The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-11-19
Omcial Press Of King County.
Monday, Nov. 10, 1877.
THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE.

Whenever Englishmen take up IN
America ides, tbsy never Icy it down
until thsy have thoroughly cxhsustsd
the subject. Tramways for the convey
ances Of passengers by horse power. had
been in successful operation in New
York and Philadelphis for twenty five
years hslore the errstie George Francis
Train introduced them into Liverpool;
but now oil The principal cities Of the
United Kingdom are complete networks
Of trsmroads. Just 90 With the electric
telegraph, another American invention;
there sre more miles Of telegraph built
by English cspitslin Great Britain and
her dependencies than in eli the rest Of
the civilized world. Even Cyrus W.
Field. an American whose ZANE on his
tory's psgs should stand nett u that
Of Warrington himself, never could
have completed the magic link between
two continents, but for the aid Of Eng.
lish capital. asa
The reohmstion ef ssysBal thousand
scrcsok saaaahls sisin lands from the
encroschmsots Of the sea, in Washing
ton Territory. has not been without it,
iafusnos upon the psopls Of lsritish Co
lambda. They have econ 4 broad ex.
panse Of land Sdeshed ltoo wases
marsh BY the riask and snssgy II our
Swinomish Dsighbors, and now the PEG.
plc Of eumas, on the lower Fraser, srs
taking IL hapd the natter Of dykisg
and s5eldniaSan iansass tract Of lard
which will support several thousand
people; and enable the cities Of Vic.
toris, New Wsstmiuster and Nsnaimo,
to use grain grown upon their own coil
instead Of importing Il dirset fFos
Oregon Or this Territory. They propose
TO assess al this land ct tho rate Of q
per acre have the tracts surveyed ssd
then let ths dyking contracts for cash
to tbs lowedt rsponabls bidder. This
plan has been h vogue for several yeass
in California and has been found to
work we'll.
Not more than half the land in the
delta * the ekagit has been reclaimed
- yct. thesgh more than halt hes bssa
filed upon BY pre-smption and home
..t-- \ n 49, 80 4 Ts.- 49, -. x.
over and above what 10 saved for seed
and winter use for stock, will bs about
i've thousand tons. The steamers Alas
ks and Dskets have slrsady carried
down over two-thirds Of this from
Seattle and Utalady ct the low
price Of four dollars per ton. About
thousand tons b held back for Q riss
BY parties who do not need the money
and are content to wait till more rsnu.
ncrativs prices can b had. Our British
cousins soross the limo will never CON-
pete with as in the San Francisco mar.
ket for the sale ofgrsin hereafter grown
BY thsm. but will ship direct to the
United Kingdom BY the vessels Of the
Hudson's Bay Company.
So plows dang the gssat North~ssl,
undo ~ suhsgy and ssgor Of ~ SAx-
on brain nsrved anew BY tho privstions
Of American frontier life. The devsl.
opmsot q eIicaltnss IL British Co,uu-
hia. ssDa By - swn example. will
bring out 70 thsae- shRes an slsasnt Of
population srsstly to b. coveted b aay
nsw country. This l. the kisd e q.
migration our Territory needs -. VIM
her superior advantages, shs nsal n
t'massly catch . large pesliea u THE
foreign element. In fatsrs yeazs he
delts eethe 1rasaf nv - aersaAsr
value Of grsln 10 EneIan1 No. ~
lands ot The Skagit. but ~ Jeha III
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