The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-09
BEEADsrUFFs
THE PEOPLE MAKE THE CITY.
Seattle Compared with Portland-Ths
Growth of Grest Cities I'm the East.

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| in my cabin. INV mind bent upon events that
| have come and gone; on the rapid changes tnas
| have taken place: the onward march OF ciyfltza-
ton; the growth of cities, and the frontiersman
whose occupation, II we may call IL sucn, seems
| entirely gone, cannot but permit my thoughts
| In their wanderinss 70 turn In the direction Of
| Seattle her progress, her advantages and her
prospects. Having travelled very extensively In
| my day; seen life in every phase; studied human
nature, both in this and in foreign climes. and
watched with interest the growth OF most OF our
larger cities, / naturally feel can with safety
predict the future that "a In store for that beauti
full city. That "history repeats ITSELF IL . face
| too often demonstrated for one at this late
| day TO dispute and In comparing Seattle growth
| with that OF Portland. we will simply have
| repetition of the experiences OF Chicago anu -
| Louis, though possibly upon asomewhat smaller
scale, and within the next ten years IND tho
| condition OF things reversed, with the circum~
| stances greatly in favor of the Sound city. Adj
hitting the many advantages Portland possesscs
that lacking in Seattle, and vice versa. con.
tend il is not always the advantage OF snipplngs
| agriculture, mining or location that causes
city TO forge ahead Of a rival. though they play
an active part, but the material OF which 1t 10
made-the people. They are two-thirds OF the
battle; they can make or break IL. and supply
with the aid Of art many things which arewanr-
ing in nature.
That Eastern people have been the means OF
their attire and blossom out In the garb OF full
blown cities, is all true enough, but have mo-
ticed particularly that in making their advances
and selections, they work toward those exhibit-
ing the greater hospitality and enterprise, and
| surely there has been more manifested by the
| Washngtouian than by the Oregonian. The lat
| ter representative of mankind prides himself
upon the fact that his metropolis is one OF greaS
wealth. SO did the average Missourian respecting
| st. Louis He also feels that as "money makes
| the mare CO." the bare reputation OF having the
money viii do the work. and IL 10 not At all
| necessary to manipulate the strings of the bags
\ that contain it. This also a characteristic
| feature with the Missourian. Missouri is withs
out doubt OF the richest, IL not the richest
state in point Of resources in the Union, but its
people, as all travellers must know, have killed
| ii. They viii not give a stranger any encour-
| agement, and in consequence some of its most
| important resources are still undeveloped, and
their metropolis injured in consequence.
Oregon's people are similar In many
respects, and though not realizing
it, are nevertheless throwing a damp blanket
over their city's prospect. The oregonianss
taking them q whole. do not seem DESTROYS Of
giving a stranger a sghost of O show" They
are ever finding fault with their Eastern
arrivals, and view the Eastern man in the light
| of prey. The Washingtonian at first adopted
this self-same policy, but with his foresfghted-
| ness fortunately realized 1t would not success
fully work, and concluded to throw open hia
doors and behave like respectful citizen.
| As city, Seattle is already better equipped in
buildings, schools and hre system, and in many
ways more cosmopolitan, and its citizens
| wide-awake than our friends in Port
| land. 1t IL due to these and other
features that many are attracted BY ik
| Even the ever-traveling mechanic who
| comes this way, after failure to secure work
upon the sound admits this and Is loud with
the praises Of the city that turned him out, and
predicts its future greatness. The people OF
| Portland STILL in spite Of their plea to the
contrary, under the influence Of their Rip Van
Wrinkle sleep. Occasionally they turn over and
snore, but that Is all # amounts 10. As TO the
respective methods OF doing business in both
cities, one sees the difference immediately and
much comment has been made in comparison.
Enter the establishment of merchant in Seattle.
and how soon you are impressed with the wide.
awake manner in which his business 10 con-
Quoted and the attention your call receives. He
or his representatives Immediately attend to
your wants and show disposition to make q
sale. That is what they are there for, and
they take particular pains to let you know il.
| Is it with the average Portland merchant
No; he has not gotten over the idea that the day
has gone when you were obliged TO come 70 his
| establishment, and, therefore, when he is ready
| 70 attend to your wants he viii do So Sone-
! times he seems TO forget you are there and
| after cycling you for 9 second, continues the
| reading Of his paper
1t is true the Sound country is at present ex-
periencng quite q setback through hard times.
| and possibly few financial difficulties But
| any one that reads IL aware OF the TACT that i'm
point of business Oregon is not In better ci rcum-
stances. Where can we find ar the present writing
section OF the United States where they are en-.
| joying the fruits of prosperity? We often hear
an oregonian remark, when the subject OF
seattles advancement is brought up, awhy.
she is bankrupt" etc. / remember well the
| time when Chicago's population was rapidly
reaching the point that would place her upon a
par with 81. Louis. Then great howl rent tho
air on the part of the Missourians The cry was:
Bankrupt city" "mortgaged to Eastern cant.
talists;p "tne city OF paper" etc. while AZ
Louis ranked as the solid city, and the one
that contained a barrel But I notice
she still possesses the barrel, though
| some of its hoops have been
| loosened, while Chicago 10 now In position 10
| purchase that barrel, hoops and all. Was all
this due to natural advantages. the location of :
city's site, or to the people2 surely the latter.
All that is required OF the people of Seattle A.
patience; their city Is bound 10 lead. There ara
too many, pushing. enterprising Eastern people.
backed by capital, and local pluck interested in
| its welfare TO permit q temporary en-
| barrassment 10 affect her future Though
| some may laugh, l will here say / antic-
| ipate seeing the day when San Francisco
will play as a second fiddle to Seattle and tudc.
/ should say others had a sneaking notion of tho
same idea. In speaking of Seattle's growth
| do not expect she viii travel at the rapid rat.
she has been going for the past few years. better
| she should not, such progress often has its SET
| back; her advancement will be of q gradnal
tendency gaining step by step, until each yearly
| increase viii be looked upon with such a mat.
| ter OF fact sort of way by its inhabitsnt.
| that It will be like a second natura
| 20 them. As manufacturing il one ~
| the factors wherein lies me sncca..
| of many Of our larger cities, IL would be weIi
for those most interested in their cities welfar
| 70 advocate policy that would encourage ho,oe
| industry, q thing sadly deficient upon the er-
! tire coast. Better that less OF the same Isn.
| should be entertained and more attention vixs,,
| TO q variety. 1t is not only the local demsnd
| that calls for such a movement, but large ors-
| side country, including we may saw the art,~a
| coast, not saying anything Of the dsmands =,
| our increasing exports.
| In making the comparison between thu wa.A-
| ingtonian and the Oregonian, the writer entar.
| tains no animosity against either the Orevonfar
| or the Missourian, having many frtends In hoth
states, and interests In the former and In Wash
ington but simply claims their charactarfstio.
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