The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-23
EAST VS.. WEST.
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Washington Letter. Iune lstht
Westward the star Of The ens,;r,
takes ftsway, II . rather sfuze- Snz,<rrrxl
chestnut" bus rs truth has ! Nom
the fe~x sound hern<I tor al that. Thr
fntufe q oar great republic lies ia the
West The East il rSw fuli-xr1xn
and strong In established industries.
educational institutions ADD railroads.
Our trade, t00. had been saossosso;sxes3
By the East. until the Golden Gate
opened 70 brighter possibilities Our
polite literature also has generxiiv
fo1nd is baffhrssee there. although
tie strong. bright free. nezsy journals
1 the West prove her capabilities in
that line also
Bat our gyowsh. onr strength and
our breadth lie in the West. OF the
2 states ard territories west 81 the
Hls>ss.ipPl, ofiiy threc are a. small -
all Seu England: and for every acre
sz<t OF that riyer se hare nearly fxo
and half srres west. every foot 1T ii
valuable too. for even the districts
fiisd with rocks and iava-besis. and
unit for the psos. afford sorne af the
finest grazing in the world. heside~
much valuable timber and mineral
wealth. There is far less useI<xx land
than Il commonly SUPPOSED. Even
the xo-eaiIesi . Bad I.ands OF Dakosa
which are only small minimum OF
That great territory. but are 80 neii
known because they have been SO ex-
tensiveiy advertised By the sfseerhe. Of
|siisgrantIsd Democrats. who catch al
ssraus In their drowning search for
objections % the admission IL two
mere Republican states, are an excrI-
lent stock range.
The mineral resources OF the VEST
are inexhaEstAbse. Freedoms metals
are found IN most Of the states and
territories, bat these constitute only 4
small part Of the mineral wealth.
lron- lead copper. salt, stiIphEr.
boraxs soda. gypsum. tin and building
stone abound.
The west Is also destined to surpass
ia agriculture; its grea: expanse %
arabic land where the vegetation OF
ages has rotsesi and formed LAYER after
OF rich loamy sod, makes il the garden
spot OF the world OF course is pre-
|ersinence in stock raising follows As q
natural sequence The west will dom
mate the east, II Is inevitable. for with
more than twice the room and re-
sources IL Will have twice the t.opaia-
ton and wealth.
But the west. in is swasislling clothes.
has its dangers too. The people there
are more original in tkosghf. and fail,
therefore. 10 stick TO traditions. Is in
the conservative east. They think for
themselves. have far stronger indi-
viduality. and IL has therefore q ten
dency to bcrome the stronghold OF the
socialist and anarchist This requires
not only a strong hand but an enlight-
ened understanding to combat: a man
whose own knowledge Of the situation
Is derived from experience. we'll posted
in the way not To do II a. often ~ how
10 do IL, for the people are prone 10
charge the government with all such
outbreaks. anyhow, and in future We
want an executive who will be wise
enough 10 read the signs OF the times
before hand.
The west must establish schools.
colleges anal churches to educate these
independent thinkers, newspapers TO
disseminate knowledge, ard railroads
To facilitate intercourse with the world
Their farms are to he cultivated, their
mines developed, their factories estai,-
lished: and to stimulate all these. we
want representative man from that
section in the presidential chair.
Communities and commemorative,
like men. have their childhood. Then
their character il 10 be formed. and
though soine mighty influence may.
in latter years, modify the character
so formed. ii is far easier 20 form
rightly in the first place than to re-
form that which has been started
wrong.
The character OF the West, and
hence the future OF our nation, viii he
determined BY the close OF this cen
tury for. il the lands yet to settle are
settled evea in the same increasing
ratio Of the last score of years. 10 say
nothing OF the accelerated growth OF
more favorable conditions, they will
all he under way by the year 1910. Ii
seems but fair. therefore, that the fos-
tcring hand TO guide this growth. and
secure the welfare OF 50 large . Sec
ton. should he one who l. most thor
oughiy posted on all the means 10 that
end: IL i only giving to them what
the East had before them, for New
England rebelled when the attempt
was made 10 force alien rulers upon
our country in the very beginning,
and II il the part of wisdom to legis-
late for the future rather than the past