Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-10
DAILY
POST IHTELLIGEHCER.


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Thu Victoria Scaadard ID alarmed as
the supposed plans Of the Columbia
and Kootsnay Railway and Transports
ton Company" II says:
at ia impossible to doubt that 9
a,heme ia ON foot 70 obtain command
II the whole trade of the kootenay
country, of the head waters Of the %
Inmbia. and 70 tap the trade OF tho "a
madam Pacific Railway, and divert e 70
Portland, instead of its coming TO VIC
toria. It's natural outlet"
Our contemporary then suggests that
the merchants of Victoria take some
method Of circumventing the plans OF
the American company, named IN mo
foregoing, in order that IT. city may
reap the benefits of the future erea'
trads Of that section without intssfer-
enos from their neighbors soosh OF tns
line.
While the policy Of the Standard IN
this matter Ia narrow and sxclusave, It
il natural, and we are NOT surprised at
that payer giving expression 70 II. The
day has gone past, Though, for Victoria,
or Portland, or any ons town TO control
exclusively the commerce Of the n'iil'op
square miles comprising the State OF
Oregon, Territories Of Washingeon and
Idaho, Province Of British Columbia
and Alaska. Salt Lake City y reaohing
for the trade of Southern Idaho, Chioa-
90 and st. Paul have q close hold upon
Dakota and Montana, Winnipeg ana
St. Paul have in their grasp the Canadi-
an trade from Lake Superior TO the
Rocky Mountains. while San Francisco,
Portland, Victoria, Walls Walla and
Seattle divide the trade OF the great
Northwest, or North Pacific, region.
These i've last named places VIII b
thrown in active competition year
hence with the great cities east OF the
Rocky Mountains, when changes IN
trade will OCCUR Of the must violent ma
ture.
In the trade of the future the city IN
which the Post INrKLIIoKncss y print
cd win be an active factor. Notovn on
the Pacific Slope has made moro aatis
factory progress in the last two yeas
and the indications of the next two are
much brighter than ever were those Of
the past two. We expect 70 reach out
little ourselves, and to take in Britist
Columbia in the effort. The LAS yeal
marked an era In this respect. I've
new lines from this city into that Prov
ince we're established, and several new
boats, il present snticipations arc real
lied, will 20 upon these routes befor'
the olose of 1888. Before tho olose O
1884 We have little doubt Of the extern
sion Of our railroad system down tn
east aide Of the Sound 10 New Wsstmin
ster and Burrard Inlet, and II u NOR
than probable that the Kootenay coun
try will and ons Of it, outlets here, by |
route over the Cascade Mountains. b
fore the close Of 1856. 4 year or tws
henoe We intend to extensively circulate
our paper through that Province, and
our manufacturers and dealers have
silnilar intentions CONCERNING thu
commodities handled BY them. W.
shall be disappointed II there y not o.
10 q return trade. Our people now buy
coal and iron thsre. They viii also buy
beef and whatever else offers TINT pso.
pie there produce more cheaply or OF
better character than the same article
here.
Tine time il nov rapidly feeting when
one, two or three places can hold undis-
turbed the trade Of such an empire ~
this, and il h we'll for the people It h %.
Our friends in Victoria will have to b
up and doing to hold their own hereaf-
ter, without attempting 70 keep oompe-
tition ont Of a region Ave hundred miles
away.