Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-07


eov. saBRRR AZ WAsmnNcFox.
loorrsspondsnoe N. Y. Timsaf
WAsEuarnA. Oat. Is. Gov. Wafaon
q. squire % WaahinRton Tsrritorv.
gho nas been 10 tnis oity for ssVsrni
Gays, and has had two iniarviews wis \
ths President, sabmitted his snnoal
report % TIE Secretary Of fhe Enfarfor
eah1 afternoon. Ihe resort d q lorr
ana interesting paper aonosrnina par1
q ne oo1nfry that haa deEsloped mann
eouKeea of ueaith, bat ztiil remains oora-
pafaiively unsettled. With snpaFb TARA
INK tandas thousands Of acres ar nnpnrh
tnoer, coal and iron mines and fisheries
tna. premise g add q great deal of
Wea12 70 me Northwest. A cunsider-
anin paEs ct the fepost b devoted -
0oyefneE Squire 70 an account of kha
outbreak u fsbruaFy last neainrf ~
Onlnese. a1d hsa eHarls % rFoteea -
unine1e - their treaty Kiohts. He eusva
that 9 spirit ek hostility Is found on -
rAcino coasl against the Chinese thas a
not 70 b disguised; and alfhonoh -
oltlzen8 are lsyei 20 tho Govornuenl.
yet % several lafQa toana thaV inoiine
% be tonienf to ahose who Are h,sffle
and Il is diiacalt 20 secure tha eonvio.
u0n OF offenders against khe law. Thfa
feeling has been aggravated hV tha fars
thae, notWithaaandinR tbs Restriotion
Act, nnmhan Of Chinese eroaa ~ 49,
der ffo1 British Colnmbia n deaanea
Of law and the G04ernment hna bean
nnables with q limited customs foroe.
- expel them. Tha undasirahilifV al
the Cntnese a. residents 10 LARGE num
oeEB q admitted; the Governor holdiog
the opinion that ths Territory should s.
settled By people who will uphola Amsr-
toan traditions and instlRationa CIV
squire dad all that waa possible % uro-
teol she Chinese under treaty e1iunla.
tions. aud his efforts have SEN A.
proves In sue Territory and 81 re
Administration.
Washington Territory has 2l0. 600 pop-
ulation, its s.. 80 square miles consti,pl-
ina IN AREA one and q half times lnroe.
than the state Of New York. Twentg
milllons OF acres are timber land and
lO,co9s % ars prairie and plaina. since
she last report 10000 tons OF wheat
have been Shipped from the eastern part
Of the Territory. TIE western part in
clndes ths hnest body Of timber IN the
world with nne streams anordino faail.
lties tor getting 10 into and shipping Il
from PnRet Sound. Hops from the Pc
get sound country, where land yields
1000 pounds 20 the acre and eometimes
s1Oe pounds have been raised for ten Of
twelve successive years. Ths Weld Of
tse present year has been in demand by
Eastern buyeFB from New 70 / and Wis
eonsins and can be shipped az less than
IN esnts per P0und fr0m Puget SOnnd
70 Nsu YORK. Ihe crop viii make 30 coo
bales and vii all 300 freight oars. Oats,
coal ana wheat are treated ak length.
The coal output for Is years has bean
z.600.OOO tons, or two per cent. Of she
United 6tates coal production for one
year. British Columbia has produced
N twelve years abeut she same onantltv.
FER the reaaon that she people Of British
Oolnmbia employ dhiness labor, and
also beoauss Of the exoelfsnoe AZ thsir
COAL there has been stroRQ Oompetition
Ia the markets Of The Unlted States a,
the Pacific coast. 0os. Squire advocates
the retention Of the duty OF rs osnfs 4
ton on coal imported from abroad. a
the operators IN the TsFFitogy are appre-
heusive that an effort 10 abolish ths dutv
vii be made by these Interested IN tbe
mines Of British Columbia. Oeal. icon
and lime are found IN eiose neiohbor
hood, a40rding excellent adgnntaoes FOR
manufacturers of steel.
The Territory has about $50 miisa Of
railroad and the mileage q inarsaainS.
A sketch is given Of the condition n
each OF the lines and an aooounf 4 given
OF the reads constructed especiniiv a.
get out the logs from the timber coun-
Try. The Territory has 900 common
sohools. % OF them graded and "a far
nlsainR higher instruction, and last Vaar
t5oO,OOo vas Contributed for schools 81
direct taxation. The Legislature has
appropriated 5000 for artificial irrioa-
aens and the Governor aaks Congress 10
give zoe snbtecs attention and bg aupro-
prtation % assist ia developing lands
naturally fertile and lacking only irri.
eatIon % make them productive. Gov
Squire makes the follOwiuQ formal -
qneats on behalf Of the Territory q Ire
desire Of the people:
l. Tbs sdmission Of Washington inso
| she Union Of States.
2. The forfeiture Of All unsarned rail.
way land granta.
restriction act.
4. Ise tEanafeF 10 Washington rsFri
tofy Of the northern counties az Idaho.
which are connected By natural lines Of
outlet and tFaffic With our TerrftorV.
Lais q II aocordanca with the wishsS
% sne people Of Idaho, as expressed b
5. The improvement Of ths CoIumhia
River and other navieable waters.
.. lie oonoentfatian OF The Indiana
upon reasonable areaa % land, an aElos-
aent 80 them 0f lands IL ssvsraItY, e
faE as pgaetisahle, And the eonseaaaof
ssttiement and ooonr alton by white 80
tiers Of The remaining Land nov held Ii
reservation.
J. The speedy settlement Of eli pabIle
quesiions adeetinR tue status Of public
lands, whether thsae questions relate %
the tials 20 lands assamed % be with
drawn by raiissad company Of WHISTLER
they refer 10 public lands upon whioh
entries have been suspended By he Gov
eminent / earnestly aabmls that tha
growth and dsvalopmsnt of the oounlFy
demand the saEiy adiustmsnt of thsSs
Important questions rslaaing 10 the sst-
tisnsnt Of land.