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" D is tr ic ts s h a ll be apportioned w ith due regard t o
convenience and customary course o f b u sin e ss."
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X* "W ill con sid er Geographical Convenience* in v o lv in g transpor
t a t io n f a c i l i t i e s and ea sy communication w ith a i r p a rts
o f the district#**
2* "Will con sid er In d u stria l and Commercial Development and needs
o f each s e c t io n , which in v o lv es co n sid e ra tio n o f general
movement o f commodities and b u sin ess tr a n sa c tio n s w ith in
the d i s t r i c t , and tr a n s fe r o f funds and exchanges o f c r e d i t s . H
3* "Will consider e sta b lish e d custom and treno o f b u sin ess as
developed by p resen t system o f bank: r e se r v e s and cheeking
accounts " « To promote b u sin ess convenience and normal
movements of trad* x x Claims o f a l l c i t i e s w i l l be con
sid ered on m e r it s .”
A d i s t r i c t fo r a Federal Beserve Bank should be created in the
Northwest because i f th e e n tir e P a c ific Coast country from Mexico to B r itis h
Coljumbia were
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inoluded in one d i s t r i c t i t would not be "an apportionment
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w itb due regard to convenience and th e customary course o f business**, as
provided by the Federal Beserve Act*
Nor would i t meet th e f i r s t "primary*
fa c lo r la id down by t h is Gonmittee, to -w it ’*Geographical convenience x x
in v o lv in g easy communication w ith a l l p arts o f th e d i s t r i c t " .
i h i s statem ent would be tru e even i f no co n sid e ra tio n whatever were
givjen to A laska which, although excluded from the t e r r it o i y to be d is t r ic t e d ,
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an empire equal in s iz e to about o n e - f if t h o f all th e S ta te s o f th e
So v a s t, indeed, i s i t s e x te n t th a t i f every man, woman and c h ild on
the fa ce of the glob e were herded w ith in i t s boundaries th ere would be l e s s
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than f i r e to an acre*
and come in to i t s own.
This g reat country Is at l a s t about to be developed
The Federal Government is about to b u ild a r a ilr o a d
fo r th a t purpose, and "due regard to th e convenience and customary- course
o f b u sin e s s 1* o f i t s people and i t s commerce, p resen t and p r o sp e ctiv e, must be
e x e r c is e d .
"T ransportation f a c i l i t i e s , rapid and easy communication w ith a l l
parts of th e d is t r ic t " must not be overlooked*
The "general movement of
commodities, b u sin ess tr a n sa c tio n s said tr a n sfe r o f funds and exchanges o f
cre d its" w ith t h is g rea t domain must not be disregarded in determ ining th e
boundaries o f th e d i s t r i c t on vshich i t w i l l be compelled to depend fo r bank
serv ice*
T h is, not only for best servin g the p eo p le, bu sin ess and oanks o f
A laska, but a lso th e banks and b u sin ess concerns lo ca ted w ith in the d i s t r i c t
and having d ea lin g s w ith Alaska*
A ll m ails fo r Alaska are forwarded from S e a t t le .
percent o f a l l th e commerce w ith Alaska goes
tlie only
Seventy two
from or comes to Puget Sound,
Important item goin g elsew here being the f is h product o f th e A laska
Packers* A sso c ia tio n , a corp oration owned in and operated from San Francisco#
B ight here i t may be w e ll to c a ll a tt e n tio n to the fa c t th a t for
a l l p r a c tic a l purposes connected w ith t h is hearing S e a tt le and Puget Sound
may be considered as synonymous term s, Puget Sound Deing a l l one g reat har
bor w ith S e a tt le and Tacoma combined as the c e n tr a l p o in t.
S e a tt le and
Tajcoma a r e only twenty e ig h t m iles apart as th e crow f l i e s , and being in
p e r fe c t accord in th e d e s ir e to have a Northwestern D is t r ic t created w ith a
Bajnk lo c a te d at S e a tt le , may be considered one c i t y .
In com piling s t a t i s t i c s
we have in some in sta n ces combined th e fig u r e s o f th e two*
"Convenience and customary course o f business" must oe considered
nelrt w ith r e fe r e n c e to the great and c o n sta n tly in crea sin g commerce w ith the
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Orient and lik e w is e th e In tern a tio n a l scope o f th e Federal Reserve Banks.
The " e sta b lish e d custom and trend o f business** in t h is regard
i s shown
by the fa c t th at more m ail for O rien tal co u n tries is dispatched from S e a ttle
than any other P o s to f fic e on th e P a c ific Coast, in clu d in g San F ra n cisco ,
because
th e d ista n ce measured e it h e r in m iles or hoars i s le s s and fr e
quency o f s e r v ic e g r e a te r , showing th e natural
trend and e sta b lish e d
channels o f business*
The n et tonnage o f v e s s e ls en terin g and c le a r in g from Paget Sound
i s more than double th at o f any other port on th e P a c ific C oast, in clu d in g
San Francisco*
Could i t p o s sib ly be "with due regard to convenience and th e
casternary course o f bu sin ess" — Would i t provide "rapid and easy communi
c a tio n according to e sta b lish e d custom and trend o f bu sin ess" to lo c a te th e
only reserv e bank on t h is e n tir e Coast a thousand m iles d ista n t fro® th e
se a t o f th i s commerce?
Five great tr a n sc o n tin e n ta l railw ays are operating tr a in s every day
in the year t o S e a tt le , where they meet f i f t y e ig h t steam ship li n e s which
operate from the Port o f t h is c i t y , inclu ding such g reat companies as th e
Royal M ail, th e Hamburg-American, the Nippon Yusen K aisha, the Ocean Steam
sh ip Company, the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, the American-H aw aiian, the Great
Northern, th e Blue Funnel, the Kosmos, the H arrison and 3 a st A s ia tic Companies*
Mary o f th e se companies have e sta b lish e d th e ir su p erv isin g t r a f f i c o f f ic e s
for the e n tir e P a c ific Coast a t S e a ttle*
Would i t conserve t h e ir convenience
and th a t o f t h e ir agencies in S e a t t l e , in the Northwest, and a l l over the
w orld, to have one d i s t r i c t bank o n ly , and th a t operated from San Francisco?
Then,
w hat
B ritjish Columbia?
of th e rapidly-grow ing o u sin ess interchanged w ith
Would i t be convenient and along the customary course o f
b u sin ess and nonnal movements of tra d e to undertake to tr a n sfe r th e b u sin ess
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interchanged w ith Vaneoarer, V ic to r ia and Prince Bupert to 3an Francisco?
Two new tr a n s c o n tin e n ta l l i n e s , the Canadian northern and the Grand Trank
P a c if ic , w i l l be opened to Vancouver and P rince Bupert t h is year#
Trunk
The Grand
P a c ific alread y operates steamers to S e a t t le and the Canadian P a c ific
operates both tr a in s and steamers*
A ll in d ic a tiv e o f " esta b lish ed custom and
trend o f b u sin e ss” , vhich i s bound to in c r ea se tremendously w ith the advent
o f the new railw ay lin e s and because of the r e c e n tly reduced t a r i f f rates*
While i t must be kept in mind th a t Federal Beserve Janks are not
e sta b lis h e d fo r th e e s p e c ia l b e n e fit o f B r itis h Columbia or O riental c o u n tr ie s ,
th ey are
designed to serve th e oanking and b u sin ess in t e r e s t s lo ca ted w ith in
th e d i s t r i c t and which " finance the movement o f commodities and handle tr a n s
fe r s o f funds and exchanges o f cred its'* fo r th e se cou n tries*
The promotion^
o f fo r e ig n trade a ls o i s one o f th e most important fu n c tio n s th e new I n s t i
tu tio n s are intended to perform, and th er e can be no doubt th at commerce w ith
South America,
A u str a lia and the O rient w i l l be g r e a tly stim u lated by th e ir
estab lish m en t on th is Coast*
To i l l u s t r a t e th e value o f t h is fo r e ig n b u sin e ss, I w i l l say th a t in
th e midst o f th e panic o f 1907, when i t was im p ossib le to g e t money on any
ordinary s e c u r ity , the N ation al Sank o f Commerce of 3 e a t t le sold a h a lf m il
lio n d o lla r s o f fo r e ig n b i l l s drawn a g a in st flo u r shipm ents to tho O rient
w ithout th e s l i g h t e s t d if f ic u lt y *
The water commerce o f S e a tt le a lo n e for the year ending Kovaraber
30, 1913, amounted to $124,000,000*
393,000 passengers embarked and debarked
here l a s t year for fo r e ig n and Alaskan p o rts, and more than 3 ,1 0 0 ,0 0 0 fo r
lo c $ l p o in ts , a t o t a l o f 3 ,4 8 5 ,0 0 0 a lto g e th e r inoound and outbound from t h i s
one;Port*
This commerce and tr a v e l su g g est a t le a s t ’’e sta b lish e d custom and
trend o f b u s in e s s .”
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The s h o r te s t d ista n c e and most natural rou te from any port in the
United S ta te s t o Alaska, to J r it is h Qolumbia, and to- O rien ta l c o u n tr ie s,
i s from Puget dound.
This c e r ta in ly a f f e c t s and in v o lv es co n sid era tio n
of "the general movement o f cornmodi t i e s ' 1 . Everyone concedes th a t one fe d e r a l
Reserve Jank should be lo ca ted at dan F ran cisco, so notw ithstanding that th e
tonnage o f Puget dound exceeds th a t o f San F ran cisco, we w ill d ism iss any
co n sid era tio n of th a t p o in t.
The only other important port on th e Coast
handling fo r e ig n e a sin ess is th e Columbia xiiver*
To show th e comparative growth o f fo r e ig n commerce a t Puget Sound
and at the Columbia H irer, a tte n tio n i s in v ite d to a comparison o f th ir t y
years ago and now: (F igures from united S t a t e s
Customs O ffice )
In 1884 th e fo r e ig n commerce o f the Columbia xiiver amounted,
in even thousands, to
That of Puget Sound to
(Columbia River 3g times g r ea ter )
In 1913 the fo r e ig n commerce of the Columbia R iver amounted in
That o f Puget Sound amounted t o
(Puget Sound n early seven tim es g r e a te r ]
| 7 , 700,000*
$2,100,000#
16,900,000*
114,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 .
The growth of foreign commerce o f Puget Sound from 1900 to 1913
i s th ree thousand percent — o f Oregon one hundred and f i f t y percent*
‘T his shows the nat ural terr of b u sin ess as c le a r ly as anything can*
Vihat reason is there to doubt th at the same r a tio of growth w i ll
continue*
The percentage o f growth for 1913 over 1909 on tu g et Sound was
116*2$, the percentage for the Columbia R iver 35*9/oThe lin e
o f th e Oregon R ailroad 5: N avigation Company was opened in
1883, g iv in g the same down-grade haul to the mouth o f the Columoia R iver
about which muoh w i l l be heard la t e r on in connection w ith the North Sank
Road* *hich p a r& lells i t .
i’he Uorth Jank Road was completed in 1909.
The
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subsequent in crease in fo r e ig n commerce i s le s s than <*4,500,000. as compared
w ith $ 6 1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 . on Puget Sound.
One o f Mr.
James J . H i l l ’ s c h a r a c t e r is tic
epigrams is as fo llo w s , "The trouble with the Columbia B iver i s that i t s
bottom i s too near the to p ” .
1 am now going to ask you to look at the heavy blue l i n e marked
on t h is map o f the West, c u ttin g o f f from the r e s t of the country the s t a t e s
of Oregon, '..ashin g to n, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Korth Dakota and South
Dakota, a t e r r it o r y equal in extent to nearly one f i f t h o f the United S ta te s ,
e x c lu siv e o f Alaska*
I ask you, a ls o , to bear in mind th at A laska, ly in g
to the north and w est o f the d escribed t e r r it o r y , i s a lso equal
about o n e ^ fifth o f the e n t i re United S t a t e s •
in s iz e to
Thus we have northwest o f the
lin e s shown, more than one fourth o f a l l th e C ontinental united S t a t e s ,
in clu d in g A laska, which fo r convenience I w i l l c a ll a Northwest D i s t r i c t .
Seven e n tir e s t a t e s , b esid es A laska, are embraced in th is
d is tr ic t.
The
report of the Comptroller of the Currency shows th a t the S ta te o f Washington
leads a l 1 o f th ese in amount of G apital Stock, In d ivid u al D e p o sits, amounts
due t o
Banka, Loans, Total Resources and Liaoi l i t i e s .
And this same statement
might a ls o be made to include Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Kew Mexico*
The d ep o sits of the United S ta te s Government are g r ea ter in the
Banks o f Washington than in any other s t a t e w est o f the M iss is sip p i R iver,
exceping T exas.
Presumably they are kept where needed*
I f the savings bank deposits of Washington, whish are larger than
those o f any oth er s t a t e West of the M iss is sip p i .River except Iowa, iiinnesofca
and C a lifo r n ia , be elim in ated from in d iv id u a l d e p o s its , i t w i l l s t i l l outrank
any Estate ly in g North and West o f the boundaries shown on th e map*
up
In th e seven s t a t e s makingApart o f t h is g rea t Northwest d i s t r i c t ,
theile are but four .deserve c i t i e s , three o f ^hioh are in the S ta te of
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Washington, and th e c it y o f S e a t t le , in banking c a p it a l, su r p lu s, d e p o s its ,
loan s, r eso u rces and l i a b i l i t i e s , as w e ll a s c le a r in g s , exceeds the other two
combined*
The year
1913 was one o f d ep ressio n , c le a r in g s o f the whole
country decreased about 3$, but th ose o f S e a ttle increased 10$ and e sta b lis h e d
a new high-w ater mark*
This in d ic a te s the steady growth o f t h is p a r tic u la r s e c tio n o f th e
country and i s in d ic a tiv e of the natural trend o f b u sin ess, whidb. w i l l in
crease by leap s and bounds under the stim u lu s o f railw ay c o n str u c tio n s and
gen eral development in A laska, and the opening o f to e Panama Canal*
The estab lish m en t o f one Bank only on t h is Coast, lo c a te d a t 3an
F ran cisco, would d ou b tless le a v e , not alon e th is c i t y but Tacoma and Spokane
of
a ls o , more remote from oneAthe Federal Heserve Banks than any other eq u ally
important commercial c it y in th e Union*
Not c e r ta in ly promotive o f ’’geo
g rap h ical convenience or rapid and easy communication"*
Again, to secure the g r e a te s t p o s s ib le e f f ic ie n c y for the new system
must be th e earn est d e s ir e a lik e o f t h is committee and th e banks, and to
insure t h is e f f ic ie n c y i t is extrem ely d e sir a b le tha.t th e Federal Reserve
Banks be lo ca ted at fin a n c ia l and commercial cen ters where the most d iv e r s i
fie d in d u s tr ie s are financed and d is tr ib u te d , so a s to e q u a liz e borrowing
demands*
There i s no c i t y in the Union of the same s i z e which so f u l l y
meets t h is requirement as S e a ttle *
York*
It i s comparable in t h i s regard to New
Here is brought and d is tr ib u te d th e output o f th e only important co a l
mines on the Coast from B r itis h Columbia t o Mexico*
The S ta te o f Washington
cuts te n percent o f a l l th e lumber and s i x t y - f iv e percent o f a l l th e
shiijigles produced in the United S ta tes*
The amount and value o f f i s h and
are
fisty products sto r ed , shipped and financed from Puget SoundAoverwnelmingly
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grea ter than from any oth er c en te r in th e world#
The manufacture o f flo u r at Tacoma and S e a tt le exceeds th a t o f any
other c it y on t h is C oast.
The same statem ent is tru e regarding exports
of wheat and flo u r (reducing b a r r e ls o f flo u r to bushels to wheat)*
From
shipped the products o f th e a g r ic u ltu r a l
and h o r tic u ltu r a l d i s t r i c t s ly in g e a s t o f the Cascade Mountains*
To Puget
Sound come th e shipments o f su p p lies fo r A laska, which produces l i t t l e and
consumes much.
la v y Yard.
Here are the United S ta te s Assay O ffic e and the United State®
In 1913 th e United S ta te s Quartermaster disbursed over th ree
m illio n d o lla r s in S e a tt le , and $341,000 only in Oregon*
Here i s the lea d in g
manufacturing c e n te r of th e P a c ific Coast north o f San Francisco*
Here, a ls o ,
the la r g e s t p op u lation , the la r g e s t customs r e c e ip t s , th e la r g e s t In tern a l
Revenue r e c e ip t s , the la r g e s t P o s to f fic e r e c e i p t s , the la r g e s t commerce*
Where e ls e , excep t in Eew Yorlc, can be found such d iv e r s it y o f in d u str ie s?
Where e l s e would a Federal Heserve Bank: be assured o f such d is tr ib u tio n o f
borrowing demands.
Where e ls e could i t be lo ca ted to so promote fo r e ig n
trade and commerce*
F if t y f iv e years ago L in co ln 's g r e a t Secretary of War, Wm.H.Seward,
then Senator from the Empire S ta te , said in the United S ta te s Senate "The
P a c ific Ocean w ill become th e c h ie f
h e r e a fte r ” .
theatre o f events in the w orld ’s great
Prophetic words th ese*
We most r e s p e c tfu lly urge th a t, in view of the tr e a t ex ten t o f
te r r it o r y to be served , o f the g reat d iv e r s ity o f in d u s tr ie s to be provided
fo r , on account of geograp hical convenience and splendid tr a n sp o r ta tio n
f a c i l i t i e s , on account o f in d u s tr ia l and commercial development, and gen eral
movement o f commodities, in order to make easy th e tr a n s fe r o f funds and
exchanges o f c r e d it s , in order to p r o te c t e sta b lish e d customs and trend o f
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b u sin ess, in order t o promote convenience and normal movements o f coirmerce,
th at you la;/ out a Federal Reserve d i s t r i c t in the g rea t Northwest, embracing
the fo u r s t a t e s o f Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, and th a t you esta b
l i s h a Federal Reserve ia n s a t o e a t t le which we b e lie v e i s in a l l r esp e c ts
b e st c a lc u la te d to meet the requirem ents o f the d i s t r i c t d escrib ed , always
s,
keeping A laska’ s needs in view .
We f e e l th a t one 3ank a t San Francisco i s i n s u f f i c ie n t , w h ile to
lo c a te a second one a t any other Coast p o in t than S e a tt le would no more be
w ith due regard to convenience and customary course o f b u sin ess than to
lo c a te i t a t some inland p oin t hundireds o f m iles from the commerce i t i s
designed to conserve and promote, and which would be comparable only to
lo c a tin g a bank at R ochester or B u ffa lo in stea d o f Kew York City*
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BILLS PAYABLE AHD KEDISCOUHTS*
Banks of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana,
August 9, 1913, at time of heaviest
demand for crop money
Montana
1,201,366*00
Idaho
1,523,308*00
Oregon, Eastern
6,248,883*00
328,432*00
Washington, Eastern
2,215,988.00
5,269,094.00
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Oregon, Western
^
488,106*00
Washington, Western
491,683*00
979,789*00
Spokane banks largely financed this crop morning*
To handle this, Spokane banks requited the
following assistance:
Government crop moving fund
Eastern rediscounts
$400,000*00
550,000*00
$950*000.00
Under the new currency act, the Spokane banks
coild have financed this entire movement*
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CAPITAL AID SUBPEUS
POUR NORTHWESTERN STATES,
lational
State Banks
$25,000 Sc @ver
State Banks
Less than #25.000
'J
7*984,445
8,119,194
2.032.000
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3,639,041
l f0 9 5 f000
Oregon
14,220,904
10,738,460
l §0 0 4 t00G
Washington
16,957,31s
21,102,830
1.224.000
44,Ell,003
43,599,525
5.355.000
Montana
Idaho
Of the 362 private and State banks^of less than
$25,000 capital and surplus, 126 have $20,000 or more capital
and surplus*
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BA BK DEPOSITS
FOUR HOBTHWKSTERI STATBS .
lational
Stat*
Montana
42,088,392
47,504,097
Idaho
22,154,209
16,388,936
Oregon
66,527,892
57,809,635
105,824,932
101,699,876
£36,595,425
223,396,544
Washington
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AVAILABLE CAPITAL
NQRTHWBSTEM KBQIHKAL BANK*
Six per cent of capital and surplus of national banks
6# Of ♦44,211,003
—
$2,652,660
More than one half of the State Banks and
Trust Companies of capital of $£5,000
and over, will join the Federal Reserve
Bank, largely by nationalization#
.
Six per cent of 50$ of capital and surplus
of these banks
6$ of $£1,799,768
—
Available capital without public subscription
~ fe o e o o f
#1,307,986
$5,960,646
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FARM MORTGAGE LOAIS
Made
by
Spokane
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ikMPWMHMai Companies
£1 Companies, including Trust Companies and two local life
insurance Companies*
Eastern Washington
#19*785,764.00
Idaho
4,£52,214.00
Montana
£*154*910*00
Eastern Oregon
1,297,797*00
$£7,490,685*00
Annual amount loans placed each year
$7,251,000
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No. Banks.
ttnnR NORTHWBSTEKH SKATES.
fotal
State
Hat ional
Under
25.000
M01JTANA:
(140 organized)
(past 4 years )
59
192
103
IDAHO:
(40 organized )
(past 4 years )
55
129
76
OREGON;
84
160
WASHINGTON:
76
255
113
274
736
362
Closet*Spokane
l
Montana
251
Nor. Idaho
67
East.Wash.
153
Total
471
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As Close Spokane
wt
So. Idaho
117
Oregon
844
Total Closely
Tributary Spokane
Weelt. Wash.
-
178
ft/**1 1010
I
*4 %
kj?-
70
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
IBTAIS OP SPOK&UE BASKS, JOIY 1, 1913, to JAIUARY 1, 1914.
Currency shipments to Country Banks
July 1, 1913 to Jan. 1, 1914
8,200,062.00
Loans to Country Banks
July 1, 1913 to Jan. 1, 1914
2 t747,623.00
Commercial Paper Bought
770,000.00
AVERAGE DAILY BALAICBS;
Chicago
805,685.00
St/ Paul and Minneapolis
521,064.00
San Francisco
126,070 .00
Portland
284,900.00
Hew York
1,567,400.00
Seattle
319,500.00
AVERAGE DAILY REMIT IAHGBS LAST THREE MOUTHS
Hew York
169,400.00
Chicago
115,500.00
St. Paul
73,350.00
Seat tl#
94,100.00
Portland
97,900.00
San Francisco
43,900.00
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
Exbibit No.
M E M B E R A S SO C IA TE D C H A M B E R S OF
C O M M ER C E O F T H E PA C IFIC C O A S T .
J
Hoaxing at
M EM BER CHAM BER O F COMMERCE
OF TH E U N ITE D S T A T E S
O F A M E R IC A .
. E. C H I L BE R G , P r e s i d e n t .
d e p a r t m e n t s
:
E .F . S W E E N E Y V i c e P r e s i d e n t .
INDUSTRIAL
J . C. S L A T E R , V i c e
TRANSPORTATION
P re sid en t.
EXHIBITS
J . D .H O G E . T r e a s u r e r .
EXPLOITATION
T A X A T I ON
CO N VENTIO NS
m
CENTRAL
A LA SK A
B U ILD IN G
CHARITIES EN D O R SEM EN T
C. B , Y A N D E L L ,
S e c re ta ry
January 29, 1914,
Mr. Geo. R. Cooksey,
Secretary Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Seattle, Wash.
My dear Mr. Cooksey:I think you may not require all that is accompanying this
note.
I am giving you duplicates of the typewritten statistical
tables that were filed by Mr. Latimer on behalf of the Committee.
As these are available and it required only some slight
work in assembling, we will be on the safe side at least by placing
them in your hands, in the event Secretary McAdoo had reference to
these tables as well as to the album.
The information presented in the oound album is,-in its
deductions, I think in almost every instance,-based on the particu
lar statistical tables herewith supplied.
In addition to this, I
am attaching to this letter one or two items of information that
were expressly called for in the examination of witnesses.
Such exhibits as the additional map showing the trade zone,
or distributive territory, covered from Seattle, will have to be
prepared with some care and forwarded later to Washington, D. C.
The information also requested with respect to accounts
carried by outside banks in Seattle, will be compiled through
Clearing House channels.
I am filing also several copies of a
booklet on Alaska, which we think is well worth reading.
We hope
you yourself will find it interesting.
Yours very truly,
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
Land
A r e a o f S e a t t l e .............................
5 8 .6 6
sq . m ile s
W a ter
3 5 .9 1
sq . m ile s ;
sa m e .
Land a r e a o f P o r t la n d a p p r o x i m a t e l y /
( B x a c t f i g u r e s n o t im m e d ia t e ly
a t h a n d , b u t t h e y a r e m ore th a n 5 0 s q . m i l e s and l e s s th a n 6 0 )
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
DATA
REQUESTED
OF
F O R E
1ITHESS
I G If
BY
SECRETARY
McADQQ
T R A D E
YEAR EEDING JU13E 30, 1913
Total
SEATTLE
Imports
Exports
# 4 3 ,3 5 4 ,3 0 9
# 2 2 , 338 ,2 2 8
1 2 1 , 0 16 ,0 8 1
TACOMA
4 6 ,8 1 7 ,2 1 5
2 4 , 4 9 0 ,7 33
2 2 , 326 ,4 8 2
PORTLAND
1 5 ,7 6 0 ,8 9 2
3 , 203,639
1 2 , 5 7 7 , 2 5 3
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
16
T h e
T r a d e
Q ^ ^ u O C tjL ^
R e g i s t e r
Statistics of Business
I
Miscellaneous Statistics Showing the Volume or A ctivity o f Business in the
Pacific N orthwest and Elsewhere
PUGET SOUND CUSTOMS
The customs business of the district of Puget Sound dur
ing the fiscal year ended with June 30, 1913, in comparison
with that of the next previous year, as reported by the col
lector of the district, is reported below.
Th6 publication of the report hag been delayed much be
yond the usual tim e this year. It was reported early in
July that the report would be printed by the government
at Washington, D. C., and that copies of it would be fur
nished to the press, but no such copies have been received
as yet, and it was finally decided to make a nummary of
the copy on file in the S.ea±tIe~£ui.tQ-m house. The informa
tio n was copied carefully and then carefully checked, and
an effort was made to adjust the discrepancies that will
be noted between the different classifications of imports,
and between the different classifications of exports, but
without success. The rush and confusion of transferring
the custom house from Port Townsend to Seattle appears
to have caused some errors in the records of imports and
exports that cannot be readily adjusted. The report as
summarized by The Trade Register reads as follow s:
P r in c ip a l Im p o rts
COM M ODITIES—
1913
Copper o r e ........... . .......................................... $ 4,256,012
Tea ........................................................................
1,815,808
Tin, in bars, etc...............................................
432,509
Cement .................................................................
146
Decorated Chinaware ...................................
400,685
Manila hemp ........... .......................................
3,530,232
Bags and burlaps ...........................................
1,516,712
Fish and fish products..................................
171,518
M atting ...............................................................
76,430
R i c e ........................................................................
419,221
Silk, r a w ............................................................... 30,230,075
A ll other articles ...........................................
8,624,335
Totals .......................................................... $51,473,683
Imports — By Countries
1913
COU NTRIES—
EUROPE—
121,498
Austria-Hungary ..................................
43,732
Belgium ...................................................
5,510
D e n m a rk ...................................................
151,272
Prance ......................................................
317,981
Germany .................................................
8
Gibraltar .................................................
31,751
Greece ............................. ..........................
158,389
Italy . ........................................................
207,931
Netherlands ............................................
112,985
Norway ....................................................
1,523
Portugal ...................................................
Russia in Europe ...............................
18,553
S p a i n ..........................................................
37,023
Sweden .....................................................
49,033
Switzerland ............................................
55
Turkey. ......................................................
573,795
England ......................................
108,122
S c o t la n d ......... ..........................................
26,547
Irelami ........................................ .............
N O R T H A M E R IC A —
21,381
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, etc.
25,052
Quebac, Ontario, Yukon, etc.
British C o lu m b ia ........................................
7,499,016
25,269
Guatemala
755
Panama
80
Salvador
39,601
Mexico
6
Britisjh. W e s t Indies
2,456
Cuba
83
Jamai ca .....................
SOUTH A M E R IC A —
82,601
Brazi:
487,638
Chile
180
Peru
A S IA —
2,607,832
Chine
1,675,098
772,819
Straits Settlements
24,170
Other British E ast Indies.
42,384
Dutch E ast Indies ................
405,563
Hong] :ong
Japan
2,768
Korea
Persi
......... 280
Russi a,, Asiatic
48,983
Siam
Turk« y In Asia
4,355
OCEAN [A—
20,590
A u s t r a li a ................................
5,593
New Zealand ....................
14
A ll other British Oceania
3,721,399
Philiipine Islands ......... ..........................
AFRICA l—
British Africa, South
98
1912
$ 2,742,989
2,510,988
659,843
326’, 64 6
2,524,050
903,200
131,465
129,728
245,882
22,623,532
6,212,907
$39,011,230
1912
$
103,909
51,288
5,840
129,322
284,712
.........38,964
119,817
34,169
91,399
2,110
10,180
15,845
50,619
’ 506,’l25
67,594
25,886
17,014
32,303
5,212,778
10,082
44,260
12,910
433,410
1,011,136
978,329
616,853
16,756
68,137
292,028
25,958,124
5,063
34,724
6,440
46,973
2,644,444
E gypt and the Soudan ...........................
Small Imports from 9 other countries
1,200
27,507
Totals ..........................................................$51,473,686
$39,008,250
Im p o r ts— B y S u b -P o rts
SU B-P O R TS—
1913
1912
Pt. Townsend ....................................................$
564,891
$
179,746
T a c o m a ......... ....................................................... 24,490,733
14,715,487
Seattle ............................................... ..
....... 22.338.228
21.308.067
19X3!' — is!m
Everett ...........
Bellingham . .
151,121
172,763
Blaine .........
576,621
801,980
Port Angeles .
7,185
12,104
North Port . .
33,242
32,912
Roche Harbor
1,110
Aberdeen . . . .
1,341
1,446
Anacortes . . .
360,374
267,177
Sumas .............
577,571
480,123
Danville .........
98,776
35,387
Friday Harbor
1,444
4,310
South Bend . .
67
Spokane .........
116,024
‘122,549
Oroville .........
5,135
6,734
Molson ...........
5,482
8,350
Chopaka .........
19,466
16,858
Ferry
6,309
3,050
Laurier .................................................................
2,031,748
898,972
Kalam a .............................................................................. ..
Totals .......................................................... $51,476,733
$39,011,264
E x p o r ts— B y S u b -P o rts
SUB-PORTS—
Port T o w n se n d ................................................. $
Tacoma ................................................................
Seattle ...................................................... ,/f . . .
Everett .................................................................
Bellingham ........................................................
Blaine ...................................................................
Port A n g e le s ......................................................
Northport .....................................................
Roche Harbor ...............................................
Aberdeen .......................................................
Anacortes ..................................................... .
Sumas ...................................................................
Danville ........................................................
Friday Harbor ...........................................
South Bend .................................................
Spokane .........................................................
Oroville ... ...................................................
Molson ..........................................................
Chopaka .......................................................
Ferry ..............................................................
Laurier ..........................................................
Kalam a ........................................................
1913
839,607
22,,326,482
31 -016-081
448.245
333,962
9, 802,565
1, 584,355
517,680
26,545
790,919
141.246
3 , 316,958
128,050
24,201
167,190
1912
522,710
24,778,914
22,521,347.
765,518
474,879
8,030,358
650,870
534,341
30,848
810,594
124,877
3,214,238
155,693
20,838
134,766
$
' Vl,498
Y o .m
14,407
164,841
77,364
514,171
87,625
20,113
239,585
64,762
295,812
Totals ................................................. ..
$62, 383,992 $63,451,241
Principal Exports
COM M ODITIES—
1913'
1912
Live Stock .......................................................... $
922,840 $ 1,009,233
Barley .. . .............................................................
11,589
504
O a t s .......................................... .............................
79,609
309,342
W heat ...................................................................
4, 790,962
2,740,711
W heat F l o u r ......................................................
9 , 037,671
10,422,718
Copper and M frs...............................................
1, 299,494
1,485,691
Cotton, raw .......................................................
6, 330,878
12,226,613
Cotton, c l o t h .....................................................
464,054
441,905
Salmon, canned ...............................................
1, 434,451
1,866,154
Fruit ...........................................-.........................
1, 182,042
1,218,134
H ay and F e e d ...................................................
499,064
527,044
Iron and Steel & M frs...................................
8, 385,387
7,841,956
Leather and M fgs. of ..................................
444,666
407,498
Paper and M frs. o f ........................................
904,209'
743,833
Meat Products .................................................
l, 663,752
1,434,407
E ggs and Dairy P ro d u c e .............................
1, 528.681
1,317,264
M alt Liquors ...................................................
192,515
154,856
Tobacco and M frs. o f ..................................
294,414
422,136
Lumber ...............................................................
5, 730.682
5,855,532
A ll other Articles ........................................ 17, 186,032
13,025,327
Totals ..........................................................$62,382,992
$63,450,858
E x p o r ts— B y C ou n tries
COUNTRIES'—
EUROPE—
Belgium .......................................................... $
Denmark ........................................................
Finland ............................................................
France .......................................................... ..
Germany .................... ...................................
Gibraltar ........... ............................................
Italy .................. ............................................ ..
Netherlands ...................................................
Norway ............................................................
Spain ................................................................
Sweden ............................................................
Scotland ; ........................................................
Ireland ............................................................
N O R TH A M E R IC A —
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, e t c .. ..
Quebec, Ontario, Yukon, etc..................
1913
34,344
50
250
322,383
217,741
250
453,628
135,869
1912
$
151,970
’ n¥,6()6
262,279
’ 602*,373
279,725
2,998
340
2,399,226
117,802
516,053
2,4 64,230
63,951
413,795
14,820
621,778
25,657,331
3,169
988,220
20,997,850
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
T h e
as had been expected. The majority
of hosiery lines are also opened for
the jobbing trade, with advances chief
ly on goods that retail below 25c.
In the women’s garment field buying
is very closely confined to the pur
chase of jobs in coats. Manufacturers
are giving the bulk of their attention
to spring lines.
In common with other lines, the call
for women’s neckwear shows the
slacking off which is natural after a
prolonged period of remarkable activ
ity, Some concerns, however, still
find difficulty in turning out goods fast
enuf to make prompt deliveries.
Millinery continues quiet. Laces
show improvement, especially the gold
and silver effects. Embroidery busi
ness is confined to the placing of a
limited number of orders on spring
goods, chiefly novelties. Fur continues
the leading feature in trimmings. Rep
resentatives of importing houses have
just returned from Europe with splen
did lines of beaded effects suitable for
dancing dresses.
The ribbon movement centers on
the medium grades of plain satins
and novelties suitable for making up
holiday gifts. Veilings are still very
active:—Dry Goods Economist.
SALMON DEPARTMENT
Seattle, N o t . 26, 1918.
Quietness prevails in the salmon
market, which is customary at this
time of the season.
Some of the packers and jobbers will
hold some of their sockeyes over until
next year, anticipating better prices on
account of the small pack next year.
Reports from Vancouver, B. C., state
that the market there is steadily im
proving, altho still unsatisfactory on
account of the stock carried over from
last year.
The salmon fishing on the Siuslaw
river, near Florence, Or., closed last
week. Owing to the poor market for
salmon there only- one cannery was
operated this season by a combination
of the two companies—Kyle & Sons
Co. and W. T. Tallent Co. The pack
was light, only 5,000 cs. being packed,
about one-half the usual size.
A floating cannery to operate on
Grays Harbor is proposed by Hoquiam
parties.
j
A Bellingham man has invented a
new vacuum canning machine that is
said to greatly simplify the canning of
salmon by sanitary process, eliminat
ing the steam box nnd double steamer.
Extensive improvements will be
made on the salmon cannery plant of
the Coast Fish Co. at Anacortes, Wn.,
including installati an of new sanitary
equipment, and tho erection of a box
and can factory.
There arrived at Seattle during the
past week on the ss. Al-Ki, 8,000 cs.
of canned salmon from Alaskan points.
There were shipped from Seattle
'during the past week on the ss. Ixion,
12,405 cs. of salmoi for Oriental ports;
53,352 cs. for Greajt Britain; 3,099 cs.
for France; 500 cs for Germany.
The Dungeness 3o-operative Creamery has' been incoi porated at Dungeness, V n., with a c ipital stock of $10,-
000.
T
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T r a d e
A
D
E
15
R e g i s t e r
N
E W
S
N. J. Burke, trustees. The primary
object is to co-operate in the closing
of stores at 7:30 p. m., and 9 o’clock
on Saturday evenings.
W A S H IN G T O N
OREGON
La Conner. — The general store of
the Anderson-Silcox Co. was entered
by thieves last Sunday and a
quantity of merchandise was taken.
Odessa.—The Kriegler-Page Mercan
tile Co., general merchants, are re
ported to be closing out their stock
of goods and will retire from the busi
ness.
Raymond.—The Valley Stock Co. has
purchased the stock of general mer
chandise of the Paulding Mercantile
Co., and the two stocks will be merged.
Davenport.—Chas. E. Ivy has pur
chased the grocery store of C. R. Petrec and is undecided whether to con
tinue the business or close out the
stock.
Bellingham.—G. G. Nelson has pur
chased the New Orleans Grocery.
Snohomish.—M. S. Wegley, of Ever
ett, will open a grocery store here.
Prosser.—W. C. Kuger, general mer
chant, is reported to be closing out.
Sumner—Barr & Kelley have opened
a grocery here.
Spokane. — A. W. Miller has pur
chased the grocery store of A. W.
BoAver, at 01730 Division street.
Tacoma.—The Pure Food Grocery
has been opened at No. 11th and Sher
idan streets by H. L. Smith.
Fonasket.—Walter Cloud and Theo.
Dodge will open a general store here.
Bellingham. — A general store has
been opened at Hastings Landing by
A. E. Smith.
Bellingham.—Harry A. Wright has
purchased the Stearns Grocery at Pot
ter and Humboldt streets.
Spokane.—The Victor Johnson Co.
has been incorporated here with a cap
ital stock of $10,000 and will conduct
a general merchandise business.
Farris.—A general store will be op
ened here by D. M. Farris.
Castle Rock.—W. A. W illiams has
purchased the general merchandise
stock of Carner & Co.
Algona.—A general store has been
opened here by R. Janalek.
Everett.—The McFall Grocery Co.
has changed its name to Coast Groc
ery Co.
Pt. Angeles.—Fred W estcott, Jr., has
bot the interest of Mr. Morse in the
grocery of Morse & McNutt which re
cently acquired the Port Angeles Groc
ery Co.
Hartford.—Lindstrom Bros., general
merchants, is reported to have as
signed to the Seattle Merchants and
Credit Men’s Assn.
Ritzville.—G. Fischer is reported to
have purchased the McDonald Grocery
Co.’s store.
Tacoma.—Mrs. Jessie E. Magoon has
bot the grocery at So. 9th and D street
from J. Carpenter.
Issaquah.—Merchants organized an
association last week, with P. W.
Knoernschild as president; J. J. Lewis,
vice-president; Thos. Cubbon, treas
urer; V. Van Winkle, secretary, and
A. A. Van Winkle, W. E. Holland and
Edenbower. — Farrens Bros, have;
succeeded John Botcher, grocer.
La Grande—Mr. Mills has purchased
the grocery of W. N. Monroe.
Eola.—H. M. Reece, grocer, recent
ly suffered a loss by fire.
Oregon City.—Elliott Bros., general
merchants, are reported to have dis
solved.
Marshfield.—W. H. Didinger & Co.
have succeeded W. F. Squire, general
merchant.
IDAH O
Juliaetta. — Geo. N. Buckelew has
purchased a one-fourth interest in the
Groseclose & Richardson general
store.
Idaho City.—John H. Myer has op
ened a general merchandise store
here.
Rogerson.—‘The Rogerson Mercan
tile Co. has been incorporated.
Hope.—Joe Jeannot has opened- a .
grocery here.
Naples. — D. P. Dayton has again
taken possession of the general store
here.
Blanchard.—The lone Mercantile Co.
is reported to have been closed by
debtors.
ALASKA
Hydaberg. — A general store has
has been opened here by John Shulta.
INDUSTRIAL
NEWS
The Conconully Creamery Co., at
Conconully, Wn., has closed down its
plant.
. . .
The Nichols Mfg. Co. has been in
corporated at Vancouver, Wn., .with a
capital stock of $100,000 and will
manufacture stoves.
" A m e ric a ’ s Finest Flouring M ills ’
TH E FACT T H A T
FISHER S BLEND
F L O U R
is made the standard of compari>
son by salesmen for other flours con
stitutes the highest praise for our
Blend. It means that the consumer
has come to know it as the best
that can be obtained.
F isher’s B len d costs a few
more cents per sack, but it makes
larger and better loaves.
Your flour trade is dependent
on the quality of the product you
handle, and F isher’s B len d will
materially help your, business.
M anufactured by
FISHER FLOURING MILLS CO.
SEATTLE, U. S. A.
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The
18
Trade
Register
Dealers Acquitted in Adulterated
Food Case
The Trade Register
88 Jackson Street, Seattle.
Telephone: Main ,81 . . . . . . . . . . .
T h e Trader R e g is te r , I n c . . . . . . .P u b lis h e r
L o v e tt M, W o o d .............. ..............P r e sid e n t
W illia m R . S a u n d e r s .. .E d ito r an d M ngr.
Eastern Representative:
T h e C. M. W e s s e ls Co., T im es Building',
•
P h ila d elp h ia , P a.
Issued Every Saturday
A jury in Judge J. T. Ronald’s de
partment of the King county superior
court on Nov. 20, found J. R. Grant &
Co., and J. R. Grant not guilty of the
offense of selling adulterated potted
turkey oh April 21, 1913, to H. A. Eba.
The defendants were first arraigned
in Justice Fred C. Brown’s court, found
guilty and a fine of $500 was imposed.
An appeal was then taken to the su
perior court. The food alleged ot have
been adulterated consisted of 80 cs.
of potted turkey which, it was charged,
was decomposed and unfit for human
food. Federal food inspectors testified
in the second trial that the food was
not unfit for human use.
S u b scrip tio n P rice:
One yea r, in a d v a n c e .............................. $2 00
S ix m o n th s, in a d v a n c e ....................... 1 00
F o reig n C ou n tries, p er y e a r .............. 3 50
C anadian ....................................................... 3 00
S in g le C opies ............................................
10
In se n d in g n o tic e o f p o sto ffice ad d ress
s t a t e old a s w e ll a s n ew a d d ress, and Oral Advertising Versus Printed Ad
m ake re m itta n c e by P . O. M oney Order,
vertising
E x p r e ss M oney ' O rder or R e g iste r e d
L etter.
At a luncheon held last Tuesday at
Established January, 1893
E n tered a s se c o n d -c la s s m a tte r M arch
3, 1894, a t th e p o sto ffice a t S ea ttle, W n.,
tinder th e A c t o f C on gress o f M arch 3,
1879.
C op yrigh t, 1913,
B y T h e T rad e R e g is te r , Inc.
CONTENTS
Editorial—
Election, ian Important ...........................
Customer, Approaching T h e .....................
Store Finance, Secrets o f . ........................
Port Commissioners, Salaries f o r .........
3
3
4
4
Departments—
Industrial News .......................................... 10
JS^rket Conditions ...................................... 10
1General Review ...................................... 10
Seattle Market ........................................ 10
Other Market News
13
SltJm&n Department ....................................15
18
Seattle, News . * ...................................... ..
