, 1876-07-21
LOCAL NEWS.

FOR WHOM IT MAY CONCERN! =
81 II DOssible that Port Townsend has
hecome a dependency of Seattle'' Such was
The exclamation of citizen of our town
one dav last week, upon learning the fact
shot MANY Of onr merchants, business
non and hotel keepers had honorpd a
Jrummer from a. jOb-3rinting office In
Scattle with an order for letter heads. they
having been inveigled into the scheme
bv inducements Of cheapness. advertising
their business, description of Port Town
sond. etc, precisely what is being done
every week by the ARGUS at the lowest
living rates. "BOsh upon such nonsense, :"
said another, "the orders were given with
the idea that the work could not be done
herr" This last feature Of the matter
thonCh natural, struck us as not little sin
ynlaT. particularly in connection with the
f,rt that there is a well-cOnditiOned Job
nTinting office here, with as good applian-
aes for the execution of work as any
office in the Territory, and it naturally
cave rise to unpleasantnesS." When
we purchased the material and good will
of the ARGUS office, for which we paid
high price, the paper was about One-third
tbe present size, its circulation was very
limited and its reputation abroad below
mar. Through untiring industry, coup
iedwith the most rigid economy on our
mart its has attained respectability in size
and now stands In the front rank of Jour
nalism In the Territory. The job Office
attached to 1t has been enlarged and i'm
proyed till now 1t Is enabled to compete
With any and all other others both in
EXCELLENCE AND CHEAPNEsS OF WORK.
The profits arising from the job work
have been disDursed In the maintenance of
the printer. while those emanating from
the paper have been enterely consumed In
its production, and making 1t an organ
that should reflect credit upon the town.
Realizing most keenly Cur struggles in
this regard we were intnitively led to in
Ouire, What has Seattle or its citizens.
and more especially the office obtaining
the work, done towards sustaining Port
Townsend, In any respect, that work
which could be as cheaply and as well
done here rs there should be given to that
place. We will rehearse a tithe Of the
evidences Of their good (l) will concerning
IT: They have done all In their power TO
iujure It, not only by some Of their news
papers and citizens generally but by their
paid agents hire1 to traduce IT.; they OBJ
tained the removal Of the Office of Inspec-
tor Of Boilers from this port 10 that |; they
have used their utmost endeaYOrS to have
the custom house removed thither, and
have tried every artifice that genius could
invent to divert trade and business from
US; yet In the face and eyes of all this our
business men are contributing to their
aggrandizement to the injury Of home in-
dustriesi
Reader, the foregoing, while It would
seem In some Of its essentials to partake
o' the fareical Is, Notwithstanding the alb
sarlIty Of the act complained Of, q stern
reality. We have devoted our means and
energies TO the best interests of the town;
every dollar that we could spare has been
put intoit, and we cannot but feel that
the work of sustaining interests inimical
to those Of Port Townsend Is suicidal.
There are other things that might be said
and comparisons Instituted IN connection
with other business than printing, but
enough for this time. -, 9ssef . ss