The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-12
SEATTLE THE CHIEF CITY.

SETTLE. July II, 1890.
To THE EDITOR: In a growing and prosper
Gus community like Seattle. not too much can
be said in regarl to encouraging the develop
ment of the resources of the country. The most
skeptical mind will admit that the opportunity
Is now at hand to make this the most important
city on this Coast, not excepting San Francisco.
In order TO accomplish this, it needs, among
other things, harmonious action Oh the part of
our representative citizens, our city council and
our board OF county commissioners, towards
encouraging industrial enterprises.
Located Seattle is in nearly the same lati-
tude as New York city, with a milder climate,
with equal If not superior facilities to MAKE ir
a shipping and commercial center, together
with the vast amount OF natural resources which
are at present commanding the attention of the
entire American continent, and are too well
known to require repetiton-I say, with all
these advantages. Seattle cannot fail to be to
this Coast what New York is to the Atlantic
coast
To some this assertion may seem somewhat
visionary, as in most minds il seems settled
fact that San Francisco would always be the
chief city OF the Pacific slope, but on reflection
IL can be easily shown that such state of az
fairs may not always exist, provided Seattle
win take the proper steps in the right direc-
ton.
We have the coal, the iron and the timber at
our own doors. which should enable us TO COM
pete with all the markets of the world in the
manufacture CT articles in the production of
which all or part OF our oyer-abundans raw ma
terials enter. Encourage with all your might
the development of our resources, and we will
be great; we have the opportunity among few
20 set an example to the world OF what may be
done in reconstructiug the commerce of this
Coast.
In the development of industrial enterprises
almost every city on this Coast has failed to
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erful and absorbing that we always forget to
think of tomorrow. There should be no issue
Of the represe .tative papers of this city in
which they fell TO remind our leading citizens
and our thinking men. and all who have the
permanent prosperity of this city at heart that
they should not neglect to make personal and
strenuous efforts TO induce and encourage the
development OF industrial enterprises of all
kinds, the building OF foundrles and workshops,
giving permanent employment To laborers and
mechanics In looking 10 the future no present
sacrifice should be considered, and every sue
eessful effort in stimulating others brings a
proportions'e amount OF prosperity
DOES IL net seem unreasonable ask whea a
state comprising, like Washington, the three
most important articles necessary in the manu-
facture Of various articles. such as iron toa1
and timber, in quantities superior TO any other
in the lnion-does 81 no, seem strange I say
that should permit this raw material 10 he
shipped elsewhere, 10 be there manufactured
into various art cles for our home CONSUMPTION ?
Why should we he continually rem. nded. as we
pass aiorg our busy streets that every iron huxi.
ness front has been manufactured elsewhere.
with Puget sound coal and iron.
There is not place on Puget sound TODAY
which may not, 10y virtue of all these advsn,
ages. make bid for comms rcial supremacy
and which may not sooner or later. become The
commercial emporium OF this Coast Why nor
Scatter PACL RIEcKER.