, 1890-02-27

The rights and interests of the In
dian Will be protected, and each
will be given land enough for good
farm. The remainder will bC
sold to actual settlers. All polit'
lcal economists, from Adam
Smith down to Edward Bcllamy
with the exception of those belong
ing to the Malthusian SCHOOL,, agree
that the denser the population the
greater the wealth, and the more
abundant the food supply. To keep
small banus Of Indians in the midst
of vast reservations II therefore con.
trary to all sound authority on soci
ology, and the practice of doing 81
will soon cease. The Yakima In.
dian il no longer a wild man,
and what the rising generation
most needs is to he brought into
close community with progressive
civilization. In this way Il will bc
famillariacd with the industrial op-
eratons of this advanced age, and
the Indian will soon be merged Into
the citizen. Since the government
N-NuItltH W btl loI lAlt lllltIN~lF VI
the Indian and TO treat him IA u
ward of the nation, Its duty to abol-
ish the reservation system is now
becoming so plain that all may per
ceivc IL.
"And this reminds me of another
similarity between Spokane and
Yakima. That city Is also deeply
Interested In having an Indian res
ervation opened to the uses Of civil
ization. 1t il much further away,
to be sure and the land is not level
like that of Yakima, but IL II rich in
mineral wealth, and Its opening
would greatly enhance the
growth of the Falls City. The
COlvllle rescrvation-the one to
which / reier-contalns $500 O0O
acres. II is thus three times ~ large
as Rhode Island, twice as large as
Delaware, nearly ~ large ny Com
nectlcut, and even half as large as
New Jersey, with it's population OF
l,OO0,O00 And yet on the Colyille
reservation there are less than 1000
Indians. Ifa law should he enacted
allowing settlers to purchase land in
restricted quantities on the Yakima
reservation, II seems to me not OK
travagant TO estimate that the pop
ulatiOn of North Yakima would
qJiadruple with a sudden bound.
And this event Il not far distant.
Reservations are being opened here
and there, and each opeuing Is the
occasion for grand rush OF
home-seckers. This latter fact
has produced an impression
on the public mind. This i'm
preston IL that Indians are no
longer far-off savagcs who must he
guarded with soldiers and watched
over through government agencies.
They will tie given land in seycralty
and tribal relations will disappear
White neigh bors will become their
fellow citizens, and their children
Will grow up as members of the
brotherhood Of man.
OTHER POINTS or SIMILARITY.
"But the parallel of similarity
between Yakima and Spokane docs
not end with these instances | have
noted. There are many Others.
Spokane has vast timber supply
near Mt hand, and 80 has Yakima.
Spokane has one of the gra ndest
water powers in the world, and yet
the water power of North Yakima
is scarcely inferior 10 IL In
the matter of actual utility.
Yours Is not attractive aud wonder
fui IA the great plunging river
Spokane, and yet water drawn out
of the Nutcheez runs your mills
with ease and without expense, and
like the falls ut Spokane it, power u
inexhnustlble In quantity. Il would
almost run the machinery OF the
world.
"There l. one point of difference
between the Spokane Of five years
ago and your Yakima OF to-day.
Not being in the center Of
the state, Spokane did not aspire 10
lie made the SCAT of government
az Yakima does. But capital or no
capital n bright future awaits Yak
ina as IL did and still does Spokane.
There, now. Can you remember
what have sald?"
Promising this enthusiastic friend
to hold inst to at least fow of his
uttcrdnccs in this tale of two cities, -
the Herald representative moved on,
inspired with new hope and conf
dcnce. Forit needs must bccncOur-
aging to any city to be llkcned unto
Spokane Fails.