Seattle - Prices L ist . . . . t .................. ......; 20
Bu-ying Quotations ..................................20
CNjneral Selling Quotations ...............20
Proprietary Quotations ...................... 22
Statistics of Business ............................. 16
Tracie News j ................................................... 15
New Goods ..................................................... 6
Miscellaneous—
Adulteration ,and Misbranding C ases. . 8
Advertising Bill, False ........... ...18
E gg Price, w ° men F igh t .........................19
Eggs, W ornei Boycott . . . ................ ..
.19
Fake Inspector Again B u s y .................... 6
Market Biirejau for ETousewives. . . . . . 5
Manufacturers’ Convention, Specialty. 6
M ilk Inspection, Many Cities Spending
Nothing ijjbr ........... ............................ .. . 9
Oil Found . j . .................................................... 6
Parcel Post, Increase in L im it Recommended . .
Price' Mainte nance Fallacies ................ . 7
Prices, Reta il ............................................... 9
Storage Deal ers Request H earing......... 5
Taxes,
Pro sperity
and
Logged-Off
Lands . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . ....................... 8
.19
Turning Ovc r the Goods..................
W rig h t’s St: aight Talks, D e x t e r ..... 5
S E A 7 T L E
N E W S
Kate Tad % has purchased the grocery of McR; ,e & Branigan, at 401 East
Pike street.
It is repc rted that the Novelty Art
Co., of Seat le, has been caught violating the law against false advertising,
and that its prosecution is in prospect.
the Rathskeller members of the Seat
tle Ad Club engaged in a debate on
the subject, “Resolved, that the spoken
word is more efficient as a selling
force than the written word.” Nathan
Eckstein, W. B. Reynolds and W. L.
Bigler spoke for the affirmative side
of the proposition, and R. L. Stanley,
A. R. Bloomfield and C. W. Duncan
spoke for the negative, which won the
award on points. The champions of
the written word contended that with
out its aid salesmen with the oral ar
guments would experience great diffi
culty in making sales, the written
word performing the function of in
forming prospective customers and in
clining them to buy in advance and
thus paving the way for the salesmen
to take and fill the orders, besides
reaching many more prospects than
can be reached by oral arguments at
the same expense.
W ant Government to Sell Furs in
Seattle
The New Seattle Chamber of Com
merce in a recent telegram to the
United States Department of Com
merce urges that Seattle be made the
selling station for the furs taken from
the government preserves in the north.
It has been previously reported that
St. Louis is to be the point selected.
The Chamber of Commerce in its tele
gram to the department included the
following statement:
“More high-grade furs come to the
Seattle market than to any other mar
ket in the United States. The Seattle
Fur Sales Agency, established in 1896,
conducts monthly sales in commodi
ous quarters, these being attended by
representatives of principal fur buy
ing houses in the world, thus assuring
competition. Selling here would save
the government added expense for
freight, storage and insurance entailed
in shipping from the Pacific coast to
St. Louis while satisfactory vessel
service between here and the islands
can be easily arranged.”
Soliciting Customers by Mail
The following copy of a letter issued
by the White Front Grocery to pros
pective customers is furnished for the
consideration of retailers who are in
terested in soliciting customers by
mail. The White Front Grocery re
port that the letter is being sent to
prospects who are known to be good
credit risks only, and that so far about
7 per cent of the prospects solicited
have responded to the solicitation, a
result that is considered very satis
factory. The letter is as follows:
“Dear Madam: We w ish to call
your attention to our stock of grocer
ies at 4100 Rainier avenue.
“We feel certain that you could find
some advantage in trading with us, for
we carry a good assortment of staple
goods and fine line of produce and
fruits.
“You have never appeared on our
list of regular customers, but should
you see fitt o call on us, we would as
sure you every attention.
“Hoping that you will give us an
opportunity to serve you, we are,
Yours very truly, White Front Grocery.
Phone Rainier 99.”
False Advertising Bill
Last Monday a bill for the purpose
of enacting the state law against false
advertising into a city ordinance was
introduced in the Seattle city council,
and referred to the public safety com
mittee. The bill and state law of
which the bill is a copy read as fol
lows:
“Any person, firm, corporation or as
sociation who, with intent to sell or in
any wise dispose of merchandise, se
curities, service, or anything offered
by such person, firm, corporation or
association, directly or indirectly, to
the public for sale or distribution, - or
with intent to increase the consump
tion thereof, or to induce the public
in any manner to enter into any ob
ligation relating thereto, or to acquire
title thereto, or an interest therein,
makes, publishes, disseminates, cir
culates, or places before the public,
or causes, directly or indirectly, to be
made, published, disseminated, circu
lated or placed before the public in
this state, in a newspaper or other
publication, or in the form of a book,
notice, handbill, poster, bill, circular,
pamphlet, or letter, or in any other
A dvertise Your
Business
with Bright Lights
Use Electricity to Grind your
Coffee and Spices
The Puget Sound
Traction, Light and
Power Co.
Sells Reliable Light and Power.
Complete line of Large and
Small Power Motors.
Mazda Lamps will increase your
Illumination and cut down your
Lighting Bills.
T H E E L E C T R IC B U IL D IN G
Seventh Ave. and Olive St.
P H O N E . FOR S O LIC IT O R
M A IN 9000
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
The
Costa Rica ....................................................
103,603
Guatemala .....................................................
121,384
Honduras ........................................................
17,334
Nicaragua .....................................................
56,787
Panama ..........................................................
190,137
Salvador ..........................................................
103,802
Mexico ............................................................
261,164
British W est Indies ...............................
2,250
SOUTH A M E R IC A —
Argentina ......................................................
153,313
Bolivia ............................................................
2,793
Chile ................................................................
737,479
Colombia ........................................................
1,002
Equador ..........................................................
69,946
Peru ...................................................................
1,046,567
Uruguay ..........................................................
41,000
Aden .................................................................
90
A SIA —
Chinese Empire ...........................................
2,158,486
Japanese China ...........................................
65,141
British India ...............................................
107,197
Straits Settlements ..................................
371,482
Other British East Indies......................
8,723
Dutch East I n d i e s ......................................
44,986
Hongkong ......................................................
3,902,845
Japan .............................................................. 15,975,170
Korea ...............................................................
180,834
Asiatic R ussia .............................................
810,283
Siam .................................................................
21,580
O CEAN IA—
Australia and Tasmania ......................
1,501,306
New Zealand ...............................................
66,402
A ll Other British Oceania......................
68,903
French Oceania ..........................................
65,417
14,296
German Oceania ........................................
Guam ..............................................................
1,720
Philippine I s la n d s ......................................
3,494,255
A F R IC A —
British Africa, South .............................
54,897
Portuguese A f r i c a ......................................
600
Egypt and the Soudan.............................
64,955
Small exportations to 9 other countries ................
T rade
28,969
56,479
5,771
80,659
73,158
437,795
169,705
14,784
980,138
101,324
949,651
74,424
4,867,660
26,918
44,001
254,694
Register
17
Movement of Vessels in Foreign Trade
EN T R AN C ES FROM F O R E IG N —
1913
No. Vessels— American .............................
2,390
No. V essels— Foreign ..................................
1,943
Totals
4,333
3,674
Tonnage— American ...................................... 1,181,926
Tonnage— Foreign .......................................... 1,712,850
896,305
1,599,927
Totals .............................................................. 2,894,776
C LE AR A N CE S FOR FO R E IG N —
No. Vessels— American ...................................... 2,451
No. V essels— Foreign ...........................................1,974
2,496,232
Totals
..............................................................
1912
1,955
l ’ 719
2,062
l ’,808
..................................................................... 4,425
3,870
Tonnage— American ...................................... 1,201,673
Tonnage— Foreign .......................................... 1,865,431
1,007,682
1,843,604
Totals
.............................................................. 3,067,104
2,851,286
66,559
4,114,853
18,080,723
113,867
410,448
17.011
Cash Receipts by Sub-Ports
SITB-PORTS— ■
1913
1912
Port Townsend ................................... . . $
30,418.03
$
25,085.40
Tacoma ........................................................
530,167.83
382,217.56
Seattle .......................................................... 1,473,626.08
1,386,447.56
Everett ........................................................
1,336.02 ■
1,226.92
9,346.89
11,405.76
1,813,828 Bellingham ...............................................
Blaine
..........................................................
62,274.41
60,462.02
173,152
Port Angeles .............................................
4,025.82
2,598.86
154,801
Northport ....................................................
681.56
492.59
16,005
Roche
Harbor
..........................................
1,014.78
950.68
29,492
Aberdeen ....................................................
3,588.15
2,748.97
1,470.94
2,747.69
3,760,133 Anacortes ...................................................
Sumas ..........................................................
21,387.84
8,937.92
Danville
.....................................................
1,145.19
805.88
95,260
Friday H a r b o r ..........................................
562.56
1,733.78
77,194
South Bend ...............................................
338.86
44.70
457
Spokane ......................................................
28,750.08
34,561.67
18,160
Oroville .....................................................
486.97
531.73
1,022.72
717.80
Totals .......................................................... $62,382,992
$63,451,241 Molson ..........................................................
Chopaka ......................................................
2,451.85
1,477.20
Foreign Merchandise Imported into this District and Entered Ferry ............................................................
413.76
350.40
for Immediate Transportation to Interior Ports
Laurier ........................................................
1,320.45
899.42
W ithout Appraisement
Kalama ........................................................
29.20
6.70
. CLASSES'—
1913
1912
Dutiable ................................................................... $504,002
$6,567,611
Totals ................................................. $2,175,859.99
$1,926,451.21
Free of duty ........................................................ 355,264
2,987,199
Sources from which Collections were Received
Totals ...............................................................$859,266
$9,554,810
1913
1912
Entered at Tacoma .......................................... $333,995
$3,509,666 Imposts ......................................................$1,830,360.85
$1,663,905.94
................
147,597.51
Entered at Seattle............................................... 520,300
5,961,797 Warehouse W ithdrawals ....................
4,771
53,551
Entered at Blaine ...............................................
Re-W arehouse W ithdraw als .............
221,083.53
4,537.35
Entered at Sumas ...............................................
200
29,796
Tonnage Tax ............................................
42,350.12
39,943.06
2,514.00
2,066.05
Shipments to N’on-Contig’uous Territory of the United States Compensation from Storage......... ..
Fines, Penalties and F rs......................
14,292.75
24,626.24
T E R R IT O R IE S —
1913
1912
Miscellaneous
Receipts
.......................
44,579.42
25,721.55
Alaska .................................................................$17,535,099
$17,508,763
20,679.32
18,053.51
Hawaii .................................................................
3,944,421
3,604,636 Navigation Fees ....................................
Totals
....................................................... .$21,479,520
$21,113,399
Totals .................................................. $2,175,859.99
Bank Clearings
The bank clearings of the four principal cities of the Pacific northwest
for the periods specified below are reported as follows:
Seattle.
Portland
Spokane.
Tacoma.
Nov. 17 ........................... $ 2,412,067.96 $2,879,183
$1,023,910
$ 510,246
2,044,386
706,820
527,892
Nov. 18 ............... ............ 2,933,392.92
Nov. 19 ....... .................... 2,127,115.47
2,186,056
824,320
390,760
Nov. 20 ........................... 2,063,270.56
2,004,402
725,156
348,747
Nov. 21 ................ ........... 1,938,826.20
1,929,880
700,141
285,243
Nov. 22 ........................... 2,302,662.80
1,938,458
749,603
294,511
Last week (total).....$13,777,335.91 $12,982,365
Last year (cor. week).. 12,611,908.42 12,325,704
4,729,950
4,825,378
$2,357,399
4,467,650
T
$1,926,451.21
h e c a /m a d ia n b a n k
o r com m erce
Established 1867
Head Office .......................Toronto, Canada
London Office ................ 2 Lombard Street
New York Office......... 16 Exchange Place
Over 350 branches in Canada and the
United States, including San Francisco,
Portland, Seattle, Victoria and V an
couver, on the Pacific Coast.
Foreign exchange bought and sold and
a general banking business transacted.
Travelers’ and Commercial Credits
furnished for all parts of the world.
Oregon Customs Business
The customs business of the district
of Oregon, during October, 1913, as
reported by the collector of the dis
trict, was as follows:
Entrance tonnage ..................... 18,894
Clearance tonnage .......................33,448
Collections ................................ $65,226.54
Imports ...................................... 207,395.00
Exports ....................................1,755,416.00
IN V E S T IG A T IO N OF H IG H PRICES
BEGUN
THE
m i l »H
igiffON'Savings;
Scandinavian
Am
erican
Bunk
Special facilities for Northern busi
ness through its branches at Dawson
City and W hite Horse
(Yukon), and
Skagway, Alaska.
Travelers’ Checks issued.
Interest allowed on time deposits.
S A V IN G S D E P A R T M E N T
SEA T TLE BRA NCH
G. V . H O LT,
Cor. Second Ave. and
M anager.
James Street.
P
e o p l e ’s
S
a v in g s
Bank
People’ s S'avings Bank Bldg.
C ap ital $100,000, p a id up, w ith a u th o r ity
Washington, D. C., Nov. 24—Another
t o in c r e a se t o $1,000,000.
federal investigation into the high cost
E. C. Neufelder ............................. President
of living was begun today. If the in
R. J. Reekie .........................Vice-President
vestigation confirms charges that a
Jos. T. Greenleaf ............................. Cashier
conspiracy exists to maintain or force
higher the; prices of cold storage prod A U S T & T E R H U N E
Commercial Savings and Trust, General
ucts, it is probable that Attorney Gen
Banking and Exchange.
ATTORNEYS A T L A W
eral McR^ynolds. will institute crim 4 0 4 -4 0 6 Boston Block, Seattle, Wn.
Four per cent interest paid on Savings
inal prosecutions.
Deposits.
P h o n m M a in lO O
Seattle, Wash.
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
The
18
Trade
Register
Dealers Acquitted in Adulterated
Food Case
The Trade Register
88 Jackson Street, Seattle.
Telephone: Main 81
T h e T ra d e R e g is te r , In c..............P u b lish e r
L o v e tt M. W o o d .............................. P r e sid e n t
W illia m R. S a u n d e r s .. .E d ito r an d M ngr.
Eastern Representative:
T h e C. M. W e s s e ls Co., T im es B u ild in g ,
P h ila d elp h ia , Pa.
Issued Every Saturday
A jury in Judge J. T. Ronald’s de
partment of the King county superior
court on Nov. 20, found J. R. Grant &
Co., and J. R. Grant not guilty of the
offense of selling adulterated potted
turkey on April 21, 1913, to H. A. Eba.
The defendants were first arraigned
in Justice Fred C. Brown’s court, found
guilty and a fine of $500 was imposed.
An appeal was then taken to the su
perior court. The food alleged ot have
been adulterated consisted of 80 cs.
of potted turkey which, it was charged,
was decomposed and unfit for human
food. Federal food inspectors testified
in the second trial that the food was
not unfit for human use.
S u b scrip tio n P rice:
One year, in a d v a n c e .............................. $2 00
S ix m o n th s, in a d v a n c e ....................... 1 00
F o reig n C ou n tries, p er y e a r .............. 3 50
C a n a d ia n ....................................................... 3 00
S in g le C op ies ............................................ .......10
In se n d in g n o tic e o f p o sto ftice a d d ress
s ta te old a s w e ll a s n ew ad d ress, and Oral Advertising Versus Printed Ad
m ake r e m itta n ce b y P . O. M oney Order,
vertising
E x p r e ss M oney O rder or R e g iste r e d
L etter.
At a luncheon held last Tuesday at
Established January, 1893
E n tered a s se c o n d -c la s s m a tter M arch
3, 1894, a t th e p o sto ffice a t S ea ttle, W n.,
under th e A ct o f C on gress o f M arch 3,
1879.
C op yrigh t, 1913,
B y T h e T rade R e g iste r ,
Inc.
CONTENTS
Editorial—
Election, an Important ...........................
Customer, Approaching T h e ....................
Store Finance, Secrets o f ..........................
Port Commissioners, Salaries f o r .........
3
3
4
4
Departments—
Industrial News .......................................... 10
Market Conditions ......................................10
General Review ......................................10
Seattle Market ........................................ 10
Other Market News ............................. 13
Salmon Department ....................................15
Seattle News ................................................. 18
Seattle Price List ...................................... 20
Buying Quotations ..................................20
General Selling Quotations ................20
Proprietary Quotations ...................... 22
Statistics of Business ............................. 16
Trade News ................................................... 15
New Goods ...................................................... 6
Miscellaneous—
Adulteration and Misbranding C a se s.. 8
Advertising Bill, False ...................... . . . 1 8
E gg Price, W omen Fight ........................ 19
Eggs, W om en Boycott ............................... 19
Fake Inspector Again Busy .................... 6
Market Bureau for H ousew ives........... 5
M anufacturers’ Convention, Specialty. 6'
Milk Inspection, Many Cities Spending
Nothing For ............................................. 9
Oil Found ........................................................ 6
Parcel Post, Increase in Lim it Recom
mended .......................................................... 19
Price Maintenance Fallacies .................. 7
Prices, Retail ............................................... 9
Storage Dealers Request H earing......... 5
Taxes,
Prosperity
and
Logged-Off
Lands . . ...................................................... 8
Turning Over the Goods...........................19
W righ t’s Straight Talks, D exter......... 5
SEATTLE
N E W S
Kate Tada has purchased the groc
ery of McRae & Branigan, at 401 East
Pike street.
It is reported that the Novelty Art
Co., of Seattle, has been caught violat
ing the law against false advertising,
and that its prosecution is in prospect.
the Rathskeller members of the Seat
tle Ad Club engaged in a debate on
the subject, “Resolved, that the spoken
word is more efficient as a selling
force than the written word.” Nathan
Eckstein, W. B. Reynolds and W. L.
Bigler spoke for the affirmative side
of the proposition, and R. L. Stanley,
A. R. Bloomfield and C. W. Duncan
spoke for the negative, which won the
award on points. The champions of
the written word contended that with
out its aid salesmen with the oral ar
guments would experience great diffi
culty in making sales, the written
word performing the function of in
forming prospective customers and in
clining them to buy in advance and
thus paving the way for the salesmen
to take and fill the orders, besides
reaching many more prospects than
can be reached by oral arguments at
the same expense.
W ant Government to Sell Furs in
Seattle
The New Seattle Chamber of Com
merce in a recent telegram to the
United States Department of Com
merce urges that Seattle be made the
selling station for the furs taken from
the government preserves in the north.
It has been previously reported that
St. Louis is to be the point selected.
The Chamber of Commerce in its tele
gram to the department included the
following statement:
“More high-grade furs come to the
Seattle market than to any other mar
ket in the United States. The Seattle
Fur Sales Agency, established in 1896,
conducts monthly sales in commodi
ous quarters, these being attended by
representatives of principal fur buy
ing houses in the world, thus assuring
competition. Selling here would save
the government added expense for
freight, storage and insurance entailed
in shipping from the Pacific coast to
St. Louis while satisfactory vessel
service between here and the islands
can be easily arranged.”
Soliciting Customers by Mail
The following copy of a letter issued
by the White Front Grocery to pros
pective customers is furnished for the
consideration of retailers who are in
terested in soliciting customers by
mail. The White Front Grocery re
port that the letter is being sent to
prospects who are known to be good
credit risks only, and that so far about
7 per cent of the prospects solicited
have responded to the solicitation, a
result that is considered very satis
factory. The letter is as follows:
“Dear Madam: We wish to call
your attention to our stock of grocer
ies at 4100 Rainier avenue.
“We feel certain that you could find
some advantage in trading with us, for
we carry a good assortment of staple
goods and fine line of produce and
fruits.
“You have never appeared on our
list of regular customers, but should
you see fitt o call on us, we would as
sure you every attention.
“Hoping that you will give us an
opportunity to serve you, we are,
Yours very truly, White Front Grocery.
Phone Rainier 99.”
False Advertising
Bill
Last Monday a bill for the purpose
of enacting the state law against false
advertising into a city ordinance was
introduced in the Seattle city council,
and referred to the public safety com
mittee. The bill and state law of
which the bill is a copy read as fol
lows:
“Any person, firm, corporation or as
sociation who, with intent to sell or in
any wise dispose of merchandise, se
curities, service, or anything offered
by such person, firm, corporation or
association, directly or indirectly, to
the public for sale or distribution, or
with intent to increase the consump
tion thereof, or to induce the public
in any manner to enter into any ob
ligation relating thereto, or to acquire
title thereto, or an interest therein,
makes, publishes, disseminates, cir
culates, or places before the public,
or causes, directly or indirectly, to be
made, published, disseminated, circu
lated or placed before the public in
this state, in a newspaper or other
publication, or in the form of a book,
notice, handbill, poster, bill, circular,
pamphlet, or letter, or in any other
A dvertise Your
Business
with Bright Lights
Use Electricity to Grind your
Coffee and Spices
The Puget Sound
Traction, Light and
Power Co.
Sells Reliable Light and Power.
Complete line of Large and
Small Power Motors.
Mazda Lamps will increase your
Illumination and cut down your
Lighting Bills.
T H E E L E C T R IC B U IL D IN G
Seventh Ave. and Olive St.
PHONE
FOR S O LIC IT O R
M A IN 9000
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
S T A T I S T I C A L
T A B L E S
PACIFIC NORTHWEST & PUGET SOUND
Prepared
for
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .
SEATTLE CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
S T A T I S T I C A L
T A B L E S
PACIFIC NORTHWEST & PUGET SOUND
. Prepared
w
for
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
"by
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SEATTLE CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
LIST Off SUBJECTS COVERED
1.
Agriculture.
2.
Alaska.
3.
Appropriations.
4.
Banking.
5.
Coal.
6.
Fisheries.
7.
Foreign Commerce
8.
Lumber.
9.
Mails.
10.
Manufa c tur ing.
11.
Mining.
12.
Population.
13.
Railroads.
14.
Seattle.
15.
Water Power.
SEATTLE CHAMBER Of CCMWt;
VALUE OF CROPS &c.
VALUATION Of FARM PROPERTY
1890
% IN
CREASE
TO TA L PRODUCTIONS
1900
1910
Washington
144,040,5*7
637.543,411
34 2.6
23.532.150
78,927.053
Oregon
1 7 2 , 761,287
528 , 243,782
205.8
21,806,687
6 7 , 27 1,20 2
305,317.185
353.9
117,859,823
347,828,770
501,932,859
1 8 1 8 , 9 33.148
Idaho
Montana
Totals:
% IN
CREASE
NUMBER OF FARMS
1890
1900
1910
235.4
18,056
33.202
56,192
49,040,725
124.9
25.530
35. 8 37
45,502
9 , 267,261
3 4 . 3 5 7 .8 5 1
270.7
6, 603
17. 4 71
30,807
195.1
10,692,515
29.714,563
177.9
5.603
13 , 3 7 0
26 .214
262.4
65,298,613
192,040,192
19 4 . 1
55.792
1899
1909
9 9 . 8 8 0 158.7 15
Alaska
''itish Columbia
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Reproduced from the Unclassified / Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
A G R I C U L T U R E
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
F A R M I H G
FIGURilS FROM U. S. CENSUS
State
Number
of Farms
1909
WASHINGTON
56,192
$78,927,053
11,712,235
37.8
$637,543,411
342. 6
OREGON
45,502
49,049,725
11,685,110
16.0
.528,243,782
205.8
IDAHO
50,807
34,357,851
5,283,604
64.9
305,317,185
353.9
MONTANA
26, 214
29,714.563
13,545,603
"14 i,4
347,828.770
195.1
PACIFIC N.W.
153,715
DISTRICT
$192,040,192
42,226,552
25.6 |l,818,933,148
262.4
Value of
Production
1909
Number
of Acres
1909
Rate
of Value of Farm. Rate
Increase
Property
of
1899-1909
1909
Increase
1899-1909
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
DISTRIBUTION OF F A M I N G
(u. S. Census 1910)
Areas in
Square Miles
ITumher
of Farms
"V’alue
of Farms
16,598
#128, 364,262
$12,391, 085
8, 950 •. •• Balance Western Washington.. 7, 235
s,
(Outsi 6 e Puget Sound Ccunties /'
45, 973,335
4,776,364
All Western Washington......
23,933
174, 338,197
17,167, 449
Western Oregon..............
30,842
308, 369,489
27,370,579
Washington and Oregon (West
of Cascade IIq u a tains)....
54,775
482, 707,686
45,038,028
12,llo •••• Central Washington..........
7, 514
103, 645,640
9,123,954
All Western and Central Wash
ington plus Western Oregon 62j289
586, 353,326
54,161,982
1,232, 579,822
137,378,210
15,601
29,457 ___
Sub-Divisions
Puget Sound Counties........
325,897 .... Balance Pacific "Torthwest
96,426
Value of
Productions
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Reproduced from the Unclassified / Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
A L A* 3 K A
STEAMSHIP
LIKES
TO
Hame of Company
ALASKA
Number of vessels operated
Alaska Steamship Company
13
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
3
Humboldt Steamship Company
1
Horthland Steamship Company
2
W* P, Swan k Company
I
Pa©ifi© Alaska Navigation Company
3
Canadian Pacific Hailway (out of Vancouver,B*C)
Total:
Hote:
.3 _ .
26
In summer months £. J* Dodd Steamship Company operate an
occasional boat, but not at regular times •
Humber of sailings per annum to Alaska ~ ....
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
T R A D E
W I T H
A L A S K A
TEAR ENDING JUKE ^0, 1 9 H .
OOMPARIS0$f-~0iHPUGET SOUMP WITH WHOLE PACIFIC COAST TRADE, HOT INCLUDING G O L D .
(Figures from Annual Summary of Commerce and Finance)
Imports from
TOTAL PACIFIC COAST
2 0 ,1 7 9 . 5 4 7
PUGET
1 6 ,5 5 4 , 8 9 6
SOUND
Ratio of
Puget Sd.
to whole
Pac. Coast
Exports to
Ratio of
Puget Sd.
to whole
Pac. Coast
1 5 ,2 1 1 , 9 4 6
Ratio of
Puget Sd.
to whole
Pac. Coast
44,194,103
24,014,556
8 2 ,0
Total
6 3 .3 4
31,766,842
7 1 .8 8
The above does not include gold, which is a larg* item in the commerce of Alaska.
The United States Assay
Office at Seattle is maintained for the purpose of accommodating the gold fields of the North, and the bullion
received at that Office affords an additional reason for Seattle being the location for a regional bank.
The only considerable item of Alaska commerce, going elsewhere than to Puget Sound, is fish.
San Francisco
**•1 has a substantial interest in the fisheries of the North, and some of the product goes to that port, and
oome of the supplies for fishing companies are still sent north from that port.
Only a few years ago practically
all of the Alaska fisheries were supervised, financed and directed from San Francisco.
The change which has come
about is one more index of the shift of business, finance and the lines of trade, to Puget Sound, notwithstanding
the long-established custom of doing business with San Francisco.
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Reproduced from the Unclassified
S T A T E X.11T
SHOWING COMPARISON BETWEEN TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS - OREGON AND WASHINGTON.
I Declassified
W A S H I N G T O N
O R E G O N
(Figures from U. S. Engineers)
Mouth of Columbia River
12,143,424
Columbia and Lower
Y/illamette below
Portland
3.380,365
Total
15,523.789
;
;
;
:
Lake Washington Canal
2 ,3 8 5 , 2 1 9
Puget Sound and
tributary waters
2*492,776
Total
# 4 , 877,997
•
<
M
^
# Total expended on Puget Sound harfeors and rivers and Lake Washington Canal, which will add to the
Port of Seattle approximately one hundred miles of water-front, non-tidal, fresh water harbor,
o
ps
p_j
^
The Govermaent has expended on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers up to Portland, $15,523,7S9»
an effort to maintain an open harbor, to retain and foster commerce through that channel.
In the same
period the Government has expended #4, 877»997
all the rivers and harbors of Puget Sound, including
Lake Washington Canal, not yet completed, or even in use.
S E A T ! IF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Holdings of the National Archives
♦•
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
B A N K I N G
RE 3 QUBC;33 OP A LL BAlaiS
(figures from national Honetary Commission Tabulations)
>tate
_______
Per cent.
Per cent.
Jun.30 1900 Apr.23 1909 increase Jun. 4 1913 increase
_____ _ .
________
1900-09
_______
1909-13.
Washington
41,564,915
193,473,825
377* 5
249,180, 293
25.5
Oregon
23,363,670
113,888,281
387.3
163,392, 993
43, 5
5,968, 606
42,738,242
614.3
51,434, 591
20. 3
30,590,141
69, 792,276
128.1
108,103, 409
54.9
Total Pacific
States
506,660,593 1313,922,371
159.3
1323,328, 335
38.3
Idaho
Montana
Total Pacific States:
includes Washington, Oregon,
ITevada, Utah and Idaho.
California, Arizona,
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Capital
AND
N A T I O N A L
Deposits
B A N K S
Loans
All resourees
203,842,000
139,549,000
249,180,000
Oregon
17 .997 ,00©
128,873,000
88,614,000
163.392,000
1 3 ,094,000
83,929.000
64,832,000
108 ,103,000
7 .260,000
36.973.000
___ 3 1 .183.000
51.434,000
63 ,282,000
453,618,000
324,178,000
572 ,111,0 0 0
Washington )
4 ,600,000
30,458,000
16,141,000
38,884,000
Oregon
2,984,000
17.439,000
10,253,900
23 ,3 3 3 .0 0 ®
3,295,000
2 1 ,125,000
14,127,000
28 ,121,000
735,000
4,469,000
1 ,809,000
5 ,815.000
11,614,000
73.491.000
42,330,000
96.153,000
7, 229,000
19.528,000
19.307.900
30,726,000
j
) X89O
3 ,457,900
11.557,600
n.775,000
18,670,000
)
3 .455.000
14,041,000
1 3 ,809,000
2 1 ,022,000
400,000
1 ,436.000
1,088,000
2.244.000
14,541,000
46,562,000
45 ,979,000
72 ,662,000
Montana
i
) 1913
)
Idaho
/
Total for 1913
Montana
j
) 1900
)
Idaho
}
Total for 1900
Washington )
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
}
Totals for 1890
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Holdings of the National Archives
24,931,00®
I Declassified
Washington )
Reproduced from the Unclassified
S T A T E
RECAPITULATIONS TAKEN tfROlt REPORTS 07 JUHS 4, 1913.
Bus to
Banks,
Deposits in
cluding due
to Banks,
Loans
All r««oure«s
3 3 . 974,443
19 . 3 e8.243
2@3,842,2l6
139.781,748
249,189,293
Oregon
2 ?, 043,829
12 , 950. 72©
128 , 873,977
88,722,683
163.392,993
Montana
17 , 405,271
5 , 783 , 834 .
83 , 929,155
64,832,714
108,103,499
9. 6 11,554
1 . 996.894
36, 973,923
3 1 , 182 ,929
51,434,591
86,935,097
4®,939,691
+53 . 618,371
324,520,07*
512,111,286
Capital
and
Surplus.
Washington
Idaho
Totals;
~
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
State Bank»
Total
,
Washington
1 7 ,2 5 2 , 1 7 0
11,274,000
28 526,170
Oregon
13*737*330
8 ,1 9 2 ,0 0 0
21,929.330
Montana
7 ,828,700
6,951,000
1^,779.700
Idaho
4 .8 8 2 . 1 1 1
3.160.000
8.042.111
43,700,311
29.577.000
73.277.311
Totals:
Seattle
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Holdings of the National Archives
national Banks
I Declassified
The amounts given under the caption State Banks is an estimate of the capital and surplus in state
banks that are eligible to become identified with the Federal Beserve Banking System, so far as
capital stock requirements are concerned.
The State Bank figures are unofficial, but are believed
to be conservative.
Reproduced from the Unclassified
Following is a summary of the capital stock and surplus of the national hanks in the states indicated,
taken from the Abstract of the Comptroller of the Currency, for the call of June 4, 1913*
Reproduced from the Unclassified
S T A T E M E N T
WASHINGTON
*OREGON
MONTANA
IDAHO
___________ 1 9 n
DEPOSITS
CAPITAL
Without
Surplus
% INCREASE
DEP.
CAP
#1 9 ,528,000
♦3 0 .458,000
#4,600,000
56.00
$203,842,216
#24,931,000
569.26
441.98
11 ,557.000
17 .439,000
2,984,000
50.90
128,873.977
17,997,®00
639.00
503.12
14,041,000
21 ,125,000
3,295.000
5 0 .4 5
83,929.155
1 3 .094,000
297.30
297.39
1 ,436,000
4,469,000
735.000 211.21
36.973.023
7 ,260,000
727.32
887.76
$453,618,371
#6 3 ,282.000
517.24
444.88
PACIFIC NORTH
WEST DISTRICT $46,562.000
___________ 1 9 0 0_________
CAPITAL
% INCR.
DEPOSITS
Without
BIIP.
Surplus
#73.491,000 #11,614,000
57.83
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCt
Holdings of the National Archives
1 8 9 0______
DEPOSITS
CAPITAL
Without
Surplus
I Declassified
SHOWING INCREASE OP DEPOSITS AND CAPITAL OF ALL BASKS IN STATES OF TEE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Reproduced from the Unclassified
X
All resources
#947 ,159,836
#732,811,846
#1,205,089,938
#162,995,858
1103 ,427,737
Nevada
4 ,637,727
1 ,053.298
17 ,234,485
12,640,998
23,454,201
Arizona
4,829,342
1 ,116,632
29 ,864,613
20,844,981
38,343.172
#
Loans
#
Partially estimated state figures June
14, 1912.
National Comptroller’s
Report of June 4, 1913*
X
Between $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 and # 1 1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 of
which is in branches of Bank of Cali
fornia in Seattle, Tacoma and Portland
and should be credited to those cities
instead of San 2?rancise©.
Nevada;
Comptroller's Report June 4, 1913*
Capital and surplus include undivided
profits - segregation not available.
Arizona; State Bank Examiner's Summary October
21,
1913.
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Holdings of the National Archives
California
Deposits inclu
ding due t® banks
I Declassified
Due to banks
Capital Stock
and surplus.
B A N K I H G
Action of District
Puget Sound Financial Zone
(From Official Reports of June 4, 1913)
Par cent, of Washington
Capital & Surplus
Deposits
Deposits Cap. & Surp,
#126 ,53 8*468
19.231,7*8
Deposits
Capital & Surplus
6 2.08
Per cent, of Total Diat.
Deposit*
Cap. & Surp.
56.61
2 7 .9 0
22.35
Per cent, of whole district
Deposita
Cap. & Surplus
Washington
203,842,216
33.97*.*43
44.94
39. *9
Oregoa
128 ,873,977
25,043,829
28.41
29.11
Idaho
36 ,973.©23
9,611,55*
8.15
11.17
Montana
83 .929.155
17.405,271
18.50
453 .618,371
86,033,097
4 ,341,684
923,000
Total District
Alaska (not included above)
__
.
20.23
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
I H Gy
X T C .
STATEMENT SHOVING COMPARISON BETWEEN SEATTLE, TACOMA, SEATTLE AND TACOMA: AND PORTLAND AND SPOKANE.
Portland
Spokane
Bank Deposits, Oct, 21, 1913
# 81,578,418
21,617,472
103,195.89®
74,690,186
40.976.969
Bazik Clearings, Cal, Yr. 1913 .
664,857,000
133.455.00®
798,312,000
627 ,818,000
219 ,265,000
Humber of banks
30
8
38
25
14
Pest Office Receipts, Cal. Yr. 193*3
1,344,248
283,599
1,627,847
1.183,544
5*3.694
Building Permits, Cal. Yr. 1913
9,321,115
2,474,364
11.795.479
12,956,915
3.430.935
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF CONiMERCF.
Holdings of the National Archives
Seattle
and
Tacoma
I Declassified
Tacoma
Seattle
Reproduced from the Unclassified
B A N K
B A N K I N G . ;
Capital and
Surplus
Seattle
Tacoma
Combined totals:
Portland
Spokane
10,458,000
2 .9 ®5 ,eoo ____
-
Cue t* banks
Deposits including
due to banks
Laans
All
resources
10,842,319
81 ,677.573
5 e.102 .l60
95 .269.317
14,226,223
25.936,246
1.5«2,®95>;
_________ 21 .989.783 _____
13 ,363,000
12,344,414
103 .667.356
64,328,383
121 ,205,563
12 .113 ,9*1
11,684,132
7*.19*.378
46,228,863
90 ,688,092
5.937.965
5.279.299
31,427,471
21,438,893
78,654,274
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCt
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
G O A L
C O A L
P R O D U C T I O N
(i’rom U. S. Geological Survey)
State
Washington
Setlnated. Coal Deposite
Production 1911
3 ,190,013 tons
19,909,100,000 ton*
Oregon
41,662
*
969 ,800,000
•
Idaho
1,626
•
599»930,300
"
Montana
^aeific northwest Dist *
P 2 jlj J P a . ..... .
5 ,890,764
«
,
3 0 3 ,0 0 2 ,8 0 0 ,0 0 0
»
324,481,630,300
■
SEATTLE CHAMBER O f C O iiiS .itiw ,
Reproduced from the Unclassified / Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
F I S H E R I E S
g l S S E B I B B
PACK OP 1913
(Figures taken from "Paoific Fisherman.")
g _ _
ALASKA PACKERS ASSH Total Pack 1913
(Califorxtia Intersets)
1.504.41S
AIASKA
"
"
"
3 ,7 4 6 ,4 9 3
PXTSET SOOTD
"
»
n
2 .5 8 3 ,4 6 3
6,3E9,956
COI'DMBIA BIVEK
"
"
"
266,479
SACEAHEHTO RIVEB
"
n
n
950
OUTSIDE STREAMS
"
"
"
112.161
379.590
6,709,546
BRUTISH COLUMBIA
"
”
"
1.353. 901
Torn PACIFIC COAST PACK 1913 ------ 8,063,447
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF' COMMERCE
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
U S E ! S H I E S
GAINED S A M O N PACK 0? WORLD
#
Xi \ 1 ; ¥’
X 9 l 3
(Figures from "Pacific Fisherman11)
District
Cases
Alaska
3,746,495
Pnget Soirnd
Balance of Washington
2 t583,463
63,344
lalne
$13,859,478
13,329,168
313,357
Oregom-Colttmbia Eiver
Balance of State
266f479
48.441
2,012,387
209.954
Total Pacific Northwest
6,702,220
29,724,344
British Colns&fca
1,353,901
8,803,213
7.326
36*334
8,063,447
3 8 t563f891
California
TOTALS
tecln&ijig Siberia ana JCamschatta packs, total only
132*000 cases
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERC
m
#
Reproduced from the Unclassified / Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
,R E I G N
G O 'I M E R C S
T 0 R E I G 5
C O M M E R C E
OF
PUGET SOOTD A W COLOMBIA RIVER DISTRICT
(Figures from 9; S. Customs servi oe)
PUGET SOUND
Tear ending
June 30
1684
1889
1894
1899
1904
1909
1913
Imports &
Exports
3,093,552
4,430,013
6,173,439
33*440,058
34,014,676
53, 748, 366
114,031,793
COLUMBIA RIVER
$> Inc* .
5 yrs.
111#?
39.3
363*6
51.6
55.1
116 #3
Imporfs &
Exports
5,040,643
6,133,380
4,956,386
10, 470#379
10,349,099
13,173,341
15,781,893
jfc Incr*
5 yrs.
31.5
19 «0 i
111.3
1*3 i
17.6
39.6
Astoria, averaging #1,000,000 per year, not given
in these figures#
With that exception, table
represents entire Columbia River.
# indicates "Loss*
6
__________________
. ..______
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMN
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
I M P O R T S
DISTRICT
1890
1900
1913
1913
Puget Sound
305*389
7,148,563
39,011,350
51,473,683
Columbia River
570,334
•0,094
3,768,463
3,385,063
I X P a R T
s
/uget Sound
3 ,3261145
17,903,107
63,745,578
62,548,199
Columbia River
4,781,630
3,344,144
10,631,333
13,613,348
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF C O M iE R C c
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
J O R B I O H
C Oil I B C 1
Tear ending Ju*3©
1
-.1913^Per cent* growth
since 1890
r- ,
"‘tat 6
Washington
Oregon
Idaho & Montana
Foreign Commerce
- „
n—
..
# m , ©21 ,7 8 6
82,57
3»®4©#«
16,897,411
12.23
2 16.0
7 ,178,316
5*2©
Total Pacific ISPwest*
District,
138,*97,513
California
134,729,625
Per cent, to
total Pae#
H.W.distriot
55 .•
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF CO
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
COMMERCE
OS' PUGET
SOUED
Year
Exports
1892
* 6,565,998
1902
33,788,821
27 ,222,823
414.0
1912
63,745,572
29,956,751
88,0
Year
Imports
1892
572,637
1902
11,970*799
■11,398*162
1,990.0
1912
39,011,25®
27,©40,451
225.0
Increase
Increase
Per cent, increase
Per cent* increase
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMEnCc.
SHOWING COMPARISON BETWEEN FOREIGN COMMERCE OF PUGET SOUND AND PORTLAND
(Figures from U.S. Customs Service)
P U G E T
Year Ending
June 30
Exports
1884
1,954,581
137.971
2,092,552
1889
4,068,511
361,502
4,430,013
1894
4,942,040
1,230,399
1899
15,200,340
1904
Imports
P
S O H O
Total
Per Cent,
of growth
5 years
period
Exports
0
R
Imports
T
L
A
H
D
Total
Per Cent,
of growth
5 years
period
4 .383.498
657.145
5.040,643
111*7
4 ,859.517
1 ,262,863
6 ,122,380
2 1.5
6,172,439
39.3
4 .076.397
879.889
4,956.286
19*0
7,239.718
22,440,058
263.6
8,966,924
1.503.355
10 ,470,279
111.3
22,729,580
11,285,096
34,014,676
5 1,6
7,886.293
2,462,801
10 ,349,099
1«2
1909
25.788.475
26,959,891
52.748,366
5 5.1
9,712.329
2 ,4 6 0 , 9 1 2
12,173.241
17.6
1913
62,548,109
51.473 683
114,021,792
1 1 6 .2
12,577.253
3 .203,639
1 5 .780.892
29.6
Loss
Loss
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Reproduced from the Unclassified / Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
S T A T E M E N T
!
SHOWING COMPARISON BETWEEN PUGET SOUND AND PORTLAND IN FOREIGN EXPORTS OF WHEAT
AND FLOUR IN TERMS OF WHEAT BUSHELS.
(Figures from U. S. S t a tistical Abstracts)
PUGET SOUND
Year
Bushels of Wheat
Bbls, of Flour
Value
Total Wheat Bushels
Ratio of Increase
6 year periods
Value
5,044,651
1900
3 . 5 6 6 ,7 19
1 ,037,583
8 , 235 .8 4 7
1906
8 ,352,911
2 ,099,601
17 ,801,115
i
1912
3 ,191,983
2 , 676,080
1 5 ,2 3 4 , 3 4 3
13,163.429
3 . 694. 75i
171,47
4.00 LOSS
PORTLAND
1900
8,955,544
792,416
12,521,416
7 ,2 3 6 ,6 0 7
1906
5,658,103
1.013,975
1 0 ,2 2 0 , 9 7 0
7 998,855
10.53
1912
6,829,943
770,970
1 0 ,2 9 9 * 3 0 8
8 ,9 6 9 ,9 8 6
12.14
,
Notwithstanding the fact that Portland had a "water grade railroad haul” from the "Inland Empire" before any
railroad was built direct from eastern Washington to Puget Sound; and notwithstanding the entrenchment she thus
obtained in handling wheat, the Sound has forged ahead in quantity of wheat received, and in aggregate quantity of
ixeat shipped out, in the shape of flour plus raw wheat, by water.
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
S T A T E M E I T
0 R B I G H
Year
SAH
Export*
FRANCISCO
SAN DIEGO
LOS ANGELES
Imparts
Total
Export*
Imports
Total
Export*
Imports
Total
125,212
216,113
3 + 1 .325 *
127,966
135.889
263,855'
724
451,628
452 .3 5 2 .
