The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-27
THE STATE PRESS.

Aberdeen Bnu,t,H: several hundred negroes
have been Imported from other states TO take the
place OF white worknlen at the Franklin coal
mine, all because the Oregon Improvement
Company and the miners did rot agree on the
management Of the mine. Which may he
lesson 70 1aborers % attend TO their own busi-
ness and IL may not. If company does not
do the fair thing by its workmen they have the
free American privilege OF seeking other places
Of employment, which is a far better way than
attempting to dictate terms to the bosses. We
don't believe any able bodied man in this state
is Obliged TO remain in one place or always work
for wages unless be wants 10. There are oppor-
tunities enough for every laoorer in the state to
have a home of his own and be self-sustaining,
II they are only willing TO improve them"
ponerov East Uiashfngtoridn: ..If there is
ANYTHING needed in the way of congressional
legislation more than another, il is q system OF
laws regulating foreign immigration We are
receiving the slumgullion OF Europe by the hun
dreds of thousands annually. The lazy, lousy
Italian dago isn't wanted at home and comes
over here with his ignorance, shiftlessness and
criminal principles, and when he is made 10
sutfer the consequences of his own cussedness
his eountrvnen try TO kick up row with our
nation. We have no use for the criminal. ig-
noraut rif-raff that Europe is vomiting out upon
us. and the sooner stop is put TO this whole
sale immigration the better. Our institutions
Belnngham Bay Express: "What is the use of
all this trouble and where is 1t going TO end? Is
there remedy that will heal the differences?
To begin with, one class of the cowardly press
stands In with the strikers. whether they are
right or wrong, another class represents the
graspng, avaricious money grabber, who would
grind au honest, struggling workman into the
ground and keep him there as long as he could
profit by il. Very few papers dare tackle the
subject. they are afraid of being .boycotted
The merchant, when asked his opinion, says, Il
have nothing to say or gives ii privately He
is afraid of being boycotted. We are becoming
a nation of towards"
Northwest the Farmers Alliance are getting in
their work Immense warehouses are being
built for the coming crops. By proper manage
ment the prices can be still increased. However.
great care must be exercised that the matter of
cooperative work is not carried too far The ex-
perience oil the Grange movement ought to be
lesson from which the farmer should draw use
full instructions. There is happy medium
which must be retained in order that success
may attend them"
Snohomish Eye: "Ssndy Odds, who murdered
Emil Weber in Portland, and, after four trials,
costing the state thousands of dollars was sent
eneed TO one year, is working side by side IN the
penitentiary with q man who stole $50 and got
five years Is it any wonder that men rise up in
their might and lynch a murderer occasion
allyn
Astoria Bulletin: "'Killed for spilling whisky,
is the heading OF dispatch in the Posi-
ISTELLIGENcER This form of death is alarm
ingly frequent and is the surest when spilled
down q mans throat