Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-12

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Ths uhsImsls msrshanas q aantils
atcnia lossno tiuss Il pnzizinz aaslrtE.ds
n Eastsrn Washingtsn, uhieh 81 500
81 Directly coanssssd ulsb ihs eossd
Befurs he Cascade disizios i samplatsd
80 sssttls housss shosid hsss thslr
aasuts husIig q uoFk h - nes hsia,
and ne hrns shlpnsnts 0gsr % me
uhcula b Of goods previously ordered
from ssatflo hrms. Il vii b poor
noiIsy % paii for eemmuniesaion % %
eemuleasd befors nttsmpsiug . make
ooutsat for shin trade. Itmag then -
soo Lac. Ra0rfa shoaid be put forth
nov, and Bsaills ehosid Be, e sYeE. sc
ant IL ths naid.
A large portlon Of OsniEai Washing
,oa i naturally - complsssiy tributary
% seattle Is = the Whits FivsF o tie
anohomlsb valley. Oar Eefshauls hass
Ione haid the trads Of Western WISH
lnQtou, and With Hhs sa0rs shey can
hoId fbat Of Eastern Washinzton. TIE
psopIs q he entire sound sountEy hass
IL ne pass purchased their goods Of =
attls msgohauis bssause they psFesivsd
ittebs shsir interest 70 % %. They
will continue 70 purchase them here 81
Ionq a ahey belisve Il 70 Be 10 their IN
teEssi, and that wiIl be ~ l0ng ~ they
aad hare iasas and well assorssd stoeks
ana sossfvs fats trsatment. % lang 81
che Seattle naoFohant oasgs 70 she pug-
chaser sush Advantages as be does nos,
and 80 Ions 81 be kesps thoss advan-
tasss promsnsnily before he pabiie,
this vIll Be the distributing point Of
ne Puass Sound districl.
70 Eastern WashinRtsD, however, Il
yin Be s0mswhaf different. There,
trade hes not yei foaBd its proper chan
nsla, and the merchants Of SETTLE must
oonvlnse the peopts b. enterprises, en-
eFey and hard work that this q she
point 70 which they must lock. There
e no reason why seattle ahoald not Be-
a. pge-eminsntly ihe distributing point
Of Central Washington as Il Is, and has
lang bosn, Of Western Warrington.
Cnss secured. We trade Of thai section
can be held; bui there Is bard vork 70
Is dons 10 securing 4, and Il should BE-
done promptly. without sash work,
the golden opportunity viii be lost, and
u may sever return.
Il may b said, however, that Seattle
merchants will be disoFiminatsd against
b. ne railroad. This may b, but IL
should discourage no enc. Even In tbe
faeo Of Discrimination, seattle can meet
with oonhdtnos any probable compel
ten, and oaR como out Of the contest
completely lriamphanG However, even
wsro this not true. svsn Il ths merchants
Of Heaatla we're compelled 20 oompste At
Q dinadyantaRe and 70 snip goods across
ths mountains a. loss. they woald BE-
justified 10 doing 90. Discrimination
will not always eoutinas. Il Will con
tinue for only q feu months ~ the
vorst. Il would pay thousand times
ever Cor oar badness men 70 pnsh the'E
business nov, sven 81 q loss. IN order 70
turn the trade in She right channel.
Thsre will eventually come . time when
10 faVor will be shown aud when all The
elites on ths HOusd viii be given an
equal chance. Tbs money that may be
Loaf nov in nghtlna against odds viii
speedily b. ruRained when the battle Il
on fair Asld. Vast We want ID 10 secure
0ar share Of The trade Of Eastern Wash
ingion, and with q oaoe secured, moth
Ing can prevent the full realization Of
she fondest hopes for the futars Of Seat
tle.
What ID needed nov, however, is en-
orgeiis action. Let the msEohants show
IL this neW field the energy which ha
ever characterized them In The old. aas
VlotoTy l. certain. Seattle has the mel
Of business ability, The necessary wealth
ne slock-svssythlne, in fact, 10 squil
her for tho contestant only en- efoE
q necessary b secure the victory.
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