375,924
514,914
889,938
192,943
445,966
548 ,9 9 9 -
379.586
383,399
762,985
4,999
769,472
773.562
1,425,861
397.115
1 ,822,976 -
70,990,159
593
1 ,292 ,569
1 ,293,063 -
317.839
459.786o
777,616 -
49,998,111
81,667,481
193,221
1.3®5,3+1
1,498,562 -
397.626
535.257
932 ,8 8 3 -
6 2 ,501,681
128,523,066
253,562
2 ,747,601
3 ,001,163 v- 1 ,137,116
18844
37,959,598
35.857.698
72,908,296
1889
37,673.376
48,425,760
86,999.136 ^
189*1
24,903,*®9
38 ,146,626
63,049,635
1899
30,214,994
35,746,577
65,961,481 -
1994
32.547,181
37,542,978
1909
31,669,37*
1913
66 ,021,385
C 0 U MERCS-'-
1,922,90+' 2 ,169,020
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
STEALISHIP LI1ISS WHICH HAVE ESTABLISHED OH PUGET SOUxO) TH3IR SUEERVISIHG OH DIK3CTIHG TRAFFIC AGEHCIES FOR HIT IKE PACIFIC COAST.
Ill FGREIG 2T C O M B R C E
Harnburg-Amer i can Line (German)
Seattle,
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, (British)
M
Great 2Torthern Steamship Co. (American)
n
Hippon Yusen Kaisha (Japanese)
*
Osaka Shosen Kaisha (Japanese)
Blue Funnel Line (British)
Tacoma
w
Alaska Steamship Co.
Seattle
Pacific & Alaska (former Alaska Pacific)Tacoma
OTHER L I H 8S WITH OFFICES OH PUGHT SOU1TD AtlD REGULAR SERVICE.
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
American Hawaiian Steamship Co.,
Kosmos Line (German)
Harrison Direct Line (British)
• W. R, Grace & Co.,
Robert Dollar Co.,
East Asiatic Co. (Danish),
Matson navigation Co.,
Hind, Rolph '& Co.,
Alaos numerous other lines, making total of 58.
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
l
u M B J1 R
L U M B E R
*ate
Lumber Cut
Bd* ft.
% total
cut in Shingles
U. S.
number
Washington
4 ,0 9 9 ,7 7 5 ,0 0 0 1 0 .5
Oregon
1, 91 6,16 0, 000
4 .9
Idaho
7 1 3 ,5 7 5 ,0 0 0
Montana
2 7 2 ,1 7 4 ,0 0 0
Total:
United
Note;*
cut in
U. S.
Shingles
Bd. ft.
Standing
timber
b illio n bd.
ft.
7 ? 996, 000, 000
6 6 .2
4 ,8 9 9 ,3 7 5 , 000
391.
271, 000,000
2 .2
1 ,9 4 3 ,2 6 0 , 000
54 5.8
1 .8
71 3,57 5, 000
12 9.1
0 .7
27 2,17 4, 000
65.6
7 ,8 2 8 ,3 8 4 , 000
1131.5
7, 001,684, 000 1 7 .9
3 9 ,1 5 8 ,4 1 4 ,0 0 0
% total Lumber &
8 ,2 6 7 , 000,000
68. 6
1 2 ,0 3 7 ,6 8 5 ,0 0 0
2 8 2 6 .0
Statistics from estimates of United States forestry Service,
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMKERCr
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
L UMB E R
S T A T I S T I C S
1912
M a te ria l
D is tric t
P e r c e n t, of t o t a l
c u t in S ta te of
W a sh in g to n .
P e r c e n t, of
t o t a l c u t in
U n ite d S t a t e s
Lumber
P u g e t Sound
5 5 .0 0
5 .7 5
w
A l l W e s te rn
W a sh in g to n
9 0 .0 0
9 .5 0
S h in g le s
H o te :
A l l W e s te rn
W a sh in g to n
6 5 .0 0
S t a t i s t i c s from e s t i m a t e s o f U n ite d S t a t e s P o r e s t R e s e r v e .
' SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COUUi-r.C:.
Reproduced from the Unclassified / Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
state m m
SHOWING MAIL SEBYICE TWU SEATTLE TO ALASKAN POIIT 8
(Figures supplied "by U. S* Railway Mail Servioe)
------- ------------f i T S S n c V ” '-------------- J
in Miles
From
To
Seattle
#
let dhikan
•
600
vS S ^ oT W m
per Month
1 0 winter
—
-------------- K S x S g r Y I i #
of Transmission
3 days
18 summer
Wrangell
830
1 0 winter
18 summer
3 days
14 winter
30 summer
3 days
n
Juneau
1,040
m
Sitka
1,300
9
Skagway
1,157
4
1 0 winter
5 days
4 days
18 summer
W
Cordova
1,430
4 winter
6 days
6 summer
*
mide*
1,530
4 winter
6 summer
6 days
9
Seward
1,671
4 winter
6 summer
7 days
Dawson
1*500
City (Y.T.)
1 0 winter
1 0 days winter
18 sucaaaer
9 days summer
9
•
Fairbanks
1,775
4
15 days winter
16 days summer
*
Iditarod
3,330
4
34 days winter
15 days summer
9
Some
3,530
4
40 days winter
8 days summer
All nails for Alaska are forwarded via Seattle only
SEATTLE CHAMBER O f C O i ^ B # ,
Reproduced from the Unclassified / Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
COMPARATIVE STATEM3HT
OF
MAILS m m
SEATTLE AHD SAlf FRAHCISCO.TO THE ORIEHT AlID AUSTRALIA
(Figures supplied by United States Railway Mail Service)
SEATTLE AMD TACCKA
SAH FRANCISCO
Distance Humber of Mails Time of
in Miles from Seattle and Transmission Tacoma per Month
G
Time of
Distance Humber
in Miles of Mails Trans
mission
per
ivionth*
18 days
YOKOHAMA
11 to 17 days
5485
6
17 days
6 from Seattle
532?
2 from Tacoma
6 from Seattle
28 days
28 days
6530
6
24 days
5867
2 from Tacoma
6 from Seattle
27 to 33 days HQMG KOiJG
27 to 33 days
7070
6
27 days
5995
2* from Tacoma
6 from Seattle
30 to 35 days MAHILA
30 to 35 days
7198
6
28 dfiys
6229
1 from Seattle
Via Victoria
21
AtfCKLASTD
5911
%
20 days
7513
1 from .Seattle
Via Victoria
25 days
STOMY
7195
&
20 days
4282
2 from Tacoma
days
SHANGHAI
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Reproduced from [he Unclassified / Declassified Holdings o fth e N a tio n a lA rc h ive ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
'
TOTTED STATES RAILWAY MAH. SERVISB
HBCQRD OF DAYS EACH MONTH OH WHICH K U L SROH. EASTERN
STATES HAS BEEN ORDERED ROUTED TO PACIFIC
COAST POST OBTICBS FOR FORWARDING TO ORIENT
AND AUSTRALASIA.
MONTH
P U S E T
VIA SEATTLE
1913
July
August
September
October
November
December
*
22
25
20
20
19
24
July
August
September
October
November
December
7
17
14
12
19
22
TO
days
it
w
ft
ft
»1
TO
days
rt
tt
tt
it
ft
TO
Average four
week period
I
i
S O U N D
VIA TACCKA
CHINA AND JAPAN
2 days
7 days
tt
»
4
2
tt
w
4
6
tf
t»
9
2
tt
tt
0
11
tt
ft
2
5
PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS
24 d&yc
0 days
it
tt
2
12
H
«
4
12
tt
n
14
5
tt
M
0
11
ft
n
6
3
AUSTRALIA
S days
VIA SAN FRANSISCO
AND
0 days
NEW EEALAND
20 days
AVERAGE SCHEDULE SAILINGS FOR THE ORIENT HER MONTH:
Puget Sound
11
San Francisco 6
ALASKA MAILS ALL S’ORWAREED FRtM SEATTLE:
Sailings every 1-7/10 days.
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
I I I H
VALUE
S ta te
OF
PRODUCTIONS
1902
1909
W a sh in g to n
5, 3915, 659
10, 826, 503
O regon
2 ,0 8 7 ,3 8 9
1 ,2 3 7 ,2 9 2
I q,an o
8^214,571
8, 749, 650
2 8 ,2 6 5 ,0 8 5
5 4 ,9 9 1,961
4 3 ,9 6 0 ,8 0 4
7 5 ,8 0 5 ,4 06
M ontana
T o ta ls ;
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT SB/OWING TIME OP'TRANSMISSION, AND PRACTICAL BUSINESS
DELIVERY OF MAILS, BETWEEN SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO; AND NEW YORK AND POINTS
IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, THE SOUTH, AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION,
Between
Time of transmission of
mails, from data supplied by U.S. Railway
Mail Service
and
New York
Chicago
tt
♦t
Omaha
ii
11
A
H
ti’i
n
n
n
Denver
N.Y.Cent.
Denver
Penn .HR
Kansas City
N.Y.Cent.
Kansas City
Penn.RR
St. Paul
ft
n
0
ri
^Fargo
w
Little Rock
H
II
Atlanta
New Orleans
Houston
Seattle
San Fran*co
San Fran'co Seattle
M
II
«
n
ii
n
Spokane
Boise
Butte
M.
T.
1 .
T.
X.
M.
T.
M.
T.
M.
T.
H,
T.
M,
T.
nr
T.
M.
T.
T.
T.
T.
9:30
3:05
9.30
3-0?
9.30
3*0?
9 .2 1
2.45
9.30
3.0?
9 .2 1
2.45
9.30
.
a.
p.
a.
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a.
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a.
p.
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8#•
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a.
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a.
p
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W. 1,20 a.
w. B.5o a.
w. 1 . 4 1
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Th.9.30 a.
Th 05.15 p.
Th.6.40 a.
W. 2 , 1 5 P.
W, 2 . 1 5 .p ?
w. 2 .1 5 P.
Th •9*30 a.
w.
SI1
w. 2.25. p..
w. 2.29 p.
a.
Th
m •4.3?
Th.1.56 a
Time consumed in transmission of business mail, adding time for mailing and
delivery in business hours.
22$ M.
22-. b
1 M.
M.
3*
[ M.
[’
M.
60
54* M.
M.
63
M.
?2
40^I M.
3?1\ M.
44
M.
54* M.
33* K.
3 5i Iff.
6:00 P.
p.
P.
P*
P.
PT
P.
P*
P.
P*
■P.
P*
6.00 P.
6 .0 0
6 .0 b
6 ,0 0
6 ,0 0
6 .0 0
6 .0 0
6 t 00
6 .0 0
6 .0 0
6 .0 0
6 t 00
w.
9:00
w.
9 .0 0
w. 1 0 , 0 0
w.
3 .0 0
Th. 1 1 . 0 0
Th. 1 1 . 0 0
Th, 2 , 0 0
Th, 9t00
3 .0 0
w.
w.
3 .0 0
w.
3 .0 0
thll.55 a. 55+
Th 1 1 , 0 0
w. 9 . 0 0
6.00 P*
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4.00
to. 6.06 P. W.
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^
f
6 . 0 0 p. Th. 9.00
6 . 0 0 p . t £. 9. 00
6 . 0 0 p. Th,12, 00
6 , 0 0 p. W.
9,00
S wrnrnmmmrnmmimmmmm
,00 P. Th. 9.00
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M . l l . 3 0 a.
T. 9.00 p. 33i
M.10.00 a. W.
m. 8 . 2 0 p.
W. 2.10 p. 42
ffi.
M. 8 . 2 0 p.
M. 8 . 2 0 p.
M. 7 . 0 0 p.
w. 9.45 p. 4 9 +
Th.4.50 a. 56i
Th.7.00 a. 60
H.
H.
M.
3 *9?
9.30
2.45
9 .2 1
2.4-5
4,26
4,26
4.26
a.
P.
a.
a,
a,
a.
421
r . " ? M .....
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W.
b.25
"
O O
a.
a.
a,
p.
a.
a,
P.
a.
p.
PP.
a.
a.
P*
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&*
39
to
tSs
65
65
68
63
4-5
45
6?
3?
45
46
63__
JlA
a. 6 ^
a.
a.
a. 19
a.
p.
ft
9.00 a. 47 #
to 6 3
6,00 p. W.
4.00 p. 46 X
to 6 3
6.00 p. Th. 9.00 a. 63
6.00 p. Th. 9.60 a. 63
6.00 p. Th. 9.00 a. 6 3
# This schedule is such that unless mail is taken to the Post Office at
:30 A. !£., it in reality is a 6 3
hour schedule for mail posted the night
before.
X Shortest possible time for delivery.
In practice, however, this
schedule placis mail in hands of Seattle banks and business concerns for atten
tion not earlier than following morning, and therefore service in reality is
63 hours.
j
Sbcp&anation of abbreviations used in above
_______ table._____________
k , . . . . . . . . . .Monday
T ...... ....... Tuesday
W .... ...... Wednesday
T h ........... Thursday
a ......... . ..
A, M .
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF C O fjiiO C c
Reproduced from (he Unclassified / Declassified Hoidngs of the Nalicnai Archives
K A im F A C g g R ia a
(u .
s.
csysus
1910)
Production % Increase
Capital_____ % Increase
State
1909
10 years
Invested_____ 10 vears
__________________________________________ _________________ 1909___________ _
W A S H I N G T O N .............
$220, 746, 421
211.7
$221, 261, 229
432.2
3RE&OLJ.................
93,004,845
154.2
89,081,873
214.1
I D A H O ..................
22,399,860
646.4
32,476,749
1424.7
MOST A H A ................
73.271.793____ J53.J______ 44.538.368
TOTAL SACIFIC ::.\7.3IST.
ALASKA...................
16.6
|419,422,919
157.0
387,408,219
251.3
11,340,105
170.4
13,060,116
265.9
WA3HIHGT0K PRODUCTION
= 52.65^ (0V3R (HE HALS') OS' PACIFIC
KC R SH aSS®
.
’ASHIxiGTOIj CAPITAL IHV3S3SD
: 57.1174 (USABLY SIX-OSiJTHS) 03? ?ACEI?IC
ifO K T F S S T
SEATTLE CHAMBER Of COMMERCE
A
H
U
S'
A
PRODUCTIOH
1899
1904
C
T
0
R
I
H
S
% ST.
1909
CAPITAL
189 £
to
1909
1899
1904
% gr.
1909
1899
to
1909
Washington
7 0 ,8 3 1 ,©©©
128 ,822,000
220,746.421
211.7
41,575,000
96,953.000
221 ,261,229
43 2 .2
Oregon
3 6 .593.000
55.525.000
93.004,845
1 5 4 .2
28 ,359.000
44,023,000
8 9 ,081,873
214.1
3 .001,000
8,769,000
2 2 .399.860
64 6.4
2 ,130,000
9,689.000
52.74-5.000
66.415.000
Idaho
iiontana.
Totals
Alaska
British Columbia
73.271.793 _38,9_
38 ,225.000
52,590.000 . 4 4 .588.368
387 ,408.219
251.3
1 0 ,6 8 5 , 0 0 0
1 3 ,0 6 0 , 1 1 6
265.9
1900
1905
1910
2 2 ,9 0 1 , 8 9 2
5 3 .0 2 2 , 0 3 3
419,422,919
157.®
1 1 0 ,2 8 9 . 0 0 0
8 ,2 4 5 , 0 0 0
11,340,105
170.4
3.569.000
1900
1905
1910
19.447,778
38,288,378
6 5 .204,235
163,170,000
4,194,000
235.3
32 ,476,749 1424.7
123 .027.521
1 6 .6
437.2
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COu!MLUC-
Reproduced from the Unclassified / Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
U
STATEMENT SHOWING MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT OP SEATTLE, TACOMA, SEATTLE AND TACOMA:
AID PORTLAND
AS SHOWN BY FEDERAL CENSUS
lumber of estabirtBiufteni#
Per cent
increase
Capital invested
1904
1909
Per cent
Increase
Value of Products
1904
Per cent
Increase
1904
1909
5 years
Seattle
46?
751
60.8
22,344,000 46,472,000
108.0
25,407,00©
50 ,569.000
99.0
Tacoma
236
276
17,«
11 ,769.000 21 ,533,000
8 3 .0
14,264,000
22,450,000
57.0
Seattle and Tacoma
703
1 ,027
46.1
34,113,000 68,005,000
9 9 .4
39,671.000
73.019.000
84.1
Postland
♦37
649
49.0
19,725.000 37.996,000
9 3 .0
28,651,000
46,861,000
64.0
5 yrs*
1909
5 yr».
In 1904 Portland exceeded Seattle in value of products by #3*244,000; in 1909* Seattle exceeded
Portland in value of products by #3,708*000; and in 1909, Seattle and Tacoma exceeded Portland by #26,158,000*
SEATTLE CHAMBER O f C 0iv.i..i-;.U -
P O P U L A T I O N
1890
1999
1910
% gr » w tX
% growth.
1890 to
1910
1900 t»
1910
Par eq.
mil*
Area
\
Washington
357.232
518,193
1,141,990
219.7
120.4
17.1
6 6 ,8 3 6
Oregon
317.704
413.536
672,765
111.8
62.7
7 .0
95,607
88,548
161,772
325,594
267.7
101.3
3.9
83.354
125,240
264,525
270,97©
1 1 5 .6
32.0
4 .8
55.857
Idaho
Western Montana
Eastera Montana
90,344
105,983.
888,724
1,297,936
2,516,402
171.2
85.7
3 2 ,0 5 2
63.592
64,356
100.8
1.2
1.213.398
1,485.053
2,377,549
95.9
6 0 .1
1 5.3
155,652
Nevada
47.355
42.335
81,8 7 5
72.9
93.*
0.7
109,821
Arizona
88,243
122,931
204,354
131.6
66.2
1 .8
113,810
1.348,996
1 ,650,319
2,663,778
97.6
6 1 .4
Totals:
Alaska
California
Totals:
391.998
0.109
590,884
379,483
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Reproduced from the Unclassified / Declassified Holdings qf the National Archives
P O P U L A T I O N
FIGURES FROM U. S. CENSUS
AREA
S$. MILES
STATE
__ P 0 P U L A T I 0 N
1910
1890
1900
PER. CBNT
I NCR?]ASS
10 YSARS
6 6 ,8 3 6 . .WASHINGTON...............
5 1 8 ,1 0 3 '
3 5 7 ,2 3 2
1 2 0 .4
95, 607' . , OREGON ........................
4 1 3 ,5 3 6
3 1 7 ,7 0 4
6 2 .7
8 5 ,3 5 4 ' . . IDAHO......................
1 6 1 ,7 7 2
3 8 ,5 4 8
1 0 1 .3
2 4 3 ,3 2 9
1 4 2 ,9 2 4
5 4 .5
1 >3 3 6 ,7 4 0
9 0 6 ,4 0 8
8 8 .2 -
%
1 4 6 ,2 0 1 • .MONTANA......................
,3 9 1 ,9 9 8 . .PACIFIC NORTHWEST DISTRICT 2,516, 402
H o te ;
A rea o f p ro p o s e d D i s t r i c t s 1 /8 U n ite d S t a t e s w ith o u t A la s k a
A rea o f p ro p o s e d D i s t r i c t p l u s A la s k a s 1 /4 U n ite d S t a t e s w ith
A la s k a .
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
P O P U L A T I O N
Vaakingt**
O r * g .»
1850
i860
1870
1886
1896
1900
1910
-
11,59*
23,955
75,116
357.232
5l8,l®3
1,141,990
13,294
52,465
90,923
174,768
317 .7«4
413 ,5 36
672,765
Arts.
66,836 g(*.ail«»
95.607
"
■
S E A T ' ' CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Reproduced from the Unclassified / Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
POPBLATIOI
The previous fi*we census reports on Los Angeles, Seattle,
Portland and San Francisco are:
Los Angeles
Tear
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
Population
....................... 4,385
................. .... 5,738
.......................11,183
................ ♦....50,395
......................108,479
..................... 319,198
Seattle
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
......................
850
.............. .
1,107
................ .
3,533
..... .
43,837
.......... ......... . 80,671
......................337,194
Portland
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
...................... 8,874
.................... . 8,393
...................... 17,577
.................... * 46,385
...................... 90,436
..................... 307,314
San Franolsoo
...................... 56*903
......................149,473
........ ........ .
333,959
*.................... 398,997
............... .
343,783
..................... 416,913
Taooaa 1913 ... 83,743
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMM
r-n
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
0
P
P
L
A
T
I O N
FROM P t S. CENSUS 1910
% POPULATION
fo POPULATION
POPULATION
OS' PACIFIC
N. W. DIST.
OF STATE
25 MILE ZONE BORDERING PUGET SOUND
607,194
24.13
53.17
BALANCE OF WESTERN WASHINGTON
125,097
4,97
SQUARE MILES
8,9+5
15.586
SQ. MI.
24,531
29,457
ALL WESTERN WASHINGTON
WESTERN OREGON
WEST OF CASCADE MOUNTAINS
12 ,113
325,897
u.o
732.291
29.1
64.1
5.22x82 1
2 1.0
78.8
1 .262.186
50.1
CENTRAL WASHINGTON
3.39
WEST Of CASCADE MOUNTAINS AND CENTRAL
WASHINGTON
1 ,347,740
53.35
BALANCE 03? PACIFIC NORTHWEST DISTRICT
1 ,168,662
46.45
7.49
'seattlf chamber
of commerce
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P
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R A I L R O A D S
R A I L R O A D S
(From United States Statistical Abstract)
States
Total Miles
lilies of line
to 100 sq.xllee
of fe■territory,
hu-*w-•«*.;"M
<
■
!
—1
.-«*r4
each 1 0 , 0 0 0
inhabitante
Washington
5 .2 8 7 .5
7.91
43.90
Oregon
2.657.5
2.78
3 8 .0 3
Montana
4.325.8
2.96
1 1 1 .1 1
Idaho
2 .4 3 7 .8
2.95
71.85
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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CHRONOLOGICAL- KSCQED OP TRAFFIC ROUTE CONNECTIONS - PORTLAND AND PUGET
SOUND TO E A S ^ R N WASHINGTON AND OREGON - PORTLAND AND PUGET SOUND
TRANSCQLTTIHBNTAL SERVICE.
- J L
f i &
a
t
0
1883*
1880
to
1883
Traffic down Columbia River and tributaries, by steamer,
and alternating stretches of railroad, as far as Lewis
ton, Idaho, to Portland.
0, R. & N. extended from Portland, by south bank Colum
bia River, to Wallula, Wash*, affording "water grade
haul” from eastern Washington and Oregon*
1883
Northern Pacific line completed from St. Paul to Wallula,
Wash., there connecting with 0. R. & N . , to Portland,
giving first transcontinental service in the North
Pacific region.
Northern Pacific operated via 0. R. &
N . to Portland;
thence north to Puget Sound at Tacoma.
Had benefit down-grade haul to Portland, which was first
Pacific port reached.
1884
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern connected with
0. R. & N * , and gave through line to Portland, making
additional and second transcontinental service to that
city.
1885
Northern Pacific made first extension to Seattle from
Tacoma.
1886
Canadian Pacific Railroad completed to Vancouver, B.C.
1887
Northern Pacific line 1 completed across Cascade Moun
tains, giving first direct transcontinental service to
Puget Sound, transferring traffic from “water grade 0 .
R. & N. Haul** to route across mountains.
1890
Canadian Pacific makes railway connection, at inter
national boundary, with Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
(now Northern Pacific).
1893
Great Northern completed to Puget Sound.
Chicago, Eurlington & Quincy makes through traffic
arrangements with Northern Pacific to Puget Sound.
1909
1908 _
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul completed to Puget Sound.
(Freight service inaugurated).
North Bank Road (second water grade haul line), com
pleted from Spokane to Portland*
1910
Harriman Lines (0. R. & N . , Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific connections), established first railway service
to Puget Sound.
1911
1911
1914
Chicago & Northwestern makes through traffic arrangements
for service, by Northern Pacific, to Puget Sound*
Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul passenger service inaugurate^
Grand Trunk Pacific will complete transcontinental
route to Prince Rupert, maintaining direct Steamship
connection, by its own lines, with Puget Sound.
This
will be followed later by direct railway connection.
1914 (Sept.)
Canadian Northern Railway will be completed to Coast,
making third Canadian transcontinental line.
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST LAND TRANSPORTATION CHRONOLOGY
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON TO WILLAMETTE RIVER AND PUGET SOUND
TRANSCONTINENTAL LINES TO WILLAMETTE RIVER AND PUGET SOUND
l8J9
Traffic down Columbia and tributaries, from Lewiston,
and alternating stretches of railroad.
1880
(to 1 8 8 3 )
Idaho,
to Portland, via steamer
0. R. & N. extended Portland to Wallula, Wn, (Ninitial water grade haul*1).
1883
N. P. completed west to Wallula; thence via 0 . R , & N. to Portland; thence north to
Tacoma, (first transcontinental service Pacific Northwest «* "water grade route”).
1884
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern connect 0. R, & N. to Portland,
tinental route.
1885
Northern Pacific extends Tacoma to Seattle.
1886
Canadian Pacific Railway completed to Vancouver,
1887
N. P. crosses Cascade Mountains - first direct
1890
- second transcon
B.
C.
trans continental
route to Puget Sound.
C. P. R. connects with Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern (now N. P. Ry.) at Canadian boundary,
1893
Great Northern completed to Puget Sound.
1894
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy reaches Puget Sound via Northern Pacific.
1908
S. P. & S. (North Bank) opened down Columbia to Portland (second "water grade haul”).
a.909
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul completed to Puget Sound.
1910
x9l4
914
Oregon-Washingt.on (Union Pacific and Southern Pacific)
connects Puget Sound.
Canadian Northern will complete road to coast.
Grand Trunk Pacific will complete road to coast; direct steamship service to Puget Sound.
PACIFIC N0RTHWE3T LAUD TRANSPORTATION CHRONOLOGY
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON TO WILLAMETTE RIVER AND PUGET SOUND
TRANSCONTINENTAL LINES TO WILLAMETTE RIVER AND PUGET SOUND
1859
Traffic down Columbia and tributaries, from Lewiston, Idaho, to Portland, via steamer
and alternating stretches of railroad.
1880
(to 1883 )
0. R. & N. extended Portland to Wallula, Wn. ("initial water grade haul").
1883
H. P. completed west to Wallula; thence via 0. R. & N. to Portland; thence north to
Tacoma, (first transcontinental service Pacific northwest - ?water grade route").
1884
Oregon Short Line and Utah northern connect O.K. & n . to Portland, - second transcon
tinental route.
1885
northern Pacific extends Tacoma to Seattle.
1886
Canadian Pacific Railway completed to Vanoouver, B. C.
1887
N, P. crosses Cascade Mountains - first direct transcontinental route to Puget Sound.
1890
C. P. R. connects with Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern (now H. P. By.) at Canadian boundary.
1893
Great northern completed to Puget Sound.
1894
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy reaches Puget Sound via northern Pacific.
1908
S. P. & S. (north Bank) opened down Columbia to Portland (second "water grade haul").
j.9
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul completed to Puget Sound.
09
1910
4.914
914
Oregon-Washington (Union Pacific and Southern Pacific) connects Puget Sound.
Canadian northern will complete road to coast.
Grand Trunk Pacific will complete road to coast; direct steamship service to Puget Sound.
SEATTLE r '\MBER
C0I.m4lP.CE
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
COST
OF
DUWAMISH
WATERWAY
County Bond Issue .......
600,000*00
Waterway district bonds •
300,000#00
Direct contributions from city and county ...... **...♦
50,000*00
Additional district bonds authorized
................
. ..
Total estimated cost of improvement including
purchase by condemnation of right of way ..**......... 1 ,500,000*00
(Last Issuance of bonds authorized provides for more than sufficient
necessary to make total of $1,500,000.00)
TRADE BETWEEI SEATTLE AND BRITISH
COLUMBIA
(This is Port of Seattle alone, not Puget Sound)
Figures based on Port Warden’s Annual Report
for 1913
1913
1913
IMPORTS
2,562,398
1,697,698
EXPORTS
8,378,507
7,850,098
10,940,805
9,547,796
Totals
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
SEATTLE
HARBOR
FROST
EXTENT UPON COMPLETION LAKE WASHINGTON CANAL, 1913
Data Supplied by Port Commission
Engineer
M iles
Salt Water Tidal Harbor
*#♦* ......
98
Fresh Vater Non-Tidal Harbor .......
100
..... .
sa198
Amilable for Commercial Uses .......
115
Present Improved Waterfront .*••••...
13
AVAILABLE FOR EXPANSION OF P O R T ....
103
Total Harbor Front .
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF CO
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TABLE Off E X P m P I T O R B S BY GOVBRMfflNT OFFICES
ON PUGET SQUID
(SEATTLE)
(Compiled from official sources by M, A,
Arnold, President First national Bank)
RECEIPTS
DISBURSEMENTS
#2,092,451.50
#513,945.96
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
U. S, Customs Service
U, S, Assay Office
Internal Revenue Service
8,182,805.29
1,587,973.09
43,402.71
32 ,5 8 1 .8 2
8 3 ,381.86
WAR DEPARTMENT
355,485.10
5,011,458.84
NAVY DEPARTMENT
3 0 8 ,7 1 8 . 1 5
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
284,751.47
10,245,057.53
10,245,057.53
40,000.00
197,023.40
113 ,0 6 3 .4 8
289,708.48
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Im m igration S e r v ic e
_____ 5.842.85______ 115.47^.88
#14,781,173.52
U. S, SHIPPING COMMISSIONER
#24,967,009.42
948. 240.0^______ 948.240.0^
$15,729,413.55
$25,915,249.45
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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STEAMSHIP LINES WHICH HAVE ESTABLISHED 01 PUGET SOUND THEIR
SUPERVISING OR DIRECTING TRAFFIC AGENCIES FOR ENTIRE PACIFIC
COAST.
IN FOREIGN COMMERCE
Hamburg-Amer ican Line (German)
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. fBiltish)
Great Northern Steamship Co. (American)
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japanese)
Seattle
Osaka Shosen Kaisha (Japanese)
Blue Funnel Line (British)
Tacoma
"
"
w
n
Alaska Steamship Co.
Seattle
Pacific & Alaska (former Alaska Pacific) Tacoma
OTHER LINES WITH OFFICES ON PUGET SOUND AND REGULAR SERVICE.
pacific Coast Steamship Co.
American Hawaiian Steamship Co,
Kosmos
Line (German)
Harrison Direct Line (British)
W . R. Grace & Co.
Robert Dollar Co.
last Asiatic Co. (Danish)
Matson Navigation G o .
Hind, Rolph & Co.
Also numerous other lines, making total of
,
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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W A T E R
DEVELOPED POWER
Steam and Water
Electrical Horse
Power
STATE
Washington
P O W E R
MINIMUM POTENTIAL Ratio to Pac.
POWER
Northwest
Electrical Horse District
Power
Dev.
Pot'l
Ratio to
entire
U» S.
Potential
306,000
♦*932,000
5 0 .5
41.10
18.45
Oregon
95»ooo
3,148,000
1 5 .6
26.25
11.70
Idaho
56,375
1 ,162,000
9 .3
9.70
4.30
Montana
150,600
2,749,000
24.7
2 2.90
10.28
Pac* U*W*District
607,375
11 ,991,000
Whole U. S.
Hote;**
44.80
26,737,000
Developed horsepower in Puget Sound Zone data from reliable private
sources more recent than the U. S. Government figures.
Potential horsepower statistics from United States Bureau of
Corporations,
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF CC
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RESERVE BANK ORGANISATION COMMITTEE
B R I E F
on
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
by
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SEATTLE CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION
R eproduced from the U nclassified / D eclassified H oldings of the N ational A rchives
fh© Federal 3©serve Bank Organisation Committee,
Washington, B. C.
Sirs:
fix® Joint Committee o t 't b * Seattle Clearing Bum##
Association and the i©attl© Chamber of Commerce beg tt
aubiiit tli® fallowing suninary of reasons why a s©parat#
reserve district sh©uld be created* for the states of
Washington* Oregon* Idaho and Western Montana* with a
Federal reserve hank located at Seattle.
I
fhe basic reasons for the creation ©f a separate forth*
weat reserve bank district are certain physical, geographical
and ootifaerci&l conditions.
These throe fundament ale have
created the clearest natural line of cleavage between the
Northwestern and the Southwestern groups of states to be found
anywhere in this country*
fh© Potomac liver is the only other group and trade
boundary that can be compared with the southern line of Oregon
and liahai and the ftttma© cannot begin to c©es#are with this
latte# isolated line as to the small volume of commroe crossing
it#
The nore important fact ia that while the percentaga of
eoumeroe north and south of the Fotomao* which cr&ssaa that
dividing line, is increasing* that of the lorthwestem and South*
western groups $t states ©£ the facifi© Caast ia decreasing*
fo find the reasons for the clear cut separation of the two
Paoifio Coast groups of states, it is only necessary to examine
a few ©©mtrtlllitg physical features and to consult an atlas#
fh® Southwest states have their great wtrld outlet at $ m
francisc© Bayt with an undeveloped harbor at $an Biego# and, a ■
limit©* harbor at Los Angeles.
The Northwest
g r ©up have, $0y
the Ciolumbia River, an already developed world port, although
♦ *1 *
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restricted as to depth and by it® yet uncontrolled shifting bar#
Tho great world outlet of the Northwest group is Puget
which is unrestricted m
to depth and area, and c o n t a i n the
greatest group of natural harbors In th e world*
Seattle alone,
with completion of the Lake Washington Canal in 1 9 1 4 t will hare
m r
one hundred mile® o f dock frontage#
fo this we will
merely add the statement made by th o Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, in August last, a® follows?
"The most colossal change, in the import and export
history of the United states, ha©, in the past two
decades, centered about Hi,get Sound*"
Ten separate transcontinental railway tracks and systems
serve the Pacific Coast states*
five of these systems serve
the Southwestern group, and five the northwestern states*
Only
one single track railroad connects th#se two groups#
The proportion of one railroad line to ten fairly represents
the proportion of the Interstate commerce between these two groups,
as compared with their trade with the great central and eastern
states, and with foreign countries*
The coastwise trade between t>an Francisco and Puget Sound is
only a circumstance compared to that on the Atlantic coast#
When, in addition, we oonsider that there are three great trunk
line railways carrying traffic across the Potomac Biver, compared
with the one on the Pacific Coast, it must be evident that nowhere
else in the Unite** states have nature, geography, and the currents
of commerce, combined to so clearly create the natural trade
boundary between two adjacent groups of states 5 nowhere else is a
natural district boundary so clearly indicated#
i
The provision that districts shall be created "with due regard
to the convenience and customary course of business,* if regarded
as controlling by your Committee, would naturally preclude the
joining of two great geographical sections, only ten per cent* of
whose commerce and trade- is mutual#
Based on either commerce or
banking there is five times as much reason why we should be
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attached to a Chicago district as t h e r e la for forcing the
northwest into a single Pacific Coast district*
While San Franolsoo generously claims to control the
foreign oowaoroe of the Pacific Coast, the answer of Federal
Government .Records makes that claim absurd.
The total foreign commerce of San Francisco for 191S was
#128§5&3vOO 0 e while that of Puget Sound was over eighty*®ight
percent of this sum, or #114,022,000#
fhe foreign commerce
of Puget Sound and the Columbia River together exceeded that
of San Francisco in 1913 by over one and one-half million
dollars#
Federal statistics show that the clearance of net
tonnage engaged in foreign trade froa San franolsoof for the
fiscal year 1912^13, was 1,270,736#
For the sasse year the
net foreign tonnage clearing fro© Puget Sound was 3,058,504.
Moreoverf the increase in Puget Sound foreign oorameroo
from 1902 to 1912 was 124$; while San Franolsoo*s increase
in the same period was only 48$*
At this rate of Increase
Fagot Sound will within three years 8 urpa.es San Francisco#
One of the controlling reasons for this great increase
is that the distance fro© Chicago to Yolmhoaa, via Pugst
Sound and the great circle route, is 1285 stiles less than
that through Ban Francisco, following her steamers customary
route via Honolulu to the Orient*
Those facts confirm the
declaifati ons of all the big shipping lines that Paget Sound
!
will ^oon be the chief foreign port of the Pacific Coast#
Batura has created, and the lines of commerce support
these two world outlets on our western coast.
It would
see© proper that the regional bank divisions' created by your
Committee should relate themselves normally with this great
natural division, rather than to create an abnormally re
lated district, tending to make one overshadowing financial
center on the Pacific such as is Bow York on the Atlantic
Coast .r
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fe believe that in order to carry out the spirit and
intent of the federal Beserve Act it will be necessary f or
your organisation committeo to create not less than ten
Federal reserve districts*
This will he found necessary
unless you are to radically divert the present currents of
commerce and hanking*
We smint&ln that when any district or group of states
are found to constitute a separata natural district, such as
these four Northwestern states* that district should he created
irrespective of the m o u n t
ately available*
of national hanking capital immedi
Whatever the particular reason may have been
for Inserting the provisions of Section Z% it would at least
seem clear that if any such natural district Is found temporarily
deficient in capitalt your Or -animation Committee is fully
authorised to allot to the United states such an amount of stock
for that district as shall bring it up to the required ainimnia*
And we have no h e s i t a t i o n in declaring that such action on your
part to create a separate lorthwest regional- hank districtt would
most normally and properly relate the banking operations of this
great and separate section of the country to that of the reserve
system as an Interrelated whole*
The deficit in capital for a
Northwest district, if any, would be smallt as imny responsible
oitisej&s stand ready to subscribe for stock if a reserve hank is
lo c a t e d
I
on P u g e t Sound#
111
i
flicre are certain particular reasons why branch hanks in the
Horthrest would not serve this region as well as a separate
regional bank*
One special reason is found in the evident Intent of Congress
t o hare the reserve banks specially care for foreign o o n m ro s t as
indicated by Section 13 and other parts of the act*
We maintain
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that this could be better done by a ©mailer regional bank
located at the chief outlet of foreign commerce in the Horth*
west than by a branch of a Ban Francisco bank*
Among the many reasons far this conclusion we shall cite
only the following:
A branch bank In Seattle would practically hare available
only the reserve funds af its immediate vicinity*
California
having the same general (seasonal requirements as the Northwest,
would not be able to give us any additional fund© at the time
we would require them; on the other hand, as a separate reserve
district* we could normally and properly exchange re-discounts
with a more powerful district such as Chicago, whose seasonal
requirements would vary from those of our own*
In view of the importance, repeatedly emphasized by your
Committee# of the value of a normal and habitual exchange of
re-discounts, we believe it will appeal to your Committee as
desirable that the several reserve banks should have a ©ore or
less constant r e d i s c o u n t movement flowing from one reserve
center to another, in accordance with seasonal requirements*
fhis would seem highly important for the additional reason that
such re-discounts from one reserve bank to another coxtld not
then be taken as meaning financial stringency in any n.enaoing
sense, nor beoone the occasion for financial alarm and disturb
ance of business conditions, as they certainly would if there
were nj» ousters of re-die counting between reserve banks#
ijf it be true that the florthweet would be better served by
being Bade part of a larger bank at San Francisco, then the Hew
York bankers were correct in saying that the district bank to be
estabillshea in that city should have at least one-half of the
entire) capital of the reserve bank system of the country; in fact,
to carry that principle to its logical conclusion, the Hew York
bankers must have been correct in asking for a single bank with
branches throughout the country*
However, Congress has created instead a system of regional
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banks, on the theory that each generar business district should
constitute a separate reserve district* and th© West believes
that is the proper system*
It should, however, "be clear tt
your Committee that the Iforthwest states, unless permitted te
form a separate dlstriot, will he more poorly served than if
we were given branches of a ©ingle hank in Heir York City.
Seme additional reasons why northwest branches of a Sam
Francisco hank will not serve this district as well as a se
parate reserve bank, are found in the fact that the actual
controlling and managing directors of every reserve bank mist
necessarily live within one night*a travel of its main office#
If, for example, a resident of either Seattle or Spokane, were
chosen as a director In the San Francisco reserve bank* and he
should leave his hoiae every Monday by the fastest train# spend
one 'lay In the bank at Ban Francisco and return by the fastest -
train, he could have only Satur&ay of each week for contact
with bankers and business men In his own vicinity; In other words#
one^slxth of his business time would be given to the reserve
bank, ono-sixth to keeping In touch with the section he specially
represents* and four-sixths to rail travel*
this practically
mean® that the San Francisco bank must be actually raana^ea by
residents of Baa Francisco#
On the contrary, a reserve bank
located in Seattle could have directors conveniently residing' in
Portland, Spokane and Tacoma, inasmuch as It Is only one night*s
travel from aiiy one city to the other#
cither reasons why a branch bank, under the particular
conditions existing on the Pacific Coast, would not be satisfac
tory, are that the directors of each branch are not selected by
the local banks, but are chosen wholly by the reserve bank and
the Federal Beserve Board#
In other words, it is not a local
Institution, but is distinctly a branch of the central bank,
which exercises absolute control#
Iftider our conditions here,
a Seattle branch would have only its own accumulation of reserve
funds
and even that would be controlled by directors appointed
*»$«#
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and responsible to the Ban Francisco Board*
It is to be particularly noted that only Federal Beserve
Banks may apply for Federal Reserve notes, and that branch banka
are not permitted to apply*
It Is certain that with the lack
of coiwen banking and e o » e r c l a l Interests between the northwest
and California, any action of the San Franolsoo bank for or
against the taking out of federal reserve notes, would be governed
by her own needs and conveniences, and not by the wishes of her
Northwest branches*
We are lacking in the Identity of commercial
interests necessary to protect us in any special needs that may
arise in this separate part of the country*
IT
There are apparently two principal bases for the creation
of separate reserve districts; one of these is geographical
distance and convenience of service, the ether,!© separate com
mercial groupings or natural divisions of trade and banking#
It is because of this latter reason that lew England can be
properly Bade a separate regional district, although Boston is
only distant six hours fro® lew York*
It is for the same
reason that a separate district ie planned, for St* I*ouis,
although it Is only a night1» run from Chicago*
Presumably both of these reasons would apply to the creation
of a separate district surrounding Atlanta, even though that
distrlcit, like- our own, might be somewhat short of the required
capltall.
I
We believe your Committee will recognise that both these
reasons apply with special force to a northwest district*
frm
the standpoint of actual mail service, Seattle and tfpokane are as
distani) from San Francisco as are St* Paul, Omaha, Kansas City,
and Ie# Orleans, distant from lew York *
Wd maintain that to place the Northwest state® in a 3an
franclqe® district, In the absence of a reasonable degree of
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commercial identity, and with so much of remoteness and delay in
cocriunioation, would be in violation of th© spirit and intent of
the Federal reserve aot#
In all th© Western states the trend of business and of
banking connections is east and west and not north and south*
It smst followf therefore, that a separate llorthwest reserve
bank, having its own re-discount relatione with larger reserve
banka in the last* and with power to apply for Federal reserve
notes in accordance with the particular needs of the Northwest,
would much better serve this district than could any mere
branches of a San Francisoo bank*
Concerning Alaska, we merely desire to add that seventy**
two percent of the commerce of that territory flows through
Puget' Sound#
The development of Alaska# by means of railroad,
raining and similiar constructive policies of the present ad*
ministration, will open for settlement a territory equal to onefifth of the continental United states, and capable of supporting
a population larger than that of Korw&y, Sweden and l>enmrk
combined#
It would seem olear that this great empiret whose
entire passenger and m i l
service is from iPttget Sound, will best
be served by a regional bank at this point, rather than in San
Fran#is## #
n
We have already filed with your committee an album of maps
and complied statements showing in part the great volume of
I
agriculture, manufacturing, commerce and banking in the northwest.
fe believe you recognise that the rat© of increase here will
be tremendously rapid, and w i l l # within a few years at most, make
it imperative that a separate forthwest district be formed•
Because the attaching of the northwest and San francisoo would
be en un-natural diversion of our banking connections, it would
necessarily create new and abnormal banking channels, making ©ore
^21ew
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difficult our final separation as a new reserve district*
f e t therefore, believe it will appeal to you as more
logical* far-sighted a ad statesnanlik© to establish the
federal reserve system in the northwest,, fro® its very
beginning* on the only basis that could receive any thoughtful
approval a few years fro® now,. viB.t a district consisting
of the states of Washington* Oregon* Idtiho and western * ontanat.
with a bank located at their natural outlet and commercial
center on Pugot Sound *
Hespeotfully submitted*
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HBSSRVS BANK OHGAUI2ATION Q O m iT W H
SIJPH.EMMTA1 .DATA
]?rom
SSATTLiS CHAHBE& OP COMMSKCE
SiOiTSll“eriSRII?CJ HOUSE ASSOCIATION
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B A H K I H 6
H1SSSKVJS3 CAHKIKD IK SSATTLE CLiSAHIJJG HOUSJS BANKS
BY BANKS IK TH2 STATES OF V/AoKIIIGTOB, ORilGON, MONTANA
IDAHO A1!D THJS TKilRI TOKY OF ALASKA
Washington ..........
