinois. Nebra ska
and Kansas. No one ever will know the
effect Of the fraud. Complaint is made
OF heavy tavstiOn. Farmers feel this par
ticularly. Almost unbelievable tales are
told Of the energy Of some OF the fruit
growers. R. InsiDger, manager Of the
Northwestern PaciCc Bank. 2 Duhch
financial institution with large interests
in this section, says one farmer with the
aid of one man working only part time
has cultivated an orchard yielding 1900
boxes Of apples.
it is generally admitted that orchard
lists and potato growers will maize good
profits and not only clear up all obliEa-
tio7s hut have a considerable surplus
The farmers In the Twin Falls district
of idaho have been unusually prospe
but dry farmers al over have had bad
year. There is a tremendous hay crop
with low prices and fewer cattle TO Feed
than usual
Flour mill men say they are doing fair
II well and making a little money J K
Smith, manager Of the Sperry four mill.
one of the finest in the world. SAYS many
wheat growers are entirely out OF debt.
collections locally are good end the
whole situation is cheering. The WalIa
WaiIa territory has sn immense wheat
yield and the croP is in excellent coudj-
ton. Farmers. he SAYS, are on q fTmer
and better basis than for several years
aud the outlook Is encoura ging
l. n D. Turnkey Of McCIintock, Turnkey
( Co, wholesale grocers, says there is
better tone to all business In his line
the volume has increased. although the
money total is less Farmers. be oh
lss-wei. use less men to harvest crops.
and the fewer men work better. There
IS a decided showing. too. of farmers
helping each other His collections are
good and he finds people determined TO
get out Of debt
decline in values has ended he
SAYS 1--WE have started Up again. De
aation has ended
LUMBER BUSINESS
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
G. NJ Crego, lumber merchant says
that for the first time in years the rail
roads are sending inquiries for lumber
All the lumber in stock IN the NorthEyes
viii go in sixty days after they begin
to buy. Railroads consume 25 per cent
of all the lumber There is big de
mand for cedar poles This month has
been the best In the year for him. We