Merchants and Manufacturers' Exchange
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- Sep 3, 1893The Bank-Issued Currency of 1893Facing a national economic panic, Seattle merchants and bankers agree to honor certified checks as local tender to keep the hop harvest moving.Seattle, WA
- Sep 4, 1893The Hop Growers' Scrip SolutionLocal banks and merchants collaborate to issue IOUs as cash to help farmers survive the harvest season.Seattle, WA
- Dec 27, 1893Seattle Merchants Rally to Keep the Tariff on Coal and LumberMeeting at the Chamber of Commerce, business men draft a memorial to Congress warning that free trade in lumber and coal will hand the Northwest's timber trade to British Columbia—then vote to put the whole fight off another week.Seattle, WA