Oregon* ..................... ............ .
Total:
f r fi3R^sor;7s.""
DUK TO BANKS FR011 NATIONAL BiINKS AS SHOWN
BY LAST CALL
Seattle «•••**•«•«•*•«••««••••••••••••••<
Portland
BALANCBS CAHHIBD 12? SDATTLK Bi•KKS BY POHTLAIID BAIiXS
Amount
307.400.00
PACIFIC m i m i w m
AKP CALIPO: *NIA
The Bank of California National Association, of San Franciscot
has branches in Seattle, Portland and Tacoma, whose combined deposits
aggregate between $1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 and # 1 1 ,0 0 0 , 0 0 0 of which # 6 ,0 0 0 , 0 0 0
or more is in the branches in Seattle and Tacoma*
These amount 8 are c r e U t e ^ in the comptroller’s official
reports to the parent bank and conse^xiently to San Francisco, and not
to the cities actually having the deposits in active use#
In the
tabulations prepared for the Regional Bank Organization Committee,
by the joint committee t f f the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and tho
Seattle Clearing House Association, the deposits in the branches
mentioned were credited to the cities in which such branches are in
business*
The preceding explanations were inadvertently omitted from
the tabulations#
3TKAM3HIP M I E S TO ALASKA OPHIUTIHG KXCLtmiViaY OUT OF SMATTXM
Humber of Vessels
Hams of Line
13
Alaska Steamship Company
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
3
Alaska Pad ifia 3 teaisship Coiapasiy
B
Humboldt Steamship Company
1
Jforthland Steamship Company
Z
w* F* Swan & Company
1
Approximate lumber of sailings for Alaska, per annua
from Seattle*♦*«*......* *.«#*«••**«*«**««***«*.*216
coastwise m m
n m m in o
s s fw is v if
sbatsls Aim
bam
fbaiicibco
Paotfle Coast steamship Qs»
Capitalized by Hew York*
(Has office in Hew York).
President and officers live in Seattle •
Has superintendent in San Francisco*
Alaska Pacific Steamship Co.
Capitalized by facoraa and Portland, Maine*
Main office in faeouja* but operates from Seattle*
Operating company is the Pacific Alaska navigation Co*
A sm m i m m m m
of labgesi? packing homes- in shattls
AfB POHfLAUD, AS im>ICA®SI> IB ^SEIMOBY AT R E 8ER VJS
BANK HMBII08
Frye & Company
Seattle
SFniom Meat Company
Portland
| l O t O O O#O O 0*O O
7 t S 0 0 f O 0O *O 0
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STATISTICS b y
C. W. DORR
SEATTLE HEARING
Jan. 29th, 1914.
FISHING IHPPSTRY of NORTH PACIFIC COAST
Exhibit Ho.
INCLUDING ENTIRE CABBED SALMON
PACE 07 WORLD except Siberia and
Kamchatka of about 132,000 oases.
Soaring at
19X3*
Cases (48 lbs)
District
Alaska
Puget Sound
Balance of Washington
3,7*6,493
2,583,463
63.344
2,012 ,387
209.954
2 6 6 ,4 7 9
Columbia River
Balance of Oregon
42,441
1
fcalifornia
7.326
TOTAL in American waters:6 ,709,546
British Columbia
I 13.859,478
13.329.l68
313.357
ij
HtRAND TOTALS:
_________________3 6 . 1 , 3
$
2
^
2 9 .7 6 0 ,6 8 8
1.353.901
n
mtmmmmm Am m hi
8 .8 0 3 .2 1 3
8,063,447
# 38,563.891
APPROXIMATE ESTIMATES;
Total physical investment in salmon canneries and
equipment, Alaska and Washington, #40,341,670*
Total number of persons employed, 1913# Alaska and
Washington, 3 5t 721.
Total amount of money advanced by banks to finance
and carry 1913 pack (excluding British Columbia)
*24,250,000*
SOURCES:
Seattle Banks:
For outfitting:
Additional loans on
packs stored and in
transit:
Other Puget Sound Banks:
Eastern Banks:
Portland Banks:
San Francisco Banks:
$
5 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
8 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
500,000
# 13 .500 ,
3 ,000,000
1 .500.000
6.250.000
!
I Eastern loans made to Puget Sound companies unable to
secjare necessary funds in Seattle* Amount Seattle natural
ly balled upon to furnish, #1 6 ,500 ,000 , or 66 2/1% of
whole♦ Portland and San Francisco estimates based upon
packs financed from those centres, using same ratio as Seat
tle, i. e*f #3 .1 7 per case*
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APPORTIONMENT 03? SALMON CAMING BUSIMBSS
FINANCED m
Portland
jpeattle
San Fran«
TOTALS
Companies Plants j
i Cos* Plantaf Cos* Plant! Cos* Plants
District
■
.--------- ----
Alaska
§ 4J
Puget Sound
j2o
Wasli* Coast
1 12
Columbia River
Oregon Coast
Calif* Coast
63
19
3
2
28
12
11
11
15
13
24
31
3
53
27
12
11
11
2
85
31
12
15
13
2
116
158
*
103
TOTALS;
83
CASES '
1913 Pack
4.256,376
484,2 5 4
VAIBB
1913 Pack
118,874,975
#2,148,651
PERCENTAGE of
PACK FINANCED
63^
24
.
1 968,916
6
,709,546
♦8,737.052 #29,760,678
Off
29*
BRITISH COLOMBIA: Companies, 26 ; Plants, 47; 1913 Paok, 1,353,901
Cases. Value, #8,803,213: all financed through Canadian Banka.
CAUSES SALMON CLEARED THROUGH
PORT OF PUGBT SOUND in
1913
(After eliminating all product
shipped from here but financ
ed elsewhere.)
ALASKA PACK:
1,962,616 Cases
PUGET SOUND PACK: 2 ,238,843
# 9,800,000 Value
11,890,000
4,251.459 Cases
#21,690,000 Value
Percentage of total Alaska and Puget Sound 1913 pack, fi
nanced here and shipped out of this Port, 673f»
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FISHERIES OTHER THAN SALMON
FINANCED IN SEATTLE:
1913
HALIBUT;
The entire halibut fleet,
consisting of 8 ? power
schooners and
steamers,
is operated out of Seat
tle*
Investment;
$
2, 360 ,000
Number of men employed:
1* 234-
Catch:
Value of catch:
38>660,850 lbs*
$
1,739,738
$
4,860,000
MILD CURED, pickled and frozen
SALMOH, HERRING, CODFISH,
WHALING, SHELL-FISH, OIL
and FERTILIZER industries
in Alaska and Washington,
comprise 53 plants, practi
cally all tributary to
Seattle*
Aggregate investment:
Value of product:
FRESH FISH: in addition to above,
cleared through this Port:
TOTAL VALUE of fish
products, other than
canned salmon:
3*741,097
$
2,000,000
$
7,480,000
$
1 ,500,000
the miscellanous fisheries, Seattle
?nanks
advanced on short time loans,
fbout:
This business is growing rapidly*
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SEATTLE
AlAtlq
P re p a re d -fo r t/]e
R e s e r v e B a n k Oracr/i/zcrt/o/? Co/77/ 77/t t e e
SeatfJe Chamber c f Commerce
S eatt/e C/ear/na //ai/se /fssoc/ait/a/?.
lum. Sbing'i
Id«tbo
TRADE
DISTRIBUTION
On'tnf
Grej.tr
Q yt rails, efeDr*y GoaAs
St^tiangry
Xaftge.gfaicfeS
Cawd. MiLk
"s,6-loves&
CUy PrwJ.
Jei»gIry glc.
Hmrdwdfe
Ir f lc g r le T
ATTLE
O i t f r i c t - d i y e e f ly
s z r r e < J
by
S e a t t l e
I n d J I a e o e f A 1 corwrwod i tie s .
District shared by Seattle w'i H> o th e r
Centers, m
S. Africa
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RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COtfMITCT
mm
ORIGINAL
of
LBTTBRS
IN SUPPORT OF MAP SHOUTING TRASS Z C M
OF
S E A T T L E
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(vl|t_L.S AT SEATTLE, PORTLAND.TACOMA, SAN FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, L-OS ANGELES
CABLE ADDRESS
"ALBERS” ALL.
CODES
S H I P P E R S A N D E X P O R T E R S OF GRAIN
Chamber of Commerce,
C en tral B uilding,
S e a ttle , Wash.
January 30, 1914*
Dear Sirss
Replying to your telephone conversation regarding
the t e r r i t o r y we cover in shipping our c e re a ls and feed.
We ship to a l l poin ts in Alaska and our business
with th is t e r r i t o r y amounts to approximately f 100,000#00
annually.
We do a business of about $500,000*00 annually w ith
the Hawaiian Isla n d s,
This includes c e re a ls and gasain.
To the South we ship as f a r as San Diego.
We
operate m ills in Tacoma, P ortland, San Francisco and S e a ttle
and in th is way cover the coast and ship as f a r East as
Idaho, Montana,Hevada, Utah, and Arizona.
T rusting th a t th is w ill give you the inform ation
you d e s ire , we remain
lo u rs re s p e c tfu lly ,
ALBEHS BROS* MILLING CO.
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PH O N E, M A IN
B
W
a r t o n
&
C
o m p a n y
h o l e sa l e p a c k e r s a n d p r o v is io n e r s
Seattle, II. S. A.,
Jan. 31, 1914
Mr. C. B. Yandell,
Secretary Chamber of Commerce,
Seattle, Wash,
Bear Sir:
In reply to your request that you would like
to have a letter from our firm stating the area to
which our products are being shipped at the present
time, we beg to state that we are distributing pro
ducts through the following states:
Idaho,
Oregon,
California, and
Montana,
Washington,
Alaska.
Our greatest volume at
present, of course, goes
/
/ to Washington and Alaska points but we are gradually
I
increasing the amount of shipments to adjoining states.
Packers’ products from the coast are finding their way
farther cast each year, as the industry is growing on
1
the coast.
The Pacific Coast is becoming quite an important
market for livestock from Montana and eastern Idaho,
sheep and cattle especially being shipped in here in
large numbers.
Yours truly,
BARTON & COMPAHY.
GICB-K
3228
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S e a t t l e , W a s h . Jan* 2 1 , 1 9 1 4 .
Mr. Hartley,
Hew Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
Central Bldg. *
City.
Dear Sir:-
In accordance with your request that we
outline our present territry, would say that
we travel men in Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon
and Alaska.
We have sold more or less merchandise
in British Columbia.
trusting that this information will
he of service to you, we remain
Yours respectfully,
THE BLACK It’
G. CO.
JCB-KH
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W. J. .^<tKle,Sec. andTreasurer
J. W. ICahl*, President
C
M a n u f a c t u r in g C
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS
r e s c e n t
o m p a n y
Baking Ponder
Coffees
Teas
Mapleine
Extracts
Spices
OCCIDENTALAVI. ANDJACKSONST
S e a ttle , W a s h .
Fob. 2,
1914
Beattie Chamber of Commerce,
Seattle,
W*sh.
Gentlemen:
*>
As per your request we are attaching a
map showing the principal states in which we do
, the bulk of our business, in which as you w ill note
includes Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, C a lif,,
Nevada, Utah and Arizona and territory of Alaska.
We also derive considerable business from
Canadian Providences, British Columbia, Alberta,
Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
We would be glad to supply you with any
other data along this line that you may wish.
With hope that it may b e .o f some value
to help you secure Regional Bank for Seattle#
CRESCENT MANUFACTURING COMPANY
FLH/JF
Eno.
/
J
'
~JULJVk'..
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C o a l
*
C o .
OjBtasKRAJb Om w icjjh®** I I <® o e ] B tn x iix iB ro
Se a t t l e
He:
FIELD FOR SALE
o F p r q d u Ot S.
February 2nd, 1914.
Bfew Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
Central Bldg.,
Attention Mr. Hadley.
City.
Gentlemen
In reply to your request for information as to the
field covered by this Company in the matter of sales, would aay
that we have on occasion sold Paving Brick at points as distant
as South Africa, Alaska and east as far as Salt Lake City.
During the past few years we have placed considerable
brick in Butte, Missoula and Helena, Montana; Boise, Idaho;
Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton and Hew Westminster, B. C . ; Coeura'Alene, Idaho; Eugene and Nev/burg, Oregon; etc.
Our
Sewer
Pipe business covers much, the same territory, except that we
do very little business south of Oregon or east of Idaho and
Montana.
Our Pressed Brick and Fire Brick business is con
fined for the most part to the State of Washington.
Our Archit
ectural Terra Cotta is placed a little more widely, sales extend
ing into Vancouver, Victoria, Portland, Spokane, and even into
Idaho and Montana.
Electrical Conduits are shipped about as
widely as Sewer Pipe.
Partition Tile and Drain Tile sales are
mostly local.
Trusting that this w ill give you the information you
desire, we remain,
BTF-G
Yours very truly,
DENHY-I»TT02T ^CJiAY ^ COAL CO.
^
J^sa^starit (xeneral Manager.
P.S. ALL CONTRACTS, SALES AND DELIVERIES ARE CONTINGENT UPON DELAYS CAUSED BY FIRE, STRIKES, ACCIDENTS, FLOODS, CARRIERS AND OTHER CONDITIONS BEYOND OUR CONTROL
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ALL QUOTATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANCE WITHOUT NOTICE.
DE NNY-RENTO N CLAY & CO AL COMPANY.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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PHONES:
MAIN r4-30. INDEPENDENT 4-4-30.
CABLEADDRESS:
"EF EM CO” 5 EATTLE.
CODES;
A.B.C. FI f t h ,
WESTERN UNION,
LI EBERS,
ROBI N SON,
KEY CODE.
O F F IC E R S ;
O.W. FISHER, Pres.
J.B. WHITE, Vice Pres.
W.P. FISHER.Treas.
O. D. FI5HER,Se.cY.-Gen
CAPACITY;
G E N E R A L O F F IC E S 8 1 7 - 8 2 2 W H IT E B U I L D IN G .
O R IE N T A L O F F IC E , H O N G K O N G , A S I A .
M I LLS X ’ an d 'B"
2 0 0 0 B b l s . DAILY.
concrete: elevator "a”.
C A L IF O R N IA O F F IC E ,
6 18 MERCHANTS EXCHANGE
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
B U R R F IS H E R ,
4 -0 0 ,0 0 0
Mafnoargin
Director
Cg
alifornia.
B U S H E L S .
Jan* 31, 19X4.
Mr. Hoy 0. Hadley, Assistant Secretary,
Hew Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
k
Seattle, Washington.
Dear Sir:
fhe Pacifio Eorthwest is the source from which the
following countries draw their wheat and flour supply:(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
CU)
Japan
Korea
Formosa,
China,
Manchuria,
Hongkong,
Indo China,
Slam,
Straits Settlements,
Malay States,
Burma,
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
(21)
Netherlands Indies,
Philippine Islands
California,
Hawaiian Islands,
Mexico,
Central America—West Coast,
panama,
South imerica—West Coast,
Alaska,
United Kingdom and Europe.
OBI&gT--Iterns 1 to 13. inolusive tfhe exporta
tions of flour and wheat to the Orient for the year ending
June 30, 1913, (an average year) totaled approximately
#13,570,181, made
as follows:2,565,140 bbls.flour,valued at approx.
4,073,8^5 bu. wheat *
*
w
$10,260,560
3,309,681
Of the flour, 551,378 barrels, valued at #£,205,512, was exorted from Columbia Biver, and 2,013,768 barrels, valued at
8,055,048, was shipped from Puget Sound ports.
f
It is an interesting fact in the development of the
Northwest to note that before 1898 California exported to the
Orient 80$, or more, of the flour, whereas, during the year end
ing June 30* 1913, California exported approximately 2$, and the
northwest 98$, of which 21$ was from the Columbia River and 77%
from Puget Sound ports.
SOtJ:?H--Items 14 to 18, inclusive:Due to the fact
that large Quantities of flour for Mexico, Central and South
.America, and Hawaii are shipped via San Francisco, statistics
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LrOumNG M ills C o .
wo. — 2H- Kew Seattle Chamber of Commerce,— l /3 l /l 4 .
sh e e t
would not be correct unless the total exports to the countries
mentioned under this heading are combined* For the year ending
June 30, 1913, the exports of flour totaled 1,188,463 barrels,
valued at approximately f||*755,200•
ALASKA—■
-Item^20;Alaska draws practically its
entire supply of flour from Puget Sound ports. A very small
amount is shipped from San Francisco.
1311TED KINGDOM AMD EUROPE--Items 20 and 21:Small
shipments of flour have been made to the United Kingdom and
Europe via Suez and Tehuantepec and the Straits of Magellan,
with the idea of establishing brands preparatory to the opening
of the Panama Canal.
COHCLUSIOI:
The Pacific Uorthwest is the source of
supply from which the countries covered by items 1 to 20 in
clusive either draw practically all of their flour or wheat.
The exports of wheat and flour from the Pacific
Horthwest for the year ending June 30, 1913, totaled as fol
lows : Wheat ------ ---- 22,410,984 bu.
Flour — ---------- 3 ,7 96,444 bbls.
The valuation of all the wheat and flour exported totaled
# 34,220,690.
Figures are not available at the moment as to
the value of other grains and millfeed exported during the
year ending June 30, 1913.
We would have gone more into detail but as you re
quired some information today it was impossible for us to do
so. We will be pleased, however, to furnish you with any fur
ther information you may desire.
Very truly yours,
WSA/OAOr
f i s h e r f l o o r in g m i l l s
/*
com pan y ,
r f ,'
yf> * '
'
/ IS Assistant Manager.
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F r y e & co m p a n y
B e e f &
P o r k
telephones
P a c k e r s
: m a i n 6 7 0 0 E l l i o t t 19
S e a t t le ,
W ash .
January 31, 1914#
Mr#C.B.Yandellt
Secretary, Chamber of Commercet
C I T Y .
Dear Sir:*-* Complying with your telephonic request of yesterday,
we submit herewith some data as to territory in which our
products are marketed as followsj
CALIFORNIA
We have a Branch House at San Francisco and an Agency
at Los Angeles that supply the entire State#
OREGON
---We have a Branch House at Portland,Oregon that takes
care of the requirements of the trade throughout the State#
WASHINGTON
We ship direct from Packing House to every portion of
the State and take care of fresh meat and provision trade through
branches located at Blaine, Bellingham, Anacortes, Sedro-Woolley,
Everett, Bremerton, Tacoma, Buckley, Centralia, Chehalis, Aberdeen,
Hoquiam, Raymond and Port Townsend#
ALASKA
We ship direct from the Packing House to all points in
Alaska and maintain wholesale and retail branches at Ketchikan,
Juneau, Skagway and Valdez#
EXPORT
We ship Westward to Honolulu, Japan and Manila, and
eastward to Liverpool and Amsterdam*
The testimony given by some of our competitors in Portland
to the effect that Portland does the bulk of the Packing business of
the Northwest is erroneous and the records of the Bureau Of Animal
Industry, i f checked up, will verify our statement# We candidly
believe that the records will show that the volume of business done
by Seattle w ill substantially exceed that done by Portland#
Yours trulyt
FRYE & COMP
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v
S e a t t l b
,\V : v «
ii
.
j a n ,
30 th, 1914
President,
Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
Seattle, Washington.
Dear Sir:
The Western Dry Goods Company have
just Tphoned us that you wish us to advise you
of the territory in which we sell our goods.
Our principal territory covers the
Western half of Montana, all of Idaho, all of
Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, and the
Philippine Islands.
Vie have men traveling in Montana, Idaho,
Oregon and Washington the year round, and have
covered Montana and Idaho territory continuously
for several years past.
Trusting this is the information you
desire, we remain
Yours very truly,
J. T. HARDEMAN HAIT 00.
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K ilb o u rn e
8c C l a r k M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y
______ E N G I N E E R S
M A N U F A C T U R E R S
O F
E L E C T R IC A L
A P P A R A T U S
71 C O L U M B IA S T R E E T
SE ATTLE, U. S. A.
^
#
^
Mr. R. 0. Hadley,
Chamber of Commerce,
Seattle*
Dear Sir:-Pursuant to our telephonic conversation of yester
day, I am pleased to state, for your information, that the export
business of this company, which constitutes about
of its entire
business, has in past years varied from $ 50 , 000.00 to $75*000*00
per annum.
We expect, during the present year, to nearly double the
latter figure,
as several new markets
have been opened to us within
the last few months.
Very truly yours,
FGS-M
GENERAL MANAGER & CHIEF ENG,
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Jo h n N. Ja c k s o n
PRESIDENT
CLARENCE HANFORD
vice -president
GEORGE
MILLER
SECRETARY
B.
Igw m an S jfajilord . (a
W HOLESALE
STATIONERS AND BOOKSELLERS
6 1 6 -6 2 0 F I R S T A V E N U E
SEATTLE
F ebt
2,
191^.
Chamber of Commerce,
Seattle, Wash.
■ATTENTION OF MR. HADLEY".
Dear Sir:
Mr. Jackson has requested that we write you
concerning the territory covered by our salesmen.
We go as far east as Lewiston, Pullman and
Spokane: southeast to Walla Walla, covering all points
on the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Chicago &
Milwaukee between here and Spokane: the territory north
of the Great Northern along the Columbia and. Okanogan:
all points this side of the Cascade Mountains as far
north as the Canadian Boundary and ae far south as
Portland.
In addition to this, we cover Alaska.
Trusting that this information will be
what you require, we are,
Yours very truly,
JKC BF
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Pa c i f i c C o a s t C o n d e n s e d M i l k C o .
M A N U FA C T U R E R S
Ca r n a t io n
OF
M ij . k
E V A P ORATED - S T E K IL IZ E D
CABLE ADDRESS
CARNATION
( ARMSBY 3 r-° | d,tion
CODES'A.B.C. 5 T_HEDITION
(WESTERN
UNION
G e n krai. O ffices: S E A T T L E ,U .S . A .
January 31, 1914
Mr. H. 0. Haiiley, Assistant Secretary,
Chamber of Commerce,
SilATTLii, Wash.
Dear Sir;
Complying with your request over the
telephone yesterday, we wish to advise that our
factories tributary to this district supply the
following territory in the United States and its
possessions:
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
Wyoming, California, Arizona, and Manila.
These western factories also export quantities
of condensed milk to Siberia, China, Japan and South
America.
Yours very truly,
PACIFIC COAST COm £88D MILK CO.,
HHSjBN
Per
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W atch m ak ers, J ew elers and
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MACHINERY, TOOLS AND SUPPLIES
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P. O. Drawer 1914
Seattle
Jan. 31, 1914.
Seattle' Chamber of Commerce,
Seattle, Wash.
Gentlemen:
Answering your inquiry by telephone requesting information
as to the territory our Salesmen cover and the amount of our
sales in various districts, we regret very much that the time
which you ha^?e placed at our disposal will not permit of us
giving you anything like exact figures. However, we see no
objection to furnishing you this at & later date, i f you can
give us the necessary tine.
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Briefly speakijag^'Sur^Mr. Marcus Mayer makes three
trips annually to Ala^rSCT one in the early spring, visiting all
of the coast citiesvin Southeastern Alaska, including Sitka,
Cordova, Seward, Ska^jraty, Ketchikan and other points.
June
1st he goes North'to F a ir b a n k s , St. Michaels, Tanana and Dawson
returning by way of Skagway to Seattle, and later in the fall,
a third trip to South-eastern Alaska and other coast points.
Ur. W. S. Barnett covers the territory of California,
Nevada, parts of Texas, Utah and Colorado, confining himself
to this territory exclusively, and rarely returns to Seattle
more than once in two years.
We expect at an early date, and not later than next
June to open an office in San Francisco equipped with a line
of samples of the goods which we menufacture.
Our Mr. Wells covers the coast territory from British
Columbia on the north to the California State line on the south.
Our Mr. Sol Phillips covers the territory on the other
side of the mountains in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon.
The annual output of this factory exceeds |450,000.00
and our total sales including our business as jobbers of watches,
gold jewelry and eastern plated ware is in excess of #9Q0,0Q0.00
annually.
I f this information is of any value to you, we would be
glad to know it, and if time were available, we *>uld be pleased
to give you further information.
Yours respectfully,
JOS. MAYER & BROS.
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H . S . S T IN E ,
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PRESIDENT
F. A . E N G LA N D ,
F. D . B E C K E R .
Treasurer
VICE PRESIDENT
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PUBLISHERSOF
‘LUMBERMEN’S FREIGHT RATE GUIDE’
"LUMBERMEN’S FREIGHT ACTUARY”
AN ORGANIZATION
OF
Wholesalers and Manufacturers of
Pacific Coast Lum6en Shinfiles and otherTorest Products
E. L. FAIRBANKS. Traffic Manager
W. A . SHUMM, Freight Claim A gent
W. M. LALOR. Manager Minnesota Transfer Dept.
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/0^$eaftk, Washington.
February
191^,
The Chamber of Commerce,
Seattle, Wash*
Gentlemen:I have your Mr. Hadley1s request over the phone for
certain information, and will make my report as brief as possible:
The forest products output is chiefly lumber and shingles,
and our market is almost the entire country. Enclose herewith
circular which explains just what-I mean.
Our lumber market is principally in the States from the
Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River and as far South as
Kansas City. We will also include Wisconsin, Colorado, Illin o is,
Utah, Idaho, Oregon, California and our own State of Washington.
Of course, a great deal of our Cedar lumber is sold in the States
North of the Ohio River and as far East as the Atlantic Seaboard*
A great many of the other States use. certain percentages of our
lumber, but speaking generally, I think the States mentioned
covers the request that you made.
Our shingles go without exception to every
Union. The markets consuming most of our shingles
States East of the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic
North of a line drawn East and West through Kansas
state in the
are in the
Coast and
City*
I wish you would read over very carefully the circulars
enclosed, herewith. These will give you a good idea of what our
Association’ s output is.
FDB/W
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TO LUMBERMEN:
There have been so many requests for information on the Lumber
Business in this District that we have concluded to send out a second
edition of an Article that was written a short time ago, which reads as
follows:
The Lumber Industry of Western Washington does undoubtedly
swing on a pivot with Seattle as the "Hub", and the following brief
statistics will give only a fair conception of the magnitude of the
Lumber and Shingle Business on Puget Sound; and, in order to realize
what a large part the State of Washington, and especially Seattle, plays
in this line of industry in our United States, one should stop and analyze
the figures.
The extensiveness of the Timber Resources are so vast that the
average person can hardly believe that, in hundreds of years from now,
Lumber will be sawn in the mills in some sections almost as extensively
as at present time, and this idea that Timber is about exhausted is a
ridiculous one.
For instance:
Standing Timber in the United States (according to
Government reports) ................................................... 2,826,000,000,000 Ft.
Standing Timber in State of Washington............................
391,000,000,000 Ft.
Annual Cut of Mills in the State of
Washington............... ........................ .............................
4,200,000,000 Ft.
This indicates that at the present rate of cutting and if this
annual output was not increased, there would be sufficient Standing Timber
to last one hundred years. We have nearly Four Hundred Billion Feet of
Standing Timber and our Annual Cut is Four Billion. Of course, there is a
part of this standing timber that has been placed in Forest Reserves, as
spoken of later on in this circular, but we want you to bear in mind
that Timber will grow considerable in one hundred years, and with the ever
increasing system of fire protection by the Government, this growth will
be far in excess of the fire loss. There is no doubt but that the Timber
Resources of these United States, in less than fifty years, will be guarded
almost as carefully from the fire hazard as a great many of our cities,
for the Govenrment is beginning to realize what a valuable asset timber is
to this country. It has also been fully realized that reafforestation is
entirely practical and long before the above mentioned hundred years have
expired, timber will be a line of industry similar to the present Agricul
tural Industry. When this comes to pass our Timber Resources will increase
considerably more than at the present time, which means a continuation of
the Lumber Business far in excess of what we realize.
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Before this subject (as far as Seattle is concerned) is dwelt
on, we wish to speak of the Lumber Business in general in the United
States but very briefly, in order that comparisons can be made. Now these
comparisons will indicate very clearly that the City of Seattle is the
largest distributing point for Lumber on the Pacific Coast.
In the State of Washington:
Individual concerns own about..............................................
In Forest Reserves about.........................................................
Total State of Washington.............. ................................• • • •
Standing Timber
295,000,000,000 Ft.
96,000,000,000 Ft.
391,000,000,000 Ft.
It is conceded that the average number of feet of Standing
Timber to the acre in .the State of Washington is 34,000 Ft, and the
number of Acres of this Timber in the State is 11,500,000 Acres. The
Standing Timber in the State of Washington is 12%% of the total amount
of Standing Timber in the United States, and the estimated value of this
Timber on the stump in the State is approximately $700,000,000.
The percentages of the different kinds of Wood is as follows:
65.7% Fir
11.2% Hemlock
.2% White Pine
3.0% Spruce
4.3% Western White Pine
3.0% Others
12.6% Cedar
It will be of interest to know that there are about 1000 Active
Lumber and Shingles Mills in the State of Washington, and their combined
Annual Output is as follows:
LUMBER
3,306,000,000 Ft. Lumber shipped by Rail, annually.
894,000,000 Ft. Lumber shipped by Cargo annually.
4,200,000,000 Ft. Total Annual Cut of Lumber in the State.
This immense quantity of Lumber represents 130,000 carloads of
rail trade, and if the cargo lumber was loaded in cars it would make addi
tional 36,000 cars, or a total of 166,000 carloads every twelve months.
The approximate value of this lumber, f. o. b. cars at the mills is approxi
mately $43,000,000, and the number of men working in the lumber manufac
turing end of the business is about 80,000.
Washington produces more Lumber than any other State in the Union,
ranking at the head of the list in the Gbvernment reports. The cut of
this State is 12%% of the total cut of the entire country.
SHINGLES
,The Shingle Output for the State of Washington is approximately
7,500,000,000 shingles, which would fill about 34,000 cars, and the value
of these shingles at the mills is approximately $13,000,000, and the number
of men employed in shingle manufacturing is about 15,000.
Washington supplies 65% of the total number of shingles used
in the United States, and of the 34,000 cars, about 20,000 are sold in
that section East of the Mississippi River and North of the Ohio River,
and the balance of 14,000 cars are used West of the Mississippi River and
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South of the Ohio R iver.. This indicates clearly that over 50% of our
immense shingle output is consumed in a territory over 2000 miles from
the source of supply and that our shingles are the "best” for roofing
purposes.
LUMBER AND SHINGLES,
The annual production of Lumber and Shingles in the State of
Washington, just mentioned, would fill 200,000 cars, and if those cars were
put in one train, they would cover a distance of 1,800 miles, or almost
from Seattle to Minneapolis. The weight of this immense amount of Lumber
would be 15,000,000,000 lb s., or 7,500,000 tons. The Lumber Tonnage by rail
ranks second of all commodities, Bituminous Coal having the heaviest
tonnage by rail and lumber and Forest Products having the next heaviest.
If the Lumber in the 200,000 carloads (annual shipments) just
spoken of was put in a side-walk, 6 ft. wide, it would cover a distance of
150.000 miles or encircle the earth six times, and if this same amount of
lumber was put into a fence, you could put a 60-ft. fence completely around
the United States. This same amount of lumber would build about 325,000
average residences, which would conveniently accommodate 1,500,000 people.
SEATTLE, THE LUMBER CENTER OF WESTERN WASHINGTON
The great bulk of the Lumber and Shingles of Western Washington
are cleared through Seattle. This is not termed a Lumber Manufacturing
Point as much as it is a Wholesale Center. We have about:
15 good-sized Lumber Mills in Seattle.
Annual Output being about 400,000,000 ft. of Lumber.
This would fill 15,000 cars.
Their value at the Mill being $4,000,000.
About 3000 men are employed in the manufacturing.
We have about 18 good-sized shingle Mills.
Annual output being about 1,000,000 shingles.
,This would fill 4,500 cars.
Their value at the Mill being $1,800,000.
About 1000 men are employed in the manufacturing.
LUMBER WHOLESALERS.
The wholesaling of Lumber from Western Washington is the most
extensive business on the Pacific Coast. There are over 100 Wholesalers in
Seattle that cater to the Rail Business, and their combined Annual Output
and Sales is approximately:
100,000 Carloads of Lumber, value $26,000,000.
28,000 Carloads of Shingles, value $10,000,000.
There are also about 12 to 15 additional Wholesalers who cater to
the Export Trade only, and their Annual Output and Sales amount to about
15.000 carloads, and their value is $4,000,000.
The local consumption of Lumber in Seattle is quite hard to
estimate, for a great deal of it is shipped in from other points.
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in addition to the lumber mills, just spoken of, there are about 18 Retail
Lumber Yards, which handle approximately 30,000,000 ft. of lumber annually.
A great deal of this is shipped in, and in addition to that amount, the 15
Seattle mills mentioned above, sell locally about twice that quantity, or a
total local consumption of about 90,000,000 ft. annually.
As a further indication that Seattle is a Lumber Center, a large
number of out-of-town Mills all over the State have their offices in this
City. For instance:
40 out-of-town Lumber Mills have offices here, and their output
annually is 900,000,000 f t ., or 35,000 cars;
35 out-of-town Shingle Mills have offices here, and their Annual
output is approximately 2,000,000,000 shingles, or 9000 cars;
,The By-Products of the Lumber Business are very extensive in this
city. There are approximately 50 large woodworking plants and about 100
small plants, such as carpenter shops, etc. These woodworking plants em
ploy 1000 men, and their products are:
Boxes
Vehicles
Wooden Pipe
Interior Finish
Furniture of all kinds
^Ladders
Woodenware
Cabinet Making
Planning Mill Work
Store and Office Fixtures
Then we have Ship Builders, as well as concerns who handle
Hardwood Lumber, Posts, Poles and Piling, Sash and Doors.
LATH
One of the largest By-Products is Lath, which are made from three
of our principal woods— Fir, Spruce and Cedar. The Annual Output of the
State of this commodity amounts to over $500,000, and the largest per
centage of this is handled through the Seattle offices.
The above will give anyone a fine idea of the possibilities for
additional Factories to use up our By-Products. There is already an indica
tion that Seattle is entering upon an era of extraordinary dimensions in
the Lumber and Shingle Industry, if publicity be given to what possibili
ties there are here. The numerous advantages that Seattle has to offer
should interest the large concerns as well as the smaller plants, and
possibly the smaller concerns could work to better advantage, for the
commodities to be manufactured from our By-Products are so numerous that
it would be better for the small plants to make Specialties. For
instance, we have the woods for making:
3room Handles from Hemlock, Alder and Fir.
Piano Sounding Boards, from Spruce.
Oars from Spruce.
,
Row Boats from Cedar and Spruce.
Matches from Spruce, Pine and White Fir.
Wagon Tongues and Bottoms from Fir.
Wood Pulp from Spruce and other woods.
Sash and Doors from Cedar, Spruce and Fir.
Boxes from Spruce, Fir and Hemlock,
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Ship Building from Fir.
,Car Building from Fir and Spruce.
Household Kitchen Woodenware from Spruce, Fir and Hemlock.
Tubs of every description from Spruce, Fir, Cedar and Hemlock.
Veneers from Spruce, Fir and Hemlock.
One of the most extensive By-Products we have is the extraction
made from the Fir stumps. The number of the By-Products from the stump
are too numerous to mention but wish to speak of only a few, namely:
Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Rosin, Oils, Paint and 50 other com
modities, in fact, there is no waste when utilizing the Fir Stumps.
RECAPITULATION OF SEATTLE'S DISTRIBUTION OF LUMBER
This compilation has been made by the Pacific Coast Shippers*
Association of Seattle, Wash., the largest Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso
ciation, west of Chicago, a large percentage of the members having
their Offices in Seattle. Their combined output is about:
70% of the Rail Business from Western Washington.
60% of the Output of Lath.
* 70% of the Output of Shingles.
This indicates very clearly that the Pacific Coast Shippers' Associa
tion, (whose members handle the great bulk of the output of Lumber
and Shingles) is in a better position to compile these statistics than
any other organization.
105 Wholesalers—
(Lumber Rail Business) 100,000 Cars, value $26,000,000.
(Shingle Rail Business) 28,000 Cars, value $10,000,000.
12 Wholesalers—
(Lumber Export Business) 15,000 Cars, value $4,000,000.
This is evidence that the Seattle Lumbermen and Members of the
Pacific Coast Shippers' Association handle 143,000 carloads of Lumber and
Shingles, which is about 85% of the output of Western Washington.
Of this immense quantity:
15 Seattle Lumber Mills manufacture 400,000,000 ft. or 15,000
cars yearly, value $4,000,000.
18 Seattle Shingle Mills manufacture 1,000,000,000 shingles or
4,500 cars yearly, value $1,800,000.
150 Seattle Woodworking Plants using By-Products, and
18 Retail Lumber Yards and the 15 Local Lumber Mills, sell to the
consuming trade in Seattle, about 90,000,000 ft. Lumber.
40 out-of-town Lumber Mills have offices here, their annual output
900,000,000 ft. or 35,000 cars.
35 out-of-town Shingle Mills have offices here, their annual out
put 2,000,000,000 shingles or 9,000 cars.
Conservatively speaking about 85% of the Lumber and Shingle Business
of Western Washington passes through the Seattle Lumbermen and the Members
of the Pacific Coast Shippers' Association, which is about 10% of the amount
of Lumber and Shingles consumed in the entire United States and this cer
tainly entitles Seattle to the name of being the largest Distributing
Point for Forest Products on the Pacific Coast.
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LUMBER BUSINESS IN PROSPEROUS CONDITION
About the first of May, 1913, we endeavored to ascertain the con
dition of the Lumber Business in the State of Washington and sent the fol
lowing three questions to the members of our Association.
1. Has the volume of business so far this year been up to your
expectations?
2. Is it your opinion that you will have from now on a normal
business or not?
3. If above or below normal state reasons for same?
The replies to the first two questions were invariably "YES” •
Nearly all the replies commented on the volume of business they were
doing and never in the history of the Association have the replies shown
such healthy condition. Most of the expressions used were "Exceptionally
good” , "Absolutely good", "Having good business", "Business above normal",
"Business large", "Business on increase", "Large business", and
numerous others.
,In regard to the second question, most of the replies did not
say just why business would be better from now on but that they expected it.
The general expression seemed to be that business was above normal, for the
reason that the people in the Lumber Industry were getting after the busi
ness harder than ever and the average gain of some of them was as
much as 25%, and still other replies stated that still a larger volume
of business was received in the last three months than for any time in their
experience in the last three years.
Other replies showed that some members* business, although not
great, was a little above the average as compared with the last four
or five years.
Other replies showed that the volume of inquiries were more
plentiful, and although weak in some lines, in a general way, the business
looked prosperous.
Many of the replies also mentioned the crop prospects, especially
in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, and reported that they had a
heavy rain fall a very short time ago which practically assured a
"Bumper" crop.
As stated in the first part of this circular, we have never
experienced the pleasure, at any time in the last five years, of as many
satisfactory replies from our members.
Respectfully submitted,
ACIFIC COAST SHIPPERS1 ASSOCIATION.
FDB-MS
F. D. Becker, Secretary-Manager.
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WONDERFUL POSSIBILITIES IN BY-PRODUCTS
TO LUMBERMEN:
With the gradually increasing demand for economy in all classes
of business enterprise, caused by increased competition, wages and a
decided change in social conditions, has come the much talked of "conserva
tion" of natural resources ; and now that our markets have been opened to
foreign trade, the need of economy in all things will be the more essen
tial, To a certain extent the cry raised for the conservation of natural
resources is more or less theoretical, if not quite impracticle, but the
Pacific Northwest is abounding in a natural resource, which until very
recently lay absolutely unused, and yet is so extensive, that its value to
American trade and commerce will eventually be measured in millions of
dollars. This resource represents an enormous field for the investment of
capital, which at present is almost totally unappreciated.
American capitalists are continually seeking new fields for their
enterprises, until American capital can now be found in every corner of the
earth, but it is to be regretted that any American resource should be
undeveloped while our capital is being sent to Mexico, South America, Africa
and Asia, It would seem to the close observer that the one feature of
safety in investment under the American flag, in preference to investment
in such unstable countries as Mexico, would alone be inducement enough to
keep our money at home.
In this part of the State of Washington, west of the Cascades,
in the district surrounding the City of Seattle, the New York
of the Pacific Coast, is a natural resource, which is slowly opening to
the profitable investment of eastern capital, the extent of which is
difficult to realize. In this district there are approximately two million
five hundred thousand (2,500,000) acres of logged-off or stump land,
ranging in value from $10.00 to $20.00 per acre for ordinary land, and
$50.00 per acre for choice land, and this acreage is continually increas
ing. From each acre of this land the lumberman has removed approximately
40% of the timber, leaving a veritable jungle of tops, limbs, low grade
logs, fallen and dead timber and stumps, every bit of which can today be
utilized in the manufacture of some valuable and commercially profitable
by-product. This is not all, for the 40 or 50% of the timber which the
lumberman has removed from each acre as merchantable material, about 50%
is lost in the operation of manufacturing, the waste at the mills alone
being millions of cords annually. The census figures show that about
5,000,000 cords of waste wood are left in the forests annually in the
lumbering of resinous woods alone, leaving out of consideration the dead
and fallen timber. The sap or non-resinous part of the wood rots away
in a short time, leaving the heart or resinous portion, which lasts
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indefinitely, and can be used in the production of innumerable by-products.
This wood has been accumulating for years, and will continue to do so.
It would be practically impossible to estimate the value of this class
of waste wood in the western section of the State of Washington, because
of its immensity.
In this connection we wish to refer to an Article in the July
"Everybody's", under the caption "That Word Practical", and although the
Article in itself has no direct bearing on the subject spoken of in this
paper, still the word "practical" is defined:"If a practical man defined 'practical', he would in that very
moment become a theorist, for a theorist is nothing but a man who tries
to think what he is doing."
Mr. Henry S. Graves, Chief of the Forestry Service of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., when applying this to forest
conditions, says: "Is it not a fact that:
In a country of practical men, millions of acres of cut-over, non,agricultural land remain unproductive?
,In a country of practical men occur forest fire losses of some
fifty million dollars annually?
In a country of practical men, a sound economic policy of forest and
water conservation is still opposed?
In a country of practical men, unsound forest taxation retards long
time forest management?"
Quoting again from the "Everybody' s" magazine, it says:
"And above all, in a world of practical men, no remedies are pro
posed. That is the monopoly of theorists."
We are probably not as practical as we should be, but whatever we
are calling ourselves, it is certainly time to apply remedies.
