Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-02-17

Plain Talk.

inspiration for future effort. II j.
tbs ,hatact,uti, which has caused
usto ignore the faults Of our bust
hes. men. and TO paliato the mistakes
often made Ia simplcsi matters affect
Ing trade ani the future prosperity
II the town. II IN this trait which
has oan~ci VA to wrenthe the fair
hrow 81 Olympia with lewy blossoms
aud 20 array hor habiliments in rosy
nnt-. while, II must DO admitted,
withoted flowers aud draggled
pnrh would ~, times have best suited
hsr appearance. What we say now,
however, IL for the popular good;
aud Will, Il may bo somewhat unpal-
atahle II must he swallowed like
other nau.cous doses, to place the
patient on the plano Of recovery.
wha, provotcs us II, this time is
an article ia the seattle Tribune cnti-
tlcd. " Newspaper Blown Men, in
which occur. the following para
rmlh
lIIvpin.. th, .lipNright, and t'oss,
the hin iuiidrr haN = c~Vci through the
u, mtm laIeush little mote irco at,er-
i.ing hu'inH The la,t wear ihan pernals
U,twtru ilac four ot ave papers In the
,ttdtal tigss tMu fndi, iduals get ON an
a,ttnug ntivou - twenty puts week
th, hhsi la5s-ill" ut'rasinn that oilers
,sss- !. a Maine IMAM. who, Tor aught thnt
a., kuuw has never icen o. the Sound.
has u,,,r spent dollar here, and who
u,niail, nr, viii. Higgins j. the man
whu ianned AMI ruIci Intended the con
aiTtriIuu at the Steamer MessfhJT, who
thtr,,iiIn VvrV excellent lob Of work and
Nhn ,aturd ,NttV cent that he got for her
AMI mote The ~" nf their names, how
rN,r. hus h"cnnc. by intcrminablc ire.
qusurv aIrrt,f rNc-Sote :" the reader OF
tiuu ~, l. not reached scott nm appeal viii
have 81 Be- inadU Ia pat In force the MUS
hnr, a,t
Flow gently, sweet Alton! Go
slew. most nstuie critic! Do you
not know that the newspapers OF
Ol,mli 10 have been engaged in the
h,rulenn task II rcsuscitating and
snli,cnng community which has
lust awakened from u Rip Van Win
llr sleepy Have YOU not continually
published Olympia ~ dead
town" ani have not tho newspapers
~ Olympia been compelled to seize
upon every incident TO disprove the
base calumnyp II they idolized a
Freeman, or immor,alized u Higgins,
Il was because those gentlemen
believed in Diary Crockett's motto,
that Something's can be done as
well ~ others, aud proceeded to
demonstrate IL in the most practical
manner II was with the hope Of
melting rivalry, that the press have
received To its capacious bosom any
body Who proposed anything for
the popular veal. II was in the ex-
pec,aiion II future growth that the
publishers have supplied themselves
with Tho best Of appliances for con-
Quoting their business. far in adj
vance ~ those Of other places Of
equal size. and although dispropor-
Tomato Ia the enterprise manifes-
tel by other branches of trade in
this town
The newspapers Of Olympia can
afford 10 I've Independent and tell
the truth Surprising M il may ap-
pear. this assertion is literally true.
Instead II the community being
misrepresentation. the publishers
have been beasts 81 burden, and the
loads carried nj times were none the
less ligh, from not having been appre-
cua,sd. They pay out annually thou
sands u dollars for wages and neces-
ossaries Of life, no less than thirty
persons being directly or indirectly
supported by the income Of the
newspapers published In this place,
tho proportion Of which profit de-
rived from tho town cuts aridiculous-
iy small figure. Is not the assertion
difficult Of belief that in o town of
this size and doing its trade the to-
tai amount Of patronage derived from
tho Olympia merchants for advertis-
ing would not buy tho white paper
upon which these journals are print
oil; or that the annual taxes Of some
Of tho publishers aggregate more
than the combined patronage OF the
business community II is 50, and
that liz why We are enthusiastic over
anybody who comes here with the
true ring Of enterprise in him. Capt.
doss did visit this place last Sum-
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