Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-06-09


giants Of req ciyilizafiua- Today we
are face 30 face VIA Seattle. end Il
seems we have met In her the rizinc
yo7nR eiant Of the ne's giyiiizatiOu- In
coming here Ne passed over body ef
water UNSURPASSED anywhere ou the facs
o. Toe planet On our arrival ne were
driven azoznd yOar younR city, and
waited toe Lakes, the wonder of tbs re-
gion. We have seen yOur possiAilit;es.
aud have been told Of ths hidden sealth
n yo1f mountains. SURPRISING the
wealth OF the midas. aud vet, 80 far as
was conoerned the tho'1ght that came
over ne was not that Of wonder over
what saw and heard hsre bas my mind
was earrissd back to distant New En-
gland. which never before bad assumed
sneh PROPORTIONS 10 me. Here you have.
lying before you one Of ths noblest bar
bors IN the world, behind y0u mountains
rich IN lumber and minerals. Q climate
uneIuslled, and q soil which will pro-
dncs all manner Of fruits and veg
etatlies. 1O1 have been here bat IS
years, and shat do 6fsd-a city like
SEATTLE. with its ten thsQsand in
hasIitants- and millions OF wealth. am
told that there zreu1en In ysar midst Who
have accumulated half . million dollars
IN wealth. Go sack with me 10 New
England, when it had been settled only
IS years say IN 1865. What were her
advantages as compared with yours!
We had poor soil and rigorous climats,
and had but two resources-fock and
ice, neither of which had been fully de-
veleped. Fisheries were tho source Of
our wealth, but what did our fishsriss
amount 10 compared with yoursi Thir-
~ i've years il a short time, that length
Of time passed in EeW England,
aud our Indian troubles had not ended.
Not one man in New England after
tvo centuries had passed hsd accamn
lated as much wealth as some of your
citizsns have in the short space OF IS
years. Boston, when two hundred
years old. numbered less than 1000
people. We finally wanted q railroad.
How did we get il, you AJAX ? i answer,
by pntting our haads down into our
pockets and building il. A few more
years and ne bad got into the interior
where there was something besides
rock and Zoe. We built more
railroads, and in 1862 among our ex-
ports was cargo of school mistresees,
consigned 10 Puget Sound, and on arri-
val they we're placed in the matrimonial
market, and were in great demand.
Our railroads extended and our wealth
increased. Il seems there is a lesson
for sou in what they did. | stand here
as the representative of no hereditary
line. stand here as q repre-
sentative OF one of the lead
ing railrsad corporations in the
country, which owns and operates 5000
miles Of road. and the corporation which
! represent ID knocking at the doors Of
Washington Territory. say I repre-
sent q corporation with 5000 miles of
road. hope in the near future il will
own 10000 miles, with q large Dor.
ton Of II In Washington Territory. also
represent capitalists and bond holders,
who are not always popular. You will
make q mistake II you do not take
lesson from plain aid New England.
when they wanted something done they
went ahead and did il. Capitalists care
nothing for you or your fine harbor and
mountain scenery. He comes
here to make money. lis purely
3 business proposition with him.
II you can show him where lie
can make money, and he sees
it as you do, he'll come and bring his
msney bag with him. We did not
wait for capital; We built our own
roads, then capital stepped in and ope-
rated them for rs. While out TO the
lakes today We were shown the pro-
posed line Of road running up the val.
ley ont to the foothills and over the
and were told it could earn
SIC. 900 per mile the worst year that God
ever made; but We want some
thing more tangible. A train was
stopped by hi9hwaymen, and the
''held up." He gave up every
thing bat his watch; that he pleaded
was present from his dying mother,
and he begged to be allowed 20 keep il.
Young man." said the fellow who had
stood him no, there IL nothing mean
about me. just fork over that watch.-
Now that's just the way with uscapital-
lists. we say 20 the people. who show rs
all these Inducements for investment,
Just "fork over that watch." The man
whom capitalists deal squarely with Is
the man sho has s1mething to sell that
the capitalist wants and who aeks good
rouna price for what be has. Nov, il
you people have what yen say you have
10 these mountains, don't sit down on
the ruts, and call on Jupiter Harris. OF
the Northern Pacific to pull your coat
ont of the hole, but get your coat out
yourselves, and Jupiter Adams will
come around and buy il, IL ID is in good
Unto thyself be true; thou cannot
thea be faise 10 anyone"
BRISApIKR GENERAL SxIsoS A. MILES
Was then introduced, and made q re-
pleasing and complimenta ,
speech Of absut ten minutes duration,
bus the lateness Of the hour precladss
even synopsis.
The meeting closed with q vote Of
thanks 10 the visitors.