The Lumberman and the Forester can do much good if they work
together, they both want results. This has been a reason for the
organizing of the National Conservation Congress, and through its Forestry
Committee offers a medium for concerted action and opportunity for success.
The chief objects of the National Conservation Congress are:
"To afford an agency through which the people of the country may
frame policies and principles affecting the conservation and utiliza
tion of their resources to be put into effect by their representatives
in state and federal governments."
,It is a well recognized fact by the Conservation Congress that
we are utilizing only 40 to 70% of each tree cut down; and fire destroys
this amount if not used up in by-products.
The general public is cognizant only of the most common by-products
of the lumber business, such as Barrels, Baskets, Boxes, Curtain Poles,
Matches, Pencils, Skewers, Spools, Tooth-picks, Tubs, Wood Pulp, Woods for
Toys, and hundreds of other things. There is an immense field for
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investment in the manufacture of these articles in this district, but the
greatest opportunity for capital is in the practically undeveloped manu
facture of the less commonly known and more profitable by-products,
,It is well known that resinous woods, such as Douglas Fir, yield
a much larger percentage of oils when distilled than do the hard woods,
and it is well to note in this connection that by far the greater part of
wood in this state is Douglas Fir. A few of the products obtained by
distillation of Douglas Fir are about as follows: Acetic Acids, Acetone,
Acetate of Lime, Calcium Acetate, Charcoal, Creosote, Crude Oils, Methyl
Alcohol, Methyl Acetate, Oxalic Acid, Paper Pulp, Phenoloids, Pine Oils,
Retene, Rosin, Rosin Oils, Rosin Spirits, Tar, Turpentine., Wood Alcohol,
Wood Creosote, etc.
It is well worth while considering the increase in exportation
and importation of some of these commodities, showing the increase in
demand both abroad and at home. The quantities of Acetate of Lime and
Wood Alcohol exported during the years from 1898 to 1906 inclusive, taken
from a report of the Department of Commerce and Labor, are as follows,
and although there is some fluctuation, considerable increase is shown:
Year
1898
1899
1900
1901
1903
1904
1905
1906
Wood AlcoholProof Gallons
385,938
727,062
540,799
910,504
833,629
1,194,466
1,097,451
780,222
Acetate of Lime
Pounds
37,496,288
48,987,511
47,790,765
61,296,544
59,449,811
64,256,945
55,170,131
69,363,624
The quantity of Oxalic Acid brought into this country, as shown
in the table below, is quite steadily on the increase and is sufficient
evidence that the home demand should be supplied by home, industry, much
to the benefit of home capital.
Oxalic Acid Imported
Year___________________________ Pounds
1891
2,793,222
1895
2,889,513
1899
3,981,768
1900
4,990,123
1905
7,906,886
.Similar conditions obtain in nearly all of the wood by-product
markets.
For the purpose of proving the plausibility of using
the waste woods of the state, the University of Washington installed
a distilling plant, which was very successful. The results showed con
clusively that the process is not only practical here, but that the
profits wpuld be great. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that by
products tthus obtained would have a greater cash value than the marketed
lumber from the same land.
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We should not draw the conclusion from the above paragraph
that the industry is in an experimental or theoretical stage. The idea
that the waste from Douglas Fir and other woods, rich in rosins, can be
profitably used for the making of paper, wood turpentine, rosin oils,
etc., is not at all new, but my point is that it is just beginning to be
developed in this section. The production of rosin oils, tars and pitches
from common rosin is also a thoroughly established, well understood and
profitable industry. The manufacture of wood by-products is not only old,
but is quqite well developed in Germany, Russia, Norway, Sweden, France
and England, where the raw material is considerably more expensive.
Because of the limited space, I will refrain from showing the
various chemical processes by which Rosin Oils are converted into axle
grease and low grade lubricants; also the manner in which various dyes and
inks are made from Acetates, but will show what we are all interested
in, namely, the profits to be made by WOOD DISTILLATION.
Statements from different authorities vary— for instance, one
report indicates that a cord of "fat" resinous wood (4,000 lbs.) will
produce the following minimum revenue:
60
700
8
7
3
Gallons Tar
lbs. Charcoal
Gallon Turpentine
Gallon Wood Creosote
Gallon Pine Oil
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7%c
Ho
40<
30
30
$ 4.50
3.50
3.20
2.10
.90
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Total $14.20
and to the above should be added a small amount of Rosin, which
sells at about $5.50 per hundred pounds, and a small amount of
Pyroligneous Liquor. About 6,000 cubic feet of gas is generated,
,
which can be used as fuel. From the above should be deducted the maximum
cost of handling a cord of "fat" wood, which is as follows:
One cord (4,000 lbs.) of wood delivered,
,0il for fuel,
Labor, insurance, interest and overhead expense,
$3.00
2.00
$2.00
Total $7.00
The above shows a profit of 100%.
Another authority gives a table showing the amounts of the main
by-products obtained from one cord (4,000 lbs.) of resinous wood as follows:
25
2
50
30
2
to 40 Bushels Charcoal.
to
4 Gallons Alcohol.
to 100 lbs. Acetate of Lime.
to 60 Gallons Wood Oil.
to 10 Gallons Turpentine.
!Ehe facts are that the approximate yield of the valuable products
from one cord (4,000 lbs.) of air-dry Fir, with the value of each at
wholesale Iprices at the plant, is as follows:-
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Gal.
7
Gal.
11
Gal.
40
Gal.
12
Gal.
3.5 Gal.
1,440 lbs.
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Refined Wood Turpentine
Pine Oils
Rosin Spirits
Rosin Oils
Phenoloids
Crude Methyl Alcohol
Unbleached Pulp
.35
.20
.35
.06
.35
.0175
$ 2.04
2.45
2.20
14.00
.72
1.20
25.20
Total $48.17
Therefore PRODUCTS WORTH $48.17, are obtained from wood which
costs on the average of $5.00 delivered at the works.
The wood from stumps would cost considerably more, because of the
expense of pulling or blasting, but the difference would be made up to a
considerable degree as the stumps are much richer in the by-products.
Another very large profit to the concerns engaged in this business would
accrue from the increased value of the land. As before stated, the loggedoff land ranges in value from $10.00 to $50.00 per acre, and when this
land is cleared of stumps, it has a ready market at prices ranging from
$100.00 to $200.00 per acre. Placing the average increase in value at
$100.00, which is low, the increase on a section of land would be
$64,000.00.
In summing up, a cord of fir stumps weighs on an average 4,000
pounds. By distillation the average yield obtained from it is 30 gallons
of oils, 75 gallons of pyroligneous acids and 50 bushels of charcoal.
By refining, the acid will yield 4 gallons of wood alcohol, 8 gallons of
acetic acid and 10 gallons of tar oils, besides acetates and acetones.
The 30 gallons of oils refined will produce 6 gallons of wood turpentine,
8 gallons of fir oil, 10 gallons of wood creosote and 6 gallons of tar.
From the refined fir oil has been manufactured 25 different varieties of
medicinal preparations. In conjunction with the wood creosote it is
manufactured into fir oil, shingle stains, wood preserving oil, roof, barn
and bridge paint, fruit spray, sheep and cattle dip, disinfectant, fir
oil preservation paints, smokestack paint, metal paint and lacquer.
The charcoal can be used as fuel in private homes, and it sells to the
Government in competition with hardwood charcoal; ground up, it sells
as poultry food, and the charcoal dust is made into blasting powder to
blow up stumps in clearing land. Made into charcrete it has numerous
uses and can be made into railroad ties, fence posts, telegraph poles
and cross arms, cluster light and trolley poles, wire conduits, drain
tiles and irrigation flumes. In the form of building materials, it is
made into laundry trays, wash basins, toilet basins, enamelled walls
and partitions, plaster boards, bath tubs and sinks, enamelled terra cotta
‘for the outside of buildings, and practically everything that is now made
of concrete, with the advantage that it weighs less than half as
much, is flexible within certain limits, and is a non-conductor of heat
and cold. From the charcoal dust, by another chemical combination, can be
made all the articles which are now made of slate in electrical work,
such as switchboards, insulators, etc., for all of which there are large
markets.
The fifth National Conservation Congress meets in Washington,
D. C., on November 18th, 19th and 20th, at which time all conservation
subjects will be considered, and the institutions that are striving for
success iji the utilizing of waste forest products, should make a strone
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petition, urging that this national body take cognizance of the fact that
without some governmental assistance at times, the industries utilising
this waste in the forests, will not prosper as they should.
This aid should
come from the Government, even to the extent of a subsidy. The government
is as much interested, if not more so, than any private concern or cor
poration, in the conservation and utilization of every waste, and the
forestry waste in particular.
In closing I wish to repeat, that in this Western portion of the
State of Washington, there is a vast empire, which is a veritable bonanza
for the progressive capitalists, and it seems most increditable that
American capitalists, with their reputation for wide-awake progressiveness,
have been such somnambulists as to literally walk through the ’’field of
gold” in their desire to invest their capital in Oriental enterprises of
questionable merit.
F. D. BECKER, Sec.-Mgr.,
Pacific Coast Shippers1 Association.
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H . S . S T IN E ,
L . L . H IL L M A N ,
President
Vice president
F. A . E N G L A N D ,
F. D. B E C K E R ,
Treasurer
S E C Y at GEN. MGR,
PUBLISHERSO
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LUMBERMEN’S FREIGHT RATE GUIDE1
"LUMBERMEN’S FREIGHT ACTUARY"
Wholesalers and Manufacturers of
Pacific Coast LumbeFTShlrTfilis and otherForest Products
E. L. FAIRBANKS. Traffic Manager
W. A . SHUMM, Freight Claim A gent
W. M. LALOR. Manager Minnesota Transfer deft .
February 4th, 191^«
The Chamber of Commerce,
Seattle, Wash,
Gentlemen: I have your Mr, Hadley*s request over the phone for
certain information, and will make my report as brief as possible:
The forest products output is chiefly lumber and shingles,
and our market is almost the entire country. Enclose herewith
circular which explains just what
mean.
Our lumber market is principally in the States from the
Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River and as far South as
Kansas City. We will also include Wisconsin, Colorado, Illin o is,
Utah, Idaho, Oregon, California and our own State of Washington.
Of course, a great deal of our Cedar lumber is sold in the States
North of the Ohio River and as far East as the Atlantic Seaboard.
A great many of the other States use. certain percentages of our
lumber, but speaking generally, I think the States mentioned
covers the request that you made.
Our shingles go without exception to every
Union. The markets consuming most of our shingles
States East of the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic
North of a line drawn East and West through Kansas
state in the
are in the
Coast and
City.
I
wish you would read over very carefully the circulars
enclosed herewith. These will give you a good idea of what our
Association’ s output is,
Yours very trul£,
trul
S ec r et ary-Manager
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TO LUMBERMEN:
There have been so many requests for information on the Lumber
Business in this District that we have concluded to send out a second
edition of an Article that was written a short time ago, which reads as
follows:
The Lumber Industry of Western Washington does undoubtedly
swing on a pivot with Seattle as the "Hub", and the following brief
statistics will give only a fair conception of the magnitude of the
Lumber and Shingle Business on Puget Sound; and, in order to realize
what a large part the State of Washington, and especially Seattle, plays
in this line of industry in our United States, one should stop and analyze
the figures.
The extensiveness of the Timber Resources are so vast that the
average person can hardly believe that, in hundreds of years from now,
Lumber will be sawn in the mills in some sections almost as extensively
as at present time, and this idea that Timber is about exhausted is a
ridiculous one.
*
For instance:
Standing Timber in the United States (according to
Government reports) .................... ................................ 2,826,000,000,000 Ft.
Standing Timber in State of Washington............................
391,000,000,000 Ft.
Annual Cut of Mills in the State of
Washington........................................ .............................
4,200,000,000 Ft.
This indicates that at the present rate of cutting and if this
annual output was not increased, there would be sufficient Standing Timber
to last one hundred years. We have nearly Four Hundred Billion Feet of
Standing Timber and our Annual Cut is Four Billion. Of course, there is a
part of this standing timber that has been placed in Forest Reserves, as
spoken of later on in this circular, but we want you to bear in mind
that Timber will grow considerable in one hundred years, and with the ever
increasing system of fire protection by the Government, this growth will
be far in excess of the fire loss. There is no doubt but that the Timber
Resources of these United States, in less than fifty years, will be guarded
almost as carefully from the fire hazard as a great many of our cities,
for the Govenrment is beginning to realize what a valuable asset timber is
to this country. It has also been fully realized that reafforestation is
entirely practical and long before the above mentioned hundred years have
expired, timber will be a line of industry similar to the present Agricul
tural Industry. When this comes to pass our Timber Resources will increase
considerably more than at the present time, which means a continuation of
the Lumber Business far in excess of what we realise.
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SE A R S, R O E B U C K A N D CO.
SEATTLE, W ASH,
Jan.
30,
191^
Hew Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
Seattle, Wash.
Gentlemen:
As per telephone request,
beg to advise that the territory
which we are serving from Seattle
comprises the following states:
California, Oregon, Washington,
Nevada, Idaho and the western third
of Montana,
Trusting that this infor
mation w ill be of value, we are
Yours very truly,
G en ’ l Mgr.
HB/S
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LO U IS.
H E M R IC H ,
President.
Chamber of Commerce,
Seattle , Wash.
Gentlemen:We beg to advise you with this of the territories
to which we ship our product,Rainier beer,outside of the
State of Washington, and also maintain Agencies in these places,
Alaska.
Entire State of California.
Oregon.
Arizona.
Montana.
llevada.
British Columbia and Alberta.
Panama and Central America.
Hawaiian Territory..
. lew Zealand.
Sidney and Melbourne, Australia.
Japan.
Shanghai and Hongkong, China.
Phillipine Islands.
Strait Settlements of East Indies.
Hoping this is the information you desire, we
beg to-remain,
Yours very truly,
SEATTLE BBEWIUG & MALTIIfG CO.
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CABLEADDRESSOCCIDENT'
OCCIDENT RAIL AND ORIENT SAIL MEET AT OUR DOOR
0 ( -II I I I (' ,
Jan. 31st, 1914
Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
Central Building,
City.
Gentlemen:
Replying to your inquiry as to the territory we
cover, "beg to say that this includes the following:
Washington, all parts.
Western part of British Columbia,
Alaska, all of, as far Horth as Point Hope
and Point Barrow and all of the interior.
Northern and Uorth Eastern part of Oregon,
northern part of Idaho,
Western Montana.
Hawaiian Islands,
China. (We have some little business from th ere.)
WASHIUGTOHs
We, of course, cover very thoroughly all parts of Wash
ington.
We enjoy a good business from the Walla Walla section
of the state, also the Northeastern part of Oregon, in spite of
the fact that Portland claims this territory for its trade.
BRITISH COLUMBIA:
We are registered in the province and have the same
standing as a local concern.
We send our men there regular
ly jand have a good trade from that section.
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Seattle Chamber of Gommerpe.
#2
ALASKA:
It is our opinion that Seattle gets 75% or more of
Alaska’ s 'business and this includes all parts of the terri
tory.
The trade from this section is carefully looked after
by the wholesale houses and manufacturers of Seattle and they
are better equipped to handle the business than any other port
on the Pacific Coast.
There are five different steamship lines
with headquarters here, operating steamers to different ports
in Alaska, and the matter of service is a great factor in the
business with this territory.
IDAHO AHD M0HTA3TA;
On the first of the year we started a new man into
this section and he covers territory as far EaBt as Western
Montana.
Our business in Idaho and Montana has not been large
in the past, due to the fact that we have been too busy look
ing after the rapidly Increasing Alaska and Washington trade,
and the further fact that freight rates were against us.
We
have, however, been receiving orders from Kallispel and other
points in Montana and with our salesman making his headquarters
in either Moscow, Idaho/ or some other adjacent point, we are
satisfied that the business will come our way.
We believe
this to be especially true with the opening of the Panama Canal,
when there w ill/w ith o u t doubt, be a re-adjustment of distribu
tive freight rates, which will enable us to go well into the
middle of Montana.
Since our representative has been in this
territory we have been getting some good business and have
every reason to feel encouraged over it.
When you stop to realize that it is only twenty four
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Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
#3
hours from Seattle to Butte, Montana, and several hours longer
from Minneapolis and St* Paul to that point, it is only the
matter of freight rates to change the trend of commerce to the
Pacific Coast.
This will develop rapidly in our opinion, with
the completion of our dock facilities and the building up of
elevators and warehouses for export shipments.
We might add that notwithstanding uncertain business
conditions in other parts of the country during the past year,
we enjoyed the largest volume of business in our history.
Yours very truly,
SEATTI3S I
VAm COUPANY,
T r e a s i i r e r .
CSW-S
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207-209-211 THIRD AVENUE SOUTH
Jan. 31, 1914
Addressallcorrespondencetothefirm,
nottoindividuals.
New Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
At t ent i on Mr • Had 1 ey.
City.
Dear Sirs:Complying with your request of yesterday, beginning
with the initial point of Seattle, we believe that we furnish
9b% of the goods used in our line.
This same remark would apply to the territory North
of us including Bellingham, Everett, etc,,
etc.,
Tacoma is
Bomewhat divided, part of the trade going through Portland, but
we have the majority of the trade there.
We believe also that
we have the majority of the trade in the Grays Harbor country
♦
including Olympia, in fact all the territory
between here and
Grays Harbor, and at least an equal division in the South Bend
distri c t,
In Alaska we have
of the trade.
Going East of
the mountains we have a majority of the trade in the Walla Walla
district, Wenatchee, North Yakima, and all along the Northern
i
Pacific to Pasco.
From there East as far as Kali spell, Montana,
we have approximately 25% of the business.
We go as far as Boise in Idaho, and have a good trade
through Lewiston, Moscow, e t c ., but just what percent it is d if
ficult to estimate.
In central Oregon we believe we have the majority
of the trade, our traveling men going as far south as Burns*
In Western Oregon our representative goes as far South as
Roseburg, but as this trade ia covered by both Portland and
San Francisco we do not believe that we have more than say
15# of the business.
have
Through Pendleton we believe we
about pne-third of the business in our line#
I
At the present time we do not go further. East than
/Kalispell, Montana, but this year we are going to put a rep/ resentative in Montana covering as far East as Billings.
To
I Billings , St* Paul has a freight rate of $1.95 as against our
! $ 2 .1 8 .
We believe, therefore, that the freight being against
us at that point we will not go beyond it.
from Livingston to S t . Paul
is $ 2 .1 5 , while
The freight rate
we have $ 2 .0 0 .
At Bozeman we have a rate of $1.95 as against St. Paul's $2 .2 0
so we can cover that territory to good advantage.
Our trade in the Hawaiian Islands during the past
three years has been quite good.
Just what percent of the busi
ness we get we cannot estimate.
Our shipments to Japan have been regular, but the maj
ority of that trade goes to England and Germany,
In New Zealand we have done a good business this year,
but as this is our first year in that territory, we can only ap
proximate as to what we can anticipate in the future,
i
j
Hoping that we have given you the information desired,
ind assuring you that if we can be of any further assistance to
you that we are at your command, we remain,
Very truly yours,
.^BS/S -
-
STBWa RT & HOMES DRUG CO,
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H.E.TURNER, Pres.&Manager.
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S E A T T L E ,W O O D L A N D ,
N O O K S A C K ,C U S T E R ,
G L E N D A L E C R E A M E R IE S .
DUNGENESS,
C H IM A C U M
PORTANGELES.
AND
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813 - 815-817 W e s te rn A venu e.
PHONEMAIN1783
fyzAfl/. Jan. 31, 1914.
Beattie Chamber of Commerce,
City.
Dear birs:
Relative to the territory served in our particular
line of business, wish to say we draw our supplies from the British
line to the North, from the Columbia River to the West and again the
Columbia niver to the South and the Pacific Ocean to the West.
We
also get more or less produce from Idaho,
The territory in which we distribute comprises the
State of Washington, all parts of Alaska, the Yukon Territory and
British Columbia.
Alaska is by far the largest outside territory
and is growing every year.
With greater activities in the North,
we look for an enormous trade expansion in that country.
Very truly yours,
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Pres. Seattle Chamber Of Commerce,
Seattle, Washington.
Dear Sir:
We have been asked by Mr. Kjos of the Western Dry Goods
Co. to advise you as to the territory that we are selling our
goods in, which is as follows:
Washington, Idaho, Montana, northern California, Oregon,
Alaska, the Eawaiin Islands, and South America.
Trusting that this information will serve your purpose,
we are
Very truly yours,
WBJ/LL
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Western Dry Goods Co.
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ICE
235 -US AVE.
J a n u a ry 3 0 , 1 9 1 4 .
Mr. C. E. Chilberg,
Prea. Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
City.
Dear Sir:With reference to the territory covered by us,
will state we cover the State of Washington, parts of
Idaho,Montana, Oregon and California, also Phillipine
Islands, Hawaii Islands and Alaska*
Yours very truly,
WESTEHU DRY GOODS CO
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SEATTLE CHAMBER 0? COMM.SRCS,
Seattle, Wash.
Gentlemen:
In accordance with your request to furnish an approx
imate amount of goods shipped into the city and also the goods
shipped out of the city, we hjp^gjjj^say that during the past
year amounted to about Sl^sBB^O Q A * o u r
shipments out
of the city amounted to about $ 6£tQ,
Trusting this jajfg a o i ^ n will he of some service
to you, we beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
JA^S HMHY
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L TELEGRAPH-CABLE
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Bellingham Wash Dec xZ 1913
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Reserve bank organization
Committee uare Seoty MoAdoo washn DC
oellingham ehamoer commerce urges creation federal
reserve district with Seattle as regional bank
H H Matteson See
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IS H T
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W E S T E R N
LETTER
U N IO N
T E L E G R A P H
C O M P A N Y
INCORPORATED
25,000 O FFICES IN A M ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E W ORLD
This CompanyTRANSMITS andDELIVERSmessages onlyonconditions limiting: its liability, whichhave beenassentedtobythesenderof thefollowing Night Letter.
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending1station for comparison, and the Companywill not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery of XJnrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sumequal tothe amount paid for transmission; nor in any case beyond the sumof
FWty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has beenvalued bythe senderthereof, nor in anycase wheretheclaimis not presented in writingwithin
sixty daysafter the message is filedwiththeCompanyfortransmission.
This is anTOREPEATEDNIGHTLETTER, andis deliveredbyrequestof thesender, under theconditions namedabove.
THEO. N. VAIL, P R E S ID E N T
BELVIDERE BROOKS, G E N E R A L M A N A G E R
R eceived
at
ifiqn
F292CH PS 50 NL
BELLINGHAM WN DEC ?3 13
BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
%
CARE SECY MCADOO VVASHN DC
TO BE OF SERVICE TO
THE NORTH WEST THINK IT
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY THAT SEATTLE BE
UNDER A NEW LAW AND
NAMED FOR A REGIONAL BANK
URGENTLY ASK THAT THIS BE
DONE OTHERWISE THE BANK WILL BE OF VERY LITTLE USE
EXCEPT TO THOSE BANKS THAT
COULD AS WELL USE SANFRANCISCO
NORTHWESTERN STATE BANK
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For
December 27, 1913*
reserve'
. bank organization committee,
c/o Secretary of the Treasury,
Washington, D. C#
Gentlemen;
We respectfully call your attention to the
nned of the establishment of a regional bank at
Seattle to accommodate this portion of the country.
We realize that it devolves upon your organization
to select such cities as may best serve the inter
ests of the entire country* Seattle is the largest
city of population, with great banking business and
resources# It is &ost completely served by rail and
water transportation, both to Alaska and the Orient,
and the city is now spending m i H o n s of dollars on
its harbor and dockage facilities*
The community which would be served by the
regional bank in Seattle is growing with unprece
dented rapidity and we sincerely believe that no
mistake will be made by the location of a regional
bank in tfeat city#
Respectfully,
tvt.atttr! p.wam'rtsp cm nrwojpppfrR.
JJP/S
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Form 2289 B
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JH E
W E S T E R N
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T E L E G R A P H
C O M P A N Y
INCORPORATED
25,000 OFFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
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Error\cakjbe guarded against only by repeating- amessage back to the sending station for comparison, andthe Companywill not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmissloi^ir delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sumequal'to the amount paid for transmission; nor in any case beyond the sumof
Fifty DollaiVat which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has beenvalued bythe sender thereof, nor in anycase where theclaimis not presented in writingwithin
sixty days aft-eXthemessage is filedwiththe Companyfortransmission.
This is anTJSTREPEATEDNIGHTLETTER, andis deliveredbyrequest of the gender, under the conditions namedabove.
THEO. N. VAF P R E S ID E N T
B E L V ID E R E B R O O K S , G E N E R A L M A NA G ER
R e c e iv e d a t
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RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON DC
WE. URGE SELECTION OF SEATTLE
AS LOCATION REGIONAL BANK SERVING
WASHINGTON OREGON IDAHO WESTERN MONTANA
DIRECT LINE WITH THE MAIN
CHANNEL* OF BUSINESS THIS SECT l/ftj
LOCATION WILL BEST SERVE MAJORITY
AND ALASKA THIS IS IN
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Fonn 2589 B
WESTERN UNIOk
DAY L E T T E R
TH EO , N. VAIL, PRESID EN T
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RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
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CARE SECTY MCAOOO WASHN OC
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THIS BANK RESPECTIVELY URGE THAT
SEATTLE BE DESIGNATED AS LOCATION
WASHN OREGON IDAHO AND WESTERN
ACCESSIBLE AND CONVENIENT FOR A
SAID TERRITORY ALSO IS MORE
FOR REGIONAL BANK TO SERVE
MONTANA SAID LOCATION BEING MORE
GREAT MAJORITY OF CITIES IN
ACCESSIBLE. FOR ALASKA BANKS
FIRST NATL BANK
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WESTE
UNION
TELEGRAM
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT
> ALW AYS
OPEN
r e c e i v e d AT Wyatt Building, Cor. 14th andFSts., Washington, D. C.
V1.6t CHMO
' BURLINGTON TO 24
R3SERV3 BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CR ,SECY iMCADQO WASHINGTON DC
,fijj URGE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL RESERVE BANK AT SEATTLE ■WASHINGTON.
' ; FIRST NATIONAL BANK. ,
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O M B A
NIGHT
N Y
L E T T E R G R A M
T M t POSTAL TELEGRAPHIC ABLE COMPANY (INCORPORATED) TRANSMITS AND DELIVERS THIS NIGHT LETTERGRAM SUBJECT TO THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS PRINTED ON THE BACK OF THIS fcLANK.
C L A R E N C E H . M A C K A Y , PRESIDENT.
RECEIVED A T
I N D E P E N D E N T
4*383
D e u iv e r y
C O M P E T I T I V E
N u m b e r
P R O G R E S S I V E
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Centralia Wn £>e© 23,24,1913
Reserve Bank Organization
Committee
Care Secy cC Treas McAddoo
Was23nJD*C*
Our organization respectfully brut most
with.
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regional ’
bank at Seattle
urgently requests a district
tiiis city being t&e largest
financial and. commercial center*
Centralia Ceml Club
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N I0 H T
T H E
W E S T E R N
LETTER
U N IO N
T E L E G R A P H
C O M P A N Y
INCORPORATED
25,000 O FFICES IN A M ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E W ORLD
This CompanyTRANSMITS andDELIVERSmessages onlyonconditions limitingits liability, whichhave beenassentedtobythesenderof thefollowing Night Letter.
Errors canbe guardedagainst only by repeating a message backto the sending station for comparison, andthe Companywill not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyonda,sumequal tothe amount paid for transmission; nor in any case beyondthe sumof
Fiftydays
Dollars,
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This is anUNREPEATEDNIGHTLETTER, andis deliveredbyrequestof thesender, under theconditionsnamedabove.
THEO. N. VAIL, P R E S ID E N T
BELVIDERE BROOKS, G E N E R A L M A N A G E R
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R e c e iv e d a t
091CH
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</ CHEHALIS WN DEC 23 1913
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE HON m MCADOO
WASHN DC
AS A COMMERCIAL BODY DEEPLY INTERESTED IN OUR OWN DEVELOPMENT
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE NORTHWEST WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY
URGE UPON YOUR HONORABLE COMMITTEE THE NECESSARY FOR A DISTRICT
WITH A REGIONAL BANK AT THE CITY OF SEATTLE SEATTLE
IS THE FINANCIAL CENTER AND DISTRIBUTING POINT FOR A LARGE
AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SECTION OF THE COUNTRY A REGIONAL BANK
AT THAT POINT WOULO SERVE A LARGE NUMBER OF DESERVING CUMMONITIES
CITIZENS CLUB OF CHEHALIS WASHN
BY A E JUDD PREST
230AM
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TELEGRAM
Reserve Bank O^ganis&rion uomm
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that northwest be given reserve uank
and that Seattle Merits first consideration Decause of central
location and leading coaanercial importance
ooffman Dobson and wo Banic®rs
3«JOp
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Form 2289 B
N IS H T LETTER
T H E
W E S T E R N
U N IO N
T E L E G R A P H
C O M P A N Y
INCORPORATED
25,000 O FFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
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This is anU>REFEATEDNIGHT LETTER, andis deliveredbyrequest of the sender, under thoconditions aaniodabove.
T H E O . N . V A IL , P R E S ID E N T
B E L V ID E R E
B R O O K S , G ENERAL MANAGER
H j 41
R e c e iv e d a t
F78CH FB 20 NL
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CHEHALIS WASH DEC 22 1913
SENATOR WESLEY L JONES
WASHINGTON DC
BELIEVE OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE TO
HAVE FEOERAL RESERVE BANK IN
NORTHWEST HOPE NORTHWEST SENATORS AND
SEATTLE
N B COFFMAN
623PM
REPRESENTATIVES CAN CONCENTRATE ON
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N I8 H T
T H E
W E S T E R N
LETTER
U N IO N
T E L E G R A P H
C O M P A N Y
INCORPORATED
25,000 OFFICES IN A M ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E W ORLD
ThisCompanyTRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages onlyonconditions limiting: its liability, whichhave beenassentedtobythesenderof thefollowing: Night Letter.
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating- amessage back to tho sending station for comparison, andthe Companywill not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Nigrfct Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sumequal tothe ^.mount paid for transmission; nor in any case beyond the sumof
Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued bythe senderthereof, nor in anycase wherethe claimis not presented in writingwithin
sixtydays after the message is filedwiththeCompanyfor transmission.
This is anUNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, andIsdeliveredbyrequestof thesender, under the conditions namedabove.
THCO. N. VAIL, P r e s i d e n t
BELVIDERE BROOKS, G e n e r a l M a n a g e r
R eceived at
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COLTON WASH DEC 24 13
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECRETARY MCADOO, WASHINGTON OC
WE ARE HIGHLY IN FAVOR
OF A REGIONAL BANK TO
BE ESTABLISHED IN SEATTLE TO SERVE WASHINGTON, OREGON, IDAHO
AND WESTERN MONTANA UNDER THE
NEW CURRENCY LAW
COLTON STATE BANK
848 P
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N IG H T L E T T E R
T H E
W E S T E R N
U N IO N
T E L E G R A P H
C O M P A N Y
INCORPORATED
25,000 OFFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
This CompanyTRANSMITS and DELIVEKSmessages onlyonconditions limiting its liability, whichhave beenassentedtobythosenderof thefollowing* Niffbt Letter,
fcrrors e<u\ be guarded ajraiust only by repeatimr a mossacre back to tho sending station for comparison, and the Companywill not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery of linrcpeatod NUrht Letters, sent at reduced rate*, beyond a sumequal to the amount paid for irnnsmission; nor in any case beyond the sumof
lii’ty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued bythe sender thereof, nor in anyease where the claimis not presented in writing1within
sixty days after the messace is hiedwiththe <Jomp;tnvfor transmission.
This is anUK1115P12ATEDNIGHTJLKTTKK, andis delivered byrequest of the sender, under the conditions namedabove.
T H E O . N . V A IL , P R E S ID E N T
R
B E L V ID E R E
B R O O K S , G ENERAL M ANAGER
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SENATOR W L JONES
WASHINGTON DC
ON ACCOUNT OF BEING THE
NORTHWEST; ,
COMMERCIAL CENTRE OF THE PACIFIC
AMD GATEWAY TO ALASKA
REQUEST THAT YOU USE YOUR
AMD
THE ORIENT WE EARNESTLY
INFLUENCE IN HAVING A FEDERAL
RESERVE BANK LOCATED AT SEATTLE
KINDLY TAKE UP WITH SENATOR
POINDEXTER AND CONGRESSMAN LAFOLLETTE
------------------ -&0U/-U.LE LOAN AND TRUST CO y ' "
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Des Moines, Washington
December 20th, 1913.
T© The Honorable, Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Washington, D*C.
Gentlemen*
Tite formation of a Federal Reserve district is ©f vital
importance to the
Paeific Northwest both for the purpose of facilit
ating business and for stimulating the development of this territory
Therefore, Be it Resolved: That it Is the sense of The
Dos Moines Commercial Club that there be a district formed embracing
the states of Washington, Idaho, Oregon ancl western Montana, with
Seattle as a Reserve Bank center, being the largest city in popul
ation and with the largest banking business and resourses.
signed
Des Moines Commercial Club,
Prest.
Seey *
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1034
Form168
WESTE&J& UNION
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT
RECEIVED AT Wyatt Building, Cor. 14thandFSts., WashingtonfD.C.
F47C H P8 10
v
ALW AYS
OPEN
v O
DUVAL WN DEC 2 3 13
RESERVE BANK ORGAN I Z A T 1 0 N C 0 M ’ i I T T E E
CARE MCADOO V/ASHN DC
SEATTL E I S L O G IC A L P O I N T R E G IO N A L
/
BANK WE URGE I T S S E L E C T I O N
DUVAL STATE BANK
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720P
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W E STE R N
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e c e iv e d a t
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EDMONDS
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CARE SECTY MCADOO WASHINGTON DC
WE S O L I u l T YOUR S E K lC U S CONS I DEHA I ICN OF S t A T T L E THE M E T R O P O L IS OF
THE NOKTHWEST AS LO C A T IO N FOR ONE
Oh THE FEDERAL REbEKVE
BANKS SE ATT LE SUPREMACY OF ANY 0 1'HER C I T Y
IK THE R8RTHWEST
IN
A L L COMMERCIAL AND I N D U S T R I A L L I K E S AND I T S CLCaE R E L A T I O N WITH
ALASKA MAKE I I
THE L O G IC A L P O IN T
S F STREET
SECY EDMONDS CHAMBER OF
COMMERUE, F W PEABODY P R E S T / J / D ,
S H E R R IC K F R BESON ,
/
A M YOST.
840AM DEC Z5TH
1913
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N I0 H T
T H E
W E S T E R N
LETTER
U N IO N
T E L E G R A P H
C O M P A N Y
INCORPORATED
25,000 OFFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E W ORLD
This CompanyTRANSMITS andDELIVERSmessages onlyonconditions limiting- its liability, whichhave beenassentedtobythesenderof thefollowing Night Letter.
Errors canbe guardedagainst only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Companywill not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sumequal to the amount paid for transmission; nor in any ease beyond the sumof
Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has beenvalued bythe sender thereof, nor inanycase wheretheclaimis not presented in writingwithin
Sixtydaysafter the message is (liedwiththeCompanyfortransmission.
This is anUNREPEATEDNIGHTLETTER, and13deliveredbyrequestof thesender, under theconditions namedabove.
THEO. N. VAIL, P R E S ID E N T
BELVIDERE BROOKS, G E N E R A L M A N A G E R
15 EXTRA
17 4 S
EDMONDS WASHN DEC 23 19t3
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
FEDERAL RESERVE ASSN
WASHINGTON D C
SEATTLE THE METROPOLISOF THE
NORTHWEST FROM PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE
COMMERCIAL STANDING SHOULD RECEIVE YOUR
SUITABLE LOCATION FOR FEDERAL RESERVE
WASHINGTON
(CARE SECY OF TREASURY)
CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AS MOST
BANK FOR OISTRICT COMPOSED OF
OREGON I0AH0 MONTANA ALASKA AND THE NEAREST POINT AND
ROUTE TO HAWAII AND THE
ORIENT
L W LEWIS
PRESIDENT STATE BANK OF EDMONS
PRESIDENT VASHON STATE BANK
VICE PRESIDENT STATE BANK OF SEQUIM
447 AM
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NIGHT
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THK POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY (.INCORPORATED) TRANSM ITS AND DELIVERS THIS NIGHT LETTERGRAM S U B JE C T TO THE
TERM S AND CONDITIONS "PRINTED ON THE BACK OF THIS BLANK.
C L A R E N C E H . M A C K A Y , P r e s id e n t .
R E C E IV E D
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Ellens burg j Washn* , Deo* 23-1913#
Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Car© W# G# McM oo, Secy* treasury,
Washington, D#C#
Respectfully urge Seattle as location for regional bank to
serve this large financial and commercial territory# Ellens'burg
represents important agricultural interests. We trade with all the Idrge
cities of this section of the country hut consider Seattle the
point for regional hank#
Ellens burg Chamber of Commerce#
lo g ical^/
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Quincy Scott, Secy#
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D A Y LETTER
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U N IO N
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Form2589B.
C O M P A N Y
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THTO. N. VAIL, P R E S ID E N T
BELVIDERE BROOKS, G E N E R A L MANAGER
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ELLENSBURG WN DEC 22-13
HON WESLEY L JONES
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USS WASHN EC
INTEREST OF ENTIRE NORTHWEST DEMANDS LOCATION OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
IN SEATTLE PLEASE USE EVERY EFFORT TO SECURE
C W JOHNSTONE
CASHR
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IT FOR 0U£ STATE.
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WESTERN, UNION
833 TELEG RAM
Form16S
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT
RECEIVED AT Wyatt Building, Cor. 14th and FSts., Washington, D. C.
V4 6 7 CH 1 Q.
ALW AYS
OPEN
,
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DEC 2 2
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HON W ESLEY 1L J0H E S
& S SENATE W ASHINGTON DC
URGE EVERY iP O S S I BLB ffA Y iU )C A T IO N
FEDERAL RESERVE BAHK
IK S E A TTLE ,
J H S M IJ H S O H .
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TELEGRAM
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EVERETT WASH
December 23 19&3
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Iteserre Bank or Organization Commute*
Care Secfrtary McAdoo,
^asfc^n B C
Exceedingly important to the Great Horthwe»t that Jteginpl Bank
be located *t
Seattle.
Citizens Bank K Truat Co*
24opm
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I0 H T L E T T E R
Form 2289 B
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 O FFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E W ORLD
This Company T R A N S M I T S and D E L I V E R S messages only on conditions limiting- its liability, which have been assented to b y the sender o f the following- N ig h t L e t t e r .
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a messagre back to the sending- station .for comparison, and tho Company w ill not hold itself liable fo r errors or delays in
transmission or delivery o f U n r e p e a t e d N ig h t L e tte r s , sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transm ission; nor in any case beyond the sum o f
F i f t y D o lla r s , at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in w ritin g w ithin
s ix ty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an U N R E P E A T E D N I G H T L E T T E R , and is delivered by request o f the sender, tinder the conditions named above.
BELVIDERE B R O O K S , G E N E R A L M A N A G E R
T H E O . N. V A I L , P R E S I D E N T
R e c e iv e d
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^ EVERETT WN DEC ?3 13
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECY MCADOO WASHN DC
WE URGE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
A CENTER FOR A REGIONAL
A D IS T R IC T WITH SEATTLE AS
RESERVE BANK ON ACCOUNT OF
ACCOMMODATIONS AFFORDED TH IS C ITY ANT>
SURROUNDING COUNTRY
EVERETT COMMERCIAL CLUB
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WESTE R UNION
t e l
H
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THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT
r e c e iv e d
AT Wyatt Building, Cor. 14th and FSts., Washington, D.C. AOLPWEANY S
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FERNDALE WASH DEC 23 1913
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FEDERAL RESE
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECY TREASURY MCADOO
WASHINGTON DC
WE URGE SEATTLE BE SELECTED
FOR FEDERAL RESERVE BANK PRESENT
SERVICE FUTURE PROSPECTS SEATTLE S P IR IT
FERNDALE STATE BANK
957PM
Form 163
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Form 168
UNION
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT
RECEIVED AT WyattBailiag, Car.14thart FSts., Washigtu, D.C. OKM* „ ^ ,,
F128CH FB 1 3 , 3 EXTRA
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FRIDAY HARBOR WASH DEC 23 1913
RESERVE BAN< ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECRETARY iiCADOO WASHINGTON 00
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OF REGIONAL BANK IN SEATTLE
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NIGHT L E T T E R
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 OFFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE
TO
ALL
THE
W ORLD
This Company T R A N S M I T S and D E L I V E R S messages only on conditions limiting1 its liability, which have boon assented to by tho sender o f the following- N ig h t L e t t e r .
Errors can be guarded aprainst only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company w ill not. hold Itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery of U n r e p e n te d N ig h t L e tte r s , sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to tho amount paid tor transm ission; nor in any ease beyond liie gum of
F i f t y D o lla r s , at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any ease where the claim is not presented in v- n u i^ -w U h m
sixty days after the message is filed w ith the Company for transmission.
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GER
FRIDAY HARBOR WASHN DEC 24 1913
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CR SECY MCADOO WASHINGTON DC
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST THAT
A REGIONAL BANK IN SEATTLE WASHN
COUNTRY CAN BE MUCH BETTER
THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OF THE
YOUR HONORABLE BODY ESTABLISH
AS T H IS SECTION OF THE
SERVED THEREBY AND SEATTLE IS
NORTH
WEST AND THE ENTIRE
NORTH WEST IS TRIBHTARY
C 0 REED
CHAIRMAN DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CENTRAL COMM
DEC 25
513PM
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NIGHT L E T T E R
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 OFFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
This Company T R A N S M I T S and D E I iI V E R S messages only on conditions limiting: its liability, which have b<jen assented to by the sender of the following' N ig h t L e t t e r ;
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending- station for comparison, and the Company w ill not hold ttselt liable for errors or delays ia
transmission or delivery o f U nrepeated N iglit Letters, sent at reduced rates, bevond a sum equal to the amount paid for transm ission; nor in any ctwe beyond tho sum o f
F ifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any ease where the claim is not presented in writing1‘w ithin
sixty dayfl alter the message is tiled w ith tho Company for transmission.
This is an U N R E P E A T E D N I G H T L E T T E R , and Is delivered by request o f tho sender, under the conditions named above.
TH EO .
N . V A IL , P R E S ID E N T
R e c e iv e d a t
A72CH
B R O O K S , G ENERAL M ANAGES
BELVIDERE
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J
BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CR
SECY MCADOO WASHINGTON DC
WE RESPECTFULLY URGE THE ESTABLISHMENT
THE C ITY OF SEATTLE AS
.V
^
OF A REGIONAL BANK AT
IT W ILL BE OF THE
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GREATEST BENEFIT TO THE GREATEST
THE UNITED STATES THE ENTIRE
NUMBER IN TH IS SECTION OF
PA C IFIC NORTHWEST CAN BEST BE
SERVED IN T H IS WAY
THE SAN JUAN COUNTY BANK
DEC 25 1913
503PM
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E MfEL G R A
OHT
LETTERGRAM
T M K P O S T A L T E L C G R A P H 'C A B L C C O M P A R T (IN C O R P O R A T E D ) T R A N S M IT S A N D D E L IV E R S
TtFlMS AND CONDITIONS PR!I»TED ON THE BACK OF TH!S BLANK.
