Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-03-28

into the markets of the world, Eng
land absorbing great deal of our
product. 1t is natural product, and
one that will bring great revenue to
the State in the future, as it has done
in the past. The government is TAX
ing steps to perpetuate fishing on the
Columbia River, that it may always
be an avenue of profitable industry, as
well rs the production of food pro-
duct. Last year there were 100000
cases of salmon packed, valued at
T2.JOO,O00, Il portion of which was di-
vided among the people of Oregon.
OF this sum 81 100000 was divided
among labor. and the residue among
all avenues of trade. The govern
1.ssat-ssv s-s-: 49,, $9 0o0 -s..-&:l.t On
tin used in the packing of our fish.
If the fishing in Puget Sound is prose
cuted properly the revenues for fish
ing alone should amount to over $I0,-
| 00O, 900 year in our State. The great
need of the country is small fishing
smacks and men who understand the
curing of fish. Very little capital is
required in this business. Deep
water fishers will be the most accepta-
BILE, as the largest Of our cod is found
in water from 80 to 800 fathoms deep,
and they are the best-fiavored OF all
our fish. To those of you who follow
fishing for living, do not hesitate
to say, that if you will go at once to
the State you can make great deal
of money.
| EDUCATION.
l have been asked by people who
contemplate going West, what are the
educational facilities? l desire to say
that the people believe in the civiliz-
ing torch, and it is with the greatest
pride that we point to our educational
advantages. In nearly every city you
will find a grand edifice erected to en-
lightenment. There is no country in
America of the same age of State
hood that has better school facilities,
and there are few State institutions
that have such financial backing as
the schools of Washington. Out of
the AZ, 100000 acres in our State, three
million acres have been given for
school purposes, and its sale restricted
to ten dollars per acre, and it is doubt.
full il it will ever be sold; but per-
manent policy of leasing will be in
augurated, thus insuring perpetual
Income for the instruction of the
young. To-day the lands are valued
at $40 OO0, 900, and a few sections are
under lease near the cities that will
bring in enormous revenues. l have
some mechanical works erected on a
section of this land near Spokane
Falls, and can appreciate the value OF
this leasing system.
4 Another question that has been
asked by the intelligent men of this
section is, what advantage has the
scientist in a new country? A gentle
imam said to me to-day: you know
that the life of the scientist is practi-
lcally given in behalf of his fellow-men
there are many of us poor, and were
it not for the assistance we get from
the rich we would not be able to pros
ecute our discoveries" In answer to
this will say that there is no race OF
people on the face of the earth that
honors scientists more than the Amer
lean, and nowhere are they better sup
ported than among the generous, free.
hearted Western element. Wherever
it is possible they assist the followers
of science: science that has enabled
us to emancipate the fever-raced
frame OF man; science, that has
wrestled the thunder-bolts of heaven
from the cruel hands that crushed out
life and in its stead created the electric
spark that has lighted up the darkness
of night and encircled the globe with
the means of communication; science
that has opened the secrets of the
heavens as book and utilized the
sands OF the sea in giving us the tele-
scope to explore the starry wastes
science that has enabled us to i'm
lprison in strong iron chambers the all
powerful steam, the civilizing infiu-
encc that has converted the tear-drops
of weary labor into enormous force,
turning with its countless arms mil
lions of cranks, all subjected TO the
will of a child; science that has en-
abled us to find virtue in the poisons
that were feared in the past. Zap
plause.] / do not think that there
will be any trouble experienced in re-
lying upon the generosity of the peo-
pie OF the West is supplying the means
for the scientist to wander mid the
steel-ribbed hills and feel the throbbing
pulse of mother earth.
The growth of this State has been
marvellous when you take into con-
sideration the fact that it was not un.
til 1888 that we had the advantages ol
a transcontinental line. In that year
the energy Of the officials caused the
Northern Pacific Railroad to be pushed
through to the Columbia River, and
even then the full benefits of trans
continental line we're not felt, for the
reason that the travel was diverted tC
Portland, Oregon, over the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company
but, since that time, this road has
continued its line from the Columbis
River to Tacoma and Seattle, and the
effect is readily seen when | say tha
of all the immigration that went to thu
] Northwest, fifty-four per cent. by th'