Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-03-14


not for moment wish to excite the
cupidity of those who are unable to
make change without detriment to
themselves or families. There are but
few spots upon the globe more capa-
bic of sustaining life with labor, yet
there are many obstacles in the way
to fame and fortune in the North
Vest. 1t would not be justice TO my
hearers were I not to depict the dark
Ishadows as we'll as paint the brilliant
nsys that tighten Ahe Western hotisou.
Candilly, | think that the man whose
hair has become tinted with the
winding-sheet of time; whose vision
is dulled by the shadows of the purple
twilight sinking over the hills of the
great uncertainty; who is blessed
with a pleasant home among the
green hills OF Massachusetts, or Yer
mont,-though it be but a lowly cot
tage-yet where he can watch the
dancing rays Of the sun cradle into
life the golden grains OF wheat and
| corn; where he can listen to the soft
patter OF the rain as it kisses the green
foliage; where he can watch the
sweet flowers bloom into life to glad
den his home with beauty and fra,
GRANGE; where he is among those who
love and honor him in the quiet vii
lage near his farm; where in the even
ing twilight he can lead his wife gent
ly down the sloping path to the gurg-
ling spring, there to sit in sweet con-
tentment, listening the carol OF the
birds as they sing their evening yes,
pers in the shadows of the dying day
| say that man had better close the
chapter of his life surrounded by those
he has known since childhood, than
risk the uncertainties of meeting for
tune in strange land. [Applause.]
There is always some discomfort
among men. Many think that green
fields, valleys ladened with the choicest
fumes OF rarest flowers, mountains
ribbed with gold and silver, await
them in a far-off land, and they take
the first opportunity to tear up their
hearthstone and seek fyr level spots in
strange countries. This is wrong, and
no one should encourage this reckless
emigration. and especially no one
who is endeavoring to assist the mate.
rial prosperity of a young State. Men
who jump at conclusions are not the
most desirable citizens. They seldom
find their ideal home, and are often
dissatisfied with that which Others
would consider veritable Eden
Cruel words and bitter thoughts come
from this class when the reality does
not meet their expectations. Our
State wants population, but it would
prefer to struggle along in a slow way
rather than have the stain of misrep.
resentation upon its escutcheon, and
If make but one convert tonight,
shall feel better satisfied than though
l had sent thousand to our valleys
who would be unhappy in their new
home. We want the bone and sinew
of the land, and we will welcome with
open arms any man who will not be .
burden to his fellows, and who will
bring the credentials of courage, en-
ergy, and generosity. The sun shines
bright and the soft winds play alike
foi the rich and the poor; still, fol
true success, capital and labor should
go hand in hand. Capital should be
foremost, and thus enable labor to be
utilized. Where all men have work
there are few dissensions; but a stag
nation of trade often sewers friendly
ties. We should be frank with each
other, and l say we cannot utilize
profitably heavy influx of labor until
new avenues of trade are opened. We
can utilize certain per cent. of labor
profitably; We can utilize certain per
cent. scantily-but the latter would
be aggricved. Therefore those who
are destitute of funds should think Sc
riously over change, and remember
that Washington is young, and while
we have u pride in seeing it grow, we
want that growth to be healthy and
self-sustaining. We appeal to capital
not for speculation, but to assist in
legitimate industry. We need money
to open mines, to cut down and utilize
our great forests, and make prsduc-
tive the farming lands.
We have many natural advantages,
but we arc not the Tropics, in which
a man can subsist upon fruits that
grow in luxurious abundance. Nature
has been kind to us in way, but in
the North she seldom gives a man
sustenancc without his constant per-
sonal efforts. Nature is without love
or hate; she forms and she destroys.
She makes no discrimination between
the tender violet and the stinging
nettle; she knows not which is bene-
ticial, nor which is deadly; she brings
man into the world, fills him with a
desire for the beautiful, yet she will
grow the rose under the shadow OF the
upas tree to entice him near its deadly
exhalations. She looks alike without
feeling upon the battlefield and the
secret walks of lovers. She is in part
mans enemy-yet his friend. Our
greatest advocate and ally has been
science, for in measure we are able
to counteract the dangers of nature,
and to utilize her poison for the bene-
fit OF mankind. Therefore, to profit
by natures advantages we must have
intelligence, capital, and skill to make
the distinction between that which is
hurtful and that which is beneficial
[Applause.l
Our greatest need is for capital tc