R E C E IV E D
TH IS
NisSHT L C rrE R tt R A M 6USW EC.T T '
CLARENCE
H. M A C K A Y , P Ji:m
D 6 1 . I V E R Y M U m B E Ft
A X
4-3»a
36c& a 18 n 1 V ia B u t t e
v Boquiam Wn Dec 2 3 ,1 9 1 3
R eserve Bank O r g a n iz a t io n Com m ittee
Care S e cy Mefld d $ e , W a g lm ,D .C #
p ra y f o r estabXisfrm ent re g io n a X
o f G r a y s -h a r b o r can be
bank i n S e a t t l e beXi^ve in t e r e s t s
b e s t s e rv e d fro m th e re
Lumbermans Bank
451am
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Fo
NIGHT LE TT E R
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 OFFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E W ORLD
This Company TRANSMITS and DEI.IVERS messages only on conditions lim iting’ its liability, w hich have been assented to b y the sender o f the 1'ollowin" Nlgfht £.otter
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating: a message back to the sending' station for comparison, and the Company w ill not bold Itself Hobie fo r errors o r c!ela>s ia
transmission o r delivery o f linrepeatetl Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the Amount paid for transm ission; nor in any c»so beyond t'uo sum o f
Fifty D o lla r s , at w hich, unless otherwise stated below , this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor lu any case where the claim Is not presented «u v. rilin g within
sixty days after the message is filed w ith the Company fo r transmission.
,
■
This Is an U N R E P E A T E D N I G H T L E T T E R , and Is delivered by request o f the sender, under tho conditious named above.
BELVIDERE B R O O K S , GENERAL MANAGE*
T H E O . N. V A IL, P R E S I D E N T
R e c e iv e d
at
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v GRANITE FALLS WN DEC 24
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECY MCADOO WASHN OC
BECAUSE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
ALASKA AND THE ORIENT ALSO
COMMITTEE SELECT SEATTLE AS LOCATION
/-<
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OF SEATTLE THE GATEWAY TO
GREATEST POPULATION AND BANK CLEARING
OF NORTHWEST C IT IE S WE RESPECTFULLY
OF THE NORTHWEST AS REQUIRED
13
REQUEST THAT YOUR HONORABLE
FOR THE REGIONAL RESERVE BANK
UNDER THE NEW CURRENCY LAW
GRANITE FALLS STATE BANK
1085
W E S T E R UNION
DAY EWTTER.
U
A
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT
ID AT
C38CH RB 50 BLUE
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RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMM
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CARE SECY MCADOO WASHINGTON DC
FOR THE REASON THAT SEATTLE
ALASKA ANO THE ORIENT AND
13 THE NATURAL GATEWAY FOR
18 BEST LOCATED TO SERVE
THE ENTIRE NORTHWESTERN SECTION OF
THE UNITED STATES I RESPECTFULLY
URGE YOUR 8ERI0U3 CONSIDERATION OF SEATTLE
RESERVE CENTER FOR THE RESERVE
WASHINGTON AS THE REGIONAL
BANK FOR THE NORTHWESTERN TERRITORY
C R BERRY
947*
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^ W ESTEJH! UNIOh
V1018 DAY iP T T E R . ^
T H E O . N. VAIL, P R ESID EN T
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Rfe^felVED AT
B22CH CP
36 BLUE
5X
IS3AQUAH
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION
CARE
WASHN DEC 26 1913
COMMITTEE
SECTY
MCADOO WASHN DC
FOR OUR OWN CONVENIENCE AS WELL FOR THE BEST SERVICE
OF THE ALASKA AND A S IA TIC
TRADE WE DESIRE THAT SEATTLE
BE DESIGNATED AS THE NATIONAL
PORTLAND
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REGIONAL RESERVE CENTER INSTEAD OF
,
ISSAQUAH INDEPENDENT BY A P BURROWS PUBLISHER
928P
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WESTERN, UNION
DAY LETTER
Form 2589 B
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT
D e c e iv e d
C340H
at
TH
58 BLUE
! SSAQUAH WASH DEC 26 1913
i
RESERVE BAMK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
102
I C A t'C SECY MCAD0°
WASHINGTON DC
WE RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR SERIOUS
SEATTLE
CONSIDERATION fiflt) DESIGNATION OF
WASHN AS THE REGIONAL f?E3ERV£
TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE
THAT SEATTLE
IS THE NATURAL
NORTHWESTERN TERRITORY FOR THE REASON
GATEWAY FOR ALASKA AND THE
ORIENTAL COUNTRIES AND IS BEST
SUITED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR
THE EMTIRE NORTHWESTERN SECTION OF
CENTER FOR THE RESERVE BAMK
THE UNITED STATES
ISSAQUAH STATE BANK
932PM
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fo rm
NIGHT L E T T E R
2289 B
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 O FFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
This Company TRANSMITS and DEI.IVERS messages only on conditions lim iting its liability, v. hieh have been assented to by the sender o f the follow in g K iglht t e t t e r .
Errors can be truarded against only b y repeating ft messago back to the sending station (or comparison, and tho Company w ill not hold itself liable for ori'ms or tiei&ys in
transmission or delivery o f Uurepeated Night Letters, sent at rodueed rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transm ission; nor in « ':y eoso bryond tho sum o f
Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by tho sender thereof, nor in any caso where* the claim is not preseuuid in v, rlu n g « ith la
six ty days after the message is filed w ith the Com p a y for transmission.
This Is an U S E E P E A T E D NIGHT LETTER , und is delivered by request o f the sender, under the conditions named above.
TH E O . N. VAIL, P R E S I D E N T
R e c e iv e d
BELVIDERE B R O O K S , OENEi*.AL MANAGER
2426
at
F 3 0 3 CH QN
26 N L
2 EX
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KIRKLAND WASHN DEC 24 1913
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECY MC'ADOO
WASHINGTON DC
WE DESIRE TO URGE DESIGNATION
OF SEATTLE AS’ A REGIONAL
BANK RESERVE C IT Y FULLY BELIEVING
IT W ILL BEST SERVE FINANCIAL
INTERESTS FOR T H IS D IS T R IC T .
KIRKLAND STATE BANK,
KIRKLAND WASH IN
435AM
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R e p ro d u c e d fro m th e U n c la s s ifie d / D e c la s s ifie d H o ld in g s o f th e N a tio n a l A rc h iv e s
Form 2289 B
MIGHT L ETTER
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 OFFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
This Company T R A N S M I T S and D E L I V E R S messatres only on conditions limiting- its liability, which have been assented to by the sender o f the followingr Nlgrht L e t t e r .
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company w ill not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery o f U n r e p e a t e d Nlgrht L e tte r s , sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transm ission; nor in any case beyond the sum o f
F i f t y D o lla r s , at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing' within
sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an U N R E P E A T E D N IG H T L E T T E R , and is delivered by request o f the sender, under the conditions named above.
T H E O . N . V A IL , P R E S I D E N T
B E L V I D E R E B R O O K S , GENERAL MANAGER
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LEAVENWORTH WASH DEC 24 1913
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECY MCADOO
WE BELIEVE
WASHINGTON 0 C
IT VERY IMPORTANT
THAT A REGIONAL BANK TO
SERVE WASHINGTON OREGON IDAHO AND
WESTERN MONTANA BE ESTABLISHED AND
SEATTLE BEING THE COMMERCIAL CENTER
OF THE P A C IFIC NORTHWEST THE
GATEWAY TO ALASKA AND THE
16 MOST
ORIENT IT
EMINENTLY SITUATED TO SERVE THE
BEST INTERESTS OF T H IS fifCT^ON
THEREFORE WE HEARTILY RECOMMEND AND
FOR THE REGIONAL BANK LOCATION
URGE THAT SEATTLE BE SELECTED
OF THE P A C IF IC NORTHWEST
TUMWATER SAVINGS BANK
THE LEAVENWORTH STATE BANK.
328AM
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Form
NIGHT LETTER
2289 B
HE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
INCORPORATED!
2 5 ,0 0 0 O FFICES IN A M ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E W ORLD
T R A N S M I T S and D E L I V E R S messages only on conditions lim iting its lability, which have been assented to by the sender o i the follow in ? N lglifc L e t t e r ,
guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station lor comparison, and the Company w ill not- hold u s c ii liable for errors or delays in
ivery o t U n r e p e n t e d S i g h t L e tte r s , sent at reduced rates, beyond a sun equal to the amount paid for transm ission: nor in any ease beyond tho sum ot
which, unless otherwise stated below , this message has been valued by the lender thereof, nor in any case where ttie claim is not. presented in. v. >itiDg within
!_message is filed w ith the Company fo r transmission.
''B A T E D N I G H T L E T T E R , and is delivered b y request o f the sender, under the conditions named above.
,
PR ESID EN T
BELVIDERE B R O O K S , G E N E R A L M A N A G E S
R e c e iv e d
F 320 CH QN
31 N L &
V LYNDEN WASHN DEC 24 1913
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RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECRETARY MC’ AOOO
WASHINGTON DC
EARNESTLY URGE REGIONAL BANK FOR
GATEWAY
SEATTLE NATURAL AND QUALIFIED
TO ALASKA ALSO AGRICULTURAL AND
PUGET SOUND
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
D ISTR IC T REQUIRE IN S TITU TIO N FAMILIAR WITH
LYNDEN STATE BANK
IN
NEEDS
517A
INDORSED BY LYNDEN COMMERCIAL CLUB
amtm
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NIGHT L E T T E R
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 O FFICES IN A M ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
This Company T R A N S M I T S and D E I ,I V E R S messages only on conditions limiting- its liability, which have been assented to b y ibe sender o f the follow in g N ig h t t e t t e r .
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to tho sending station for comparison, and the Company w ill not hold its ilt liable fo r errors or delays in
transmission o r delivery o f U n r e p e a t e d N ig h t L e tte r s , sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for trausm isston; nor in any ease beyond tho sum of
F i f t y D o lla r s . at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by tho sender thereof, nor in any ease where the- elaiiu is not presented in w ritin g within
sixty days after the message is flled w ith the Company fo r transmission.
This is an U N R E P E A T E D N I G H T L E T T E R , and is delivered by request o f the sender, under the conditions named Above.
T H E O . N. V A IL, P R E S I D E N T
R e c e iv e d
B E LV JD E RE
B R O O K S , GENEHAL M ANAGER
2064
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MONTESANO WASH DEC 24
1913
RESERVE BANK OKUANIZATION COMMITTEE
CAKE SECRETARY MCADOU
WASHINGTON OC
WE UKuE THAI A R EStKVt
AS IT W ILL BEST SERVE
BANK B t ESTABLISHED AT SEATTLE
THE NEEDS OF TH IS SECTION
’
J E CALOER,
P R ESIQ EN T MONTESANO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
R e p ro d u c e d fro m th e U n c la s s ifie d
I
D e c la s s ifie d H o ld in g s o f th e N a tio n a l A rc h iv e s
F o r m 2289 JB
NIGHT L ETTER
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
INCORPORATED
2 5 ,0 0 0 OFFICES IN A M E R IC A
CABLE SERVICE TO A LL T N ^ VWOF ^
,nr
This Company T R A N S M I T S and D E L I V E R S messages only on conditions limiting' its liability, which have been asscjiied 1o bv i
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating- a message back to the sending- station for comparison, and the Compan\ tv 1 n
transmission or delivery o f U n r e p e a te d N ig h t L e tte r s , sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to t-lie amount pai*t for i m
»
F i f t y D o lla r s , at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where itai
sixty days after the. message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an U N R E P E A T E D S I G H T L E T T E R , and is d e liv e r e d by req u est o f the Bender, under the conditions named a b ov e.
TH EO .
N . V A I L , P R E S ID E N T
IE L V IO E R E
BROOKS.
GENERAL M ANAGER.
u
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eceived at
F263CHSZ 20 NL
MONTESANO
2168
ASH DEC 24 1913
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECRETARY MCADOO
WASHINGTON DC
WE URGE THAT A RESERVE
AS IT W ILL BEST SERVE
BANK BE ESTABLISHED AT SEATTLE
THE NEEDS OF THIS SECTION
MONTESANO STATE BANK
220A DEC 25
jOhcj
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Form 168
UNION
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THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT
r e c e iv e d
AT Wyatt Building, Cor. 14th and FSts., Washinston, D.C. AOLPWEANY S
F158CH FB 11
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MOUNT VERNON WASH DEC 23 1913
SECY U S TREASURY
WASHINGTON DC
SEATTLE SHOULD HAVE REGIONAL BANK
TO SERVE THE NORTHWEST AND ALASKA
MOUNT VERNON STATE BANK
1020PM
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NIGHT
LETTERGRAM
T H * P O S T A L T E L E G R A P H -C A B L C C O M P A N Y (IN C O R P O R A T E D ) T R A N S M IT S A N D D C U V C R S T H I S N IO H T L E T T E R G R A M S U B J E C T T O T H E
T E R M S A N D C O N P IT IO H S P R IN T E D ON T H E B A C K O F T H I S B L A N K .
INDEPENDENT
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C L A R E N C E H . M A C K A Y , P R E S ID E N T .
D
C O M PETITIVE
j Ifo rth b e n d Ifn Dec 2 4 ,1 9 1 3
B e s e rve Bank O r g a n iz a t io n C o m m itte e ,
Oare S e cy o f T r e a s u r y IffeAdoo, V a sJm , D C .
We s t r o n g l y u rg e t h a t S e a t t le be
It
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tiie hub a ro u n d w h ic h
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<iiiosen as a l o c a t i o n f o r r e g io n a l bank.
th.e commerce o f th e H o rth w e s t r e v o l v e s . I t s
h a r b o r f a c i l i t i e s a re u n surpa ssed a a d w i l l make i t
p i t i e s on the P a c i f i c C oast i a
*£h& Manama C a n a l t r a d e . I t i s th e c e n te r
o f th e g r e a t e s t lu m b e r p r o d u c in g d i s t r i c t
Gateway t o A la s k a « ? t s bank s t a t i s t i c s
bespeak f o r
it
one o f the g r e a t e s t
i n uae w o rld to d a y . I t
i s the
p o p u la t io n e x p o rt and im p o rt a l l
y o u r e a rn e s t c o n s id e r a t io n i n
Ifo rth $end Lmriber 60
th is m a tte r.
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Form 2289 B
NIQHT L E TT E R
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 O FFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E W ORLD
This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting: its liability, which have been assented to b y the sender o f the following: Night Letter.
Errors can be guarded ag-ainst only by repeating’ a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company w ill not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery o f Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, bevond a sum equal to the amount paid for transm ission; nor in any ease beyond the sum of
Fifty Dollars, at whieh, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor insany case where the claim is not presented in w ritin g within
six ty days after the message is filed w ith the Company for transmission.
This is an U N R E P E A T E D N I G H T L E T T E R , and is delivered by request o f the sender, under the conditions named above.
T H E O . N. V A IL, P R E S I D E N T
R e c e iv e d
B E L V I D E R E B R O O K S , GENERAL MANAGER
at
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RESERVE
BANK
WE STRONGLY
.A L O C A T I O N
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ORGANIZATION
URGE
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SELECTION
REGIONAL
STATE
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AS
W H I CH
WASHI NGTON
FIRST
NATIONAL
BANK
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WESTE
UNION
Form 168
T E L B iR A M
9 5 0
THEO. N . VAIL, PRESIDENT
RECEIVED AT Wyatt Building, Gor. 14th and FSts., Washinfton, D. C.
E46NY JG 2 8 -1 2 EX
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^ NORTH YAKIMA WASHN DEC 2 6 -1 3
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY W G MCADOO WASHN DC
YAKIMA COMMERCIAL
CLUB AND YAKIMA VALLEY BUSINESS MENS A S S ^ fI
ESTABLISHMENT FEDERAL RESERVE BANK IN
kTytiHURGE
SEATTLE
YAKIMA COMMERCIAL CLUB
JAMES LESLIE PREST Y V BUSINESS MENS ASSN
J F BARTON PREST
850P
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OFFICERS
Pr
e s id e n t
TRUSTEES
_______ F . M . K E N N E Y
F i r s t V . P . , . „ . . _ _____ I. L . P E T E R S
S
eco n d
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S
V ; P .._ _ P . H . C A R L Y O N
e c r e ta r y
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______ H . L . W H I T I N G
C. A. M A R S H A L L
P. H . C A R L Y O N
C, H. S P R IN G E R
J . L. P E T E R S
F. W . S T O C K I N G
P. M . T R O Y
MARK
G. W .
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F. M . K E N N E Y
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DRAHAM
EW ALD
JO E REDER
A. H. C H R IS T O P H E R
jarl. 14-14.
"ACAPITALCAPITAL**
Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Washington, D. C.
I
Gentlemen:-
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We note in the Associated Press despatches
that Los Angeles and San Francisco are urging one Fed
eral Reserve District for the Pacific Coa3t, with 3an
Francisco as the location of the Federnl Reserve Bank
for the District.
We desire to suggest to the Organization Com
mittee that the Pacific Coast is a territory of all
together too great proportions to be satisfactorily
served from one center and especially from a center
clear on the South end of the Coast, and while we re
cognize the importance of San Francisco as a commercial
center and unquestionably entitled to one of the reserve
banks, we are nevertheless of the opinion that there
should be two distri^tfe on the Pacific Coa3t, one in the
South and the othey in the Northwest, comprising the
States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, with
Seattle as the Ryerve City.
Seattle I s the commercial center of this North
west, theT5aH?“^ay to Alaska and the ideal location from
every point of view for one of the Federal Reserve Banks.
The establishment of the Northwest district
should* in our opinion, not alone be determined by the
present which no doubt is of sufficient importance to
justify, but due consideration should be etiven^tn the
g re a t fu tu re te fo re u a .
^ A N S W E R E D !
The Northwest is growing rapidly in popul^tjon
and is increasing even more rapidly in the vpl ume' d 3 1914
business transacted and especially is this t|rue with
foreign business
There is more business tjpOftjepte<
through the Puget Sound district than througn^n
port on the Pacific Coast.
The Northwest is unanimous in its opinion that
the business in this territory justifies a district in
dependent of the Southern Pacific Coast and.these facts
will be called to your attention at the hearings in
the Northwest.
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2-
!7e would not be surprised if after all hearings have
been closed, each district has made its appeal and. the to
tals struck, this district, embracing the four Northwest
otatea, will show a volume of business surprising to even
those of us who are-on the ground anc3 that our increasing
development, both commercial and industrial will amply
warrant your establishing this Northwest District.
^Tith these facts before you, we trust that the
claims of other communities made in hearings before your
Committee will not have a tendency to eliminate in your
minds the importance of the Northwest as a Reserve Dis
trict before the hearings are held in Beattie and Portland.
Very truly yours,
FEDERAL RESERVE'DISTRICT.
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MIBHT L E T T E R
£
Form 2289 B
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 OFFICES IN A M ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E W ORLD
This Company T R A N S M I T S and D E L I V E R S messages only on conditions limiting: its liability, which have been assented to by the sender o f the following- Nigrht L e t t e r .
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating- a niespagre back to the sending* station for comparison, and the Company w ill not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery o f Unrepeated N ig h t Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transm ission; nor in any ease beyond the sum of
Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any ease where the claim is not presented in w riting w ithin
sixty days after the message is filed w ith the Company for transmission.
This Is an U N R E P E A T E D N I G H T L E T T E R , and is delivered by request o f the sender, under the conditions named above.
T H E O . N . V A IL, P R E S I D E N T
BELVIDERE B R O O K S , G E N E R A L M A N A G E R
R e c e iv e d
at
f3 4 9 c h t r
228 n l 190 e x t r a
OLYMPIA WASHN DEC 23 1913
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECY MCADOO
WASHINGTON 0 C
1 7 4Q
WE URGE THAT A REGIONAL BANK BE ESTABLISHED AT SEATTLE
WHICH IS COMMERCIAL CENTER OF T H IS NORTHWEST AND THE GATEWAY
TO ALASKA T H IS SECTION W ILL
BE IN F IN IT E L Y BETTER SERVED FROM
THAT C IT Y THAN FROM ANY OTHER POSSIBLE LOCATION
CAPITAL NATIONAL BANKJOLYMPIA NATLBANK OLYMPIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
GEORGE A MOTTMAN MAYOR OLYMPIA
ERNEST LISTER GOVERNOR HERMAN D CROW
CHIEF JUSTICE SUPREME COURT M F GOSE JUSTICE SUPREME COURT MARK A
FULLERTON JUSTICE SUPREME COURT WALLACE MOUNT JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
JOHN F MAIN JUSTICE SUPREME COURT GEORGE E MORRIS JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
EMMET N PARKER JUSTICE SUPREME COURT STEPHEN J CHADWICK JUSTICE SUPREME
COURT OVERTON G E LL IS
JUSTICE SUPREME COURT C W CLAUSEN STATE AUDITOR
» M HOWELL SECRETARY OF STATE EDWARD MEATH STATE TREASURER C V SAVIDGE
COMMR PUBLIC LANDS H 0 FISHBACK STATE INSURANCE COMMR J H PERKINS
COMMR OF AGRICULTURE FLOYO E DAGGETT CHAIRMAN INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE COM
M ISSIO N A B ERNEST INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE COMMR L E SKAGGS STATE TAX
COMMR C R JACKSON STATE TAX COMMR J W BRISLAWN STATE TAX COMMR JAMES F
LEGHORN MEMBER STATE BUREAU OF INSPECTION
I A PEOERSON MEMBER STATE
3UREAU OF INSPECTION
E W OLSON STATE LABOR COMMR FRANK R SPINNING
MEMBER STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION E W FERRIS STATE FORESTER C W
STEWART SECRETARY AND FOR STATE BOARD OF CONTROL JOSEPHINE PRESTON STATE
SUPT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION WILLIAM R ROY STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
544AM
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NIBHT LE TT E R
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
_
INCORPORATED
25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL TH E WORLD
This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter.
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not bold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission; nor in any case beyond the sum of
Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within
sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
,
This is aa UNR EPEATED N IGH T LETTER , and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
T H E O . N . V A I L , PRESIDENT
R e ce ive d a t
F300CH PS IB NL
B E L V I D E R E B R O O K S , GENERAL MANAGER
6
1667
v OMAK WN DEC 23 13
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECY MCADOO WASHN DC
WE RESPECTFULLY U&GE THE REGIONAL
THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OF THE
BANK BE ESTABLISHED AT SEATTLE
NORTHWEST AND ALASKA
OMAK STATE BANK
250A
ass
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NIBHT L E T T E R
” B
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
INCORPORATED
25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL TH E WORLD
This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting’ its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following: Night Letter.
Errors can be guarded against only by* repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
tragsmjssion or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission; nor in any ease beyond the sum of
Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within
sixty days after the.message is died with the Company for transmission.
.
This is aa UNR EPEATED NIGH T LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
T H E O . N . V A I L , PRESIDENT
R e c e iv e d
____________________________ s______________________________________ B E LV ID E W E ■ R O O K S , GENERAL MANAGER
at
1646
F303CH PS 30 ML
£
4
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OROVILLE WN DEC ?3 13
*
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CARE W C MCADOO WASHN DC .
WE STRONGLY FAVOR SEATTLE AS
THE LOCATION FOR THE REGIONAL
RESERVE BANK FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST
BELIEVING THAT C ITY TO BE
MOST CONVENIENTLY SITUATED FOR HANDLING
THE BUSINESS OF TH IS SECTION
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OROVILLE
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ttesm l e t t e r of r#>©flKfoev m i l *
MtmMm®
tnvotem
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V«ry tral^ youra,
3©crataryv
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Form 2289 B
I0HT LETTER
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 O FFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
This Company T R A N S M I T S and D E L I V E R S messages only on conditions limiting' its liability, which have been assented to by the sender o f the followine: N ig h t L e t t e r .
Errors can be guarded aguinst only by repeating: a message back to the sending' station fo r comparison, and tbe Company w ill not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery o f U n r e p e a t e d N lffh t L e tte r s , sent at reduced rates, bevond a sum equal to the amount paid for transm ission; nor in any ease beyond the sum of
F i f t y D o lla r s , at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in w ritin g within
Sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This Is an U N R E P E A T E D N I G H T L E T T E R , and is delivered by request o f the se»der, under the conditions named above.
T H E O . N . V A IL , P R E S I D E N T
IELVIDERE B R O O K S , G E N E R A L M A N A G E R
R e c e i v e d a t F347CH t r
45 n l
^ PORT ANGELES WASHN OEC 23 1913
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECY MCADOO
SEATTLE IS THE MOST LOGICAL
15 EXTRA
17 31
WASHN DC
PLACE FOR THE REGIONAL BANK
IN THE NORTHWEST THE ENTIRE OLYMPIC PENINSULA IS TRIBUTARY TO
SEATTLE AND WE WOULD MUCH
PREFER TO HAVE SEATTLE SELECTED
C ITIZE N S NATIONAL BANK
BY G M LAURIDSEN VICE PRES IDENT.BANK OF CLALLAM COUNTY BY
S J LUTZ CASHR
}M
520AM
rb
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IOHT LE TT E R
HE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 OFFICES IN A M ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E W ORLD
This d^ ppan y T R A N S M I T S and D E L I V E R S messages only on conditions limiting1its liability, which have been assented to b y the sender o f the following: N ig h t L e t t e r .
Errors eta be guarded apainst only by repeating’ a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company w ill not hold itself liable fo r errors or delays in
transmission or delivery o f U n r e p e a te d N i j l i t L e tte r s , sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transm ission; nor in any case beyond the sum o f
F i f t y D o lla r s , at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in w ritin g within
Bixty days after the message is filled w ith the Company for transmission.
This Is an U N R E P E A T E D N I G H T L E T T E R , and is delivered b y request o f the sender, under the conditions named above.
THEO . N. VAIL,
BELVIDERE BROOKS,
PR ESID EN T
. S S S I J W J
l
. EXTRA
5
PORT ANGELES WASHN DEC 23 1913
(■')
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECRETARY MCADOO
WASHN D C
SEATTLE BEING HEADQUARTERS FOR ALASKA
CENTER FOR THE ENTIRE NORTHWEST
TRADE AND THE PR IN CIPAL TRADING
THE PEOPLE OF THE OLYMPIC
PENINSULA DESIRE THE SELECTION OF
SEATTLE FOR THEIR REGIONAL BANK
PORT ANGELES COMMERCIAL CLUB
G M LAURIDSEN PRESIDENT
435 AM
GEN ERAL MANAGER
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NIGHT L E T T E h
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 OFFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD.
This Company T R A N S M I T S and D E L I V E R S messages only on conditions lim iting Its liability, which have been assented to b y the sender o f the followingr N ig h t L e t t e r .
Errors can be guarded against only b y repeating a message back to the sending station fo r comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable fo r errors or delays in
transmission or delivery o f U n r e p e a t e d Nlgrht L e tte r s , sent at rcduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid fo r transm ission; nor in any case beyond the sum o f
F i f t y D o lla r s , at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any caso where, the claim is not presented in writing: w ithin
sixty days after the message is filed w ith the Company for transmission.
This Is an U N R E P E A T E D N I G H T L E T T E R , and is delivered b y request o f the sender, under the conditions named above.
BELVIDERE B RO O K S, G E N E R A L M A N A G E R
T H E O . N. V A IL, P R E S I D E N T
—
R e c e iv e d
i n
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...
at
F 307 CH QN
41 N L
v
PORT ORCHARD WASHN DEC 24 1913
RE8EVER BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECRETARY MCADOO
WE JO IN WITH BANKS AND
WASHINGTON DC
BUSINESS
INTERESTS OF NORTHWEST IN
RESPECTFULLY URGING THE ESTABLISHMENT
AS MOST ACCEPTABLE TO TERRITORY
MONTANA OREGON
OF REGIONAL BANK AT SEATTLE
SERVED WASHINGTON IDAHO WESTERN
ALASKA AND ORIENT AND THE
LOGICAL ,C 0M E R C I AL
CENTRE OF THUS SECTION
KITSAP COUNTY BANK
// 4 . 4 0 A M
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lftORT ORCHARD is the County Seat of Kitsap County, Has a population of 1,200; is 16 miles from Seattle, with boats making six round
trips daily. Is backed up by splendid agricultural, poultry raising and dairying country. Splendid factory sites on water front. Every
inducement will be made for the location of factories. The town and tributary country are developing rapidly, and land values are increasing
P o r t O
m c h a m d
15. A .
P O M T
C o m m e r c i a l C Ju j b
S K C K ETA R Y
O M CM AM Ds W A S H *
Deoewber 24, 1913.
R eserve Bank O r g a n iz a t io n Co m m itte e ,
C/0 S e c r e ta r y o f the T r e a s u r ^ r y ,
W a s h in g to n , D . G .
Gentlem en
T h i s O r g a n iz a t io n i s h e a r t i l y i n
sym pathy w i t h the C u rre n c y B i l l j u s t passed and s ig n e d , and u rg e s
the e s ta b lis h m e n t o f a H o rth w e s t d i s t r i c t , w i t h S e a t t le as th e
l o c a t i o n f o r the r e g i o n a l bank to accomodate s a id d i s t r i c t *
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r£ x m su v % g e p a r t m e ix t
53MJ
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15
TELEGRAM
P o r t Townsend vra Dec 23 1913
^
^^serw eB & nlc O r g a n is a t io n
Com m ittee c a re S e c ty McAdoo ^a s h n DC
We e a r n e s t ly u rg e e s ta b lis h m e n t r e g io n a l bank a t Sep^ttle
as lo c a t e d to b e s t s e rv e t h i s
s e o tio n
F i r s t N a t l Bank
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N 9 2 948
N.H. LATIMER , Presid ent .
H.D.HOPKINS, Cashier .
FRED
JAS. G.M9 CURDY. Asst. Cashier.
U. BAILEY, Vice Pre s id e nt .
CAPITAL
$ 5 0 ,0 0 0
P o r t
SURPLUS $ 3 0 , 0 0 0
T ow n sk x i
> ,
11
.
December 27th*,1913*
Honorable V. 9 . MoAdeo,
Secretary of the Treasury,
Waaklngton, B.C.
j
Bear SirsSince the
of the Currency Bill,Basics In t e n d in g
to enter the fedemi fieserTo Syste* feel anxious as to the
location of tho Regional Beaks*
Tou undoubtedly hare before you
statlstios showing Seattle to ! • the logical point for tho
establishment of a Regional Reserve Bank.
With all duo
respect and consideration for other cities of the Pacific North
west, whoso elalBS are feeing brought to yonr notice, tho bank
if looatod in any of thoao cities would b* of local benefit
;
and to tho grett inconvenience of tho connunltles they aro
Intended to sorvo.
Seattle with Its larger population and
superior banking facilities.its groat foreign traffic and Its
proslnlty to Alaska,fens *ade It the natural financial conter of
tho Sorthwect#where a Hegional Hesorre Bank could best servo the
nost rapidly growing section of our country to-day and In urging
Seattle as a location,I as actuated by patriotic rather than
self lob motivee#and in an earnest desire for the success of tho
new eysten« _ _
l!
fCiy respectful]
rnrnaaiKmmmm
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Merchants BankofPorfTownsend
P ort Townsend Washington
W. M. LADD, P re sid e n t
N. C. S TR O N G , C a s h ie r
Dec* 29 1913
To th e Hon. Wm. G. MaAdoo,
s e c r e ta r y o f th e T r e a s u r y ,
W a s h in g to n ,
d
. C.
Dear S i r ,
We “beg to recommend to y o u r h o n o ra b le com m ittee*
t h a t S e a t t le W ashington t>e made th e C i t y
i n w h ic h the
— •—7
new R e g io n a l “banlc f o r t h i s p a r t o f th e U n ite d S ta te s
s h a ll “be lo c a t e d .
V e ry r e s p e c t f u l l y ,
M erchants Banfc 0 1 P o rt
Town8e ^ ,
fla s h ie r .
SI
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Merchants Bank ofPortTownsend
P ort Townsend Washington
W. M LADD, P re sid e n t
N. C S TR O N G , C a s h ie r
Jany 2 191^
Reserve BaiUe Organization Committee,
Washington,
D* C. i
Gentlemen,
We “beg very strongly to recommend to your
Honorable Committee, the advisability of
creating a district in the fforth Western por
tion of the United states with head-quart era in
either Seattle, or Portland, as your committee
may afterwards determine*
San Prancisco is out of our business district
and it would he with great inconvenience that we
would he compelled to do our business
so far removed from us.
with a city
The North western part
of the United states is making great progress in
all business lines and we believe we are entitled
to this recognition*
Very resj -
(ANSW ERED
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OFFICE*
J . C. HOUSE . . P ia m r a r
C. L. PEACH, V i o -Pbbsidkht
S . T. SNYDER . Sbcbbtart
W . H . KBTNOLD8, Tbbasuhbr
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
WALTER HTJTZ
H . D . HOPKINS
C. I. W AN AM AKER
P o r t T o w n s e n d C o m m e r c ia l C l u b
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH,
FINANCE COMMITTEES
H . A . H ART 0 .8 . LINDSAY
D. H . HILL
December 24th
1913.
C o u n t y a f t a i r s c o m m ittk k
PETEBMUfcT**
F. W . HASTINGS
H AH VSY frn xtaxs
K e s e rve Bank O r g a n iz a t io n Co m m itte e >
^ S e c r e t a r y o f th e T r e a s u r y F . G . MeAdo o ,
W A S H I N G T O N
D-C.
G entlem en: On b e h a lf o f th e p e o p le o f o u r c i t y and community
o u r o r g a n iz a t io n w is h e s t o u rg e upon y o u r h o n o ra b le bociy th e
s e le c t i o n o f S e a t t le as th e n o rth w e s te rn r e g io n a l bank c it y *
S u r e ly no o th e r c i t y o f th e n o rth w e s t can p re s e n t
a c la im so s t r o n g as can S e a t t l e . Her p o f u f a t io n i s l a r g e s t ,
h e r b a n k in g b u s in e s s and f i n a n c i a l re s o u rc e s g r e a t e s t .
It
is
th e c h ie f co m m e rcia l c e n t e r ; th e most c o m p le te ly s e rv e d b y
r a i l and w a t e r t r a n s p o r t a t io n
and i s th e n a t u r a l gateway
b o th t o A la s k a and to the O r i e n t .
S e a t t l e i s th e ONLY LARGE C I T Y h a v in g d i r e c t
steam er
l i n e s to P o r t Tow nsend, P o r t A n g e le s and th e many o th e r young
c i t i e s o f th e e n t i r e O lym p ic P e n in s u la : we f e e l t h a t due re co g'
n i t i o n o f S e a t t le b y y o u r body i s a ls o r e c o g n i t i o n o f us*
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RIIHT
LETTER
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
INCORPORATED
25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL TH E WORLD
This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Nlarht Letter.
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the. sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission; nor in any case beyond the sum of
Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within
. sixty days after the message is tiled with the Company for transmission.
■
This is an UNR EPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
T H C O . N . VAIL, P r e s id e n t
R e c e iv e d
b e lv id e re
b r o o k s
, g en eral Manager
at
F263CH PS 39 NL 6 EX
1 5 6 4
PUYALLUP WASHN DEC S3 13
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECY MCADOO WASHN DC
WE> URGE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
SEATTLE
IT W ILL SERVE THE
A REGIONAL RESERVE BANK AT
PEOPLE OF T H IS SECTION AND
OF THE PA CIFIC NORTHWEST AND
ALASK BETTE$*?flAN IN ANY
OTHER C ITY
C IT IZ E N S STATE BANK PUYALLUP STATE BANK PUYALLUP COMMERCIAL
CLUB
130A
ANSW ERED)
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JAKJ,J914
$
CRM
i
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J . S. A LSPAU SH . r
A. F P R U D D E N , '
*ident
P re s id e n t.
C . B. F L E T C H E R , S e c r e t a r y
Capital St o c k
r r v A U ip S
J . M. J O N E S . C a s h ie r
j J . T A Y L O R , A s s t . C a sh ie r.
$ 2 5 ,0 0 0 .0 0
tate
B
a x k
L O C A T E D IN T H E F A M O U S P U Y A L L U P V A L L E Y
T H E G A R D E N S P O T O F T H E P A C IF IC N O R T H W E S T .
Puyallup,Wash.
J a n . 6, 1 9 1 4 .
F e d e ra l Bank O r g a n iz a t io n C om m itte e ,
Care o f S e c r e ta r y o f th e T r e a s u r y ,
W a shingto n, D . C .
G entlem en:
I b e lie v e t h a t i t w ould do no harm a t t h i s tim e f o r
us to e ndeavo r to im p re ss upon yo u th e im p o rta n c e o f a
F e d e ra l R e se rve Bank, s e r v in g p a r t i c u l a r l y t h i s N o rth w e st
c o u n try .
I see t h a t San F ra n c is c o i s e n d e a v o rin g to have
b u t one bank lo c a te d on th e c o a s t .
O u r u n d e rs ta n d in g o f
th e new la w i s t h a t F e d e ra l R e se rve Banks s h a ll be l o c a t
ed w h ich s h a l l s e rv e th e b u s in e s s t h a t n a t u r a l l y a r is e s i n
a g iv e n t e r r i t o r y .
V e ry l i t t l e o f th e b u s in e s s o f the N o r th
w est goes th ro u g h San F r a n c is c o , i n f a c t v e r y fe w o f th e
c o u n t ry banks t h i s f a r n o r t h have San F r a n c is c o a c c o u n ts .
A bank to s e rv e t h i s p a r t i c u l a r l o c a l i t y m ust be l o
c a te d somewhere n e a r u s .
We do n o t b e lie v e t h a t th e South
P a c i f i c c o a s t o f th e U n ite d S ta te s s h o u ld be d e ve lo p e d a t
th e expense o f th e N o rth P a c i f i c c o a s t . We b e l ie v e t h a t
i s th e p la c e f o r th e N o rth w e s te rn R e se rve Bank,
ow ing to i t s e x c e lle n t s h ip p in g f a c i l i t i e s w it h A la s k a and
F o r e ig n c o u n t r ie s , and as i t i s a n a t u r a l r a i l r o a d c e n t e r ;
b u t s h o u ld y o u r com m ittee d e c id e upon P o r t la n d , th e b a n k e rs
o f th e N o rth w e s t, I am e n c lin e d to t h in k , w o u ld be s a t i s f i e d ,
■hit by a l l means g iv e us a bank and n o t in c o n v e n ie n c e us b y
f o r c i n g o u r b u s in e s s th ro u g h San F r a n c is c o , you had b e t t e r
f o r c e us th ro u g h S t . P a u l, as we a re i n more d i r e c t to u c h .
T h i s i s fro m a c o u n try b a n k e r who i s v i t a l l y in t e r e s t e d
i n th e developm ent o f th e P a c i f i c C o a st N o rth w e s t.
Y o u rs t r u l
{ANSWERED.
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NIGHT LETTEfl
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
INCORPORATCO
2 5 ,0 0 0 O FFICES IN A M ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
This Company T R A N S M I T S and D E L I V E R S messages only bn conditions limiting: its liability, which have been assented to b y th® sender o f the following: N ig h t l e t t e r .
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating: a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company w ill not hold itselt liable fo r errors or delays lu
transmission or delivery o f U n r e p e a te tl N ig h t L e tte r s , sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for irai.sm ission; nor in any eo.so beyond the sum o f
F if t y D o lla r s , at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor iu any ease vrhere the claim Is not presented in writing within,
sixty days after tho message is flled w ith tho Company for transmission.
This Is an U N R E P E A T E D N I G H T L H 'I t E K , and is delivered b y request o f the sender, undei ihc conditions norood above.
BELVID ER E B R O O K S , GENERAL MANAGER
T H E O . N. V A IL, PRESIDENT
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IN SELECTING A CI TY FOR
THE REGIONAL BANK FOR WASHINGTON , *
OREGON IDAHO AMD WESTERN MONTANA
NSEATTLE ON ITS MERITS T H IS
BY HAVING IT LOCATED THERE
THE LOGICAL POINT FOR THE
WE URGE THE SELECTION OF
TERRITORY WOULD BE BEST SERVED
AS WELL AS THAT BEING
PACI FI C NORTHWEST
QUINCY COMMERCIAL CLUB, WM RAGLESS PREST
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NISHT L E T T E R
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
INCORPORATED
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CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E W ORLD
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transmission o r delivery o f Unxepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a'euw equal to the am ount paid fur transm ission; nor in any ease beyond the sum o f
F i f t y D o lla rs, at whieh, unless otherwise stated below, thin message has been valued by th'fe sender thereof, nor in any case where tho claim is not presented in w riting within
sixty days after the message Is flled witli the Company fo r transmission.
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IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA-WE URGE THAT YOU SELECT ISEATTLE ON ITS
MERITS THIS TERRITORY'WOULD BE BEST SERVED BY 1HAVING IT:
LOCATED THERE AS WELL AS THA^T iBEING THE LOGICAL POINT .FOR THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST i
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1 0 HT LE TT E R
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 O FFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E W ORLD
This Company T R A N S M I T S and D E L I V E R S messages only on conditions limiting- its liability, which have been assented to by the sender o f the followingr N ig h t L e t t e r .
Errors can be gruarded ag-ainst only by repeating- a raessag-e back to the sending- station for comparison, and the Company w ill not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery o f U n r e p e a t e d N ig h t L e tte r s , sent at reduced rates, bevond a sum equal to the amount paid for transm ission; nor in any ease beyond the sum o f
F i f t y D oU ars, at which, unless otherwise statod below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in w ritin g within
s ix ty days after the messag-e is filed w ith the Company for transmission.
This is an IJ N R E P E A T E D N I G H T L E T T E R , and is delivered b y request o f the sender, under the conditions named above.
THEO . N. VAIL,
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WE BELIEVE THAT THE LOCATION
OF A REGIONAL BANK AT
SEATTLE THE LARGEST FINANCIAL AND
IS IMPERATIVE TO THE STIMULATION
OF THIS GREAT TERRITORY AND
COMMERCIAL CENTER OF THE NORTHWEST
OF BUSINESS AND PROPER DEVELOPMENT
RESPECTFULLY URGE THAT A FEDERAL
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LOCATION OF THE REGIONAL BANK
EMBRACING THIS TERRITORY WITH THE
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E 2. 6267.
WHBR3AS, tinder a recont Act of the Congress of the
United States, provision has been made for the establish
ment of Kogional Reserve Banks in certain cities of the
United States;
and
\7HERKAS, the financial importance of the Northwest
entitles it to the location of one of said Banks;
and
Y/KOSAS, the City of Seattle,is an applicant for
such bank;
and
WHKRKAS, said City of Seattle, as the center of
financial operations and business in the Northwest is in
all respects the logical location for such Bank; N0\?,3HERKPOKE, .
BE IT RKS0LVJ2D BY THE CITY COUNCIL OP THK CITY OF
TACOMA, WASHINGTON:
That the application of the City of Seattle for tho
location of a Hegional Reserve Bank be endorsed by this Coun
oil and that the proper authorities be urged to grant the ap
plication;
and
BK IT FURTHER R13S0IVEB:
That the City Clerk be di
rected to transmit copies of this Resolution to the respects
ive Senators and Representatives in Congress from the State
of Washington, and to tho Ciby Council of the City of Soattlo,
Dec. 31,1913.
Adopted on roll call.
Yeas 5. Kays 0. Absent 0.
Attest:
Homer H. Bd.\mrd.s,
City Clerk.
W.W.Seymour,
Mayor
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I, Homer H. Edwards, City Cleric of tho City of Tacoma,
Pierce County, Y/ashington, hereby certify that the foregoing
is a full, true and correct copy of Hesolution ?To. 6267, adopt
ed by the City Council of tho City of Tacoma on the 31st day
of Deoembor, 1913.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of the City of Tacoma
this 2nd day of January, 1914*
City Clerk*
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Approving the fe d e ra l B t t i m
Aet and Thanking the Congress
* e r Snaoting and the President fo r Approving th» saae:
A1 m
Beqpaeeting th e L o c a t io n o f a te d e ra X H e se rve Bank
In th e C i t y o f S e a t t l e .
