▁a ▁public ity ▁st unt . ▁Many ▁W obb lies ▁were ▁in car cer ated , ▁including ▁femin ist ▁labor ▁leader ▁Elizabeth ▁G ur ley ▁F lyn n , ▁who ▁published ▁her ▁account ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁Indust rial ▁Work er . ▁ ▁After ▁min ing ▁decl ined ▁at ▁the ▁turn ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁agricult ure ▁and ▁logging ▁became ▁the ▁primary ▁influ ences ▁in ▁the ▁Sp ok ane ▁economy . ▁The ▁population ▁explos ion ▁and ▁the ▁building ▁of ▁homes , ▁rail ro ads , ▁and ▁mines ▁in ▁northern ▁Id aho ▁and ▁southern ▁British ▁Columbia ▁fue led ▁the ▁logging ▁industry . ▁Although ▁over shadow ed ▁in ▁importance ▁by ▁the ▁vast ▁tim ber ed ▁areas ▁on ▁the ▁coast al ▁regions ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁C asc ades , ▁and ▁bur den ed ▁with ▁mon opol istic ▁rail ▁fre ight ▁rates ▁and ▁st iff ▁competition , ▁Sp ok ane ▁became ▁a ▁noted ▁leader ▁in ▁the ▁manufact ure ▁of ▁doors , ▁window ▁s ash es , ▁bl inds , ▁and ▁other ▁plan ing ▁mill ▁products . ▁Rail ▁fre ight ▁rates ▁were ▁much ▁higher ▁in ▁Sp ok ane ▁than ▁the ▁rates ▁in ▁coast al ▁se ap ort ▁cities ▁such ▁as ▁Seattle ▁and ▁Port land , ▁so ▁much ▁so ▁that ▁Min ne apolis ▁mer ch ants ▁could ▁ship ▁goods ▁first ▁to ▁Seattle ▁and ▁then ▁back ▁to ▁Sp ok ane ▁for ▁less ▁than ▁sh ipping ▁directly ▁to ▁Sp ok ane , ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁rail ▁line ▁ran ▁through ▁Sp ok ane ▁on ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁coast