The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-07
THE STATE PRESS.

columbia Chronicle: srhe Chroaiele has often
suggested that II the people of Dayton expect TO
build town that will be . credit to themselves
- welt 40 the state, they should lay aside al
personal spite and pull together. Too many
have fallen into the bad habit of ordering goods
and wares. job printing, ETC., from abroad. when
they eau do just as well at home. The people
that are in business here and who have spent
years in building up the town. should receive
at least the encouragement OF your patronage.
Everything can be bought of our merchants at
Is reasonable rates a. can Be found anywhere,
and by giving them your patronage, you keep
great deal of money at home that viii be ex-
pended In increasing the wealth of the city. Not
only should the citizens observe this rule OF
stimulating home business, but the corpora
.tion, through its city council, should set the
example by patronizing home dealers whenever
il Is possible. At the present time, considerable
money 10 being expended in putting in the new
water system, and II the city requires q few
hundred feet of pipe not called for in the con-
tract the local hard ware dealers should be given
an opportunity to furnish what is needed at rea-
sonable figure. While the mains are being laid
there are man y who will want to put water into
their yards, and the best way to do this IL to
call on the local plumbers to do the work and
we assure you satisfaction. Keep your money
at home by patronizing your merchants, me-
ehanics and dealers of ali kinds, and you will
Work for the mutual benefit of all and prosper
yourself by so doing"
Colfax Conlmonsr: Government by class 10 a.
destructive of the welfare of the individual as
government by car. government should
give no bounties. Once . citizen begins to look
to the national treasury for contributions to
assist him in his private affairs he loses some
thing of that sturdy American manliness which
has been his distinguishing attribute. One gov
amt h1fr fr ada fhAr rhosl ~
gets subsidy. Once the policy is established
canker win begin its baleful and weakening
work in the body polite. When one class begins
paying tribute to another class there viii pres
emily be discovered q superior class, to which
the others muet bend, and from which the others
must beg"
Spokane Spokesman "In awarding the con-
tract for Indian supplies this year under the
Mckinley bill the government has found, says
the Globe Democrat, that sugar is s474 per 100
pounds, instead OF 1915, last years figure.
Clothing, tools, machinery and domestic nipple
ments are cheaper, but there 10 an increase in
the prices of pork, beef, four, oats and corn,
which shows that the farmers can buy cheaper
and sell dearer than they could twelve months
ago."
Chehalis Nugget: "Ths people of Washington
are becoming indignant over the eonsta viola
ton of the gambling laws. Open tables are the
rule and not the exception. The cities on the
Sound and Portland have taken vigorous meas
ures to suppress them and the inland cities
must follow their lead and take up the fight"
Waitsburg Times: ''rhe stock sales in this city
last Saturday furnished much food for thought
and reflection to stock raisers. Summed up and
boiled down the text 10 this: Good stock
brought good prices, poor stock brought almost
nothing. 1t pays to raise good stock, but it
doesn't pay 10 raise poor stock"