The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-12
Extracts From Report Of Gov
eminent Director Spalding.
UNION PAclFIc's TERRITORY
To Assume That State Like Washing.
ton Can BE Injured by ssBoom''
or Overspseulation II Absprd.

S~.7kkA8 0ck0ouQ ~ INC poLJ Vi P1OuuCe18 0uo
shippers for more accommodation was aware
then that the demaod for additional car service
was not confined tothe Union Pacific alone, but
that it could BE heard along the lines OF nearly
every railroad doing business west of the Ale
ghany mountains. But there was this differ
ence. that while the roads centering in Chicago,
for instance, h44 from 10 to 20 per cent
more business thanfh could easily haul, the
demand upon the Union Pacific in Oregon and
Warrington excecded that of the previous year
from 50 to IS per cent This was partly attrib-
utabls to fortunate crop, but not altogether so.
The Thousands Of immigrants who had been
docking into the Pacific Northwest for i've years
previously had just begun to show the results Of
their labor. They hsd become producers After
toiling patiently for one, two, three or four
years they had at length found themselves in
possession of q surplus fol. which they were
seeking . market In the numbering districts
the cut was great, bat not greater than the de-
mand for building material throughout the
entire Northwest Is was simply impossible for
the company to hAu1 the business which was
offered it Along the Oregon and Washington
lines grain was piled mp at every station awaiting
shipment. There was much complaining. great
dissatisfaction. But this condition of things
was not such ~ any company could have antici-
TO be prepared for. 1t was unusual and extra
busire.s of ono .or Shor,N ese ~ :, az
corrcsnopdinc ses.on ~ the nr.v;ou. va, ~
from 20 to IS per cent.
So much has been said regarding Oregon and
Washington during recent years that most peo-
pie who read at all are familiar with almost
every step in the progress of those two states
They a-s srricuItnrsI rather than mininr st.te.
and their wealth lies an the ysch .iI ,vhieb !. "a
be found alrnoat throuehont their entire res
II is plain that there i. lee, vssta l.rd
in Oregon than in anv st.te in the
Union. However thi. NAV he 7 b.d cood ,o..on
TO feel CONVINCED Of the nro1,ncfiyeness of the
coil last fall when found At almost every sta.
ton from Spokane Fails TO Pendlefon. and from
Pendleton almost half way across the state of
Oregon to Portland. large stacks Of rain sacks
awaiting shipment Eyeryvhere there
was such an abundance of grain as has
seldom been Witnessed in recent years even in
the great wheat belts Of the old Northwest The
yield in Oregon for $50 was estimated from Ia
10000 70 le,50o.oW bushels. AS In always the
case In new countries. claims are made which IL
is sometimes dif6cult to allow. but had il from
unreasonable authority that throughout
Southeastern Washington and Northeastern Ore
gon from seventy-fvo to ninety bushels
of wheat to the acre was not considered
an unusual or extraordinary WELD Tho
famous Palouse country, which includes lsrze
portion Of Eastern Warrington and Easfern
Oregon. fairly cutdfa atse1f Inst -veer' In the
counties OF walla walla, Columbia, Garfield and
Asotin, TO the south of the Snake river in Wash
ington, and in the adjoining belt OF counties in
Oregon, the farmers had q great surplus of
grain. and had they been able to reach
market reasonably and reasonably thew
would have reaped an after.haryest EQUALLY a
satisfactory. But for the reasons which I have
already given their shipments we're long de-
layed and great dissatisfaction was the result
without knowing what precautions have been
taken to prevent repetition OF such blockades
on the part of your company. 1 cannot refrain
from expressing the hope that they are ample
To assume that A state like WASHINGTON mr.
Oregon can be injured hv = boom ~ can he
seriously damaged nv oyer-.necuIs,;or ON ~
mart of town builders ia IN sssnra too r,,,eh
All that these .fs,e. need ;s tho ronr,.tio, ~.
right kind Of = ronulsfion ~ daye,o,, t,s,r
Nearly everything grows in Washington. Not
only is the young state able to produce
from fifty to 100 times more grain than the ron
ula;ion requires, but hops are raised, an in Or
egon in great abundance The hon zelda of
Oregon ana Washington today are said TO weld
more than those OF England and Bavaria COM
bined. Hops raised in Washington not only
find a market in all PARTS of this country hut
are becoming an important article of
export Fruit and vegetables of eyerv deseyin
ton are also raised in abundance. II has been
asserted, and with truth, that eyery .ort
of climate with the single exception of the
tropical, may be found in this state The grass !.
though not as beautiful nor as green. nerhan,.
as that which a certain portion of Kentucky is
proud OF, is plentiful and almost free over large
tracts, that stock raising ID carried on success
fully and probably. Washington il one of the
best sheep-rsising and wool producing etsfes
in the Union. According to the reliable statis-
tics inferior breeds of sheep average
I'VE pounds of wool per snuum. The
finer stock produce proportionatelv. The
wool product has grown from 100000 pounds
in 1855 TO very nearly To- ooo COO in 1850 This year
it is expected that the yield win exceed L. Ogo.
600 pounds. The mild winters, light snow and
plentiful supply of water, together with the
bunch grass, which is found in abundance con-
s;itute the elements that 60 to make waning
ton great wool raising state
The lumber SUNNY of these fwo prest .t..ss If
the Northwest is frequently said 20 be inexh.ust
ibie That is hardly true for we tpow fha,
state even as richly endowed as aithar =, shs.a
can be stripped of its timber in time. Rns The
lumber resources OF Washington and OREGON are
immense, ana III the lessons ~ the ns.,
count for ANYTHING IL ought In h.a many
wears before their magnificent forests y;vs
out. The annual cut. however. even now 4.
great Timber lands are now being taken mn
BY lumbermen and SPECTATORS. narticu,arrv
throuChou the Puget sound region, so fast tn af
there is really little of il at FIRST price in the
market. The 1900 900 acres OF fores, land. in
Oregon aud the lS,ooOoO acres in Wsshiny,on
viii soon be in the hands of few comnaniess of
men. Perhaps this may prevent the vaste
which would result from a general ownersh;n
There IL not much danger that the price Of INN
Der viii be excessive during the present ceners.
ton, at least, as competition is sharn The
product OF ISIS in Washington yss over m on :.
ooo feet. In 1870 il was estimated AT over an.
ooooN. and the claim is made thar this