The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-01-26

pound In ten pound lots. No, sir small
| fruit culture would pay q good pT0lil
here. Live stock OF any kind would pay
we'll, from q chicken ranch, up. We
usually pay from 30 TO 90 cents per dozen
for eggs, and from 30 TO 90 cents apiece
for chickens. For fresh beef We pay
from l2ls TO 20 centsi per pound, while
We can get q thirty-pOund salmon for
oil the hsh here that you can carry home
for 20 oents,
For milk we pay 10 cents per quart,
for butter from 40 10 20 cents per pound,
aud yet cattle thrive here, ana live on
grass throughout the year, II IL simply
like this; The law OF supply and demand
regulates prices, ~ II always has, aud
gives pointers" 10 tho industrious M TO
what Will pay u profit. Tho facts In the
case are; This country IN new, liz Won
derful resources are yet nndeyoloped,
| its industries are yet In their Infancy,
The lndlans who lived here for ages,
perhaps lived alm0at wholly on fish,
The pioneers OF the cultivation we now
have, we're traders and fishermen. The
next 10 come were lumbefmen, attracted
by the magnificent forests; then came
apeculatOrs, aud manufacture and
merchants. q few farmers, &c,, all Ot
whom were soon imbued with conf
dence In the country on account or Ia
| splendid resources and ita consequent
bright prospects, for future husbandry.
And now, right now, u man can come IN
here with almost any fixed purpose that
ia honest and upright IN hia bearing
and make success OF II. But, again, ~
TO that mistake. Gov. Newell alleges
that of l2,0OO.0O0 acres Of land Ia west
ern W. I, about 100000 acres IL Of The
richest farming land, San Franclscans
Will tell you that II rains 10 mo, In the
year up here. Then, how was that mite
take NADER will tell you. First, at the
time those parties were here, there was
clearing aud burning going on 10 such
an extent that they could not see a mile
ahead OF them on account OF smoke, un'
der which circumstances no ono would
be able 10 Judge OF the merits OF u c0un.
Try. Second, ! take II that they are not
farmers, and consequently not Judges OF
either requirements for irrigation, nor
OF farming lands, Third, they only
passed along about 30 miles from the
sound, and that being up sound, they
could only see tho lir covered bluffs
through the smoke, and did not venture
out 10 where they could aee farms on
maple aud alder lands, tide lands, or
river bottom lands OF course their
time was short, ana their range Of vision
somewhat 0bstructed; but their judg.
ment Of tho country was rash. can,
however, make further excuse for them
byaaying this, that even In clear weather
IN going along the sound on a boat, In
mid water, u newcomer IL apt 10 be 40
thoroughly attracted by the grandeur OF
the scenery, that no Will naturally look
more at the llr covered bluffs along the
shore, and tho mountains In the dis.
tance, than peer into the valleys be-
tween 20 see them widen out, and study
their forms OF vegetation You have
perhaps gone up the Hudson river, II
30, could you toll anything about |
the character OF the farming lands Of |
New York from what you saw along the
llneY Or suppose those parties had |
gone np that beautiful stream from |
New York TO Albany, could thOy tell |
anything about II from what they saw.
In the most favorable weather under |
the most propiti0us circumstances |
tell you we have here the most remark
able, the most valuable, spontaneous
growth OF vegetation that can be found |
on the green earth today. Then why |
should not Dame Nature, who smiled 10
y0luptu0usly on this country hereto
fore, with equal pr0prlety patrOnl2o
honest husbandry here In the futureY
Aud the elements being In our favor,
why should not the law Of Improvement
by cultivation hold good here ~ else
WhereY And had those gentlemen gone
n little further down sound they might
have seen, besides the mammoth forests,
thousands and thousands Of acres OF
rich alluylal bottom lands, farming
lands II you please, without "lrriga
tion," all OF which Ia tributary TO Seat
tlo.
Now as 10 Seattle real estate. Az |
have been sludying that carefully, II IN
like this. To the casual observer or the
man going by hearaay, especially when
no hears IL said ut Tacoma or Portland,
II would appear that the boom In Seat.
Tic is synonymous with imitation; yet
when you come 10 compare Seattle COX |
1870 n. lots with their 26xl00 II. lOts,
real estate IA no higher here than there,
though there IN u great deal more here
10 give II value, both In reality aud In
prospects for the future. Aud 10 one
living here for time aud watching
matters closely, he will notice this, that
those capitalists who come here aud
talk about high prices, Initiation, &c.,
then take careful look around over all
TIM 0nnnH lnkunQ In aImnal In |
stance come back hero and buy the
more heavily for the caution exercised.
Also, that the highest prices are almost
invariably paid by older residents and
business men, who have made their
money right here, and who realize the
value OF choice locations; though OF
late men from San Francisco and Port.
land are buying some high priced prop
erty here. The fact lg, lots can be
bought hero NJ anywhere from $2b 10
100000 per lot; aud while In some local.
tiles they may sell for more than they
are worth, In others they are not likely
ever 70 be lower than now, with all the
fluctuations 10 which real estate IN sub.
ject.
Yes, that q great manufacturing aud
commercial city will, from The very ma.
ture OF things be developed somewhere
on Puget Sound, has long been patent,
The value Of real estate In nearly all
the Sound towns has been based TO q
great extent upon prospects for becom.
Ing that city, Al the present time the
palm OF supremacy ~ universally conce.
ded " Seattle. That ebe will become
great manufacturing city, aud thu great
commercial emporium OF the grent
is already beyond perad.
venture. She IL rapidly asserting her
Importance as tho Queen City" OF The
Sound. Seattle has the advantage over
other Sound ports or towns In beauty Of
location, In grandeur aud sublimity OF
scenery, In quality aud supply Of water
In character aud extent Of harbor, In