Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-07
FRIDAY ENEG, July :, l>~!


Olympia Future.
That conservative element il pull
lie life which has acted | he the fly
wheel in regulating Tie momentum
of thought has always had our sin
cere admiration. To il, none than
any one other cause, have VIC been III
debted for the stability Of our nation.
But there are metes and bounds t."
all things; conservatism may b; colhe
SO radical in KS tendencies as to frus
trate the very object it Sc eks to coli
serve. When men become 50 inbuel
with a spirit Of "o"-pro9r"SS'"n, as to
oppose every innovation upon the
quiescent course markt Il out for the
public 10 less than themselves to
pursue, then it is time to give them
vigorous shaking up, to aiSpel the
lethargy which has permeattd their
life ard destroyed its energies.
1t will doubtless seem strange to
citizens of Seattle or Portland that
there are people Lele who seem to
view with alarm the prospect OF
Olympia becoming q city. But true
it is that there are those WHO view
with a Jealous eye any effort made
to bring about new order Of things.
They want the day of big profits to
continue, oblivlous of the fact that
the laws of trade Regulate and
equalize commercial values, and it is
as useless for community to expect
that it can isolate itself from these
Currents as it would be for the ven-
cradle dame Burden to sweep back
the tide with her splint broom.
Their manner of obstructing pro-
gress is peculiar. They profess zeal
but lack faith; they want to shout
for, but all effort results in feeble
shrek which can only be regarded
as derision. They cannot see any
cause for the present boom; it is
only ga squirt" incident to de-
mand for new buildings, a want Gre
ated by the fire. They don't want
people to remain here, for fear that
the demands for labor will cease and
somebody be thrown out of q job.
Then along cones the master con-
sevative-spirit who shook the dust
of the doomed city from his feet
years ago, and raises his voice to
still the spirit of progress, which
has arisen without his aid, and seem.
ingly in defiance of bis prognosti.
cations of evil. He cannot see why
Olympia should prosper; she neve,
did while he was here, and how car
she now when he has has left her te
work out her own destiny?
Although we use the singular
number in abiding to these STUN
bling-blocks to progress, our remark.
are only intended to apply in a gen
eral sense-to class of people
and nobody need rub his knuckle'
unless lie is sure they smart.
1t will be found, sooner or later
that we have entered upon an era O
progress which cannot be checked
by the pigmy efforts of croakers. l
owes its origin to causes which vii
carry it on, despite the dismal re
frain of these birds of ill-omen
Olympia today should stand at til,
head of the list Of prosperous com
munities. There is no good reason
why she does not. She has bite
location, a wider field for agricultur
al support which might be an,
should be tributary to her, a safe
harbor and more varied resources
which could be made TO contribut,
to permanence and wealth, than an,
other point on the Sound. 1t ma,
be that comparisons are odious, an,
should be avoided; but for once tn,
truth must be told, at the risk O
promoting factious criticism from
those advocating rival interests
Our town has been held up to de
rision and ridicule by them, Will,
we have repaid it by fair words O
their interests on all occasions.
The present life will promote life
Nothing insures success like SUCCESS
1t will soon direct the attention O
wide-awake business men to this ia
vored spot. Conservatism mus
then keep step to the livelier marcel
or be left by the wayside. 1t mus
let in the full light of the rising SUI
of prosperity, or be swept as cob
web from the temple dedicated to
progress. The genius of thrift aDd
enterprise is about to enter and re-
juvenate the community which has
hitherto prided itself more on bear.
ing the classical name of bygone
age than in cultivating modern ideas
of progress.
TIE following We're the consignees
of the Elder in this place:
J A Silsby. { NJ Moore,