The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 31, 1915, Page 8

— MAIN W 1 T HE SEATTLE STAR eee | SEATTLE’S BANK DEPOSITS ARE LARGEST IN HISTORY OF THE CITY : The last official call, issued November 10, showed that Seattle's 30 banks hold deposits aggregating $86,727,690.35. that ‘there was ‘a net*increase in deposits from September 2 to November 10, of $3,852,485.34. | Bank cleanings in November and December, 1915, show a marked increase over clearings of November and December, 1914. } Bank: deposits. reflect prosperity. the clearings! were $54,942,458.19. hs net R De Rinna ninrindnchenpnacnnnnnns This an increase of $6,577,851.12. In December, 1914, the clearings were _ 614,490.07. In November, 1914, the clearings were $48,364,607.07; in November, 1915, | That’s the highest they have ever been. 12ane In December, 1915, the cossings were $54, 496,255.54. i BUSINESS INCREASES IN SEATTLE BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS _ Prosperity Gathering Momentum; Lumber Trade First to Feel New Condition Exorbitant Price of Stel Drives Railroads Into North west for Materials With Which to Construct Cars- Puget Sound’s Biggest Indust Throbbing With a New Life—Mill Owners for First Time Freely Admit Prosperous Times Are He <n | representatives of the Wert Co Lamber M and wh tatnly Beattie need shed no tears @ver business conditions. in fact, Seattle has reason to | t, grin, and click her heels to The last few months have eeen prosperity gathering mo- mentum In the Northwest, and Seattle Is right in the center of things. lumber was being sold at pro Day by day, week by week, tion cost just to keep the mills business has increased In every | operating, and often lower line. The ently have been Despite the fact that the lMquor steadily fact, they fndustry has been ousted, the men who are in a stragetic position to yiew the future are confidently Waiting for 1916 to roll up the big fest prosperity score of a decade East !s Now Thriving In the first place, the war has already brought {n gigantic prosper. ity to the manufacturing centers In ths East. ! The Northwest, becanse her re- sources and tndustries did not dt Tectly attract the war buyers, has been last to fee! the rejuvenation; of foreign gold. But {t is coming—tt Is here. And because the Northwest felt the effects of prosperity a little later, | she will feel them long after they will have ceased to be felt in the} East. At least, that ts the Ddeltef of bankers, manufacturers, jobbers lumber men, fish men, transporta tion and shipping men | Lumber Trade Picks Up | Lamber is usually rated as the) leading industry the Northwest, With fisheries second | Demand for lumber depends tn a! large degree on railroad purchases. | ‘When the railway companies began to economize on car construction it affected the Northwest lumber industry. Then the utilization of Steel In the car manufacturing de pressed the Inmber industry But the war pure immedi afely created a demand for rolling stock at gains have been made by the railways thru war order shipments. Show Record Earnings Some of them have shown greater hases | tei “You can work the alcohol out of your system by simple, effective bathing and exercise,” declared Health Commissioner McBride to a Star reporter in the plight of drinker discussing confirmed | supply is cut off on New Yea “Drink oxygen, gen orous exercise he said, stimulant out of a chance. liquor while the ere The profit-m ing establ! Bankers concerning lumber. of lumber for the first ti or three years that sheriff. advanced after eve association frequent coma and P The lumber dem y ad Manufacturers are wi they are safe ahead of inatead and get more Gtve your I! om ~ PRICES SOAR AS _ EFFECT: OF WAR OPENS MARKET # fre Price Now Advancing The demand has b eral months lumber prices. The only manufac ey sald th urers at most o! and there meetings in ortland late id bas returned king prices are be are already optimistic DRINKERS CAN TRY THIS ONE! COMMERCIAL TREATIES WITH : FOREIGN NATIONS URGED TO — ; GIVE TRADESUPREMACY TOU.S. Get a new lease from the discontinuance of lqnor Year ater year there has be & great increase number of 4 | dine dollars earnings last fe?) crenae month in thelr) causes history Wit They had to start a dananee. a hs calle number of deaths f ties in Northweat 1 te Kak” high prices whi beat for war One woman of steel lumber the reas-| gles after she is ¢ 1 r universal use| Pit res steel fn car construction ing a mil The | der i for lu um ibe r is here » ry Seattie Firm Wins ‘Thos. A. Ave. 1 dison of Edi n Wee Oct in gold was offered the dealer ot Mr. Kelly with this uplendid display. Priz when — felt for ser kick of the was the ng to admit! the his Here ts another America “y pr written by ficial BY H.C. LEWIS of! General Manager Successful Exporter in It has been truly sal the United States will again enjoy a It is, t we 6 export business. equally true th year in the satisfactory volume of aliments of b neas until the smaiie ufacturers, ttered all the country, are ynte Diamond e Eller T Dine Idaho, Phonog nd contribation oppor iness and financial world —Fd Natlonal and Type Company, and Most Ny v4 Paper America d that never high degree of prosperity until it does a large | believe, enjoy a large and permanently export over Interested and & thousand mar find suitable means for market yearn old ing thelr products abroad. milla are The tert ema ufacturer a day injdoes not neces . all ation and NATION wide 2 ‘deus THE CUP THAT CHEE ERS Napoleon Must w Internat ne Young Men Needed e as the nized arr never st onal mpetitly ne of er genera een all trade eg all art nat seit Small Articles be yreat until iced anufacturer es Foreign Market Needed long that ld w sure poliey a H r ert 4 pean compet! 