Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-06
Reader UntO Caesar.


18th Glt., contains some very unkind,
not 10 say untrue, structures regard
ing Olympia. 1t says that " bust
ness is duller there than ever be-
FORE" which may be true or untrue,
rs one may choose to look at the sit
uation from this or that point OF OBJ
eervatioa. That times are dull here,
a. thee are at Seattle and everywhere
else, is true, but we cannot cite a
single month in the past thirty
years when somebody has not been
raising hue end cry about "hard
times" and friend who visited Sc
atfe last week declares that he new
or heard it uttered in more doleful
accents then he did while on his
visit. But it is mot our object to
Quill down other communities to
build up our own We wish simply
to undo, so far as we can, the mis-
chief creuted by our neighbors when
they draw unfavorable contrasts be-
tween their own condition and that
of the community We represent.
When the hrtslligencer says that tho
effects of the recent wind and snow
storms are more marked here than
at Seattle, it states q palpable un-
truth. The aggregate damage done
here does not exceed 81 900 or
81, 500, and the old sheds crushed
by the SNOW will be replaced by
good buildings soon as the weather
admits Of outdoor work. The clos
ing of raiiroad communication few
days, and the prostration of the tel
egraph during the snow siege, are
likewise enumerated to complete the
"chapter of woes" which our neigh
Dor reads with hypocritical tears
streaming from its eyes, but it loses
sight of sasch little circumstances as
the showing in of their coal road,
the interruption Of telegraphic COM
munioation there as well as here,
the damage to shops and buildings,
the immense land-slides by which
acres of town.lots took an abrupt
departure der the bay, and kindred
evils which resulted from the same
subordinate cause.
Our peopie are deserving of better
treatment. The Olympia newspa-
pers have never missed an opportu-
nifty of speaking good word for
Seattle. We have gloried in her
pluck and enterprise, and witnessed
her prosperous growth with pride
only excellad 'by that of her own citi-
zeas. Nor havesccasions been want
ing when NO could have INDUCED
In notwithstanding, if we had
not .obeyed . higher sense Of duty
4ha that which seems to animate our
contemporary. We hold that this
community is entitled to like treat
ment There is, ,or should be, no
rivalry between a people who have a
common interest 1t stake. Any.
thing which benefits Seattle, nd.
vanaes the material interests of the
~huHe Sound district, and the same
may he said of any other point.
ItM Qnite true athst Seattle has
had other resources to sustain bust
ness during the prostration OF the
lumber trade. elen0ents Of thrift de-
aied to Olympia She has had the
coal nines to bols*er her up for
prolonged seige Of aaisfortunes. But
while trade has apparently been
bnsk, We venture to say that very
few fortunes have been laia up by
her citizens withia the past two
Seara We do not claim chat any,
body has gro~n suddenly rich here,
but our business men generally own
their stores and shSps, unenoum-
bored by mortgages, aad their snp-
plies seem to b ample and their
credit sound enough to obtain none
when wanted. We have q few va
cant buildings. principally saloon
stands. hut this is an enterprise
which We can afford to have still
further reduced without adding very
materially to our woes.
We venture the assertion that our
citizens have developed more enter
prises, as q community, than any
other of like numbers on the north
ern coast. We have built wharves
and bridges and halls and churches
Add cchoo1- houcoo oo1 ,a..nk. l.