We. hereby c e r tify that Resolution*, of nhieh the follow ing
is a true eopy, were unanimously adopted a t a ITon-partinaa MAS#
r a s X W hold a t tho Eippo drome In the 0 1 ty o f S e a ttle on tho 29th
day of Deoember, l t l $ f a t 8 o’ clock p. m., nhioh mooting mg attend
ed hy ahout fou r thousand citizen s of tho Stato of Washington.
T h a t th o u n d e rs ig n e d , J . W. ¥ a x w o ll, P r e s id e n t o f the
N a t io n a l C i t y Bank o f S e a t t l e , m s Chairm an o f t h e s e t t i n g , and t h a t
• a id K e s o lm tto n s m r e o f f e r e d h y the rand « re ig n e d , J . M« H a w th o rn s ,
C hainaan o f th o la to o u tiv o Com m ittee o f th o K in g b o u n ty B e m o o ra tie
C lu b on b e h a l f o f th e C i t i a e n e Com m ittee ^which c a l l e d the Maes
M e e tin g .
T h a t th o speakers nho a d d re s se d the a u d ie n c e on t h a t occa
s io n were T ils E x c e lle n c y I m e s t L i s t e r , G o v e rn o r o f th e S t a t e o f
W sehingt© n, H o n . George ? . C o t t e r i l l , M ayer o f th e C i t y o f S e a t t l e ,
H o n, George Bonwertti* fo rm e r Jud ge o f th e U n ite d S ta t e s D i s t r i c t
C o u r t f o r th e W estern M s t r i o t o f W a s h in g to n , M r. A . 1 . T e t lo w o f
Tacom a, on h o h a lf o f th e Chamber o f Gommeree and Com m ercial CXuh o f
t h a t C i t y , ifr. D a n ie l f f e lle h e r , P r e s id e n t o f th e la n k f o r S a v in g s and
D i r e c t o r o f th e S e a t t le N a t io n a l B a n k , and M r. T . H . B o lt o n , P r e s i
d e n t o f th e C e n t r a l l a b o r C o u n o il o f S e a ttle *
B a te d a t S e a t t l e , W a sh ., Decem ber 3 0 t h , 1913.
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We, the people of the State of Washington, having assembled
o r being repressnted in a mass meeting in Seattle on the 3 t h day of
December, 1913, for the purpose of expressing our views on the Feder
al Reserve Act, and u r g in g the location of % '.^edersl Reserve lank in
Seattle, and representi n g , as we do, not only the Republican, Pro
gressive, ftemooratie and other parties, b u t the Chambers of Commerce*
the l a b o r Councils, the Clearing House Associations, the Commercial
Clubs and other civic, business and polities orranisatione. and the
people generally, do hereby adopt the two folio *ing Resolutions*
RTOOLXTTTCW T K A H im tl THU F R I S I ^ T
and- CCm ftBqg*
W H 1 H ! A 8 for over forty years the banks of the United
States in times of financial distress have been obliged for purposes
of self-preservation to call in their loans, and to decline further
extensions of legitimate credit because they had no place where they
could get cash for their customers by discounting their paper, and as
a result of the contraction of the circulating medium and of legiti
mate credits, business houses were -forced into Insolvency, factories
were closed, men were thrown cut cf employment, banks were forced to
suspend, widespread distress followed, and disastrous panics ensued,
from the effect of which the country did not recover for years* and
f K 1 1 1 A s the C ongress of the U n ite d States d id on
23rd d ay of ifscember, 1 9 1 3 , pass the federal Reserve Act, and the
was on said d a te approved by His Excellency the president of the
United States, and is now a law; and
the
!« » •
W H I R 1 A $ as soon as practicable *ft«r the federal
Reserve Banks provided for i n s a id Act h a v e been on inisad, from
fifty t o , one hundred and fifty millions of dollars in cash m i l be
turned over by the f e d e r a l Treasury to the federal Reserve 'Banks,
end by them diverted, directly or indirectly, into the avenues of
trad.® and commewoe, thus giving business a m ighty impetus; and
f R 'I R ^ A 8 u n d e r the f e d e r a l Reserve A c t the reserves
of the banks w i l l be concentrated, a safe, sound and elastic currency
w i l l be created, the banks will have a place, shen necessary, to dis
count their paper, legitimate credit will be extended, b u s in e s s w i l l
be undisturbed, the gold reserves o f the country w i l l be protected,
panics will be prevented, and as a result thereof it is a p p a re n t t h a t
a long period o f legitimate prosperity is dawning upon the country}
and
W H 1 R 1 A 8 it is proper that the people, irrespective
of P a r t y , ghould e xp re ss their appreciation of the enactment o f rich
a just, wise, salutory and necessary law;
WOW, T H !
0 B I , B1 I T B380LV3!) that we a p p ro ve
of the federal Reserve Act and that the thanks of the people cf the
s t a t e o f Washington b e , and they are hereby, extended to the Congress
of the United States for passing, end to the President for approving,
the same.
m s m m o M x m n rw t h i l o c a t i o n
a
W H I R 1 A 8, Section a of the federal Reserve Act wisely
and properly provides that federal Reserve Districts "shall be appor
tioned with due regard to the convenience and customary~ Voursei of
Bfi«lflgaS£? and it follows by necessary Impllcatlon that the federal
If©serve Cities in such Districts should also be located therein with
due regard to the convenience and customary course of business} and
W H I R 1 A 8, -Seattle more nearly complies with said legal
requirement than any other ?i:iy".in the States of Washington, Oregon,
Idaho or Montana, and is best located to serve the business needs of
the Territory of Alaska because cf the following facts:
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1st.
Seattle 4» more c o n v e n ie n t ly located and more generalXy
u s s d than any~lTiKeF~4m *rioan C i t y for th e v a s t a,nd rapidly-growing
business of t h i s country with China, Ja p a n , The PhilXlpine Istands,
and th s Far last generally, w it h Victoria, Prince Rupert and ?aneou~
v e r , B. C . , and through the latter with the vast B r l t i t f i and o t h e r
tra d © of A u s t r a l i a and Haw Z e a la n d , and p a r t i c u l a r l y w it h A la s k a .
Seattle is the largest City on this Continent ^orth of
San w ranc is o o&nd.¥ea t of Minneapolis, and Seattle i s the commercial
and business M e t r o p o lis of the Pacific Northwest in general and of
th e Puget Sound District in particular, th e commerce of which la
r a p i d l y In c r e a s in g and now exceeds that of any otb a r District on
th a P a c i f i c Coast.
3 rd .
Seattle l a In effect the Pacific Coast Terminus of the
following Tran seontlnen ta l Railway X»lns*9 v i a :
The Croat N o r th e r n ,
the IT©r t h e r n Pacific, and the Chicago, Filmukes & St. Pawlj it la
the Northwestern 'Term inus of the southern Pacific^imd its hr inches,
and it is or ehortly will be the Pacific Coast Te rm in u s In the
United states of the Canadian Pacific, the Canadian Northern, and
the Crand Trunk Pacific Railway Systems of Canada*
S e a ttle * In
the opinion o f the greatest financiers and railway b u i l d e r s of the
age, I s in the center of th e "Belt of Bopire* encircling the World.
4th.
Seattle has a larger bunking deposit and the volume
of b u s in e s s annually transacted by its Clearing House exceeds t h a t
©f any other City Worth of San Francisco and West o f ~ ? ln n e a p o lls y
F u rth e rm o re , the combined resources o f the Banks lo c a t e d in the
territory tributary to Seattle exceed those o f any other C i t y i-forth
o r W a it o f the t no cities just mentioned.
M ore people residing in Washington, n o r t h e r n Idaho, West
ern Won te n s , British Columbia, China and Japan have direct business
connections and relations with Seattle than any other City in the
n o r t h w e s t.
Moreover, Seattle controls o v e r ninety par cent o f
the present and rapidly-growing trade of .41 salt* 'and will a lw a ys
dominate that Trade on account o f I t s geographical location and its
superior Harbor and shipping facilities* and
W K ! R 1 A S numerous other reasons, facts, figures and
statistics can be adduced to show why Beattie It justly entitled to
have a federal Reserve .Bank; HOW,
B! IT m m u n m , That
the RTOBms B A W ORCA.i?t£AT TQW COmwITTIS* be and they are hereby re
quested and urged to locate a federal Reserve Bank in Seattle.
1 ! S 0 i ? 1 I , TORTH1R, That these Resolutions be duly
signed and forwarded, respectively* to the President of the United
States, to .the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the
^resident of the Senate, to the Secretary of the Treasury, to the
Secretary of Agriculture, to the Comptroller of the Currency, to the
Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency of the Senate, and
to the Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency of the House
of Representatives.
*2»
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Approving tho f«4«r«i Bosorvo Ait and Thantelng tfc# Congroaa
por lasting *nd tho frooidont for Approving tha •m oi
Ala#
Itoquooting tho Location of a
Ko*orr« Bank
in tho City of Soattlo*
Wo horohy oortifjr that Kosolutions, of *hieh tho following
Is * timt • W , W « unantaoualy adopt ad at * Non-partisan MAU8
tfnSNMll hold at tlit KippoIromt xn W i I f ty of Soattl* on tho &fth
day of TJooembtr, 1913, at § o*olook p. m.f whioh sotting wa# attend•4 by about four thousand el tIson a of tho Stato of Watfslngtoa.
That tho undorsignod, y* W. ^anroll, President of % o
National City Boat of Seattlo* was Chairaaa of tho no*tingf and that
•aid Resolutions w o of farad by tho undersign od, J . M. Hawthorn®,
Chairman of tho l!xo««tivf Committoo of tho King County Bomooratt#
Club on bohalf of tho Citiaons Conraittoo uhlah callod tlio Mao*
W o o t lm g .
that tho voakors who addroasod tho «adioneo on that oooa•Ion wort Els SstolloMjr Ernest Ilator, Oowm er of tho Stmto of
Washington, Ion* $oorgo ? . Cottorill, Mayor of tho City of Soattlo* •
ion* Ooorg«T!onwortfe, fom«r .Tudgo of tho United St at os District
Court for tho Woetom Blot riot of Washington, Mr* A. H. Totlow of
Taoom, on bohalf of tho Chaabor of Conmoroo and Coisraorolsil Club of
mat City, Mr. B«al«l ftollohor, Yrosi€o»t of tho Bank for Saving* ant
Birootor of tho SoattXo National Banlc, and Mr. T. K. Bolton, trosl*
dost of tho Control Labor Comst«i3. of ioattlo.
Bat ad at Soattlo, Wash. t Dooombor $Qth, 1913,
tmamrnmSK
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the people of the State of Washington, having assembled
or being represented in a mass meeting in Seattle on the 29th day of
December, 1913, for the purpose of expressing our views on the Feder
al Reserve Act, and urging the location of a federal Reserve Bank in
Seattle, and representing, as we do, not only the Republican, Pro
gressive, Democratic and other parties, but the Chambers of Commerce,
the Labor Councils, the Clearing House Associations, the Commercial
Clubs and other civic, business and political organizations, and the
people generally, do hereby adopt the two following Resolutions:
We,
RESOLUTION T H A m m TH35 PR1S1D1HT and COKGKB88:
I H ! B I A S for over forty years the banks of the United
States in times of financial distress have been obliged for purposes
of self-preservation to call in their loans, and to decline further
extensions of legitimate credit because they had no place where they
could get cash for their customers by discounting their paper, and as
a result of the contraction of the circulating medium and of legiti
mate credits, business houses were forced into Insolvency, factories
were closed, men were thrown out of employment, banks were forced to
suspend, widespread distress followed, and disastrous panics ensued,
from the effect of which the country did not recover for years; and
t H 1 R S A 8 the Congress of the United States did on the
23rd day of December, 1913, pass the Federal Reserve Act, and the sa»e
was on said date approved by His Excellency the President of the
United States, and is now a law; and
W H l R l A S a s soon as practicable after the Federal
Reserve Banks provided for in said Act have been organised, from
fifty to, one hundred and fifty millions of dollars in cash will be
turned over by the Federal Treasury to the Federal Reserve Banks,
and by them diverted, directly or Indirectly, into the avenues of
trade and commerce, thus giving business a mighty impetus; and
W H 15 R 1 A S under the Federal Reserve Act the reserves
of the banks will be concentrated, a safe, sound and elastic currency
will be created, the banks will have a place, tfhen necessary, to dis
count their paper, legitimate credit will be extended, business will
be undisturbed, the gold reserves of the country will be protected,
panics will be prevented, and as a result thereof it is apparent that
a long period of legitimate prosperity is dawning upon the country;
and
I H O
I A S it is proper that the people, irrespective
of Party, should express their appreciation of the enactment of such
a just, wise, salutory and necessary law;
f 0 1, T H 1 R 1 F 0 R 1, BH If R1S0LVU) that we approve
of the Federal Reserve Act and that the thanks of the people of the
State of Washington be, and they are hereby, extended to the Congress
of the United States for passing, and to the President for approving,
the same.
r e s o l u t i o n im m m t h i l o c a t i o n o f a
FgDTSRAL KBSBRTB BAlg CT THU CtTY ftp SEATTLE.
W H 1 R 1 A S, Section 2 of the Federal Reserve A c t w is e ly
and properly provides that Federal Reserve Districts " s h a ll b e appor
tioned with due regard to the convenience and cu sto m a ry c o u rs e o f
B tig lfflB g g ? and It follows by necessary im p li c a t io n t h a t th e F e d e r a l
Reserve Cities in such Districts should also be lo c a t e d t h e r e in w it h
due regard to the convenience and customary course of business! and
W H 1 R IS A S, S e a t t l e m ore n e a r l y c o m p ile s w it h s a id l e g a l
requirement th a n any o th e r C i t y in t h e S ta t e s o f W a s h in g to n , O re g o n ,
Idaho o r M ontana, and i s b e s t lo c a t e d to s e rv e th e b u s in e s s needs o f
the T e r r i t o r y o f A la s k a b e ca u se o f th e f o llo w in g f a c t s :
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r> S
1st. '■- Seattle is more conveniently located and more generally
used than any oftTSr American City for the vast and rapidly-growing
business of thi* country with China, Japan, The Phlllipine Islands,
and the Far Bast generally, with Victoria, Prince Rupert and Vancou
ver, B. C ., and t^THDUgh the latter with the vast British and other
trade of Australia and Hew Zealand, and particularly with Alaska,
2nd*
Seattle iff-the largest City on this Continent Worth of
SanFr&ncisco.ana lest of Minneapolis, and Seattle is the commercial
and business Metro$oll*M*f the Pacific northwest in general and of
the Puget Sound District In particular, the commerce of which is
rapidly increasing and now exceeds that of any other District on
the Pacific Coast.
3rd.
Seattle is in effect the Pacific Coast Terminus of the
following Tran sconti nental Hailway Lines, viz:
The Great northern,
the northern Pacific, and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; it is
the Northwestern Terminus of the Southern PoolfiaTand its branches,
and it is or shortly will be the Pacific Coast Terminus in the
United States of the Canadian Pacific, the Canadian northern, and
the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Systems of Canada.
Seattle, in
the opinion of the greatest financiers and railway builders of the
age, is in the center of the "Belt of Umpire* encircling the World.
4th.
Seattle has a larger banking deposit and the volume
of business annually transacted by its Clearing House exceeds that
of any other City Worth of San Francisco and West of Minneapolis*
Furthermore, the combined resources of the Banka located In the
territory tributary to Seattle exceed those of any other City North
or West of the two cities just mentioned.
More people residing in Washington, northern Idaho, West
ern Montana, British Columbia, China and Japan have direct business
connections and relations with Seattle than any other City in the
Northwest.
Moreover, Seattle controls over ninety per cent of
the present and rap idly-growing trade of Alaska and will always
dominate that Trade on account of its geographical location and its
superior Harbor and shipping facilities; and
I 1 ! I ! A S numerous other reasons, facts, figures and
statistics can be adduced to show why Seattle it justly entitled to
have a Federal Reserve Bank: WOW, THEREFORE, m IT R1S0LVM), That
the R1S1RV1 3 k m ORGANIZATION COWITTH be and they are hereby re
quested and urged to locate a Federal Reserve Bank in Seattle.
B ! S 0 U
S B, TORTHSR, That these Resolutions be duly
signed and forwarded, respectively, to the President of the United
States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the
President of the Senate, to the Secretary of the Treasury, to the
Secretary of Agriculture, to the Comptroller of the Currency, to the
Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency of the Senate, and
to the Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency of the House
of Representatives.
K
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NIGHT L E T T E R
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
INCORPORATED
25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL TH E WORLD
, XMs Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions lim iting its liability,- which have been assented to by the sender o f the following: Nlgrht Letter.
Krrors can be guarded airaiust only b y r<*i>eat ing- a message back to the sending- station fo r comparison, and the Company w ill not hold itself liable fo r errors or delays in
transmission or delivery o f Uiurcpeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the am ount paid for transm ission; nor in any case -beyond the suiu o f
Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any ease where the claim is not presented in w riting within
sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered l>y request o f the sender, under the conditions named above.
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T H E O . N. V A IL, PRESIDENT
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
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NA TIO N AL B A N K E X A M IN E R
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Seattle, Wash. February 25, 1914.
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The Comptroller of the Currency,
Washington, D.C.
S ir:
I„am enclosing herewith a statement of the balances due
to and from the various banks of Seattle, Portland, Spokane
and Tacoma, which I have compiled directly from balances
shown when I made my la st examinations of these banks, with
the exception of the National Bank of Commerce, Seattle which
has furnished me a l i s t of recent date.
The figures shown
cover a period of about nine months and while i t would be
better to have them of the same date for a l l banks, yet the
difference should be immaterial.
I trust th is information w ill be of some use to the
Reserve Bank Organization Committee in determining the claims
o f Seattle, Portland and Spokane for a Federal Reserve Bank
or a branch of the same.
AiSW EBEI)
MAR SI 1914
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Examiner.
Washington
No*
Amount *
Seattle, Washington*
122 $2,500,790*
Seattle National Bank,
603,223.
First National Bank,
46
Dexter Horton National,
1,874,653*
75
xSank of California, N*A*
18
247,182*
Mercantile National Bank,
19
60,638.
National City Bank,
30
335,551.
National Bank of Commerce, 79
1.442.302*
7,064,339.
389
Tacoma, 'Washington,
• xBank of California, N*A*
283,643*
28
43
^National Bk of Commerce,$
378,511.
§ Fafcific National BanJ£,$
43
94
1,161,242*
Spokane, Washington,
780,069.
Old National Bank,
62
Fidelity National Bank,
31
191,193*
Traders National Bank,
853,444.
57
National Benk of Commerce, 12
48,871*
Exchange National Bank,
-23Jw as..
JU.
201 2,206,015.
Portland, Oregon.
Lumbermens National Bank,
265,880*
28
United States National
27
469,198*
,x Bank of California, N.A*
17
297,705.
First National Bank,
40
772,407*
Northwestern National
6
36,743.
27
110,348*
Merchants National
145
1,952,281*
Oregon.
Idaho*
Montana*
No.
21
Amount *
$175,946
No.
3
Amount *
413,515.
16
155,355
6
36,764.
4
10
51
. 29,486.
72.887,
424,674
2
5
16
3,569.
61.804.
115^650.
1
2
2
5
1,369.
9,929*
8.135*
19,433*
1
2
3
1,198.
13.554.
14,752.
4 •
3
3
33,011*
23,990*
56,176*
341,824.
162,497.
467,019*
8,872*
18
6
3
1
210,205.
39,139.
7,128.
55,528.
1,522,535*
32
360,808.
42,915*
36,798.
29,945.
127,749.
3,128.
23.496.
264,031.
1
2
1
2
53,336.
10,810 f;
8,837.
911.
1
7
5.060.
78,954.
12
137,550*
20
18
16
4
f20
78
81
109
29
92
18
60
389
795,655*
1,854,449.
367,438.
2,537,313*
475,918*
491.661*
6,522,434*
10
4
5
10
1
8
38
No.
7
8
4
2
Amount.
$36,708.
58,058.
58,863.
26,960.
. 2
5
28
31,665.
64.327.
276,581.
* 2
••;3-
5,537.
. 16,792.
(
22,329.
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DUE! TO BANKS:
Other States, & Canada
including Alaska.
Amount.
No.
17
$271,870.
34,554.
5
8
60,223.
10
65,682.
2
4,190.
2
787.
14
217.841.
58
655,147.
5
2
2
9
9,737 .
6,926.
40.938.
5*7,601.
1
3
12,459.
73,110.
JL
7
100,702.
5
6
5
5
1
15,683.
27,124.
27,374.
27,547.
4,858.
22
102,586.'
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TOTAL-
829
12,383,877*
457
7,104,091*
135
1,916,968*
72
738,672.
96
x The balances in these branches due to or from other branches or Head Office have not been taken into consideration*
Since consolidated*
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& 0 yjimg *S9$
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916,036.
Sea11 l e , Y/as hi ngt on ,
Seattle National
F irst National
Dexter Horton Nat.
xBk of California,N.A.
Mercantile National
National City Bank
Nat Bk of Commerce
Tacoma, Washington,
xBk of California,!*. A.
$Nat Bk of Commerce
^P acific National
Spokane, Washington,
Old National
F id elity National
Traders National
Nat Bk of Commerce
Exchange National
Portland, Oregon,
Lumbermens National
United States Nat.
xBk of California,N.A.
F irst National
Northwestern National
Merchants National
Total-
New York
Chicago
St .Louis
|701,107.
278,441.
471,705.
165,535.
9,019.
169,578.
595,252.
2 ,3 9 0 ,6 3 7 .
f 442,479.
192,182.
678,897.
117,901.
24,434.
112,317.
480.823.
2,049,033.-
4113,471.
64,622.
10,268.
17,767.
137,684.
238,298.
412.953.
788,935.
167,127.
98,003.
242.992.
508,122.
614,268.
106,686.
245,707.
35,827.
88.206.
1 ,0 5 0 ,69 4 .
284,638.
58,706.
165,085.
409.
55.481.
564,319.
St.Paul &
Minneapolis
3,538.
24.694.
234,360.
|159,230.
23,727.
43,546.
24,702.
1,871.
44,279.
116,493.
413 ,848.
85,456.
29,830.
115,286.
43,039.
84,436.
67,571.
195,046.
174,509.
44,149.
39,426.
2.176.
260,260.
437*990.
11,446.
66,279.
4 ,6 1 2 .
3 2 .7 5 4 .
553,081.
San
Francisco
Others including
Transit C ollections.
23,198.
206,991.
686,162 .
11,283,687.
284,657.
541,237.
110,338.
19,035.
171,429.
693.886.
3,104,969.
68,330.
35,322.
103,652.
106,399.
249,278.
337.963.
693,640.
§254,497.
94,568.
104,581.
2 ,3 2 7 .
36,324.
3 ,817.
21,749.
227.
22.483.
84,600.
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-D U E FH uia BANKS-
834,414.
149,607.
442,336.
24,846.
227.065.
1 ,6 7 8 ,26 8 .’
6
376,766.
431,171.
308,085.
590,543.
214,727.
182.953.
2,104,245,
332,522.
482,899.
421,839.
467,123
87,205.
139,263.
1 ,9 3 1 ,6 5 1 .
31,181.
159,499.
6,374,511.
5,053,125.
769,405.
32,990.
95,328.
24,325.
53,232.
26,205.
231,008.
52,268.
24.104.
411,142.
1,573,117
132,562.
131,722.
192,165.
195,675.
99.687.
751,8117
385,526.
604,506.
311,637.
1,014,643.
276,008.
185.891.
2 ,7 7 8 ,21 1 .
1,626,225.
8,255,088.
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March 7 tht
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Sirs
At the request o f the Com ptroller o f
tho C\irre»oyt your lo t t o r o f February 25th#
oncloalng a •ta t ©wont o f tha balances duo to
and froi« tho various banks o f Seattle* Portland,
Spokane and Tacoma, Is herewith acknowledged and
tho Information mentioned w i l l bo brought to tho
atten tion o f tho Ceiaiaiito® when i t is considering
tho su b joot of tho loca tion s fo r tho Federal Re
serve Brinks*.
Respectfully,
Secretary*
Reserve Bank Organ 1ta t ion Commit too.
Mr* Martin W* Da an,
' Bank Sxamlner* Treasury Department*
S e a ttle , Washington*
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Exhibit No. ^
Hearing at
JO H N P . H A R T M A N
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A R T H U R E .jN A F E
D W IQ H T D . H A fe T M A N
E D W A R D W .H A R T
B U R K E B U IL D IN G
C A BLE A D D R ESS
“H A RTSEA ” SEA T T LE
S E A T T L E , W A S H I NO TON
January 29th, 1914*
Hon* William McAdoo, Chairman,
Seattle, Wash.
Dear Mr. Secretary:Agreeable to my promise, I will now give you my reasons
orally expressed why I regard the City of Seattle the most important
point for a regional hank in the Horthwest part of the United States.
The City of Seattle is the most important trade center Horth of San
Francisco on this Coast, and considering the future believe it will
be equal in every respect to San Francisco, and will lead all other
cities in the Horthwest.
The contest must, as I take it, be waged
between Portland and Seattle.
While comparisons are odious, I must
of necessity make them, to give you the facts upon which a final
conclusion must be based*
Trade relation, trade extension, and general commercial
expansion and development are the governing principles which I take
it will go far towards determining the location of such a bank.
The trade relation, of course, involves more truly agriculture than
anything else.
Manufacturing comes next.
I am keeping these
things in mind.
ADJACBBT POPULATION.
Under this head, I will consider the trade population
tributary, according to the best information which I can obtain, to
Seattle and Portland, talcing in each instance Portland first*
PORTLAID TRADE POPULATION.
The population, including the City of Portland and to the
South aad West, is about 450,000 people; to the East, including
Portland, about 200, 000 people; and to the Uorth, which is all in
the State of Washington, about 100,000 to 125,000 people.
This
trade does not reach Seattle.
Few deep sea vessels plying in the world’ s trade, particu
larly the Orient, enter Portland Harbor.
Vessels whose draft exceecfe
twenty-four feet can not with safety pass the Columbia River bar*
This may be improved.
The Federal Government has spent millions
upon the work, but the barrier has not been removed.
Portland has no Oriental trade, save flour, and has no
trade relation with Alaska, and in fact sells scarcely anything at
all Uorth of Centralia and Chehalis in Washington.
in the Gray’ s
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To Hon. William McAdoo, Chairman.
Harbor country, she has some trade, Taut less than Seattle.
Portland
pretty wellcontrols the Walla Walla district, "but scarcely crosses
the Snake River.
Eastern Oregon she divides somewhat with Salt
Lake City, and will divide that more now since the Interstate Com
merce decision changing the interior rates.
SEATTLE TRADE POPULATION.
The trade population of Seattle and to the South and West
including Seattle, is fully 500,000 people.
The trade population
to the East thereof, excluding Seattle, is about 400,000.
The
trade population to the Horth, excluding Seattle, Taut including
British Columbia and Alaska, is about 900,000.
We are already
sending considerable of our manufactured product to Japan, China, ad
the Philippines, in competition with San Francisco, and this trade
will increase, for one reason because there are many Seattleites
in the Orient, and they are all partisan.
We furnish most of the
hay that goes to the Orient, and much of the fruit.
We have a good
business in all the tov/ns East of the Mountains, even in Spokane,
save groceries and hardware, and reach into Montana as far as Butte.
British Columbia is growing very rapidly, and is constant
ly buying more from our merchants and manufacturers.
Our relation
with that Province is most cordial, and particularly do we do a large
exchange banking business with them.
Alaska trades almost exclusively in this town.
The banks
in Alaska have their outside principal agents here.
The Alaskan
in every kind of trade comes first in Seattle, and many of them keep
their banking accounts here.
COMPARATIVE CROP VALUES.
The grain crop of Oregon, which includes wheat, oats, and
barley, is valued annually at about $25,000,000.
The fruit crop
is under $10, 000, 000.
And the hay crop, while figures are not
at hand that can be relied upon, seems to be about one-third to
one-half of that of. the State or Washington.
The dairy product is
not large in Oregon, or in either state for that matter, but in tim®
will become a most important agricultural feature in the two states,
for conditions for producing high-class dairy product are ideal.
In Washington, the annual grain crop, including wheat, oats
and barlgy, -exceeds #50,000,000. and for the present year has run
above $60,000,000.
The fruit crop including apples, peaches, and
berries averages about $25,000,000. per year.
About half of the
high-class apples produced in the Intermountain and Pacific Coast
country comes from the state of Washington, and the remainder from
Oregon, Idaho, and Colorado.
Within ten years, apple bearing acreage
of the state will be increased about fourfold.
The new orchards
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Page 3
To Hon. William McAdoo, chairman.
which will come in bearing will make this addition.
The bank ex
change business of the fruit and grain is carried on almost exclus
ively in this city.
The tree fruit bearing districts of Oregon can not be in
creased very much, because the available ground is largely covered.
In the Yakima Valley of Washington, there is now provided
with water for irrigation about 160,000 acres.
By what is known as
the new high line canal ditch, this will be increased to about
400, 000 acres, all of which will be available for apples and hay and
general daily farming, in the proportion of about one for apples
and three for dairying and hay.
In the Wenatchee country, the
ground provided with irrigation is about 70,000 acres.
The new
Q,uincy project now under way will provide 400,000 or more acres
with water.
The soil in this district is of the very best.
The
Walla Walla and Spokane districts have a large fruit acreage, which
will be increased.
Kay production is not very carefully figured out, but
the annual crop is worth more than |l5, 000, 000., which is largely
produced in the Puget Sound basin and Yakima Valley districts.
This crop is rapidly increasing.
The dairy possibilities in this state are most inviting,
but the industry is in its infancy.
The present production is con
fined almost exclusively to the Puget Sound basin.
The annual
worth is now about $10,000,000.
We have six large milk condensing
establishments sending their products all over the state, British
Northwest, and Alaska, in cargo lots to the Orient, and to the states
East of us, particularly the Montana districts.
Most of our flour is exported to the Orient from the six
flouring mills in this city.
We export little or no wheat.
All these industries and development call for bank exchange
arrangements which reach all over the world, particularly the fruit
and grain business, coupled with the other matters hereinafter re
ferred to, shows great demand for a regional bank here, so that the
exchange relations throughout the United States and the world m y be
readily had.
COAL.
The State of Oregon produces no coal, while the annual
output of this state, which is mostly represented by labor, is valued
at about $15, 000, 000.% and that of British Columbia, which trades with
us, at about the same.
The coal industry is rapidly developing, as
the state increases in population and ih e trade relations expand.
The coal of Alaska under the wise law just passed for railroad build
ing, will become an important factor increasing bank demands.
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Page 4
To Hon William McAdoo, Chairman.
GOLD PRODUCT IOB.
Alaska and the Yukon Territory, since the discoveries in
the summer of 1897, have sent to the Seattle Assay Office about
$300,000,000.00 of this metal.
Practically all the gold comes
here, for here the merchant trades.
The gold production now, with
the beneficient law passed will increase, as will the population of
Alaska and the trade extension of that territory.
The gold pro
duction of Alaska, and that trade relation extension, is one of the
strongest factors demanding that the regional bank be at Seattle,
rather than at any other Northwest port.
LUMBER TRADE.
Prom the best statistics obtained, the lumber production
of Oregon does not seem to have ever exceeded $35,000,000. per annum
and is more nearly $20,000,000.
Nearly all their lumber is sent
interstate or rail shipments.
The value of the manufactured lumber
t the mill in this state during the past ten years has run from
35,000,000. to $75,000,000. and the average being about $50, 000,000
per annum.
Puget Sound having fine deep water facilities, open to
all ships of the world at all times, and having on its shores the
best merchantable timber 3mown in the world, has enabled the state
to export about one-half of all the product, the other half going
inland by rail.
Seattle is the center of this important industry.
Here the mill owner lives.
Here is the manufacturer who makes the
mill machinery and does all the repairing.
Prom this towi the trade
radiates and covers the important cities to the North, the West and
the Southwest in this businsss.
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ORIENTAL TRADE.
In some lines, particularly flour, fish, and lumber, we
have developed a large export trade to the urient.
The opportunity
exists for largely increasing that trade, but the best of banking
facilities are necessary to accomplish this advance.
SHIPPING FACILITIES.
So far as rail shipments are concerned, there is very
little difference between the two towns.
Seattle has the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. paul Railroad in addition to the Roads serving
Portland. -When it comes to trade with Alaska and the Orient,
shipping facilities are very much in favor of Seattle over any other
town in the Northwest.
PISH.
Cured fish products, and a comparatively small amount of
fresh fish shipped in refrigerator are sent from the Columbia River,
at a value of about $4, 000,000. per year.
A considerable portion of
this value is fish put up on this side.
The cured fish product of
Washington and Alaska exceeds $20,000,000. this year.
The fishermen
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Page 5
To Hon William McAdoo, f»hairman.
live here, and the outfitting is done in this city.
Much fresh
fish is shipped the year around, principally halibut, through a
large concern in this city.
It goes largely to the Eastern states,
and is found in fine condition as far as the Boston market at all
seasons of the year.
POWER COST.
Manufacturing is increasing in the Northwest.
The cost
of producing power is an important factor.
Where there is manu
facturing, banks of course are needed.
Coal is cheaper on Puget
Sound than on the Columbia River by at least $1.50 per ton.
The
City of Portland is served alone by private hydro-electric power
corporations.
At Seattle, the Stone-Webster combination, in plants
developed and developing, can produce about 200,000 H.P.
The City
of Seattle, in its municipal plant at Cedar River, has now developed
more than 20,000 H.P., and when the plant is ultimately completed
will reach nearly 50, 000, while it is preparing to develop other
fields, condemnation being directed therefor.
This has made the ,
cost of power cheaper here than in any other city on the Coast, save
Tacoma, where the conditions are the same.
The municipal plant
of Tacoma has done much to reduce the rate there, and correspondingly
has increased its manufacturing enterprise.
The relations between
Tacoma and Seattle are close, and the development of the one is the
development of the other.
CONCLUPm STATISTICS.
The population of Oregon is approximately 750,000, of
Washington 1, 500, 000, and of the panhandle of Idaho 100, 000, of the
Western half of Montana, 250, 000, of British Columbia and Alaska
approximately 800,000.
The natural and the real trade center and
distributing point of this entire territory is Seattle.
Besides,
Seattle is from two to thr«e days closer to Japanese and Chinese
ports than any of the other available Pacific Coast trade ports.
On the further side of the pacific we are trading with approximately
500,000,000 people.
The Atlantic Coast has developed something
like ten cities of the size and larger than Seattle, in trading on
the further side of the Atlantic with 225,000,000 people.
The only
ports we have on "the Westerly part of the United States are San Diego
San Pedro, San Francisco, Columbia River, and Puget Sound.
Three
of these, San Diego, San Prancisco, and Puget Sound are open to the
ships of the world under all conditions, at all times, and without
any danger-whatever of entering under any stress of weather.
These figures and facts must be given careful consideration in deter
mining the important question submitted by The Congress to your
Commission.
C01TCLITSI0U.
What I have said above concerning Portland is not with the
intention of reflecting upon that city.
It is a strong, commercial
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Page 6
To Hon. William MeAd oo, Chairman
town, with a splendid American citizenship.
Its commercial attain
ment, however, is not equal to that of Seattle, nor do I believe it
ever will he,
I have many good friends there, and do a considerable
business with the city and its people.
In what I have said, I have
tried to divorce myself from partisanship, and reach conclusions
based alone upon uncontrovertible facts.
Respectfully, arid most truly, yours,
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J. M. HAW
JORNE
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S eattle, Wash*, December 31st, 1913.
Bear Mr. P r e s id e n t j*
I am addressing you personally and not as
V fi& tY n m
r tizens Committee under whose auspices the 'fass
Meeting was held at which th* enclosed Resolutions were adopted.
The Resolutions in my opinion are unpr ecedented and mark
a new and commendable era in p o l i t i c s .
.Just think of over fo u r
thousand c itiz e n s composed o f Democrats, Republicans, Progressives
and even S o c ia lis ts uniting* in a non-partisan mass meeting and unanimously adopting Resolutions thapJrfng youN^id the Congress fo r passing
law, tp-w it, the Federal ^ ^ e r v p ^ c t .
I t is true th|/movement had it^ inception at a meeting o f
County D e m o c r a t C j u b held on t)|e 20th instant when I
a Resolution/which i^fNBnanimoualJr adopted c a llin g the mass
The repponse, fiowevfcr, o f q&l p a rties was so generous
io
fa r exceeded!the eaqpectyflons ojf the Democratic Club and my
th at i t has b e e k a matter o f ^ e a t g r a tific a tio n to us
"^•v.
******
In view o f the M i s meeting and o f the fa c t that during
the past few months I have met many prominent Republicans who were so
w ell pleased wilfe your Administration that they openly stated to me
that they were seriously considering becoming Democrats, I have been
impressed with the n ecessity o f urging on our Democratic ed itors
and speakers the a d v isa b ility o f making the newcomers welcome by
referrin g to Republicans and Progressives with the utmost courtesy
and by om itting a ll ofen sive remarks; and knowing you hold the same
views i t has occurred to me that i f you saw f i t to give out an in te rviaw at some opportune tim* urging those ideas, that i t would have
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i O RNE
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the effect of softening,
i f not
entirely preventing the use o f i r r i
tating utterances by the moulders of p ublic opinion in our P a rty ,
I am s a t is fie d from what T know of the public mind in this
State that i f you think best to give such an interview , that your
suggestions w i l l be followed and as a result Republicans and Progressives w ill be attracted to our Party in such numbers that your Admin
istration w i l l be overwhelmingly endorsed,
as it ought to b e,
at
the Congress ional selections to be held next F a l l ,
Again congratulating you on the passage of both the Feder
al Reserve Act and the T a r i f f Act, and off the splendid success o f
3^0ur Adm inistration, I am,
Yours tr u ly .
His T<!xcell«ncy, Woodrow W ilson,
P resid e n t of the United S ta tes,
Washington, D* C.
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Seattle, Wn. Bee# 2 2 , 1913#
Hon.
V>0
“
L . Jones,
U . S* Senate Chambers, Washington, D# C.
Can I trouble you to have sent me at e a r lie s t p o ssib le moment copy of
the currency b i l l as f i n a l l y passed* Everybody here including a l l bankers
are much pleased with result of h U 3 .
We art*, ■very desirous of getting one
of fed eral Banks h e re . Know you w ill help a l l you can.
D an iel K e lle h e r .
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CABLE ADDRESS
“BAUSKELEM"
WESTERN UNION AND
Fr e d e r i c k B a u s m a n
Da n ie l K e l l e h e r
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LIEBER.S C0DE
lU fyer
December 22, 1913.
Hon. Wm. G. McAdoo,
Secretary of the Treasurery,
Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. McAdoo: —
This is to confirm my telegram to you of
Saturday night asking your good w i l l in lo c a tin g one of the * €
fe d e ra l reserve bawks in S e a ttle .
The S e a ttle N ational Bank,
in which I am la rg e ly in te re s te d , is today telegraphing you
congratulations on the passage of the Currency B i l l ,
Its
o ffic e r s approve thoroughly of every phase of the b i l l .
The
S e a ttle National is the la rg e s t bank in the Northwest, and I
b elieve th a t other banks w i l l fo llo w i t s lead .
I believe th a t
every national bank in the s ta te is reedy to jo in the A ssociation.
Many of the state banks w i l l give up th e ir s ta te ch arters, and
take out charters under the N atio n al Bank Act,
A general
r a t if ic a t i o n meeting w i l l be held here the l a t t e r p art of the
week.
This meeting, which is c a lle d by the Democratic Club,
is fo r the purpose of r a t if y in g and confirming the currency
le g is la tio n , and w i l l be p a rtic ip a te d in by a l l commercial
bodies in the c it y .
As i t is g en erally known th a t I have
been in hearty accord w ith the b i l l from the beginning, I have
been asked to make the p rin c ip a l address of the evening.
I t seems to me th a t we ought to have two
fed eral banks on t h is coast.
One of course is in San Francisco,
and the Northwest ought to have one in S e a ttle .
As the rep resentative of the S e a ttle Clearing
House Association, I have a very pleasant re c o lle c tio n of meeting
you i r Washington la s t August.
With best wishes, I remain,
S incerely yours,
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January 2* 1916*
!Jy dear Sir;
Secretary McA&oo, who id
slightly ill, diroots mo to ackacrc'ledf© *t*coijp& of your letter of December
and to say that the oJatae of
Seattle for the location of
federal
reserve bank will receive due con&ide^stion by tJio Eeserve Bank Organization
Comaittoe* whicsh will hold a tear log
in Seattle durlnn1 its trip 'Seet.
Very truly yorara*
.'Privssto racro^ary*
Daniel l&llebor^ E sq *,
Hog© Bui idln; :#
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Fr e d e r ic k B a u s m a n
cable address
Da n i e l K e l l e h e r
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R o b e r t P. O l d h a m
R o b e r t C .G o o d a le
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December 2 7 , 1 9 1 3 .
H onorable D avid S. H o uston,
S e c r e ta r y o f A g r ic u lt u r e ,
W ash in g to n , D . G.
D ear S i r ;
I have a p le a s a n t r e c o l l e c t i o n o f m e e tin g you p e r
s o n a lly in W ashington l a s t Septem ber, when you made s a t i s
f a c t o r y arrangem ents w ith me fo r yo u r D e p a rtm e n t's d raw in g
p la n s f o r s u b t i l i n g a f i e l d I have on my p la c e in th e v a l l e y
of V ir g in ia .
S in ce t h a t tim e th e e n g in e e r has been down
t h e r e and seems to be m aking s a t i s f a c t o r y p ro g re s s in th e
m a tte r.
I am p le a s e d to le a r n t h a t th e O r g a n iz a tio n Commit
t e e u nd er th e c u rre n c y b i l l in te n d to make a v i s i t soon to
S e a ttle .
The H a rv a rd men o f t h e N o rth w est lo o k upon you as
one o f t h e i r num ber.
We have h e re a H arvard Club o f some one
hundred s i x t y members, o f which I am p r e s id e n t , and we a l l s in
c e r e ly hope t h a t you w i l l n o t f a i l to make the t r i p as a member
o f th e O r g a n iz a tio n Comm ittee when th e y come h e r e .
They w i l l
w a n t, i f p o s s ib le , to have a chance to meet you as H a rv a rd men.
P e r s o n a lly I am v e ry much in t e r e s t e d in t h i s c u rre n c y
b ill.
I w atched th e l e g i s l a t i o n c a r e f u l l y from th e b e g in n in g
because I am v e ry much in t e r e s t e d as a Democrat in M r. W ils o n ’ s
a d m in is t r a t io n .
The b i l l i s a g r e a t c r e d i t to th e A dm inis
t r a t i o n and i t is g e n e r a lly conceded h e re t h a t i t w i l l be a good
t h in g f o r th e c o u n try in g e n e r a l.
I have c o n s id e ra b le i n
t e r e s t in s e v e r a l o f the banks h e re and am l a r g e l y in t e r e s t e d
in the S e a t t l e N a tio n a l Bank, w hich is th e l a r g e s t bank in
th e N o rth w e s t.
They te le g ra p h e d M r. McAdoo, even b e fo re th e
b i l l was s ig n e d , a p p ro v in g t h e b i l l th o ro u g h ly and a p p ly in g
f o r membership i n t h e a s s o c ia tio n .
I am in t e r e s t e d in s e v e r a l
o f th e S tate banks and u nd er my a d v ic e th e y a re going to
ta k e out n a t io n a l c h a r te r s in th e n e a r f u tu r e to jo in th e
a s s o c ia tio n as n a t io n a l b a n k s .
I was v e ry s o r r y to h e a r a t th e l a s t m in ute t h a t
A la s k a was ta k e n out o f th e p r o v is io n s o f t h i s b i l l .
I t is
g e n e r a lly reg ard ed o u t here as v e ry u n f a i r to A la s k a .
