The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-28
sPIRIT OF THE TKRRIrOElAL
PRESS.

SPlRIT OF THE TKRRITORlAL
PRESS.
One man who makes basiuess appar-
emily out of nothing. is worth dozen
Of those who simply attend to business
after it has been firmly established BY
others. All those great business kings
who have startled the world and kept
it in commotion by their unprecedented
and continued successes, have been men
who. as general thing. created their
own business from what would seem to
the common observer barren snd un-
fruitful fields II this were not 90, as
8 fundamental principle i" the economy
Of human affairs, it would be utterly
impossible for some men to acohmulate
tho princely fortunes that come to them
in short lifetime. Nay, il is the
almost stereotype confession Of the
worlds successful business msn that
they never brooked delay. never wait
ed for something to csme to them. but,
making an opportunity for themselves,
they pushed the war into the enemy's
country and conquered, not by main
strength and swkwsrdness. bnt by an
energy that never tagged. The die
tionary contains, for those men, no
such word Al fail Untiring industry,
temperance. small gains and frugality
are elements with which hard times
and money psnics have little or mo-
thing to do. It is an old story, q
hundred times told, that Slow and
steady wins the race. We do not be-
lieve in the principles that actuate the
miser; but we do believe that nine
tenths of the poverty of the werld
might be avoided did every man, fret
of all, live within reasonable means,
and then ply his best energies towards
the creation and maint enanCe of hon.
orable and profitable business. Wash.
ington Standard.
As representative jnurna, Of the
Republican party. the Nal respectfully
calls upon our delegates. Messrs Brents
and Minor, who are undoubtedly rlen
Of excellent judgment and discrimina-
ten and worthy representatives of our
people. to disregard these instructions
OF half dozen committeeman. which
bind them to Senator Blaine. and GO
into the National Convention at Chica-
60 next June untrammeled and cast
the votes Of Washington Territory for
the candidate whom, in their good
judgment and discretion, they may
deem most worthy OF the hoBotL
whether he be Blaine, Sherman, Grant,
CsnkliDg, Hayes or Washburns La.
conner Mail
Land monopoly and ooclie labor turn
aside the tide Of western immigration
frsm California to this Territory and
Oregon; and hereafter il 10 toward
Puget Sound vnd the Upper Columbis
that We must look for the developaent
Of American civilization and sutsrpriess
and - We think, il the not very die.
tant future. for the, greatest conner.
cial emporium of the, Pacific coast.
Pfoadef and richer cities than San
Frsncisco have perished from the earth
and lett NO sign, frsm slightsr oauses
than those nov actively operating
against her ead the State 81 California;
and the growth Of ffverpool. ainiost
exclusively thing Of the pseaank can.
tury. would have been more startling
i 70 the men Of 1900. than the prophesS
that. upon the shores Of Puget SQUAD
| there woald rise within tho next half
century . commercial aaetropoIis =
much nero powerful than any other
town on the Pacific cosnt OF the Unitea
HtAtes - Liverpool today 10 ahs.d 81
any ether commercial city In Great
Britain.-gacoma Lsdg~. 4
Tho journalist and journal become
an inspiration for good or evil. q ven
as an educator. Thought rad inducea
thought; lines Of action isduco liree Of
action; vice encourages vice and yirtue
stimelatss virtue. The printed PAGE
iuscnsibly. but Sursly. has much 10 d
with the promotioa and developmeut
Of character. ALI history furnishea
evidences that the youth OF the land are
essesdisgiy sentative 70 inflaecces ffon
this source. Yoathfni criminals are
constantly reminding NJ that they
early are moved and stimulated to &C.
ton b the press. An Opposite courss
may have bsen Designed By the Jour.
ualist; but results ahov thas hpmsuity
cannot ply with firs without being
burned Expoaure. - called. Of wrong
asd wrong doing isasos unfrsQusutly
the existing cnuse of immorality and
| vscinusnesa. We seem ever more ans
cepsisle bX the pernicioue than the
virtuous aud ho10sAbla Every = rsoo
should havs : doe s~es,dSo The veil
being ct othsrs. an1 the j,arnalist
especially mas sne place. even m
ri tingly. stnnbling black in hss
brot hers way. The government has