The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-05-16
County and City Official Press
Wednesday. May l6, 1872
SAFEGUARD POLICY

Ses1ftke bds ufl kiDWh - faphiIs a
Cincinnati, Cleveland. Buffalo. lndi.na-
polls and other toxhsiies of eastern
timber regioi is where the original csn-
iitiops were not unlike cur Own or
cses, less favos able. The re- 1901, lies IN
tha rr~tonder.Ice Of the commercial
over the local spirit of IT'S industry
There is not enough Of the home feel
ing - the ontroIliag element IA it.
settlement ~ was the case III Indiana.
Ohio aud New York. The inspiring
sentiment with too many Of our people
10 express d in the pilgrims song.
We'll c. mn I,tl. while III the wilder
ness, and then ". II all go home" just
as though this were not the gr enesi
brightest. most charming land in all the
wide world for permanent abiding
place
We sill q great deal of raw material.
sHd the burgess Of our lumber m-r-
chants sse familiar sight in nearly all
the ports Of the Pacific and many Of
those Of the Atlantic. This is great
advantage and ough, to cause capital TO
accumulate in the country like the
waters in . lake whcu the stream runs
full in the rainy season The reason it
does not accumulate faster than il does
h because too many of the capitalists
Who thus reap the harvest of the virgin
natural wealth Of the Territory reside
in California and invest there tn. '.usu-
fructs" Of their business. " hich if en-
ploysd here where they are male.
would cause a vivi.ication Of the wastes
round about. comparable only to the
distribution Of an irrigation stream over
one If the fertile parched plains Of Cal
ifornis
Tho business Of our Territory is too
extrsneoas and not sufficiently domes-
tic. In other sections Of the country
where the progress 10 wealth has been
marvellous in r-pidity aud magnitude.
trace and real estate, have been colos-
sal. It Is observed that the outside
trade. or exports. are but an insigniii-
cant fraction Of the internal commerce
tho domestic trade b.tween citizen.
iii the same State. pursuing a diversity
Of indu tries, with one another
A r~sult Of the purely commercial
policy is. that business thus carried on
II less extensive. less profitable. and
less uncertain. Manufacturers. on All
average. get higher price for lumber
ut the mill from local builders than
they Gao realize in San Francisco, after
ths freight is deducted. Then. when
drought i. California. or reaction from
ovcr.excitement in regard to real estate.
or exhaustion Of mines. knocks San
FrAncisco building interest. higher
than - kite" the consequent increase
In the home demand srcm the shifting
Of population. If home demand
worthy Of the name were but esssb-
lishcd once) would more than counter
balance the falling OIL in outside quar-,
tsrs. The same is jus, as true in re-
gard Ia coal.
Ifthere were . demand for lumber
and coal in Washington Territory Jas
there might be. aud would be II its To-
cal interests were properly fostered)
equal to that hich exists in Cal.forms.
Il 10 probable that the price would rise
greatly. and certain that the sales
would be nearly or quite doubled. No
doubt both results would ensne. Cal
,fornis is ~oodlcss country. Like.
wise. for practical purposes. coaliess
Therefore, she would be under neccs.
slty 70 draw her supplies from us or
soue other source. But tho same is the
casc with eli the in,erisr world direct
~ 10 the east of us-embracing the
eastern thrce-fouiths Of this Territory
and Oregon. besides oil Iisho. Mou,a
M. Utah, and Wyoming.