The Delta independent., 1889-12-10
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anst6nai aiss 81 Chiaas JauIh and t6rss.
n ps1szt y asai,ssdY The saves,
stvtlizaa ~ u The hNrld sAsss acrosa
- RAcfd1 Into the Hce .pl tho oldest
- o9ers IL trade f6r the richss Of al
smpirss Toward fhs setting sun til.
peopls- 81 WashIneton look Tor thei,
futnre wealth. The Asistic coast i'm.
porz yearly e3uD. oU0. 600 ~ goods, ani
The sreater part q this trade IL nov
absorbed ~ England But naturs
lAHp viii make thls trafn4N DRIFT to oul
Panifc coast The saving In distance
i alone decisive ia favor: Of America.
Asiatics buy .canied goods. cheap cot.
ton. Aour. meat, lumber, agricultural
implements and other mechanical de,
viceA These ~, the things In which
Amsrieay ysaes cpmpstitio1. and these
are the thfnks Nat Tacoma and Seattle,
tho two great sorts Of Washington,
expect to send apross the Pacific. Il
Il tremendous tid that this now stats
Il making for . market which not only
England but all Europe will struggle
against losing II Washington sue
oesds the gain win be that of tho whols
United States. New England and
Pspntylyania are e much interested
" her success a. are the West and
,Northwest The richness Of the prize
may involve unimagined complications
not only With Europe, but with Asia in
such ways ~ to alter materially our
present diplomatic relations. In truth,
there seems moro future history OF
International concern wrapped up in
the counnes Of this American Mediter-
ranean PuRet's Sound thsn anyone
dare guess At
But II will b long before Western
Washington becomes . country Of
crops. The timber that covers It will
give it, people their chief means oe
support for ct least Z century. The
trees arc enormous. A Washington
lumbermAn sent to San Francisco last
year beam ~ inches thick and 152
feet long. The beam was originally
100 feet long. but It had to be cut on
account Of trouble In transportation.
There h = vessel in Puget Sound Ia
feat long, built OF tinbers running
from stem to stern. and uot one spllc.
ed. Hpsrs for shipysr.as on the OIyds
arc out here. Masts Ars ssnt 70 Eng.
land. France. North Africa and Span
ish and Southern America. It Il said
that during the forest fires OF the past
summer enough timbcr has been burn
cd in Washington to pay OF half the
national debt Yet this gigantic loss.
was not felt even to increasfng the
value Of what was left Washington
elaims 70 have 10000, 600 acres Of tim
ber land.
But lumber is not the sole wealth OF
Warrington. Tho substructure of the
country II . coal formation already
probably worked In between fifteen
and twenty places. Some ot the coal
10 % fine and hard as 70 be called
anthracits. Some Of It Is bituminous
and some u caaase0 - Ignite Some
Of these Goals viii coke admirably,
which means that It Il almost worth It's
weight 10 gold In smelterA Largo
bodies Of iron orc are found in tho
Cascade Mountains In Eastern WASH
ington II is claimed that the wheat and
corn producing soll Is rich and abun-
dant With natural resources such as
these, the new state Of Washington re-
CARDS itself as rich in It's own right
without regard 70 the future Of its
commerce..