1 have always I realize tts Many small factories now exist ing with diff might make re their ofitable if they « sales were made at cate doing foreign Merchants TRADE inc fem ite. crease in bus at BUSINESS MEN ARE OPTIMISTIC and Manufacturers Prepare for a Big Year UNEQUALED The pulse of the Northwest lumber industry, long faint, Is again throbbing with new life Manufacturers declare business Is better today than at any time since the record season of 1906 7. All are anticipating a heavy IS epring demand at higher prices rh we n the orders © finished pr reanes a ther n the h, all the mille 1 @ Ne 1 not supply the nd neurance has come breath of new _ Saye Outlook Is Good are ¢ J. Martin al re In 0.C. Gra aberdanhe: manager of Cheasty's ve met all the t shape and the working three shifts, a ‘ns certain, we feel, t over the conntry All Feel Optimistic Pustness has better during M ent s D J, C. Peterson, manager of Fred k & Nelson's, declared ast w weeks had been very satisfac ory We don't believe the ‘dry injure us greatly.” he a st In Sight 1 Leonard Auto- tyf f Henry Broderick, Inc aid he ant d the bige year history of that conce pre is more activity in good erty now than since ners proy he antd ne more erally Wants Trade Extended 916 ension of foreign ry means n, active interest anufact neede If they will goto Washington In a body better still, send some of their own representa tives to congress, or the sen. ate, there will more hope for our export trade It Is a very significant fact that In neither the house of rep. resentatives nor the senate is here a single man, 60 far as | have been advised, who has personal knowledge of the de. tails, or needs, or real po bilities of our foreign trade This lamentable weakness needs no further comment N be P © GITY A MAGNET TO FOLK IN EAST ew Y Gives Promise of Big Things in Tour- ist Trade ALASKA Ame an t 1 ma) o the not be open to the 1 the United States at ia why tranacontinental ra!) “a anies are preparing tc end $1,250,000 for advertising get sound co’ and Alaska te iriete NORTHWEST BIDS wae ‘lation has little or no rapid more jin GN RUSSIAN CARS TH PRO ra, it i Seattle, RECORDS SMASHED IN SHIPPING BUSINESS Shipping here Records are being smash prosperity ed it will be the middie of January before tonnage of exports and imports will have been definitely com puted, But the comparative valuation figures for ex ports and imports have been estimated by Port Warden A, A, Paysse In 1914 the port of Seattle handied goods valued at $151,314,495. Already the figures for 1915 have rolled up to $235 155,947—a difference of $83,841,452. They will be even greater when the final totals have been obtained 1914 were 788. The Imports for valued at $89,6 The imports for 1915 are valued at more than $148, 923,445, The exports for 1914 were valued at $61,631,707 For 1915 they will more than $86,232,502. be ‘6 MILLION SPENT IN BUILDING Bullding estimated at $5,865,- 270 was licensed in Seattle dur- Ing the first 11 months of 1915. That that there has not been more build. does not mean Ing than that going on The King county court house is In the process of construc- tion. Its buliding permit esti mated an expenditure of $1,250,- 000, It probably will amount to much more than that in the end. Neither of these structures is Included In the 1915 bullding permit estimates, because their permits were issued late in 1914. But the work is going on now. The permits for 1914 totaled $11,366,805 after the first 11 months. HOW IT AFFECTED ONE TOWN TO LOSE SALOON After Waterloo, |a., went “dry,” here is what happen- ed Tax sales fell off 29 per cent; postal receipts gained 10 per cent; building provements gained 46 per cent; bank clearings gained 14 per cent; cost of main- taining the poor fell 23 per cent; savings bank deposits Increased over 10 per cen im: arrests of all kinds fell 35 per cent; arrests for drunk- enness fell 52 per cent; ar- rests for vagrancy fell 54 per cost of running city $12,737.40. After — Coatsville, drove out the saloons, merchant's business creased $7,000 in months. A baker In the town reported a business gain of $150 a week and a butcher had a $500 increase In his monthly business. Pa. one ine three Eat Where? GOOD YEAR FOR FISHING TRADE Record Prices in Industry Mean Prosperity for Seattle And br le t salmon es for cod, herring and ha fl con ¢ to the Puget # rosperity pu uget and five Alaska Trade Doubles the high ces obtaine@l f of fish, and the on packs, more tham for the Puget sound the Alaska pack meang rity to manufacturers, jobs rs and carriers of nearly every © vlity here About 00,000 cases of ping salmon were packed in Alaska this only 99 Pink salmon Just about Herring Brings Good Price t Because Holland herring has been } practically eliminated from the mark owing to European war con- ditions, the Northwest will get fat prices for Alaska herring It {s bringing $9 a barrel as com- pared to years mand 8 supply The codfish pack is the biggest ever made on Puget sound For the first time there is a strong export demand There were 0,000 codfich J canght this fall between San Fran. cisco and Seattle. And one vessel is not in yet Much has been said bewalling ¢ e of the halibut fishing and 4 tion to Seattle, because of the newly established activities of Prince Rupert as a competitive port Halibut Trade Prosperous But Seattle has handled 30,000,000 pounds to date. And the total amount handled a year ago was only 41,000,000 pounds If there is a shortace—and fish men concede that Prince Rupert activities will cut into Seattle for several million ponnds—it is more than made up by the prices that are ing obtained. Halibut this year has brought on an average > cents & pound as comparr a 4.7 avers ge in former years ording to Miller Freeman, publisher of the Pacific Fisherman, x eryt £ is going to show up with exception of salt salmon, even salt salmon is ring ng § a barrel this year as > $2 a year ago. 56, a0 Peonie Employed Here are some show why the North with the fish industry Fifty-six thousand ‘persons directly employed in tye on this coast. 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