The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-08

believe that he is a tritie "off'' as to this
Farmers Alliance business. The Board of
Trade and Spectators are not enemies of
the farmer; they raise prices as much and
as often as they depress them; therefore
the average is undlsturhed and | think |
proved in the North american ReUiew of
October, 1891, that they are the chief
means of his always having a ready mar
ket at the nearest shipping point for his
grain; and even at his barn door, if he
doesn't want to haul his grain.
This year the yield of wheat in the two
Dakotas and Minnesota is not far from
100000 bushels Consider the amount
of money which that sends into the North
west. 1t is not all profit of course; but
large part OF it might be called wages be-
cause it represents the results of labor;
and 1t Will be an enormous benefit To that
portion Of the United States. and all the
rest of the country will share in it,
Such an IN lux of money, thus distrih-
uted is vastly better for the community
than where a few men acquire vast for
tunes by successful deals. If We could by
fair and equitable processes divide up the
enormous estates of the Astors, Wander
bits, Goulds and Rockefellers among
the entire people, it would be among the
best things that could happen A
hundred thousand dollars is enough
for any man of family. Then if
a great plan needed to be carried out, it
capital. One of the great dangers To- this
nation is threatened in the concentration
of wealth in few hands. An enormous
individual capital working by methods of
secrecy which are at the command of
crafty millionaire can buy almost any
thing or anybody. Some judges even can
be bought; at least such things have hap
pened, and therefore may happen again.
Certain members of the legislature some
times amounting to maJorities, are always
purChasable. Given on one side a rich
crafty silent man who wants to buy Judges
and lawmakers, and on the other side
judges and iawmakes who are ready to be
bought, and you have a combination that
is perpetual menace to free institutions.
And now IA word about the Worlds fair.
People on the Atlantic seaboard make
mistake if they think that the Worlds
fair at Chicago is going to be a Chicago
fair; or an Illinois cattle show, as some
sneerers have named it. Chicago is not
handling the Worlds fair. The United
States have the job i'll hand, and the loca-
ton of the enterprise is mere incident.
The fair had 10 be Somctchere. New York,
Washington, st. Louis, Cincinnati and
Chicago wanted it. One could only be
appointed, therefore four had to be dis
appointed. But at the proper time all of
them, and the communities which they
represent, Will put their shoulders to the
wheel and the great movement will 90 on.
Chicago got the prize of the location be-
cause she worked for it. There is a certain
spirit in the West that is progressive and
proud, and full of insstance. 1t ex-
lists and it shows itself you can't repress
IT. The New York people didn't thor
oughly comprehend this; they took 1t for
granted that the community at large
would agree with them that New York
city was the only place in America to hold
Worlds far; and while they reposed
quietly in this belief the Chicago men
went to work and used all the arts of per-
SuaSion known to mankind, appealing as
well to prejudice as to local patriotism.
and in short they got there"
Perhaps after all, Washington City would
have been the best place. 1t is certainly
the capital OF our great nation, and the ma
tons glory and strength are embodied
there in the public buildings, which next
to the invisible institutions of freedom are
the most impressive tokens of our repub-
lies greatness. Then in Washington City
the United States own the land; the Dis
trict of Columbia belongs to no state in
particular; it is just as much a part of
Illinois or the Dakotas or California as
of New York or Massachusetts. The
United States, through it's congress,
could have voted and erected public
buildings, and these could have been
permanent, and other nations could have
deposited their fabrics and machinery
therein, and we could have had sort of
perpetual Worlds fair there; and the state
pride of every citizen would have been en-
couraged and no ones feelings would have
suffered. This was a favorite dream of
mine; but it was not to be.
There will, however. be a great display
in Chicago. Chicago has the finest parks
in the country; the city itself in spite of
all slurs upon the small river that creeps
through it is a noble one. Its citizens
think that there is not such another city
in the whole world, and they will strive to
impress the same belief on the minds of
all the world at the proper time.
3. j. HUTCHINSON