The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-10-20
County and City Official Press
Friday, October 20, 1879.
DIVISION OF LABOR AND
COOPERATION.

Il wa "a maxim If Abraham Lincoln's
that nl there Is in honest Statesman
ship i. combining individual mean
nesses for the general good Which Is
not an apology for meanness by any
means, bit a dry way If stating the
half-tru,h that interest is the steam
that moves the world. In working for
self men are working for society
in it. entirety and PER contra. what
ever is done 20 the detriment of the
community at large, reacts harmfully in
the end agains, the individual. All so
cie,y suffers with its unfortunate ones.
and reaps benefit from the gains If It's
successful members A a general prin-
ciple the property Of all suffers loss
with every cargo that goes down Al sea,
every warehouse harmed. every levse
broken..by flood aud receives accession
from every augmentation Of crops,
every railroad built, every new mine
opened
The greatest desideratum in a new
country is ueighbors The danger OF
old States - monopoly. or in other
words, concentration Of capital and Of
population That If new States il the
opposite one IF aggregation and isola-
ton. Territorial communities suffer
from lack Of money, of labor and II
machinery. II behoove. them there
fore, to make the most Of what they
have Of these things. To adopt an old
adsge. what il the use Of having neigh
bors unless you can use them Z" This
Is a correct principle or = false one. ac-
cording - il is understood Neighbours
are To les used 10 the extent that is mu-
lually profitable. not more There is
one way To use neighhors after the fash
ION of the bore or sponge. which IN
simply nuisance from every point Of
view. Another way Is IN use them ~
patron. which is THAT which scatter
eth abroad yo, maketh rich" The gen
eral truth is this. every man Is master
in his own peculiar department. and
can do better and cheaper that which
he makes speciality and fits himself
for doing easily aud we'll, than any one
else can 10 for himself Or ~ the say
ing IL. "the man who is his own LAWYER,
has fool for client" To illustrate:
where there are mercantile establish.
ments IN city. with sk,lliul men who
make 1t their business to know the
market, IL Is cheaper for producers 20
give these exchaug.rs small percent
age for selling their wares. than
for themselves Ia neglect their leg,.
innate business in order TO feel around
AZ random for customers. When a
steamboat line is established on . wa
ter course running by a mans farm or =
railroad built through IL. IL is almost in
varisbly cheaper 10 patronixe il even mt i
high rate Of toll. than 10 spend precious
dsys of time, not to mention wear
and tear Of horsc,lesh and rolling stock.
in jolsing long distances over rugged
roads in order tn peiile on, few dol
lars worth Of truck. \ man cannot
easily raise large amounts who spreads
himself cut 50 thin. What If there he
but one freight line Ani rates are high.
aud Ia pasronixe il be 10 build up =
monopoly The cure for monopoly 10
competition Let IL he demonstrated
that two can make . living IN almost
any line II business and the opposl.ion
is pretty sure 10 come ON in due time.
la - free country these matters regulate
themselves. provided at leas, the people
elect legislatures IL such disin,cres,ed
integrity as will not shaokle their inter :
esss by hestowing exclusive privileges.
and chartered immuni,ies upon PAR
,isans by Legislative enactment.
The hanks. the newspapers. the steam
carriers. The stores. the mills, the ME
ohanioal shops, the business Office. all
are lahof-sayin2 appliances If the higA-
es, value. and those are usually the
shrewiest aud most progressive men
who make the most use II them The
idea l. too prvvAlen, among farmers
especially. that whatever he does him
self. avoiding the spending Il few
dollars or dimes upon some other
;radssmen. Is Just 80 much money made.
Whereas the fac, Is that no man who
has any business Of his own that is
worth the doing. ~ general rule, can
Afford thus 20 NEEDLE awk~ardly with
some other mans calling. In the ma-
lority II easss be Is only pottering away
his precious time Tot which socic,y has
n r,gh. To hold him "a account. I.ifs in
sense IS = grand and CHEEKY game
where every player has s,,me Appro-
pirate place 10 oscupy and ns< TO carry
oct. Each has enoagh 20 engage bic