The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-20
GAN UNHOLY COMBINE"


Magili. who Is banker, has come to the Pacific
coast on pleasure trip.
GAN UNHOLY COMBINE"
SEATTLE, Aug. Is, 1892
To THE EDITOR:
"Black spirits and white,
Red spirits and gray,
Mlngle. mingle, mingle,
You that mingle may.
Thou. art too like the ''spirit Of Benquo;
down"
The building OF the Lake Washington ship
canal and the opening of that good fresh,water
harbor to the commerce OF the world il second
in importance to no contemplated improvement
within our state; seventy-fve miles of narbor
line surround it almost upon level WITH tide
water. Locks can be built and maintained at
one-tenth of their cost upon salt water. AL.
ready the Northern Pacific railroad, the Puget
Sound Columbia River road and Seattle, Lake
Shore Eastern road are operated along
Its borders, and the "Great Northern, pushed
ahead by the '.irOn will of the greatest railroad
builder OF the age" will soon reach It's shores.
Locks which upon the salt water have to be re-
newed every three or four years will upen the
lake last half q century, and the grain OF East
Washington can be handled upon thu lake at
one-fifth of the cost on the seaboard.
Ships while loading and unloading will have
their bottoms cleaned by the mere action of the
In perfect safety. In the whole world OF COM
merce this harbor will have no equal, and 1t is
destined to become the most important shl ppfng
point on the continent Freights can be there
handled and shipped at q lower rate than at any
other point on the Pacific coast.
1t was well said by the legislative assembly Of
our territory, at Its session OF 1885, in ernorial
to congress asking for its improvement, "that
Lake Washington can appropriately be called
our internal sea, and on account OF its shelter
position, its phenomenal depth and absolute
freedom from storms Is unexcelled a. harbor
for shipping" The early completion OF the
Great Northern road through the wheat fields Of
operation of the Northern Pacific makes il
necessary that this great work should be
at once proceeded with, and with the inn
mediate completion OF the Cascade locks
and the early commencement of the improve
ment of the Columbia at The Dalles Ia the
near future. The facilities for transportation
between Eastern Washington and the sesooard
will be ample to carry on the commerce Of tho
state, and at rates which will afford to the pro-
Queer reasonable compensation for his labor.
Heretofore the great bulk of this freighting has
found its way to the city OF Portland, which has
grown rich upon the profits of handling Il, but
with the Improvements now contemps ated,
owing to the reduced cost of transportation and
handling, the TOW of this freight Will Re di.
vided, and the major part of it will seek the
ships at Lake Washington, at which posnt 1t
will be worth at least 81 per ton more than at
any other harbor on the coast
The conceded fact that freights car be han.
died on the lake 80 cheaply and that such har.
Dor will in time become the center of all wheat
shipments of Eastern Washington not imsnedi-
ately on the Columbia, has alarmed the naople
OF the city on the Willamette, and to prevent II
possible the contamination of this great work
an organized attempt has been made to defsatit
To the credit of the people OF our state this
conspiracy was originated and put ION foot" in
the office Of the OregoniGn in Portland,
''hatched" in the office of its "annex" at Spo-
kane, and 10 supported by the "boss' CT the
great land grant railroad at the head OF the bay,
a combination of "spirits" which have at all
times opposed all measures which tend 10 re-
lieve our people from the exorbitant charges of
the great monopoly.
The Republican party OF our state. ever ready
to support whatever tends to the good OF the
whole people, has indo rsed this great wosk as
one of national importance. The Republican
legislatures OF our state have asked that the i'm
provement be made. The Republican Senate
OF the United States passed the bill making an
appropriation not only for the building OF the
ship canal, but also for opening the ColuTnbia
at The Dalles. and Democratic House of Rep
resentatives defeated the bill and delayed the
works, aud the action OF this House is now
backed and sustained by the combination sbove
referred to. A strange combination, Yet such
one as We might well anticipate for ths OBJ
ject sought. "Strange bedfellows" hath s''our
politics made. very able article appeared in
the editorial column of the "chief spirit OF this
combine, in 1856. from which / make this ex-
tract, referring to the Northern Pacific load:
ut has not been content to serve the coantry
legit imateiy as carrier of freight and pkssen-
gers, but it has made it q portion of its Policy
70 wreck established towns whenever it caIi, to
build up instead towns in which it or its rfana-
gers hold interest The permanent dispaSags-
ment OF Portland is pursued less with the pur.
pose of really harming Portland than 10 t5oom
Tacoma in the interest of the Tacoma land
Company, a ring within the Northern Pa4ciic.
This LAND company is nothing more no> less
than q gigantic swinde. "-OrcJoada, Mt:y &C.
1856
And now-prestol This paper. the "onlr pa
per- of the city on the Willamette, in or,ssr to
impede as much Is possible the growth AMI de-
velopment of our county and state, has ma lie a
combine with the "boss" of the road whirh il
above denounced. Truly, the words OF the
prophet are verIfed-"The wolf shall also {. we'll
with the lamb, the lion shall eat straw Ike
the OK, the weaned child shall put its hand
on the cOckatrice's den"
The man fest purpose of the combine q 10
prevent the building up OF our state ana To
perpetuate our vassalags to the city on: the
Willamette. The growth OF our state in wealth
and population during the last five Year, has
been unprecedented in the history OF mCa1ern
CIVILIZATION. The county of King has likewise
shown a remarkable growth. With a tax r6il of
&SooO,0 in issO We today have Sos. 600 90; with
q population of 1000 in 1850 We 7isye
expanded - 6o,00o in ls9l, and during the came
time our tax roll has increased from 500, 900
in 1881 10 SIC, eco in 1s91 During ell Ehese
years OF progress We have at all times advocated
all public measures which have tended to the
development OF the whole state, the Prosperity
OF her people and the glory of the eemylon-
wealth.
We attribute CIR success to the fac. thai q, sll
our action We have been limited by no co.Inty
lines, circunseribed by no mountain rangeS de-
tered by no powerful! monopolies and now - the
chief city OF the slope the people of Sezttss are
prepared TO do battle against this s'unho!y POM
bins" and work for tho general good, ara no
doubt the people OF ths state will aid US ans tee
right will prevail j. iEygfS
Joseph Gregory, formerly travelling aesns for
Tasuin. Bowen Co, of Portland il in III at
sitka. Alaska, charged with passing couaterfeis
money.