The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-01
4 VISITORS VIEWS.


w~s~.re~s ef the Essire Pogst
esssS gssis-
Ne zezuer, OF Carlisic. Pennxyi-
...ss l. On visit 10 the Pacific coast.
- Tor . day or tao past has heen
.eocpsng iss hi. city. He l. the editor
q d. fsn<r5oas Fofznfaey, one of the
~ and ws.l-kno~n newspapers Of his
.srt Of the coautry. and il looking mp
a. east With the sie~ Of giving bis
srrnr.ss ions 10 his readers Last eyen-
- a PosT- isEElEfoExcyR reporter
sske.i him his opinion Of the Pages
eoun.s country. and Of Seattle 10 rsr-
Healar
1WsIi. arrived on the cozst only
sho.st Heek ago, he replicsi. and Il
s~~.ns q little pFesumptuoas for me 30
fudxe tin eo1Htry on such bTief &C
.sn5ntzuep There are great many
,<ofse here whose long residenee and
sxyssfesee Gill eaatie 70 ssxe np yoar
srstisss nsarh more fully and nesfsrafe-
T. tsssn q stranger IN one weeks finae
ras.. No one csn be- 10 this Country
v,r, lsyssg and not receive impressions
IL some kinl. ard that has been the
ess. wstA Bfe. II you think f1.y oFsin-
lpn viii ns * aay interest. don / fail
70 state thati am not aFsand for the
pnfposs Of i~anr interviewed. Besides
mg oun paper sfits letters on my
trfp s0f several other newspaper IL
Peansylvania. and that gives me aom I
q much pahiicisy as modest I )
warts
vanisz" 4
sson Jaly g9sh. came over Ne
PsansTIsania railroad toChiearo. over
die Chlcayo Il Northwestern to II.
pssi. anil lfon there TO Tacoma over
tss Northern Paeitlc After spending
seyeral days AZ Taeo...s I reachei Sc.
sttse last Saturday eyeniH.
= And iJw does Seattle strike you -
A. seen from aboard the boat In the
bar. is general appearance, TO one
accustomed q the eSnspactiy built
towns and cities In the older portions
al the country. 1. not exactly what one
erpects. lut when one gets into its
street ami ninglc@ with the hustling
thscngs OF people, and secs what 4
brisk trade IL business men are doing
and the thousands Of building opera
ton that are being hurried forward
on all sides of you, YOU become con
yiiaeesi almost la spite Of yourself. that
II isa great place and that the end il
not yet. ! 0f course have been read
Ing the flaming advertisements OF
some 81 gonr real estate agents--an
especially clever class OF fellows. By
the wAy-hat | came here determined
that nothing nnsrihstantial should
iuisaenes ms opinions. / look st your
prosperity in all the different lights
and shades. and from different sides.
and am about ready to acknowledge
myseis ~ the belief that seattle has
great future In coming ont here
frequently sskea people whether there
gAs heage migration into the
Territory. TO this the iHyasiahIe
answer was that there was, and often
Tie answer vas supplemented with
The opinion that there was great dan
geT 81 IL being oyefione. Naturally
] reflected considerably upon this
point and regretted that immigration
shnasd be Too Rseat into this new
country. Since ! ana here and have
loake'i around, ! ggn Inclined 20 think
that there / not mitch t. be dreaded
IN this particular People who come
here and become homesiok arc
not likely to return 10 the
section they came from and
give this new country q bad name.
They wosla have too far TO 60. ard Il
w0uii cost them too much 10 attempt
It, They consequently keep deferfinR
4, Snd meanwhile fe..ln new as-Seia-
nggs. bt1sme interested ia tie place
and gradually the homesickness wears
away they hardly know how--atd
they beeonse entirely rao0neiled e tie
place. Instead Of going back % Aheir
friends, they make Effort u getWheif
trieAds T. come t. them, and i favor
able leeiias : k,pt UP concerning your
country, Gssides. the cesntry's re-
sources are 50 great and 50 varied that
u l. capable Of ~ ,ainiHg population
a. dense as that 81 the most thickss
populated sections OF Fcnnsy lYania,
and the more rapidly they come the
sooner Your resources viii he devei
Oped. | don't believe that settlers
here ON the Found viii ever be eem-
peilsi L, leave their homes because 81
the dgouti or the Rraszhoppers. or any
other reason whatever, as settlers have
had e. 10 n Kansas in the early days
and hose the benefit Of 81 their iahor
"IloW are yGu pleased with the gem
eral appearance OF the country
.To u sslvanian Il looks Will.
but not unlnyllinE. Fcnns yiYanis il
a state that has con idrCah.e lumheF
resources pf its oWn. and 4 fenusyl
vanian cannot welt help thinking well
oi . country that Is heavily timberei
bat when he sees such dense growth
oi such great trees as YOU have almost
eYeryw here along the Sound, he feels
on the timber question. as Solae tituof-
Gus people 10 about the Immigration
that Is rolling ia this direction. that /,
Is badly oversiane lie begins 10 rca-
son that e vii take him half OF what
remain fo him at hie e. chop down
the sialhcr and the other belt t. burn
ii ap. and he Wiil have NO time left for
The eajagment oi the home he eamc
here g. seek As postcritN never dill
anything Tor him. be does not care al
living entirely for the sake q 10
tefity
What indueed yea to visit this
eo1ntry
Wei I had several motives IN
coming uat here. I wanted to take .
vacation tfip soine~hefe. and as ! ieil
al Interest ia tlis part Of The country
trum av&y back I naturally preferred
H. como here, especially as | eoaid
here tinsl something 20 write ahoat
which 81 eur folks Down east, ai least
had aof already lscen written q death.
Ike a etloI fresh newspaper subject
ami believed that could hwd Il here
AMI have not been mistaken. iht
principal motive however, vas q
book Through Easiern eyes ~ a section
that has been u.prcseute t. possess
lSonn8is-s uat'lrai vcenarcss. get % tat
nsck lsttru ltCts concerning these ~
senrce ~ them through an baslerr
miu5 &nI ilsyc taem before the pc9
pc af uHe part NJ the country tIst -
| fouad tiTn sua believe them q t'tt
Fennsyiesui NJ hayC heard thst her,
arr t0exhsastiaie deposits e enai
% lran oEu. ~ lsDihcT a soii ui mat d
he's fegiatv. Hnc climate aut esssiY
Ct waier sbat affords hartefs unez
ceissl aus sherr iu tire world anal intci
that sgaA u sjrt ~ advantages mus
inev g5h'y make the cAautFy great
Very ies af thyu. hpseVce, have eon's
hefe direct -ram the scvtiou ! fcffssei
and euHp Hsatyviv Veakiue hut ititi'
e a. sea kap.H therr % year country
Ihe reapg there aiH soou ieecIn'
ialiy ard rV' e,y informed 81 Tie re-
- rcss tHat here exist ln si3th mex
hsa tlse qusA.iiias aud beEiu &
rsHeci ttat You hcre have ia auditor
u ;as-ss rfsotFtt. thc alNaufaees 81
ts'e tsua .an f1c'ic ant iha NartheRf