Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-19

AVE- OF MANY.

OWE OF MANY.
A Woodworking industrious. sober
mechanic, good citizen, man VINO
follows one of the trades which the
,..rnad Theban who runs the San ffan-
DISCO Argsness takes chronic snsef ..
TO sooths his bile psrhaps-was oussso
from his place Of business mensn aeo
BIZ The expiration Of his temporary
lease. and has since that time oeen
vainly endsavoring 70 rent Q suitao''
location for rs-opsnina his barber snop.
complains 20 M of being unable to nnd
: MAC, in which to resume his businsss'
But suoh il the demand for everything
in The shape of business house. 20 osf'
tain Ia Il that tenants stand ready 70
rent buildings as fast a. they are pro
iected-not built-that our friend mas
han unable 70 rent place. Others are
.haad Of him. OF course he wants q
p,.oe who're be will be sure OF making
GOOD wages and enough to pay Tor his
Ares, HRhts, rents, washing. etc.
This 10 an incident which perhaps
might not b. worth especial mention
bat for the fac. that the party referred
70 thinks of looking for work elsewhere
while he asserts that he would Ike 70
remain here and take still further ao
vantage of the boom for iew
months" and make few hundred dol
Lara more, He has managed 70 add 70
his little store during years residence
in Seattle by judiciously turning ever
his small capital.
He makes the mistake Of thinking
that few months will sse either turn
in the financial tide, or that the side
vill como to standstill. He Is one OF
MANY who think the ''bOom" on Puget
sound a factitious ono. A more short
sighted view Of the case it would be out
Of the question to take. Seattle has
scarcely experienced the first ripple OF
tho tidal wave of prosperity which will
bring many of the richest arRosies OF
the worlds commerce TO pay tribute 70
hor.
The county Of which this city is the
shire town has, within its geographical
limits, resources which the commercial
needs of the country demand the utili-
sation Of; and every line Of the per-
soual and municipal history OF this
city and its business men, makes it
morally certain that the latter do not
intend to allow their resources to be
made tributary to the b0ilding MP OF
any rival community, or to permit them
20 b detected out Of their natural
channel BY any combination. aggrsRa-
Ration or syndicate Of railroad, steam
boat or other transportation lines.
Our coal measures and marble quar-
riss, and copper and iron mines, our
forests Of pine and cedar and
Ar and maple andalder and cot
tonwood; our orchards and grain
fields and vegetable gardens and
hop yards and fisheries, and the usu-
fsuet Of oil Of them, belong 10 "a, and
there are enough Of them without going
further than the limits Of King county
10 build up another Los Angeles here
on the sits Of Seattle, and still have our
local Anaheims and Santa Anas and
Pasadenas scattered throughout the
county.
These resources are sufficient to form
the security Of a bond against Fate,
which Of itself will secure property
owners against the decline in present
RATS par front foot for oil time to
como. And yet King county 10 but an
incident In tho area OF our commercial
dspendenoiss, ~ we have ehown time
and again BY tabulated statements of
the outposts Of our Wholesale and retail
trade and the feet Of sail and steam
vessels engaged in it, transportation.
The people Of this city are not unaware
that IN effort ID being mako 10 divert
valuable portion Of the export trade Of
ono section Of this county from its To-
Ultimate channels, but our friend Who
longs for few months more Of the
present boom in which to put money in
his purse, may rest assured that this ex-
hibitiou If Punic faith will not b al
lowed 70 progress TO the dimensions of
. snecessful show. The actors will
yetirs disoomAtted, and the curtain
viii b rlne down on Q drama which
viii end in . fiasoo.
He and others who have the courage
Of their Convictions need not limit the
period during which Seattle is bound to
grow and enlarge her borders. When
" are al Of % In our graves, those
Who come after ~ will see commercial
marts, and stately temples dedicated 10
science. religion and education, rising
Ike Civilizations along our league long
water front and on the picturesque hills
which overlook Henderson's Bay.
The true spirit Of hsalthful and per-
Aansnt progress finds nowhere better
sxsmplars than among the pioneers Of
Seattle. and tho active men, who. CON-
ing at later day, have joined them in
the work Of building up . city which
shall Atly illustrate all that 10 best in
civic energy and municipal pride. They
are not men who sit down and wait for
corporations to give the nod Of fate.
The sanction Of . President or Of Su-
psrintsudeuk
Il they do not And q way, they make
It. ~ witness the building OF the Seattle
and WallA Walla Railroad 10 Reutou
and beyond, ct time when matters
looked dark for this young city. Ths
work done at that time and in that di
ssstioa can, and moreover will, be du
plieated whenever occasion requires.
We ars NOT Ignorant Of the fact thai
ths party whose chance remark has LED
- ths inditinQ Of this article 10 only on.
q many Who hold similar views. Bu,