That
c o u n try h as a g r e a t f u t u r e , is g o in g to develop g r e a t l y in
th e n e x t te n y e a r s , and h e r banks ought to be a llo w e d to be
lo n g t o th e system .
W ith them e x c lu d e d , how ever, th e r e is
a l l th e more reason why S e a t t l e should be s e le c te d as one o f
th e c i t i e s in which th e r e g io n a l bank i s s e t t l e d .
The A la s k a
banks w i l l depend more th a n e v e r upon th e S e a t t le banks f o r
accom m odation, and i f we have one of the re s e rv e b an ks, th e
member banks i n S e a t t l e can ta k e c a re much more e a s i l y of
u n io n a n d
l i e b e r ’s
code
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A la s k a t e r r i t o r y .
D id you e v e r sto p to t h in k t h a t S e a t t l e is
s it u a t e d e a s t o f th e c e n tr e o f t h e U n ite d S t a t e s , i f we in c lu d e
A la s k a in th e U n ite d S ta te s ?
I s in c e r e ly hope t h a t when th e
board has c o n s id e re d c a r e f u l l y t h e l o c a t i on o f t h e s e v e r a l
r e g io n a l banks t h a t you V i 11 a l l
agree t h a t Sea t t l e is en
t i t l e d to one o f th e m .
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W ith k in d e s t p e rs o n a l re grids and t r u s t i n g t o see
you in th e n e a r f u t u r e , I re m ain ,
V e ry s in c e r e ly y o u rs ,
DK)L
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January Zf I'D14,
!3r« Jianiel
H og®
ollehor
B u ild in g
S e a ttle ,
v>aeJu
d e a r sir:
I mn glad to hoar from you sgA to loam that the ^aartnent *s
doll^tod to find that the seaitirnent of tlio banking aaa- 'business in
terests is so favorable to tho not; measure,
I fear that I shall be
so busy Oaring iny stay in Seattle that 1 shall not Imfo an O'n-^rtimlty
to neet the Harvard m m *
It t/oiild* of course, “be a “oleasmre to r,m to
do so If I \w t g to be there lone caaugh.
1 th pleasant recollectiono of your visit, I era,
Very truly youra,
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J o h n D. W e n g i
E x e c u t iv e
C o m m it t e e
P r e s id e n t
W.
R o b e r t
M c C l e l l a n d
J o h n
VICE-PRESIDENT
H e n r y
S
COUNTY
V o lk m a r
H e n r y
S ecretary
H ir a m
A.
DE
P r a t t
Treasu rer
F in a n c e
W
C o m m it t e e
illia m
R e c e p t io n
E .
C .
D .
P ig o t t ,
c h a ir m a n
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C H E A S T Y ,
C h a ir m a n
S -
, e x
M .
J .
D . T r e n h o l m e
C h a s . D .
F u l l e n
W .
S h o r e t t
C .
H u n t
Jan . 2 1 , 1 9 1 4 .
To the Honorable,
The President of the United S t a t e s .
S ir :In view of the pending le g is l a t io n concerning Alaska
and the strong p ro b a b ility that S ea ttle w il l be selected as
a lo ca tio n for one of the Regional Reserve Banks, the enclosed
map (crude because home made, but true to s c a le ) may be of
interest•
The map shows the vastness o f Alaska as compared with
the Hew England S ta te s , the proxim ity of Alaska to the shortest
and best trans-Pacific route, and the table of temperatures
attached may help to correct the erroneous impression as to
the real facts •
Concerning S e a t t l e fs claim for recognition as the Hew
York City of the P a c ific Coast and a proper lo c a tio n for a
Regional Reserve Bank, the map shows Seattle the key to A laska,
the American seaport nearest the O r ie n t, the Eastern terminus
of the shortest and best trans- Pacific route, the Northern
terminus of the Panama Canal and coastwise Routes, and the
Northwestern terminus o f s i x trans-continental railro ads w ith
another soon to come.
W ith apologies for my temerity in bringing th is before
you and profound app reciatio n of any consideration that may be
given , I am, for the good I may do,
Sinc erely and most r e sp e c tfu lly ,
O f f ic io
H a w t h o r n e
P o r t l a n d
S eattle, W a s h in g t o n ,
V o lk m a r
J .
J u d s o n
C o m m it t e e
e n g e r
se c r e t a r y
CLUB
LY^N BlJiyDING
W
C h a ir m a n , E x Q f f ic io
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J o h n
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E x e c u t iv e
e n g e r
R o b e r t
W .
J o h n
M c C l e l l a n d
V ic e -P r e s id e n t
H e n r y
S
p U N T Y
V o lk m a r
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H e n r y
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C o m m it t e e
il l ia m
L tO N K B U IL ib t|lG
P i g o t t , c h a ir m a n
S -
e n g e r
V o l k m a r
O f f ic io
M .
H a w t h o r n e
J .
D.
T r e n h o l m e
C h a s .
D.
F u l l e n
W .
S h o r e t t
C o m m it t e e
E. C. C H E A S T Y ,
P o r t l a n d
C h a ir m a n
S eattle, W a s h in g t o n ,
Jan 13, 1914
To The Honorable,
TheSecretary O f Agriculture,
JAi
S ir:
Believing that the enclosedrTaa^4~&om ^jm de^^t true to
scale ) may shed some li&ht on the merits of @e&jLtLla>8 claims for
recognition I beg leave to submit same for the consideration of
the "Reserve Bank Organization Committee tt in the hope that I
in my capacity of private citize n , may be of' some assistance in
helping you come to a just and wise decision*
The map, plainer than words, reveals Seattfci, the key to
Alaska, the American port nearest to the Orient, the Eastern
terminus of the shortest trans Pacific route and the northern
terminus of Panama Canal and Coast wise routes*
These together
with the fact that Seattle is the Northwestern terminus of six
transcontinental railway lines ( G* N* - N. P* - C* M. & S t / P. 0 . & W* • C* P*
and Burlington and the North Coast Railway soon
to come ) furnish absolute and indisputable evidence of Seattle*s
strategical supremacy, commercially and otherwise, and ju s t ify her
claims of being the Hew York City Of the Pacific Coast*
The emigration, assay, customs and other offices in
Seattle, Navy at Bremerton, m ilitary at American Lake etc* show
a most natural and inevitable federal concentration at and near
Seattle and the establishment of a federal Reserve Bank Of Seattle
is most logical from a Federal viewpoint in addition to the claims
of the Northwest in general and Seattle in particular which claims
w il l be fully and completely la id before you by proper authorities
on your arrival in this city*
o th e r
O f f ic io
J .
J u d s o n
R e c e p t io n
W
S ecretary, E x
CLUB
P r a t t
T reasu rer
F in a n c e
D .
C h a ir m a n , E x
S ecretary
H ir a m
C o m m it t e e
/
P r e s id e n t
T r u s tin g
th e n
e x h ib its
o n b e h a lf
th a t th is
m ap w i l l
o f S e a ttle
a n d th e
be
c o n s id e r e d w it h
g r e a t N o rth w e s t,
I
C o u r te o u s ly
y o u rs
am
C .
H u n t
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D.
J o h n
W
R o b e r t
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M c C l e l l K n d
V ice-P resid en t
H e n r y
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PRESIDENT
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R e c e p t io n
P ig o t t ,
M .
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C o m m it t e e
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B b lL D l-N G
S .
e n g e r
V o l k m a r
H a w t h o r n e
JU D S O N
E. C . C H E A S T Y , C h a ir m a n
F u l l e n
W .
P o r t l a n d
S e a t t l e , W a s h i n g t o n , Jan 1 3 ,
S H O R E T T
C .
H u n t
1914
To The Honorable
The Secretary O f The Treasury
Sir s
B e lie v in g that the enclosed map ( home made hut true to
scale) may shed some lig h t on the m erits of S e a t t l e f a claims for
recognition I "beg leave to submit same fo r the consideration of
the
" He serve Bank Organization C faaittee * in the hope that I ,
in my capacity of private c i t i z e n , may he of some' assistance
in
h elpin g you to arrive at a ju st and w ise d e c is io n .
The map, p lain er than words, reveals S e a ttle , the key
to Alaska, the nearest American port to the O r ie n t, the Eastern
terminus of trans P a c if i c shortest route and the Northern terminus
of Panama Canal and coast wise routes*
These together w ith the
fact that Seattle is the Northwestern terminus of
s ix tran sco n ti
nental railway lin e s ( G* ff* - N. P . - 0 . M. & S t.
P.
- 0 . & W* C. P .
and B urlington and the Horth Coast R a ilro a d soon to come )
furnish absolute and indisputable evidence of S e a t t l e ! s stra teg ica l
commercial supremacy and j u s t i f y her claims of being the^Hew York
City of the P a c ific Coast**
The em igration, assay, customs and other o ffic e s in
Sea ttle, Mavy at Bremerton, m ilita ry at American Lake etc* show
a most n atural and inevitable Federal concentration at and near
Seattle and the establishment of a Federal Reserve Bank O f Seattle
is most l o g ic a l from a Federal viewpoint in a d d itio n to the claims
of the Northwest in general and Seattle in p articu la r w hich claims
w i l l be fu l l y and completely l a i d before you by proper auth o rities
on your a r r iv a l in th is city*
on
T r u s tin g
th e n
th a t
b e h a lf o f S e a ttle
th is
m a p w i l l b e c o n s id e r e d w it h
a n d th e
g r e a t H o rth w e s t,
I am
C o u r te o u s ly
e
T r e n h o l m e
C h a s . D .
C o m m it t e e
e x h ib its
t e
S e c r e ta r y , Ex o f f i c i o
CLUB
Treasurer
F in a n c e
D .
H e n r y
P r a t t
C o m m
Chairman, Ex O ffic io
SECRETARY
H ir a m
m v e
J o h n
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V o l k m a r
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J o h n
D .
W e n g e r
E x e c u t iv e
C o m m it t e e
P r e s id e n t
R o b e r t
W .
J o h n
M c C l e l l a n d
V ic e -P r e s id e n t
H e n r y
S
U N T Y
V o lk m a r
H e n r y
S ecretary
H ir a m
A .
W
R e c e p tio n
E .
C .
P ig o t t,
c h a ir m a n
LYON\BUILlSlftj<G
S .
V o lk m a r
M .
J .
D . T r e n h o l m e
F u l l e n
W .
P o r t l a n d
j an
S h o r e t t
C .
1 3 , i914
To The Honorable
The Comptroller Of The Currency
Sir:
Believing that the enclosed map ( home made but true to
scale) may shed some light on the merits of Seattle*s Claim for
recognition I beg leave to submit same for the consideration of the
"Reserve Bank Organization Committee M in the hope that in my
capacity of private citizen, I may be of some assistance in helping
you come to a just and wise decision.
The map, plainer than words, reveals
the key
to Alaska, the American port nearest to the Orient, the Eastern
terminus of the shortest trans p acific route and the Hofcthenn term
inus of Panama Canal and Coast wise routes*
These together
with the fact that Seattle is the northwestern terminus of six
transcontinental railways ( G. H . - IT. P*' - C* M. & St. P. - 0 & WC. P.
and Burlington and the JTorth Coast Railway soon to come ) tkt
furnish absolute and indisputable evidence of Seattlefs Strategical
supremacy, commercially and otherwise, and' ju stify her claims of
being the " ITew York City of The Pacific "•
The emigration, assay, customs and other offices in
Seattle, Navy at Bremerton, m ilitary at American Lake etc* show a
most natural and inevitable federal concentration at and near
Seattle and the establishment of a federal Reserve Bank Of Seattle
is most logical from a federal view point in addition to the Claims
of the Northwest in general, and Seattle in particular which claims
w il l be fully and completely laid before you by proper authorities
on your arrival in this city*
T r u s tin g
th e n
e x h ib its
o n b e h a lf
O f f ic io
H a w t h o r n e
J u d s o n
c h a ir m a n
Seattle, W a s h in g t o n ,
o th e r
O f f ic io
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UGiiC
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January 2 3 th , 1914*
5
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Your letters of the 13th addressed to the
Secretary
ot the
^Treasury, the Coraptroiltr of the Ctar*
rency and the Secretary of %ri<*altt*r#t enclosing msps
d m ig m & to ftbonr fche rsrlta of 3oattlie9s claim as a
proper location for a Federal ilesarvo Saak, have been
referred bo thin c ffioa for attention*
In reply, 1
M g to adtri&d that the aaiae hay© been filed and fill
be cor,a idored by the QorMtte® in determining this
qpmnt l O
iu
H08pootfa.llyt
Secret &*y,
Hesenre Jtaic Organ!nation $or®3itiee»
Hr* Hiram A« Pratt* Treasurer,
King County U^moeratic Club,
Seattle, ^'aahin^toiu
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T E L E G R A P H - C A B L E
N IG H T
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n
L E T T E R G R A M
T H E P O S T A L T E L E G R A P H -C A B L E C O M P A N Y (IN C O R P O R A T E D ) T R A N S M I T S A N D D E L IV E R S T H IS N IG H T L E T T E R G R A M
n
R E C E IV E D
S U B JE C T TO TH E
CLARENCE H. MACKAY, P r e s id e n t
T E R M S A N D C O N D IT IO N S P R IN T E D O N T H E B A C K O F T H IS B L A N K .
DI N D E P E N D E N T
4
C D M P A b l Y
AT
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N um ber
P P O G R E
C O M P E T I T I V E
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3 CH. UR* 40 13. X..
Seattle, Washn** Dec* 22-1913*
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J o r d n ^ r ,
House of Heps*f Washington* D *$
Bear Jo e , hope you w ill do a l l you can to
hare Seattle selected as one of locations for a Federal
reserre “bank* A ll here wish you and yours a Merry
S&as and a
happy Hew Year# T i f f is in Saginaw*
; K. U
M errill*
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Sruateeo
We
l_. G . P A T TUL L O
W. c . D a w s o n
W. W. H a r d e r
E. R . A d a m s
M. j . C o n n e l l
G . F. F O L S OM
R. C. HASSON
R . D. M c A u s l a n d
H W. R o b e r t s
C . W . Wi L EY
. t t u l l o , President
w . c . D a w s o n . Vice-President
W . W . H a r d e r , Sec’p-Treas.
R . C . H i l l , Manager
.. G.
M e r c h a n ts E x c h a n g e o f S e a ttle
9 9 MARION STREET, Colman Building
ABLE ADDRESS "MERCHANTS)
Seattle, Wash.,
i)oc. 251, 1 9 1 5 .
iUtiohs adopted by the ti;'J3te3s oi1 tes
iffi&caAmexchange,ot- si
7/JdBEEAS, The new currency law enact eJTbj
by President V/ilson December 2 3 , 1 9 1 3 , i s des|f;::e*
tate the movement of crops, the finan cin g of Jtndii
operations and meet the requirements of commerce
wongre ss%-xrd signea
p r i m a r i l y to facili_ and In d u s t r i a l
id
WliSSSAS, In order to make 'e f f e c t i v e ^ h e
?cts/€f the measure,
the United States i s to be divided into a numtft o f T ‘efy*ral He serve
Bank D i s t r i c t s , with one regional bank as the lit
;ers of each; And
W1IEEKAS, The P a c if ic Northwest, including the states of Wash
ington, O r e g o n ,. Id a h o , at least a portion of Montana, and the Territory
of A la s k a , are so situated as to form a n atural d i s t r i c t , owing to con
siderations o f b u s in e s s , industry and fin a n c e ; of geography; distances
and r e la t iv e remoteness from other regional centers; of a g ric u ltu r e ; of
foreign trad e; and of future development; And
7THSRBAS, Any sub d iv is io n , which would attach t h is territory
to d is t r ic t s otherwise formed would make the State of Washington and
the p^rsat p ort of Puget Sound more remote from a regional bank than
any other portion o f the United States with an equal volume of bu s in es s
and p opulation; And
WHEREAS, The City of Seattle is the m etropolis commercially,
in d u s t r ia lly and f i n a n c i a l l y , of the P a c i f i c lo rthw est, and is r>o s i t
uated as most conveniently to serve a l l portions of t h is t e r r it o r y ,
including A la s k a , to iftiloh it i s the undisputed gateway;
•
TilSKSFORE, BE IT EE301VED, That the Merchants Exchange of
Seattle earnestly appeals to the fe d e r a l Bank Organization Committee to
create a fe d e r a l Reserve D is tric t embracing the states of W ashington,
Oregon, Id a h o , West era Montana, and A la s k a ; And
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That j S e a t t ^ bests meets a l l the req,uirements o f the lo catio n of the regional" bank w ith in t h is proposed
d istr ic t .
(Signed)
A N S W
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FORM
E R E D
4
(Signed) /
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G, PATTULLO, P r e s id e n t.
W . W . H arder,
Secretary.
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M E M B E R A S S O C IA T E D C H A M B E R S OF
C O M M E R C E O F T H E P A C IF IC C O A S T .
M EM BER CHAM BER OF COMMERCE
OF TH E U N IT E D S T A T E S
O F A M E R IC A .
:
J . E .C H IL .B E R G ,P r e s id e n t .
d e p a r t m e n t s
E . F . S W E E N E Y V ice : P res* d e n
in d u s t r ia l
J . C . S L A T E R ,'V ic e
t r a n s p o r t a t i o n
J . D .H O G E .Tr e a s u
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A LA S K A
B U IL D I N G
c h a r i t i e s
e n d o r s e m e n t
C. B . Y A N D E L L , S e c r e t a r y .
EERSONiL
February 7,
1914.
Mr. George R. Cooksey,
care Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Cooksey:I am attaching copy of the letter formally addressed
to the Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
- t.If*
of Washington, D . C . ,
announcing the forwarding of the duplicate albums requested .
while here.
I hope when you receive this you w ill have completed
your trip,
and have gained as much enjoyment from it as possible
under the circumstances, and the tremendous pressure of work
to which you have been subjected throughout the journey.
Yours respectfully,
.
a
Assistant Secretary.
ROH/fc.
Encl.
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M E M B E R A S S O C IA T E D C H A M B E R S OF
C O M M E R C E O F T H E P A C IF IC C O A S T .
C O P Y
MEM BER CHAM BER OF COMMERCE
O F THE U N IT E D S T A T E S
O F A M E R IC A .
J . E .C H IL B E R G ,P r e s id e n t .
d e p a r t m e n t s
E .F . S W E E N E Y V ic e P r e s id e n t .
IN D U S T R IA L
J . C. S L A T E R .V i c e
T R A N S P O R T A T IO N
J . D .H O G E
P r e s id e n t.
:
E X H IB IT S
.T re a s u re r.
E X P L O IT A T IO N
T A X A T I ON
CO N V E N T IO N S
A LA S K A
C H A R IT IE S E N D O R S E M E N T
C. B . Y A N D E L L , S e c r e t a r y
February 7,
1914
Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
In conformity with the request made hy Secretary
McAdoo and Secretary Houston at the Reserve Bank Organization Committee hearing in Seattle, January 29th,
forwarding on this date, by American Express,
we are
two duplicate
copies of the album of maps, diagrams and photographs file d
with the Committee as evidence here*
An additional map requested by Secretary Houston
is under preparation, and w ill be sent within the next day
or two; together with certain other data fcnd statistics-in
response to specific questions by the Committee to jritnesses,
who were asked to compile and forward such information*
Trusting that what we are sending may be both of
interest and service, I have the honor to be
Respectfully,
Chairman Joint Committee,
Seattle Clearing House Association
Seattle Chamber of Commerce*
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MEMBER a s s o c ia t e d c h a
cdfctMERCE O F TH E PACIFI
R S OF
j a s t
EME
O,
.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
THE U N IT E D S T A T E S
O F A M E R IC A .
:
J . E .C H IL B E RG, Pr e s id e n t .
d e p a r t m e n t s
E . F. S W E E N E Y V i c e P r e s i d e n t .
IN D U S T R IA L
J . C. S L A T E R .V i c e
T R A N S P O R T A TIO N
P r e s id e n t
\
E X H IB IT S
J . D. H O G E T r e a s u r e r .
E X P L O IT A T IO N
T A X A T I ON
era*
CO N V E N T IO N S
A LA S K A
C H A R IT IE S E N D O R S E M E N T
C. B . Y A N D E L L , S e c r e t a r y
February 7,
1914,
Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Washington, D. G.
Dear Sirs;->
In conformity with the request made by Secretary
McAdoo and Secretary Houston at the Reserve Bank Organiza
tion Committee hearing in Seattle, January 29th,
forwarding on this date, by American Express,
we are
two duplicate
copies of the album of maps, diagrams and photographs filed
with the Committee as evidence here.
An additional map requested by Secretary Houston
i 8 under preparation, and w ill be sent within the next day
or two; together with certain other data and statistics in
response to specific questions by the Committee to witnesses,
who were asked to compile and forward such information.
Trusting that what we are sending may be both of
interest and service, I have the honor to be
Respectfully,
Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
^
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m
Jto'oraary 12, 1914#
Bin
In reply to yo;r lettor of February the 7th. to
effect that you Iiavo formrdod to M s office copies of ad
ditional data* in connection with tho hearing of tho Reserve
Biaik Or onlaation Comnittoo at Soafctle, X i>cr; to adviso that
tho soxno will bo carefully filed ao an exhibit*
Stospoctfolly*
Secretary,
Beservo Bank Organisation Oonmittee
ISr* M* F* Baclcus,
Seattle, Washington*
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M E M B E R A S S O C IA TE D C H A M B E R S O F
C O M M ERC E O F T H E P A C IF IC C O A S T .
<J. E . C H I L B E
mem ber
chamber
o f commerce
OF THE U N ITED S TA TE S
O F A M E R IC A .
R G , P r e s i d e n t.
D EPART MENTS:
E .F . S W E E N E Y V i c e P r e s id e n t .
IN D U S T R I A L
« J . C . S L A T E R , V i c e P r e s id e n t .
T R A N S P O R T A T IO N
E X H IB IT S
J . D .H O G E ,T r e a s u r e r .
E X P L O IT A T IO N
T A X A T IO N
C O N V E N T IO N S
ALASKA
C H A R IT IE S E N D O R S E M E N T
C. B .Y A N D E L L , S e c r e t a r y .
February 1 9 , 1 9 14 *
PS
Reserve Bank O rganizatio n Committee,
Honorable W* G* McAdoo, Chairman'
W ashington, 3). C .
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*
Sirs:
On b e h a lf of the joint committee of the
Se a ttle Clearing House A s so cia tio n and the S e a ttle
Chamber of Commerce, I have the honor to transmit
in t r ip l ic a t e , under separate cover, a b r i e f ,
succinctly summarizing the reasons why, in our
judgment, a separate reserve d is t r ic t should be
created in the P a c if ic Korthwest*
We trust that
the members of the O rganizatio n Committee w i l l have
opportunity to read th is statement, which we hope w i l l
commend i t s e l f to favorable consideration*
Under other separate cover we are also
forwarding in t r ip lic a t e photographic reproductions of
a map showing Seattle trade d i s t r ib u t io n , prepared in
response to request of Secretary Houston, at the time
of the hearing in S e a t t l e , fo r such a map.
Accom
panying the photographs is a f i l e of le tte rs from
several d iffe r e n t lin e s of trad e, supplying the i n
form ation upon which i t is based*
I 13. a d d itio n to the b r i e f and the map photographs,
memorandum sheets are transm itted, relatin g to subjects on
which the O rganizatio n Committee has indicated a desire
fo r inform ation*
Respectf
S
Seattle
Seattle
t Committee;
ng House A sso cia tio n
>er of Commerce*
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INCORPORATED
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2 5 ,0 0 0 OFFICES IN AM ERICA
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CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
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transmission or delivery of U n r e p e a t e d N i^ h t L e tte r s , sent at reduced TatCS, beypnd a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission; nor in any case beyond the sum of
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sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
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SELECTION' OF SEATTLE AS LOCATION
O f FEDERAL RESERVE iiANK I t
;,iOSi IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION TO THE
ENTIRE STATE OF RECENT TIM E
BEING COMMERCIAL CENTER OF P A C IF IC
NORTH,VEST AKO GAT£.7AY TO ALASKA
AKC The O iilE K T ,VITH FOREIGN
STEAMSHIP L IN E S CENTERING HERE SEATTLE
SHOULD BE SELECTED ON MERIT
a*ILL YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES
TAKE VIGOROUS STEPS TO SECURE
SELECTION OF SEATTLE
SEATTLE CLEARING HOUSE ASSN
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TALTELEGRf fl-CABLECOMPAHY"co^ T'°" THECOMMERCIALC^jLECOMPANY.
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CLARENCE H. MACKAY> Pmlfcirt.
I
J. 0. STEVENS, Sec*y.
I j A BXKfo V. P. & 6, M. |
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CLARENCE H. MACKAY, President.
1
j ALBERT BECK, Sec’y.
GEO. G. WARD, V. P. &6. M. | '
W IG H T T E L E G R A M
T h e P o s t a l T elegT ap h -C afetfrtfrw p a n y t r a n s m its a n d d e liv e r s N j^ h tM e ss a g e s s n b je c t t o t h e t e r m s a n d c o n d itio n s p r in te d o n t h e b a c k o f t h i s b la n k .
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; ot Beattie for the regional
northwest » tfe
two
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one
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thousand
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New York, December 24,1913.
Hon.John Skelton Williams,
Assistant Secretary, Treasu
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:While in New York, I m advised from Seattle that an effort Has been
made in behalf of that city, to have the location of one of the regional banks
fixed at that city.
While in population and banking cepital, the Pacific
Coast is perhaps not entitled to two banks, and X assume San Francisco would
have one, still to make the system effective, Z think geographical conditions
might be taken into consideration*
Such banks should be so located, if
possible, that no part ef the eeuxvtry will be further than twelve or fourteen
hours distant from thjrmember bank,
Seattle is in such reach of the leading
cities of the Northjpst, it could serve Portland,, Tacoma and Spokane within the
time limit Z menti/n,
Zf we could obtain the benefit of your influence in
favor ofSegttlaJI feel we should have accomplished much and hope for the
reasons mentioned, that a result favorable to Seattle may be arrived at. X desire
also
te call attention to the fact that by far of the larger part of the
business of Alaska comes through the Port of Seattle, and an institution located
there, could best serve Alaska.
i / " \ iNi
PRESIDENT
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siattli m m m * bahk.
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NIGHT L E T T E R
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
INCORPORATED
2 5 ,0 0 0 O FFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
This Company TRAN SM ITS and DELIYTjHS messages only on conditions limiting* its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following NIgrht L etter.
Errors can be guarded against only by relating: a message'back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery of U nrepeated Nisrhfc Letters* sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission; nor in any case beyond the sum of
F i f t y D o lla r s , at which, unless otherwise slated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within
sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an I'N R E P E A T E D N IG H T L E T T E R , and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above,
T H E O . N . V A IL , P R E S ID E N T
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SEATTLE WN JAN
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION
CREATION OF A NORTHWESTERN FEDERAL
NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE UNITED
FORMEO
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COMMITTEE
THE WOMEN'S COMMERCIAL COMML CLUB
P A C IF IC
iym
1914
COAST IB TOO LARGE
CARE SECY lyCADOO
WASHN DC
J
OF SEATTLE/ STRONGLY URGES THE
RESERVE D IS T R IC T TO SERVE THE
STATES AND ALASKA THE EN TIR E
A TERRITORY TO 3E SAT ISFACTORTLY
INTO ONE D IS T R IC T
MRS JESSE M LIGHTFOOT
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1MITTEES
OFFICERS
W. H. Carry
president
W Condy
First Vice President
P. Gable
- Second Vice President
John Gnddall
Treasurer
Honor L. Wilhelm
Secretary
FOR
1913-14
CHAIRMEN
T h e
C o m m e r c ia l
Auditing
H. Condy
Celebrations
P. Rhodius
Transportation
M. B. Holbrook
City aud Connty Affairs - John Gnddall
House, Property, Reception and Enter
tainment
W. Goleman
Immigration, Printing and Advertising
H. L. Devin
Manufactures and Mercantile
J. B. Alexander
Legislation
G. P. Gable
Streets and Roads - B. D. Vanderveer
G lu b
-INCORPORATED
ddress all Communications to
j * ce of Secretary
TRUSTEES
H. L. Devin
C. E. Bingham
B. D. Vanderveer
C. P. Gable
M. B. Holbrook
John Gnddall
W. H. Cnrry
H. Condy
Geo. B. Rags
t Sedro-Woolley, Wash., J e o ember 2 4 , 19.15191
Reserve BankUJjfgani
tion Committee,
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Care secretary of Treasury,
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Washington, D. CU
Gentlemen:— —
Upon the b e h a lf of the two banks o f this city and a population
o f 4 ,0 0 0 people in th is city and immediate v ic i n it y , and large interests
which l i e tributary to this c it y ,
as a Commercial Club devoted to the
interests o f this se c tio n , we are requested to to tify you o f the unanimous
desire upon b eh alf o f the people to have one of the regional banks located
at S e a t t le ,
and th is we ask to accommodate our community and th is d is t r ic t
o f Washington, Alaska, Montana and Oregon,
THE PACIFIC COAST SHOULD HAVE A REGIONAL BANK LOCATED AT SEATTLE*
We are w ritin g you to advise you that we expect one at this place*
Yours t r u ly ,
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Secretary
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the establishment of regional bank
the point best suited to
under new currency law and
serve the district comprising Jefferson
and Clallam'Counties we respectfully
•a b ly consider that City in making
urge your committee to favor
selection.
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Reserve Bank Organization Committee
Care c*ec#y McAddoo, Washington ^ C *
7e would respectfully urge the
location for a regional hank
selection of Seattle as the
to serve this part of
the country.Statistics prove conclusively
that Seattle is the commercial
center of tibf’a c ific Northwest as well as the gateway to Ala&aka
and the Orient while a glance at the map
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the accessibility of the place.
The First National Bank of Snohomish
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NI8HT LETTER
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IHCORPORATED
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CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
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This ia an U N R E P E A T E D N IG H T L E T T E R , aud is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
TH EO . N. VAIL, P R E S I D E N T
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FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST
BUSINESS
INCLUDING ALASKA ANb ORIENTAL
WITH ITS MARVELOUS GROWTH MAKES
BANK AT SEATTLE WASHINGTON UNDER
IS THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA
IT IMPERATIVE FOR A REGIONAL
THE NEW CURRENCY LAW SEATTLE
AND ORIENT CENTER OF COMMERCIAL
NORTHWEST ACCESSIBLE TO ALL TERRITORY
AND THIS PORTION OF THE
STATE WITH BANK STATISTICS PAPULATION
IMPORT AND EXPORT FIGURES EXCEEDING
ALL OTHER IS NORTHWEST TO
SERVE A GROWING AND WONDERFUL
COMMERCIAL BUSINESS WE URGE ESTABLISHMENT
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GEO. M. MITCHELL, Pi
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L. H.
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J. A. H.
TOY, S’nd Vice President
U. O. THOMLE, Secretary
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E B S O n J Q J I^
WBSEBASf th© N atio n al currency law recently enacjredtpr>,«a6d e s /fo r the
establishment o f not less than eight nor more than twelve r e g i o n ^ ^ a n k s
throughout the United States for the proper handling o f finances o f the
Country, and
WHEHSAS, Puget Sound embraces the
most important commercial'and -
fin a n c ia l D is t r ic t on the P a c if i c Coast, and whereas the c ity o f Seattle is
the gateway to the Orient and to A la s k a , and the important city on
PUGET SOUND, and
luHSBBAS. a regional Bank in the c ity of S e a t t l e , would contribute
d ir e c tly to a great commerce and f in a n c ia l business'lnow,lbeing
marvelously increased by the ALASKA, and ORIENTAL trad e,
BE IS THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the Stanwood Commercial Club
transmit to the reserve Bank Org an izatio n Committee i n W ashingtontD .C .
a
communication urging the establishment at Seattle o f one o f the
Regional Banks provided fo r in the new Currency ^aw.
Dated th is
6th day of January I 914
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Care of Secretary McAdoo,
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Gentlemen
We would ask that you consider Seattle
as a point for
one of the regional banks fo r the reason that its se lectio n
would best serve our se c tio n , also it is the gate way to Alaska
P a c if ic
and © rient, and is the great commercial centre of the Borth-west
and also its bank s t a t is t ic s .e x p o r t and import trade is a matter
to bej! taken in consideration*
T rustin g that you w i l l give Seattle due con sid eratio n , we beg to
remain,
Very truly yours,
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STATE OF WASHINGTON IDAHO WESTERN
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FOR FEDERAL RESERVED DISTRICTS OF
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Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Washington, D .C .
Gentlemen*
The Whatcom county Weekly Press Association in session at
Bellingham , wa s h ., Saturday Jan* 3 adopted resolutions favoring
the organization of a reserve d is t r ic t
in the Northwest as d istin ct
from the entire P a c ific coast w ith the states of Washington, Oregon
Idaho and part of ^ontana w ith in the d i s t r i c t . The asso ciatio n also
passed resolutions endorsing Seattle as the location for a regional
bank*
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A ll newspapers of Whatcom county were represented at th is meet
ing and the resolutions were passed unanimously, w ith the instructions
that the secretary so n o t ify your, committee and urge your respect
fu l consideration o f th is a c tio n #
Very tr u ly ,
Sec* Whatcom Weekly Press
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SEATTLE IS COMMERCIAL CENTER OF
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BUSINESS ALSO SHOWN BY STATISTICS
LEADING IN POPULATION EXPORT AND
AS ONE OF THE REGIONAL
IMPORT FIGURES SHOULD BE DESIGNATED
BANKS UNDER RECENT CURRENCY ACT
WE URGE YOUR SINCERE CONSIDERATION
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND GATEWAY TO
IN BEHALF OF SEATTLE
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SEATTLE AS THE LOGICAL LOCATION
FOR RESERVE BANK IN NORTHWEST
TERRITORY
GEORGE SCOFIELD PRESIDENT
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Reserve Bank: O rg an izatio n Committee,
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Supplementing communicatioiis h e re to fo re sent to your Committee
c a rry in g endorsements o^ JS eattle a s jlo c a tio n fo r one o f the Reserve Banlcs
to be estab lish ed under tlTS' 'ftW' CWfrency Law, I am w r itin g again to urge 1
th a t the Northwest be g iven ample o p p o rtu n ity to demonstrate i t s a t tit u d e in
t h is im portant m a tte r, and to present reasons f o r the b e l i e f ; f iu n ly estab
lis h e d h e re , th a t i t w i l l be necessary fo r a Federal Reserve D i s t r ic t to be
created here in th e Northw est.
To those who are f a m ilia r w ith the broad expansion th a t has taken
place here in the northwest during the past 10 or 15 yea rs; th is in regard
to a l l im portant r e la tio n s , w i l l understand why i t i s e s s e n tia l th a t a
separate D i s t r i c t be created f o r the Northwest t e r r i t o r y .
I t is presumed,
o f course, th a t some members o f your Committee a re n o t p e rs o n a lly f a m ilia r
w ith the commercial and s o c ia l conditions e x is tin g here in the Northw est,
?nd i t is because we want every menber o f your Committee to consider the
m a tte r fra n the standpoint o f con ditio ns a c t u a lly e x is tin g , th a t we make th is
appeal fo r p a in s ta k in g co n sid eratio n *
I t is t r u e , I t h in k , t h a t many people who have n o t v is it e d the
N orthw est, or else have paid m erely a h u rrie d v i s i t to th is t e r r i t o r y , have
an erroneous conception o f the commercial, in d u s tr ia l and s o c ia l development
o f t h is region*
I t is hard fo r them to understand th a t the c i t i e s in the
Northwest are la r g e and modern in every phase of business and s o c ia l l i f e .
I t is h a rd , to o , fo r them to understand th a t the Northwest has r e a l ly come t o
be an Snpire in i t s e l f ; th a t we have h e re , w e ll and s u b s ta n tia lly developed,
a l l o f the th in g s and con ditio ns th a t make fo r progress and a successful
commerce* And because the tr u e s itu a tio n is not g e n e ra lly understood by
those u n fa m ilia r w ith the N o rthw est, i t is d i f f i c u l t , sometimes, fo r us to
make i t q u ite p la in th a t the Northwest deserves; and indeed is e n t i t l e d to
many p r iv ile g e s th a t we do not now enjoy*
In re v is in g the N a tio n a l F in a n c ia l P lan under the new Currency Law,
we most e a rn e s tly urge th a t f u l l and f a i r c o n s id e ra tio n be given th e Northw est.
We kaow, o f course, th a t i t w i l l not be the in te n tio n o f the Committee
to s l ig h t , or to t r e a t u n f a i r ly , any se c tio n o f the C ountry, but th e re a re
so mai^ con ditio ns here in th e Northwest th a t are y e t new to a m a jo r ity o f the
people o f the U n ited S ta te s , th a t th ere is f a i l u r e , many tim es, to give t h is
s ectio n th e c o n s id e ra tio n and treatm ent th a t i t j u s t l y deserves.
I t w i l l be very easy to convince your Committee of the t r u t h o f what
is here said* The evidence is here and your members w i l l be convinced when
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c a re fu l in v e s tig a tio n is made. We ask now, o n ly , th a t the members o f your
Committee form no conclusions "u n til conditions here in the Northwest are
p e rs o n a lly and c a r e fu lly in v e s tig a te d . When such in v e s tig a tio n is made
we have every f a i t h th a t consent w i l l be given f o r the c re a tio n o f a separate
D i s t r ic t here in the Northw est, and th a t S e a ttle w i l l be recommended as the
proper lo c a tio n f o r a Reserve Bank.
Very t r u ly yours,
SECRETARY AND GEN.3RAL ilANAGER •
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Tals Company TR AN SM ITS and D E L IV E R S messages only oa conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following N ight L etter.
Ewors oaii be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
tr^nsmilgion ^ delivery of U nrepeated N ight Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission; nor in any ease beyond the sum of
;y DUlargt at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within
f dayM ftet the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
vThis i V ^ ^ N R E P E A T E D N IG H T L E T T E R , and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
THBQ . N. VAIL,
BELVIDERE BROOKS,
PRESIDENT
GENERAL MANAGER
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HON THOS P KANE
ACTING COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY WASHN DC
TACOMA ASSOCIATED BANKS UNANIMOUS LOCATION
OF REGIONA^ RESERVE BANK AT
SEATTLE GOVERNMENT ASSAY OFFICE AT SEATTLE
MAKES ALL ALASKA TRIBUTARY
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TO THAT CITY WHICH WITH
TACOMA CREATES THE LARGEST FINANCIAL
DISTRICT NORTH OF SANFRANCISCO WE
YOU
WILL APPRECIATE ANY CONSIBERATI ON
CAN CONSISTENTLY GIVE OUR REQUEST
EUGENE T WILSON
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ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE REGIONAL BANK COM SECY K'.OADOO
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TEN INO WASHN DEC 23 13
RESERVE BANK ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SECY MCADOO WASHN DC
THIS SECTION CAN BE BEST
SERVED BY HAVING REGIONAL BANK
LOCATED AT SEATTLE WHICH CONDITION
PREVAILS IN ALASKA OREGON IDAHO
WESTERN MONTANA AND WASHINGTON
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Form 22S9 B
NIGHT L E T T E R
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
INCORPORATED
2 5 ,0 0 0 O F F IC E S IN A M E R IC A
CABLE S E R V IC E TO ALL T H E
WORLD
T h i s C o m p a n y T R A N S M I T S a n d D E L I V E R S m e a sa ce s o n ly o n c o n d it io n s l i m i t i n g it s l i a b i l i t y , w h ic h h a v e b e e n a ss e n te d t o b y th o s e n d e r o f t h e f o U o w i a r TS jj?a
E r r o r s c a n b e g u a r d e d a g a in s t o n ly b y r e p e a t in g a, m e ss a g e b a c k to t h e s e n d in g s ta tio n f o r c o m p a r is o n , a n d t h e C o m p a n y v.'iU n o t h o l d !t s c i £ l i a b l e f o r ei i r
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F i f t y D o l l a r s , a t w h ic h , u n le s s o t h e r w i s e s t a le d b e l o w , t h is m e s s a g e h a s b e e n v a l u e d b y t h o s e n d e r t h e r e o f , n o r in a n y c a s e w /s e ie r u e c l a i m is n o t p r e ^ m o d . i r
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s i x t y d a y s a f t e r t h e m e s s a g e is file d w i t h t h e C o in p u n v f o r t r a n s m is s i o n .
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RESERVE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
CARE SEQY TREfiS
WE URGE THAT A REGIONAL
BANK BE ESTABLISHED
WASHN DC
IN SEATTLE
OR THE D IS T R IC T COMPOSED OF
THE STATES OF WASHINGTON OREGON
AND IUAH0 T H IS
BEST BE SERVED FROM
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NI8HT LETTER
Fo rm 2289 B
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
INCORPORATED
2 5 ,0 0 0 O FFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
Xhls Company TRANSMITS and DEI.IYEIiS messages only on conditions limiting Its liability, which have been assented to by the sender ot the following1 Nigrlit Letter.
Errors c*n be guarded ugaiiist only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the t'ompany will'not hold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery o f Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, bevond a sum equal to tho amount paid for transmission; nor in any case beyond the sum of
Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any ease where tho claim is not presented iu writing within
sixty days after the message is tiled with the Company for transmission.
This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
THEO . N.
V A I L , PRESIDENT
B E L V I D E R E B R O O K S , GENERAL MANAGER
R e c e iv e d a t
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WALLAWALLA WN DEC 22 1913
HON WESLEY L JONES
U S SENATE WASHINGTON DC
BUSINESS INTERESTS OF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST IMPERATIVELY DEMAND A
REGIONAL RESERVE BANK SEATTLE BY REASON
OF GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION AND
BUSINESS PREEMINENCE LOGICAL LOCATION WE ASK
CONGRESSMEN TO URGE THIS UP ON THE
MEMBERS OF RESERVE BOARD
OUR SENATORS AND
ATTENTION OF SEC MACADOO AND
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MI8HT LETTER
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
INCORPORATED
2 5 ,0 0 0 OFFICES IN AM ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
XMs C o m p a n y T R A N S M IT S a n d D E M V E IiS messages o n l y o n c o n d it io n s l i m i t i n g its l i a b i l i t y , w h i c h bn
i i r r o r s c<ui b e g-u u rU c d a :;-a iu s t o n l y b y r e p e a t in g a m e ss a ge b a c k to th e s e n d in g s ta tio n f o r c o m p a r is o n , hi d
t r a n s m is s io n o r d e li v e r y o f iu re p e a te d M g i i t L e tt'e n , s e n t u t re d u c e d ra te s . b e y o n d a sum c o im i u> th e a :
F ifty D ollar*. at- w h ic h , u n le s s o t h e r w is e s ta te d b e lo w , th is m e .^ a ire ha s b e en v a l u e d b y th e s e n d e r th e re o f, n<
s i x t y d a y s a f t e r th o lupspujre in D ie d w i t h th e C o m p a n y f o r t r a n s m is s io n .
T h i s is a n I’KREPEATED M G U T LE^rK li, a n d is d e l i v e r e d b y r e q u e s t o f th e s e n d e r , u n d e r t h e c o u d U
T H E O . N . V A IL , " P R E S ID E N T
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he s e n d e r o f tlic f o llo w in g - S ig h t L e t t e r ,
i h o ld its e lf lia b le f o r e r r o r s o r d e la y s i n
s io n ; n o r in a n y case b e y o n d th e s u m o f
j c l a i m is not- p re s e n te d in ‘w ritin g * w i t h i n
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B E L V ID E R E
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B R O O K S , G EN ER AL M ANAGER
R e c e iv e d a t
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SENATOR WESLEY L JONES
WASHN DC
WASHINGTON BANKERS DEEM IT OF
THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT SEATTLE
BE SELECTEO AS SCHEDULE RESERVE
WILL TAKE EVERY STEP TO
CITY WE TRUST THAT YOU
HAVE SEATTLE SELECTED
GEO P WILEY
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