The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-29

II Is rare fiat . day rsaxses - Nh'e1a
llSe advertising public b not invites
- one or more Representatives O
fourpais "a one grade 81 another
er1nted ii The East. In California. 10
0reron or somewhere slse 70 subscribe
4cwsre she publication OF what IN
newspaper slang i termed a"wfiis-
m, 81 this ei1y. The agents promise
- 81 ;eiore tbe world glowing ne
<,ounfs Of seattle. it, conditions, sur
rnoudsnxs. resources. recent growth,
- d calculated toinduce imrnigra-
tton and capital. cftxn bscaase I =
81 f1ksf IL will do no harm, and
nnav DO good and ofsener stu
4roru wish 70 get rid Of = canyassing
1kore these invitations are accepted and
Hundreds or thousands Of dollars are
nesd cuf for . ss7t Of advertising
which does vastly rsore hafm thxn
nod The so-caIled 'write-np' i
usually glowing indeed, but re-
rnsrkabIe chiefly for its extrayagarsce
and absurd misinformation and for
style and tone suggestive
rnsher Of . speculative boom s
1hxn Of substantial prosperity. The
advertisements which accompany
tkose fulsome articles are almost
wholly furnishsd BY resi- estase men.
There Il no representation Of
en- mercantile business. banks,
transportation lines Of the
1heusand varieties Of business that go
g make up the life and character OF
tke city, such AZ may be found any
md every Day IN the miscellaneous
advertising columns Of the PosT-Is-
4nzzdsKxcER. These do not patron
= the Especial editions.
These ''write-ups' do this
city, or any other city,
moro harm than good. They
nevsr have the appearances Of truth,
are usually the hasty. careless and in
accurate work Of strangers who have
esther time nor means 10 be thorough
md truthful, and they give an Inn
prsusi0T: not ut all 10 the advantage of
~ city. People who have
sever been here might sasiiy be
excused, after reading ore Of these
ssw1ite-ups,' for believing that the
ehief II noe the only industry of the
Place WAS the blooming and sale Of
town lots.
OF very different sort Il the adyer-
tetng which q city Seattle or any
cher city gets through the circulation
IL it, own newspapers. particularly II
such papers are representative Of the
plAcc. Nothing IL so certain sign Of
the conditions, character and spirit OF
= city as Its representative newspaper.
For the sake OF illustration we win lay
aside modesty and speak Of the Posr-
IxTFLIIaExcEa. Nothing that may
be seen outside OF the city
itself Is SO good an a,iyer-
firement for Seattle as this paper, A
glance at It's columns, especially its
advertising columns, tells more than
forty pages Of slowing description.
The poorest number Of its daily issue
h q better advertisement for the city
than the most fulsone swrite-sp" In
= paper published elsewhere, just rs
demonstration IL better than de-
scription.
We sre urged to say these things
not from dissatisfaction with the pat
Tonage Of the public which is always
generous TO IFS home paper. but
70 point out the fraud which Is being
perpetrated by irresponsible newspa-
per ,nendicants- Perhaps the least
deserving Of these Il the 81 Paul
Honeer Press combination. !" which il
now engaged in working spo-
kane Falls, and Is soon 20
come west OF the Cascades. A
fair sllustration Of tie method of this
pepper and is Representatives was af- |
forded by special edition gotten cut
last year for Tacoma. In which Seattle
vas seft of the map Of Puget Sound.
undef the mistaken notion that
He fraud would please the
people OF Tacoma. As matter OF
faft. The Tacoma people appreciated
HE fraud for what il was worth.
openly declaring il very small and
rontcmpsible thing. II our people ]
viii receive these mendicanis rs they
deserve. We shall not be discresiItesi /
by more special editions