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201 stories matching buyer
- Aberdeen Fishermen Hold the Line for a Better Price
The fishermen's union signs for 4 cents a pound—nearly triple the buyers' opening offer—and vows to stay with the contract as packers try to undercut it.
- The End of the Wool-Loading Perk
Railroads are ending the practice of loading wool for shippers, a move that threatens to lower prices for regional wool growers.
- Two Ranches, One Buyer, and a Railroad Rumor Near Ione
A single buyer pays nearly $20,000 for adjoining Ione ranches—then says she plans a dairy farm. Locals suspect the railroad is the real buyer.
- The Apple Quality Showdown
A local grower challenges rumors of poor fruit shelf-life by proving his apples outlast the competition.
- The White River Potato Swindle
A Tacoma produce buyer exploits a legal loophole to walk free after tricking local farmers out of their harvest.
- The Struggle for the Puyallup Hop Market
As global buyers shun local crops, growers grapple with the high cost of quality and a market that refuses to pay.
- City Laborers Find Relief at the Bank
Mayor Phelps intervenes to stop the exploitation of city laborers by 'scrip buyers' who were charging fees to cash municipal pay checks.
- Newport's Cedar Pole Trade Comes Back to Life
After a lean year, buyers return to the Pend Oreille River for cedar poles—Newport's best-known export, shipped as far east as New York.
- The Great Dayton Barley Corner
A local malt house proprietor pulls off the largest grain deal in Dayton's history, driving up prices and frustrating outside buyers.
- The Hop Growers' Struggle
Washington hop farmers face a market squeeze from consolidated buyers despite a global supply shortage.
- The Cream Check That Didn't Add Up
A Whatcom County dairyman shipping cream to Seattle says the buyer's statement shorted him on butter fat and price — and he wants the other side to answer.
- The Risks of the 'Shipper’s Order' Grain Hustle
A federal warning exposes how unlicensed speculators were clogging rail yards with hay and grain they couldn't afford to pay for.
- The Wheat Gold Rush on Eureka Flat
With grain silos empty and demand high, local millers are bypassing the market to solicit farmers directly with cash in hand.
- The Fight for the Berry Market
Outside buyers are circling the Kennewick strawberry crop, sparking a push for growers to unite and control their own prices.
- The Seattle Real Estate 'Gigantic Scheme' to Chicago
A proposed state law to widen Seattle streets is condemned as a speculative ploy to unload property on unsuspecting Eastern buyers.
- The Hop Growers' Gamble
An outspoken Auburn farmer rallies regional hop growers to challenge a buyers' monopoly, citing the success of a New York growers' association in forcing price hikes.
- Portland Stock Buyers Head to Kennewick for Auction
General manager of the Union Stock Yards to attend first annual thoroughbred hog sale at the O-W. R. & N. depot.
- The Tragedy of a Young Belgian Immigrant
After four years building a life in Kennewick, a local slaughterhouse foreman dies of typhoid, leaving behind a young family.
- The Feeding Frenzy of 1889
Before the city’s meteoric rise, land developers in Seattle were already peddling the 'next big thing' across the water, promising smelters and shipyards to anyone with cash in hand.
- Seattle’s First Battle for a Long Weekend
In 1889, Seattle’s hardware merchants pioneered a movement to close shops early on summer evenings to give workers time for leisure and self-improvement.
- The Apple Market Revolution
A local lecturer urges Kennewick fruit growers to bypass traditional middlemen and adopt large-scale auction houses to fix stagnant apple prices.
- The Real Estate Frenzy North of the Border
Speculators are scouring the Canadian countryside near Lynden, betting on a new electric railway to Bellingham.
- The Fight for Fair Grain Grading
A new legislative bill aims to end the exploitative practices of grain exporters who have been undercutting Washington farmers.
- Five Cottages Lured Buyers to 1888 Seattle Lots
A real estate promotion promised a 'small fortune' by raffling off five luxury cottages to buyers of building lots near the burgeoning Jackson Street cable line.
- Why Our Fruit Falls Short in Seattle
Local growers discover that lackluster packaging is costing them nearly half the market price compared to Grandview competitors.
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- The Picky Buyer of Seattle
A skeptical land-seeker turns down a perfect farm because of a church organ, illustrating the absurd lengths of a real estate hunt.
- The Drummer’s Deed: A Tale of Lost Blocks and Mutual Recrimination
A traveling salesman thought he’d scored a bargain on Seattle real estate, only to discover his deed was for the wrong lot—and his seller had no idea either.