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92 stories matching export
- Japan's Consul in Seattle Sees a Steamship Line—and a Pacific Future
Saburo Koya, fresh from San Francisco, studies Seattle's Japanese community and predicts direct Yokohama service, new trade, and settlers for Puget Sound.
- The Grape Juice Boom in Kennewick
While San Francisco exporters try to drive a bargain, local demand for Concord grapes is surging thanks to a massive plant expansion.
- The Economic Chill on the Waterfront
Shipping faces a depression as crews are paid off and vessels are laid up in port.
- The Forest Empire That Built Washington
A sweeping 1900 survey of the state's lumber industry counted billions of feet of standing timber, 250 sawmills, and $7 million a year in wages—proof that the trees, not the cities, came first.
- Seattle Terminal Railway and Elevator Company Changes Hands
Control of the major Seattle grain-shipping facility has been transferred to new management, signaling a revival in wheat exports and rail commerce.
- The Paperwork of Exclusion: Chinese Residents Ordered to Register
New federal rules land in Seattle requiring every Chinese resident to carry a photographic certificate of residence, sworn affidavits and a detailed physical description — the machinery of the Geary Act takes shape.
- The Milk That Made Kent Grow
Kent's condenseries turn White River Valley milk into Carnation and baby food, and a struggling village becomes a dairy boomtown.
- The Real Estate Fever That Never Broke
As coal shipments swell and new wharves rise, Seattle’s property market remains feverish in May 1889—just months before the Great Fire reshaped the city.
- After the Bankruptcy, a Mill Town Bets on a Bonanza: Utsalady's 1877 Rebound
In a single March week, the Camano Island mill town of Utsalady snapped back from bankruptcy: a $30,000 mill sale, workmen arriving by steamer, plans for a new wharf — and a showman who decided to stay.
- The Sound's Freight Wars
Seattle merchants sound the alarm as steamboat companies hit the city with discriminatory freight rates that favor Tacoma and Tumwater.
- The Great Timber Rush: Seattle's Lumber Boom of 1892
A record-breaking export season for Puget Sound mills reveals the friction between burgeoning local production and the crippling cost of rail freight.
- The Boom and Bust of the Australian Lumber Trade
A look at the rise of Puget Sound timber exports to Australia and why the financial collapse in the colonies is hitting Washington mills hard.
- The Hidden Cost of Shipping Raw Hides
Seattle is exporting its wealth in the form of raw animal skins and buying back expensive leather—an economic cycle the editor calls 'almost criminal.'
- Kennewick's Global Apple Ambitions
Local fruit agent Chas. H. Collins looks beyond the domestic market to South America and the Panama Canal, eyeing new trade routes for the 'Early Fruit Belt' harvest.
- The Farmers' Alliance Grain Gamble
Facing falling prices, Washington wheat farmers looked to circumvent middlemen by storing their own grain at the Seattle docks to hold out for better market rates.
- A Threat to Washington’s Orchards
A government inspector warns that nursery stock across Washington and Oregon is infested, putting the future of fruit exports to British Columbia at risk.
- The Lumber Barons Are Starving Themselves: Why Puget Sound Should Be Feeding Its Own Cows
A local editorial argues that Washington’s reliance on imported dairy is an economic absurdity, urging farmers to switch from beef to Devon and Jersey cattle to capitalize on our unique climate.
- The Pig That Pays the Bills: How Swine Became Puget Sound’s Secret Wealth
In 1876, while Seattle looked to timber and fish for its future, a local article argued that raising hogs on wheat stubble was the most reliable path to prosperity.
- The Industrial Heart of Pioneer Seattle
A look at the bustling shops and specialized trades fueling the growth of the town, from ironworks to the newly opened brick storefronts on Front Street.
- Turning Slaughterhouse Waste Into Gold
A new industrial plant on the Grant Street bridge aims to convert city scraps into exportable fertilizer for the Hawaiian market.
- The Shadow of War Drives Wheat Prices Up
Anticipating conflict between Japan and Russia, international buyers scramble for American flour, fueling fears of 'dollar wheat.'
- Kennewick's Odd Export: Coyotes and Badgers
While one club captures a coyote mascot, local entrepreneurs find a thriving market shipping live badgers to pet owners.
- Locomotives Bound for Japan Draw Crowds to Waterfront
A spectacular display of industrial engineering as Northern Pacific crews load massive steam locomotives onto the S.S. Tremont for export.
- A Railroad Blockade Broke the Lumber Glut
Puget Sound mills had been selling below cost. Then floods and a strike cut the supply line—and manufacturers finally got the upper hand on prices.
- The Navy Bunkered Abroad While Seattle Coal Sat in the Harbor
When the USS Monterey steamed north to Puget Sound to test Washington coal, it exposed a sore point: U.S. warships had long been burning British Columbia fuel right past Seattle and Tacoma's own coal docks.