Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-07
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ship building in America is elicitin2
q great deal Of intelligent CON-
ment on the part OF the press
Of the country. With characteristic
energy and public spirit, the "uriters
are rausackin2 all Trustworthy sources
of information upjn the subject. and IT
vould not be in the least surprising II
the most valuable data which the Con
gressional committee will find as a basis
upon which ~ base their conclusions,
will be in scrap book, embodying the
articles which have appeared already In
public journals, aud which viii appear
before Congress meets. Tne $. r. Alta
California, in recent article, discusses
the subject in several of its bearings,
AMI among uiher things. SAYS.
applying the experience OF the old
country to the United states. although
we lind many places WHICH parallel, II
they do no. surpasa. Glasgow III some
respects, We find only a lew spots whore
all the requirements are united. There
Rivers admirably adapted for shipoaild-
ing. and at no considerable distance
from the iron minrs aud coii neids.
Again, there are towns like Richmond,
which possess nearly every natural ad-
vantage OF locality, but fail IN adordipc
m act We. intelligent population. Who
might be trained to the worA- Again
on the Oaio River We hsve coal ana iroa
in close proximity To the wafef-s.de.
amid ;,npui .tion second 70 none ia &c
tiyity and intelligence. la thIa instance
they have tae drawback of sn allow VA
ter through many months of tas year,
with an outlet only down the Mississippi.
These are only fes of ane points III
which tus experiences OF Sue other side
will be- oil great U.s., ia ths coming in-
curry. aud tue best results OF that ex-
pssro.lcs snouii certainly be obtained
The Aha. in the lanyutge quo,e'i,
laya. IL will be observed, considerable
stre8 upon tae prbk. MY - tut pro
posed shipyards o. iron mines and
c,al fields" Does II not stnke the
Puget Solad people rather forcsoiy tnst
right here these conditions exist IN just
about p.rfeo;ions And does not tine
fact ths, within few miles of Sett.i,-
lies that IN tRnitisent body of flesh WI
t.-r-I.1ke Washington. intendea 10y n
tlFe for one of the great snip yards Of
the world. suggest tn. the il,portanseof
actiol Ia our tIz-ns. ship building l.
not for d,y bng for all tins. AMI II
will he our own fault. spe king for tins
Community, il ws d. not become large
sharer in the benefits to accrue to our
common Iultry from tine rehabilitation
Of American siiipbuilding interests. A
committee OF citizens, Gonpojed If meu
fully alive to the Importance of the suiI-
ject ought to take the matter in hand,
ald employ an expert to present our io-
cu adyaut iges IN an attractive ii hit Ia
the Congressional com nitte-.
Among other things Ne Ill .gest that IL
will be advisable, during the expected
visit Of Hon. 4. Al. Brenis Ia this ely
question and 10 urge upon him the
importance Of making tue subject. par
ticularly a. it relates 10 Puget Soani. a
matter deserving Of special attention
on his pare IN his Congressional labors.
Not auy ono of our vast and numerous
resources deserves tho fostering care Of
people aud representatives to u greater
degrees than the subject here discussed.
The e;ent season so far IA Washing
ton Territory il concerned. from the
head of the Archipelago aud the coast
line Of the Straits of Fuca, to the Col
umbia river, and from tho shores Of tine
Pacific ocean TO the Idaho line, will be
remembered, gratefully We hope, and
chronicled in the annals of the great
State to be. rs one of the most delight
full aud favorable ever experienced BY
thitnev TO be forgotten parsonage the
Olde It inkabitant. A political infant, as
yet under guardianship. she does credit
to the sisterhood of States who kindly
act ~ her protectors. There is food and
to spare for every man, woman aud
child, Siwash, kloocam,n and pappoose
included, within her borders. IL has
been said, and truthfuliy perhaps, that
save q man tooteth his own horn, he
sh .sSNpo wise expect his horn he footed
A,tin6 san this principle We consider
this bright October day, nhsme oyer
hsad with an unsiouded sun and radiant
with bloom in the garden and bright
hues Of russety AID crimson aud chrome
in the orch ris, IN auspicisus time to
repeat what was said some weeks. per-
haps months, ago In the columns OF
this journal. Let tho readers of the
P0sr-lExELLIogScER bear in mind that
Washington Territory will in this
year Ut grace. besides building shelters
for, and feeding her own people, send
abroad $685. 3o.Jjo feet of lumber, ?lo,-
coo tons Of co,l, l.aJ1,es1 pounds Of
hops, Ga small estimate SINCE Puyallup
valley expects to realize nearly one mis-
lion dollars flom her own fields at less
than 70 cents per pound all.te0 cases
OF salmon. 5."1J,ol9 bushels of wheat.
10000 bushels of oats. t0J,Vso bushels
OF potatoes and 1850 900 pounds of woel.
Aud besides these things her sxpor.s Of
fresh oysters, canned CLANS, cheese. but
ter, frat, poultry, bacon aud other
meats, form by no means insignificant,
items. II has been already remarked,
that, averaging eargoes of 1863 tons
each, this vast quantity of prodace will
load 800 largo ships. or three lars. ships
every day III the year. excepting sun
day. For an il.cnoa,c STATE this is a pretty
good showing: aud il Is respectfully sub
united to the Committee OF the whole oa
tue State of thu Union, with rccom-
mendation that it bc recorded in the
archives.
The walla waila sfa'esa.as thinks il
il strani,e that Simon pure Democratic
paper eau I've published in TINT place
with Republican city editor. a kspub-
lican owning more stock in it than any
other EIGHT of lin numen,ns s.n.khoia