The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-06-18

improvement ~ just fairly bsRinuin2
iu this city Vas forecast by the CAroai-
Gle . year and half ago - the logical
result of the reaction against stock
gambling aud other Wild q recala,ions.
slrrady v.sihle in the then near future.
The adoption Of the new Constitution
ha,te,.cd the event; but other circum-
stances have been auxiliary to this one.
Among them are three Consecutive
year, Of good crOIs. the rspid extension
OF the Southern Pseiic Railroad into
the heart Of Arizona. tho favorable op-
crstinn of the Hawaiian treaty on the
commeros of this port. tho eniargemeut
Of the area of profitable mining in
Mono and Oher counties Of the State,
aud the rapid increase Of new p0puIa
tion and agricultural development IN
Orrg.n aud Washington. There oan
be ho growth of wealth and trade ON
this coast. whether in California sr
nnr'h es south Of it. that will not con.
tribute 10 the prosperity Of San Frau
cisco. The relations 0f New Yurkfto
ths cities. towns AMI couasrics Ut the
Atlantic are similar ~ those of this city
to the Pacific, with the difference in de-
grss Gil in our favor New York has
formidable competitors for the inland
trade in Boston, Baltimore. Phiisdel-
phia. New Orleans and Galveston;
willie San Francisco has 40 far NO rival
~ IN imperter end next to none - ~
exporter. Msny years hencs We nay
eneounter one st some point on Puget
Sound. after one Of the great northern
trans-cOntinental railwsys shall have
been completed. but BY that time tho
overshadowing superiority Of this port
will have bseo insu, ed. just - that of
New York 10 now over ell Atlantic
cities. and Liverpool over ell cities in
the west Of Epg.And. This il md =
always b. The great rAiluay and skip-
ping center. Every mile Of new road
built and successively operated in any
part of California or Nevada, Oregon,
Washington. Arizons, bsLorA. Sinsloa,
or in the Western States of Mexico:
every new aud paying mine developed;
every frssh acre Of lsad -brolghs auder
musf in ore way or the
other b-co,ne tributary to San Frau
cisco. The road from Gusym to El
Paso will inevitably have its branch
with. Tucson, and will in
future years help us 10 larger share of
tile trade Of sonora than an isolsted
position ON the Gulf Of CAlifornis can
over reasonably hope f.r. Tho old
lines Vt communication will not ba
= bandoned because Of the rise of new
aud prosperous cities to the north and
the south Sf us. But their means will
De enlarged, and the lions share will
fall to as. It would be worth almost
~ much to San Francisco as her grain
trade with the two great valleys OF the
if Manzanillo. Acapulco, Punta
Arenas and Gusymas had each 100, 900
active population and eachsits railway
with the interior of Mexico,
~ IL would b ruinous to New York
should her great Atlantic competitors
ever be rSducsd to the present torpid
condition of Spanish. American towns.
The prosperity Of one country contri.
butes in some degree to the prosperity
Of others; but the one for which nature,
enterprise and capital do the most will
lead all the rest. aud in those respects
San Francisco can never have . rival.
Our msrchxsts aud capitalists have
hitherto deluded themselves ~ the false
theory that ''the city 10 the 6tste." aud
that it may bs substantially aud per-
thrifty without prosperous
This delusion 10 the out
growth of the gambling era during
which Q fsw iwmease fortunes were
realized frpm stock specslatjone with.
put an effort, aud thsesands sf noAer.
ate onss sQuandered without . pang.
IL is the mai in cause for the depression
in business for the last three or four
years. How can . commuuity thrive
when nine -tspths of its brains and
capital srs sqnandersd in ventures Of
chance f1r the enrichment OF one men
in Q thousandi Our history 10 eccsn.
trio; unlike that Of any otner great
city. For the first decode of
sur existsnce ws lived and grew rich
upou ths profits Of . trAde with The
placer miess. 10 the gross nsglset q
agrioultussl deyelopmsOt and lagitinsts
commercial ventures. When this re.
sourcs failed. ws stood still or retro
Qraded for the next ave years; when
the Cemstnck mines came 70 our Telief,
asd for . while our advance was mar
vslous. till stock gambling checked il,
aud gave u thesetbssk fram Which
we ass just aov faisly bsginaing 70 -
oever.
The new departure is making 6rm.
solid eroond. The advancs may be
Glow BY oomparis0n with The sstonish-
ing spurts OF past years. but Is prom
isss 10 b sure AID without serious ia-
Il will carry yhe State end
the coast aloog With Il. Bvsry foot
gained will be. retained The accre-
tors viii result from every department
OF human industry. nassfneoures. II
~ hope. included. White emigration.
from which. owing t. va.ious causss,
We have been measurably cut Oh. will
QUICKLY follow upae the hssls ct pros>
perity. snd 20 shsli In . few years take
permanent rssk among the most pros
porous cities Of tho world Ckroaicjk.
Asa young couple stood vaiting st
the depot for train. at Ballstoe Spa.
the gentleman. 70 protect his neck from
the biting cir. opened his satoAel and
took from il what be supposed was IN
emhroi1efsd scssf After noeleing ~
usisxing smiles on the faces of The