ery demand at reasonable figures—fair, tight barrels, iron-hooped* 
being obtained at that establishment for one dollar in coin. 
White spruce, found on the coast, affords good material for 
staves and headings. Oak, locust, hazel, and other saplings 
abound; thus coopering materials are found in sufficient quan¬ 
tities convenient to navigation. 
Groceries, The Sandwich Islands, so near our states and 
territories on the Pacific, produce sugar, syrup, coffee, salt, and 
other products of prime necessity. For nearly a century those 
islands have been favored resorts to American vessels, partic¬ 
ularly to those engaged in trading on the northwest coast, or 
whaling. The benefits lavished by our citizens on the natives 
have been appreciated, and a strong attachment to our people 
is general among the islanders. The discovery of gold in Cali¬ 
fornia and the rush to the mines have stimulated our relations 
with those people, and our commercial intercourse with them 
has increased, and is yearly becoming greater. So mutual has 
our affairs become that the hope is justified that in a few years 
those islands will form an important division of our country. 
A treaty of reciprocity in trade between our country and the 
Sandwich Islands still pends the action of our national legisla¬ 
ture. The consummation of this just measure is earnestly 
hoped for at an early day. The admission of Sandwich Islands 
produce, free of duties, will enable the fishermen on the north¬ 
west coast to obtain salt and groceries cheaper than on the At¬ 
lantic coast. Nearly all the leading articles, whether of fuel or 
food—wood, coal, pork, beef, flour, bread or lard, are cheaper 
than the same articles can be purchased in the markets of New 
England. 
Markets. The markets for Pacific fish are already exten¬ 
sive, and yearly increasing. The Spanish Republics of Mexico, 
Central and South America, the Sandwich Islands, Australia, 
China and Japan have for several years taken our salmon, and 
the demand is largely on the increase. About 1,000,000 of 
hearty Anglo-Americans, Germans, and other nationalities are 
permanently domiciled in our states and territories on the Pa¬ 
cific slope. The trans-continental railroads have opened the 
valleys of the Platte, Missouri and Mississippi, all densely set¬ 
tled with hard-working farmers. The completion of the North 
Pacific Railroad from Puget Sound to Lake Superior, over a fer¬ 
tile bench of country, fast filling up with yeomanry, those 
