Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-07-20
OUR SPLENDID EMPIRE
Some Of General Clarkson's
Opinions of the Sound
Country
His Talk of the Resources
and Advantages of the
Region
And the Chances for a New
Conner to Establish
Himself

this region noting all its characteristics
with a bright intelligence aud a practical
eye:
81 lind il very pleasant to talk Of this
new country" said General Clarkson. Il
felt very ditldent and reluctant to speak
of It until after had made a pretty
thorough investigation of its prospects. !
have now spent nearly month in Wash
ington and have made pretty full investi-
CATION Of the resources Of that portion Of
the state lying west Of the mountains and
have made tour of Puget sound. visiting
all the important towns and cities. Puget
sound when seen j. AN assurance OF the
greatncs, of Western Washington. Ii is
beautiful and NAV fairly be- called the
Mediterranean Of America, aud know Of
no body Of water In the world To equal il.
| II j. an inland sea. Its Islands are fertile
aud the best and most productiveOi farm
/ ing lands. ltS shores are lined with forests.
When they are cleared of. rich farming
/ lands of prodigious producing power are
| left in their stead. Nature has been very
prodigal in her gifts To this country. Your
/ forests are the best now in existence In
| America aud YOU could maintain the
present population OF your towns aud
cities aud keep them going forward on the
! lumber crop alone. The Middle states
have turned to Washington for their
lumber. Indeed this state has usurpcd
the country aS far east as Chicago takiug
the lumber trade of this vast section from
Michigan. Minnesota and Wisconsin.
! Your tall aud shapcly trees are furnish
ing maSt> and spars for the ships OF
the world Iowa, nv own state
a..a.. a.sAa laHaa
enormous demands for lumber
now buys of Washington. Your fir tim
bcr which j. proving tn have greater ten
sile strength than oak, is being used In
my state for bridge purposes and Tor
everything requiring strength and quail
ity. Tens of thousands Of houses there
are covered with Washington shingles.
merely use the state of Iowa 10y way OF IL
lustratiun Of what the other states are
doing IN the way Of consumption of your
products. You must be very rich indeed
In forests when you can maintain the
waste in timber which a traveller secs
here every DAY. Whole forests are
slashed and cleared every day. and the
trees burned a. they fall You are vast
ing enough timber every year To make
one of the economical old states very
, rich
"What do YOU think of the chances In
Washington for people coming here To 90
: into business or to make a living IN cliy
or country
"As was pioneer in Iowa. going to
that state with my father when lad, be
fore an inch of railway had been built in
t; the state living where everything we
! raised had to 20 with OK teams l!D miles
! 10 find market and a. have seen that
e great state develop into "A commonwealth
of 9ODgCD0 people. | have some qualiiica-
= tiOns to Judge OF a new country. ] KNOW
: by personal experience OF the hardshlps
e OF pioneer life. and know how To form
y an estimate of a country In the rOugh ana
of the experiences of newcomers. man
should always speak guardedly when hi
!, words will influence other people IN Sc
q lecting homes ThOughtlessness or speak
ing without reason for opinion are boil
inexcusable when your words are apt 10 b'
taken aud acted upon by people wishlnl
. To better their fortunes, but WIN I'M
10 sense of conscience ! speak 0i TINS cOun
trv. When say think II affords TN
le hest chances nov remaining In Americi
~ for pcope wanting 10 work ana e.
h tablish themselves | feel ! am warrantel
ie Inv facts as they exist. Comparing viii
Ie Io,vn again. | would say that the new
conner without means, or with snlal
10 means or large. can lind good and sur
No opportunities here Ihe man OF llll
no means would find three chances her'
r. where thr pioneer In Iowa found but one
he for those reasons: The natural fOrcs
il which rnyars Western Washington is
Mt fortunc ready TO the hand of the enter
nd missing man. After the forest Is cleare
away. the soil with its wonderful capat
st ity for production. affords him anoth'
a chance. After that there Is The iar,
under ground the mineral wealth whlcl
/ believe. will prove TO he fully equal
, tbat Of Pennsylvania, Tor you haN
air.ady deyeloprd everything in the III
O. - minerals that Pennsylvania has excel
oil and ga. and in their place You ha'
IN. pold. silver aud copper. when fennsy
~ yania has not. You not only nave IN
I'd farm under the ground; nut also laf
.r.' @ under the sea IN your fish. IN the lait
~ nrnJnrt alone YOU can equal Massach
~" Lots ar any state ON the Atlantic coa'
Ia these various things the state
-, Washington has assurances ni gre
me future. .t....,.,,i.,,i,,.
IL soi and natural wealth. but also sup'
idc inritv in location and climate. 10
iu' W., harder i ON the sea aud Puget Sou
IN ~ yi,cs van AN inland sea which affords
WI m.gl,ct direct with Asia and all "
- r;ch western country Oou are indt
W ,ta g,trway 10 all that country and
J Alaska ns we'll. Any patriotic Ameriei
,,i, after seeing this country aud appfeclatl
act it-and no one can comprehend ~ " ih'
seeing it-hnds source oi natonal pr
In seeing this new empire. and cam
Ill, mi rcgrct that unWise national T
in IsiS- $50 that allowed bnglanu
tho ,alsc away from that republic hrea'
~ nearly six degrees oi lailtud" OF u
hinb belonged to us. The good
no. american cry Of lsis. "Fiity- -Four r.
mr. Fight" ought to have won either
nd fore or after a light WIN England.
british Columbia would have been IN
I'nitcd states and we would have {
tile troiied entirely the straits 0t Juan
Emca Lewis Cass. james buchanan
, Il, William Allen then leading their pa
i,n surrendered these rights and aiio
ENGLAND to fin the boundaries ON ihe
and degree aud left England hall IN contr'
thc straits Of san Juan De tuca. IN
thcy made such a cowardlY surrender
-ned in tba dispute settled twenty year
more ago. with William of German
arbitrator, we we're given back the i
tile If San Juan. a foreign king shown
air higher regard for what was que
United States by our natuia.
our timld leaders had dared 10 man,
:. -. tnv american visiting this country
the cannot hut regret that all that splei
country belonging to us was not retal
when we had II.
iial something Of the productive power OF
ha' have never seen anything 10 equal
10, productive capacity OF the soil OF WI
=
~ ingion. The great natural forests. n
"" up Of trees two aud three hundred
high. standing closely together. som
law them running over 80 feet to the
ect limb show the marvellous power OF
oy soil OF course IL Is "A well-known fac
~, natural history that vegetation draw
much substance from the air as from
soil: but that Is one OF the glories OF
wa. sound country, and Is as good 70
itv. plant life as for trees. A man Will
ar need n large farm to make himself {
ross Portable or rich In this country. A
. as Of twenty or forty acres here Is equa
il one of so or 100 acres in the middle or "
nVe ern states. Your fruit Is simply won
axe ful. both in quantity Of yield and qua
Iain and Ii exceeds anything have ever
lgs, The same may be said Of other prod
5 OF have seen. Therefore, speaking OF
med chances OF newcomers. ! say thereis
chance open to the farmer. iruit-gro