Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-09-17
A'ashinatun Standard
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the miser,cs and hardslrps and
wrecks of the city. and there is IA
good reason for it all The result
will always follow the cause. zoe
father and mother are robbed !" H.ir
old age of those whose preset .s |!
help were intended to make oli a
conten,ed aud happy. l tell you
the greatest share of the responsible
ity does not rest with the children In
these cases. 1t is with us. We
have been simply living to work and
get money; living hard, grinding
lives aud we need not wonder or
blame, if our chi.dten refuse p" do
likewise. The remedy for all is is
to live nationally. The home 'nid
be supplied with home confo,'~ nd
attractions; books, music, flo s rs,
orchards, gardens. There should
be some relaxation. The sociai de-
mands of nature should be more
honored.
1t seems useless, almost, to say
that the farmer should be well pro-
vided with books and newspapers,
particularly those pertaining to his
calling. H, will be surprised to see
how much aid he derives in this way,
His children grow up to habits of
accurate and intelligent information
and judgment. He should always
take his own local newspaper, and
should help to make it's agricultural
columns valuable. The farming in
his locality will always demand II
material modification of the views
that he will get from papers pub
lished elsewhere. To say that he
should be reading man and an OBJ
serving man is to make general state
ments the truth of which all concede.
These are commonplace truths, | am
aware, bu, commonplace" makes
up the practical part of life.
I have dealt throughout my re-
marks with familiar and general mat
tiers. I am unable to do otherwise.
/ regret that am unable to furnish
statistics of the the state of farming
in this county. l do not know where
they could be obtained, and have
been wholly without time or means
to obtain them. The census of 1880
will contain great deal of interest
on this point, and no doubt there
after the Transactions OF this society
will afford ample information.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, permit me to thank
you for the courtesy by which I have
been honored an this occasion. We
have here grand agricultural coun-
try. Before long it will be a manu-
featuring country to great extent.
We must yet have mills here; -four
mills to grind our whea, and save
its sexportation at expensive rates;
saw mills to develop these vast lum-
beTing resources; wooden mills, fac
tories of wooden ware and farm ma
chinery.
Here are all the elements of pros
psrity. with q climate that is second
to none onearth for its healthfulness.
We have a willing and intelligent
people, law-abiding and industri-
GUS people. Our great need is more
of tic Same kind, and these are
coming constantly; they are coming,
oao by one. by rail and 10y team,
but the years are not many till our
sToat%4ans-continental railroad will
bring them by thousands to our
borders. The years are not many
till new era of prosperity shall have
dawned upon US, and 1 feel sure
that Lewis county. in her peculiar
character OF an agricultural, stock
and dairy county, will then as now,
he fonnd in the front rank, bearing
the banner of Washington's pro-
gress.