Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-02-25

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Ing of fse:s. The Prise ehargcl fos passage
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Eeve the owners Of the toai ars too shr-wd
business mrn to charge ,norr than vil psy
them q fair maTgin 81 lrofit- Nov the
Den,ocra, charges s5 per snnum for sub
scrp,ion. while larger weekly papers in Orc.
son arc furnished a, ,wo-,li'ds tha, price. still
no enc gu s:ions the right OF our contemporary
to charge what he phases. or to be his own
judge as to what price will pay. We have
had opposition on the Sound time aud again.
and once when the anderson was tied up in
Victoria and could not interfere with the trade.
but it has not been successful. The Eater
prise carried passengers. freight and stock at
two-hird tho Ande,yoas prices, received
nearly thousand dollars month in coin for
carrying the mail, and notwithstanding her
current expenses were much less than those
Of the anderson. she failed to make it pay.
1t cannot BE- said that the Enterprise, or any
opposition boat since, has not received the
great bulk of patronage, for people always
consult present advantage, and the anderson
has not reduced her rates to correspond with
those Of tho opposition. Why was it then
that the Enterprise found it losing business
to run on the Sound: II it is said that the
trade has Increased since then, why is it that
Tie !4lcrand,a aud Jones both failedl Is i,
at all likely they would have been seized for
debt if they had been able 10 pay. or i: it was
shown that their business was SO lucrative
as to remove all donbt of their ultimate ability
topay' We believe not.
The Democrat admits that the -laderson is
"registrred at this place, and taxed here, but
this is only because tares are less here than at
Pictorial" A frank admission truly, after the
wholesale Misrepresentation and sophistry
with which tho Democrat has endeavored to
convince the people they an oppressed and
cr-tared community. We think in this par
ticular, our friend has proven too much or too
little-we leave it for himsclfto decide which.
We regret to hear this hue and cry against
boat which las rendered such prompt and
efficient service to our citizens. 1t may be
possible to drive her from the Sound, and
probably then we will 5e reminded Of the
condition of affairs when the anderson was
detained at Victoria for the period Of nearly
three months, and even that eAigency failed
10 call into requisition :he latent enterprise
in which our contemporary appears to have so
much faith. We felt the loss more severely
than did many others, when onr down-Sound
subscribers were for months without their pa
per. except as it happened to be delivered to
them from plungers, Chinook canoes and other
small craft. A brief experience like this
might produce radical change in our
friends position, unless political considerations
may havs more to do with the matter than we,
in our bouudlcss charity, arc inclined to At
tribute At this time. The people will not
fail to observe. however, that the ill-fseling
twards Capt. Finch is confined almost exclu-
sivcly to prominent democrats; and it
will not b. forgotten low often the Democrat
has shown itself opposed to an opposition boat
If it be placed upoa the Sound by Gen. Miller,
since that gentleman has identified himself
with the Union organization.
II the Asdersox's charges are too high. VIZ
hope they will be reduced but her owners
must be II cir own judges. having better
opportunity for knowing just how much the