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Alaska Anger Over Seattle Trade War Threats
A Seattle dispatch to a Portland paper portrays Alaska anger at Seattle merchants over trade policy. Alaskans mock Seattle love for Alaska, noting Seattle’s reluctance to expand business and planning to shift orders to Tacoma Portland or San Francisco. Allen Stewart, a Windy Arm mine buyer, vows to pressure city leaders and even to cut down a Pioneer Square Totem pole if Seattle’s alleged stinginess continues.
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