The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-17
County and City Official Press.
Tuesday. April IL. 1877.
THE OLD EAST AVID THE
NEW WEST

that - impending over Europe a. tie
event ths, II destined by compel sat
ing providence to bring deiiserInce to
this country from is long siege @:
financial distress We 10 not believe
that the distress If other. is necessary
to the weIfara Of any people. Though
the most destructive storms and bitter
est fsosts prelude the most abundan.
harves,s, ami the grsss grows greenest
AID the flowers bloom sweetest OH
field enriched by human blood
Lcslie's Pictorial Of the eth inst.
say:
War f'r ia own sake is never desir-
able Il Is inSeparahle from great SCR
row afsl great suffering Out Of EVIL
however. conc god out II suff"flne.
perfection \ great European war
could not fti tn ~ = great gam 10 the
American people. American mu,ke's
and American cannon are already large
Ii in demand IN the event of actual
var, tho demand would H. greatly H.
creased Then. aca,", war IN the
Esst world shut up the grain ports al
Southern Russia. American gram woult
thus have the field ~ itself We have
suffered. and tn European nations have
grown rich At our expense The war
If war should break out. will not have
been brough, about by any meddling
by any interference Of ours; aud as We
shall baye 10 cause oi reproacb. and
every prospect of gam, we can coniem-
plate the probable outbreak Of hostill-
ties, If not with satisfaction, at least
with calm eomplacency.
There can be no question that bread
stuff, and other articles of our produce
will bear high price. The quotations
have already advanced IN anticipation
II will BE- unfortunate for California
that she will not have an eauberant crop
this year from which she might reap /.
wonderful harvest o! wealth, but thu
high price will be opiortune 10 coun-
teraet in same degree the disastrous
consequence o! the Drought
Both circumstances. however. 90 opc-
rate - constitute Al outlook for Us. ia
Northwest. this year. Of unusually
golden promise. The gras>hoppers in
the valley Of the Mississippi, the
drought in CALIFORNIA;, the nipping hard
times M the East. and tho inland is0la-
ton of Oregon. make this Territory
the best place of refuge now open in
the known world.
ii the war goes on there will la al
enormous demand for breaistutfs aud
provisions There will bo big money in
grain crops, aud IN iand that will now
grow them even though transportation
may be expansive, Probably there will
he nearly twice as much land sown 10
wheat on the Pacific coast next year
than ever before. This will bring a
great rush of agricultural Immigrants
10 our vacant lands. Thousands Of acre F.
of our timber sea board lands along the
Sound. will repay clearing aud eutiva-
ton. The great plains across the noun
taias will b, filled up with settlers.
Al. kinds Of BUSH c.s will rejoice with
The farmers. Lumber will be ia de-
mand. coal will b. in demand. manufac-
tures will be in demand, Thousands
will be enabled - buy pianos and car
riages aud books aud other luxuries
that they cannot now afford.
But the pertinent fact for this city i,
that there Will be great influx of in
migration Into the grain growing re-
gions north of the Columbia river, and
river of money will be paid for the
carrying Of crops. The Ukraine vii
be supplanted by the Yakima in supply
ing the world with the sjnews II war
The valley Of the Columbia will sue
ceed the valley ot the Nile a.
the efanary from which viii he
fed the armies with which ambitious
rulers seek t. partition the world. Sc
attic may he its Aicxandfis IT she ha4
the energy aud the brains 50 prove
equal 10 the occasion. l. i how or
neser with oar city. An extension OF
oar road 50 or go miles would solve the
problem. a. chen the grain could he
hanlea ~ meet II In fact. i. few
thousand dollars were expended 10
make fair wagon road over ihe noun
'aius. a great deal a: Il would be hauled
across any Way The people of all the
counties are friendly. nay eager for che
road ana would help Ia sscate 1t Ii
essential T. their prosperity II
whole Tsrrlt, ~ uiight he taSed into one
mass os enthusiasm in ~ f.yO-. All
enald be pledged fos il >accc>s heart
and hand aaa purse.
This eA sgencs all decs,ic oUr destiny
This trade gtin,1i ve have 4 great CITY
established i uubouaiei wealth an
slre>i ans Il il = allowed t. sr,tl,
int other gtcoses and euF,ch ether
ports ii ,asstty. car Srawth j. stopped
A rival as near - Portland. ~ Astoria
81 Tacoma. or even san Francisco,
s.ssstf49 "a skas a,a,s SO, sen al .ha = -