Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-04-15

Terrffsry ~ . State.
fcszessslsd from ysst<vdas.i
rse re~serces of this prspossd STAT
- si,rndsut and varied. Thes srs s1el
= =, s-rcrstse ths rposf healthy ard ex
ssss.rs deselosmsnt cf tue Etste. Is
- erreIy Ar axrisaltural state, Is 4
- sfsiusissly 5 mineral State, but !
=. NJ sfsgss diversified resources whiel
,ssx,l.blF attract end bald op shs bss
ss0sIsssaa sod dsysIag the bssx csvifsx
kslon xhisb the World has sssf seen
fn rsspees Of diversified resources u ~
h<rn said, and justly and truly saad
ss.t Washington Territory fss<s peerf'
,-srobses tAs Htste of Penezsvsn1s
ssss eny other state In the Onion. Il
- hrst, exesilsnt agricultural l&nds
"a abundance Of the ptec1Oos fnfn
srsls: Il has lsEgs coal helds, it bas e.
1870 isen faines; II has Rfxnd wxte'
~eys. AZ extensive system Of railroads
!, - everything, Ia fast. calculated u
S~s~lop 4 3sase. must not eEit mos
srsninent efsarscsertsssc. Il has Tho
r..st rnaeuifsent ko<ty Of timber thai
s.,xsa today in tue oasiiized world. In
slrul,er aisssse woald uaks it one ef the
rsrsses. ksstss Of the Cnian. have
sd IN my report upon tbs bill, and
kx.isys il Is the result Of careful and
sec1rass computation. thai there could
4 cut ID Washington for % years ~
rueh lumber se Is now cut annually In
sts snfire united States without sx'
hzrsfing ssas immense body Of timber.
Iskise al these resources. whier prom
- deye!Opmsnt, there cAs be no qnes-
,l,u bas thai this state 10 togrow RAPIDLY
e pspnlstion, aud sfth a population
shIeh u stable IN its character aud
xsIl calculated and suited 70 nphoId tbs
psiEciples Of free sad republican gov
{fpfnent.
lils scarcely ssousssry 70 pastisnisrize
d ttis respscs. There Is one other
soares Of saalth TO which | failed 10
slleds, it, fisheries. now coming 70 be
sxirsmsly Important and ezpsbie Of
asoss unlimited dssoiopment. II has
AZ aarioalsnsai lands aboat t5.ooo 600
scfss. shout 10000 900 of thssn pfaiFis
lands, rico "a any In this world. and
aboat 5,0Ou.0p0 Of them rich aiiuvial
bottom lands. 1 say fion ~ any in the
serld. Psfhaps that is overssating it.
| sill say that among its agricultural
hads are lands ~ Fson ~ ans within
iAs Unlsed States, and thai all Of
hen are susceptible of profitable agri-
eatufe.
Thesa lands Yield unsurpassed arops.
Ihass taken from the returns shown In
iAe Governors message the average OF
he different cereals. Wheat averages "a
s9shels per aara, which Is the highest in
.ae Uuited States. Oats average III
baskets per aeFe. which IL the highest In
he Cnised States
Nr. Edmands the whsls Terri
isfyg
Ar. PlAst--Fsr The whole Territory.
Mr.. Edmunds--That 10 very high.
Mr.. PlGtt--BAriey Yields ~ bashels,
rhish isthe highest IN tha United Statea.
b in those thFes great cereal crops,
Wheat. oaia and barley, cultivated now
very largely ia thai Territory. the yield
i higher than 10 ans other State or
Tsrritsty in the Unieu. Rye averages
II bushels per aore. Uhsah Ia equaied By
Wisconsin and exceeded by Oregon.
Baakwbeai n bushels 90 the acre. which
is the highest. The enly orop which
does not GONE up 10 the average IL In
dian corn, the average being - bnshels.
and that Territory yieidinq only 10 bush
sls 10 the acre. Oh hops the average Ia
1911 pounds por scre. the highest in the
Gated States. Potatoes iS0 bushels,
.hs average per acre also the highest In
lhe Gated States.
speak Of tkis because there should
ke IN State. in order to make . stable,
ssdnfire population, the opportunity
fps profitable agriculture. and nowhere
ii the United States does u exist 20 any
frsater extent than In tho Territory of
Washington aud Narshefa Idaho. which
10 ihls respect largely resembles wash
inztsn. AL of the crops grown in tenn
psfstn laiitndes, as we'll ~ ell tbs
fraits can be aud are successfully culti.
rated there.
have spoken OF its timber. ! shall
s1sh an isamenss body OF timber, which
h % easily assAinahle at present. has
resulted 10 large development OF the
lseberine bustness, OF the shipbailding
tsslnpss. and Of manufacturing OF arti.
eles which ara made from wood. Ship
huilding il already q thriving industry.
sAip can be constructed there pfoba-
by more cheaply than anywhere eiss
b he united Staies. | have SOME.
where. though may not be able 10 and
i. an illustration Of the proposition
skich now make The timber is e.
psrialIy adapted 90 shipbnilding. large
PARTON ~ it. Many OF the masts Of
she nnest vessels in the world are now
akisined 10 Washington Territory. l
eass somewhere here oompsfisuu OF
sAs comparative coat OF shipbuilding In
Meaningless Territory aud In Maine.
kst cannos la my hand upon ~. l
hlak Am Justified, however, from re-
eolsecsion. aud l veutafe 10 state my
nes.leetios ca that subject, 10 say that
t1e cost Of hnilding q wooden ahip ~
fasi Townsend, in Washington Terri
hss, is not one half the oast Of building
ssaip sf the SANS sixs and OF the same
seaRaga and the same character In Tue
ssse of Maine. think II IL even less
Aan that. There were built there dnr-
~ The past year quite . number ct
nlps. Fourteen new vcssegs were built
szfiag ihe year eniink June %, iSsh. OF
wash eight ware steam vesscis, amount
~ 10 6Ts y tons. and theFa we're sail
'sssels amounting 10 tssT tons, making q
t<Al Of i6t2 - tons. Governor Sqairs.
efhs message Of which have spoken,
EFss = lts. Of - steamers belonging 70
ihe eclieesaon district Of Puget sound,
soss Of them bniit within Washington
fe,sisory.
l have here A statement OF the COM
nsfcs Of Puget Sound, exports and Ina
e'sss ~ well As cxpoFts and irrpcst7 Tor
ss territoFy entered aud cleared ~
fsssisnd, in Oregon, which ! shall not
- 10 fesd. bat ID hgurus up grand
IA Of Imports snd exports from thai
tsfrslory of Si0. i9i .s2i--hy no means
inconsiierAble trade. One remark
~ fAes aheat that trade is that % u
sArtsed 10 AnssrioAn bottoms ainost ex-
scsiyely. Washington Territory seems
spsve the pFoolem whethef We can
Afty o. eammerce ia American Bot.
.ssA OF the fere,Ss trade the exports
afslet is Americas vessels were over
10eoo, snd Ia foreign vessels osly
NsaaQea, ! must not ofnit the rsitfoada
ss1necsine ia seaparts with she great
akes and with the Eastern railroad sys-
"a kieht hundred miles are slresdy
= etNsssioa la Washington Territory
slaaNi adding one handt~d mites IN
Nesnss OF construction and the rati-
eszs In Nesshera Idaho, and we have
- sess thtn i01o miles nos IN opera
~ within the boundaries OF the pro-
Rase& STATE.
szsd that coal sud iron were asua
s-aA There are al least nine districts
WAN the fersitsTy waere coal ts raosi
A<Erllrnt AstatnN sa..aratsftsta h41e