The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-10

pork, beef, etc, aud had had many in
quiries for -four, both corn and wheat.
Similar inquiries / have had in Stock
holm and Copenhagen. Moreover. the
Norwegian people are a very ear
nest, hardy and simple folk. Their
diet is largely bread, composed
OF barley and oats, with a small
proportion of rye. A slice OF this, with a
bowl of milk, viii frequently form the
principal meal These people are particu-
larry free from prejudice, deeply in earnest
with life, and by necessity compelled TO
count every penny. Here, as we'll, is q
large field worth cu!tivating; yes. almost
duty and obligation to our farmers, who
are and will ever be the bone and marrow
of our prosperity.
The agitation of the cereal question
may lead TO the introduction of the better
grades of American -four. Hitherto Buda-
Pesth, the Minneapolis of Hungary, sup
pied all Europe with the finer grades of
flour. While at koenigsberg, on my re-
turn from st. Petersburg last spring, I
stepped into confectionery store, the
proprietor of which said TO me: i have
had barrel of ST. Louis -four from friend
on your side. 1t beats anything from
Buda-Pesth. / wonder if I could get it at
convenient prlces? Similar questions
have been asked of me at Berlin and
Cologne. While at Innsbruck not long
ago. merchant wanted to know if We
had anything to compete with Buda-Pe
flour. Similar cases I could cite ad in
JfRttunt.
Aside from these absolute needs and
chances, We stand on the very threshold
rtF Il
Iations. The Columbian fair in 1898 will
draw from the continent, as I have been
personally assured by leading steamship
men at Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rot
terdam and Havre, no less than 400, 900
visitors. It is needless to say that these
will be of the better and higher classes.
Many of them thrifty, shrewd citizens, are
coming over with a view to investing CAPT
tai and perhaps to settle To acquaint
them with the resources of the West and
the great Northwest, the fertility of
the lands, the desirable products,
the incalculable wealth, the beautiful eli
mate, the splendid homes which may be
established. in short, to familiarize them
with the golden opportunities within
reach of everyone possessing even limited
means, is not only duty to our country
and to posterity. but an obligation to the
age in which We live. Yet here we stand
on the threshold of mighty chances, and
like the famous Spaniard and his men:
Looking at each other with wild surmise,
silent upon a peak in Darien.'
During the Barring Brothers crisis had
occasion to talk with Baron Won Bleich-
roeder, the most prominent fnancier of
Germany. Said he: There is no donbt of
the capital locked up in Germany, many of
our citizens having secured small in
come. and prefer to live within their
modest means rather than invest it in
speculation. But the German is also fit
and ready to invest in real estate. While
do not encourage investments in South
American securities, I would certainly
recommend American lands and anything
in your country which supplies the living
necessities of the great human family
everywhere
at is my opinion, based upon eleven
years of journalistic experiences in all
parts of Europe. that this glorious country
should send over special commissioners
with instructions to educate the people,
not so much the governments direct. as to
go out in the towns, argue and convince
the small dealers, educate the bakers, and
in turn secure them as missionaries; at
tend the fairs, confer with millers. and, if
possible, visit the large manufacturers at
Meissen, Essen, Chemnitz, ETC., wherever
large bodies Of people are at work,
whose labor needs the strongest
kind of nourishment. To do this,
however, we must send men who can talk
the language, know the habits, aspirations,
idiosyncracies and peculiar sectional no.
tons of the people. Men who can antici-
pate every objection, readily answer every
question and from the same standpoint
emphasize all advantages and picture its
benefits-in short, argue with the Ger
mans as Germans; with the Belgians in
the same way, etc. Men, too. should be
sent who are adapted by education and
vast experience to preach on
the farthest reaching phases of
the problem. Impress the listeners
with their experience and strong individu-
atty and no less with their correct de-
corum and appearance. Europeans, as
rule. are very deferential, correct and i'm
FASHIONABLE slow to adopt an opinion it is
true, but largely influenced by first i'm
pressions. The Germans, like the Aus
TRANS, Swiss. and in fact ell but the En-
gl;sh, are very sociable and agreeable to
reason, and particularly when addressed
in their own vernacular. "Wie gehts?"
What has been done of late in this
matter? Well, in view of the fact that
Colonel Murphy has had but comparative
" few months on the Continent, he has
accomplished great results. l have fire.
quently accompanied Colonel Murphy to
German official circles and have had
occasion to observe his work. He
is doing excellently, but the
cause needs more assistants. greater
efforts, and the results will exceed all ex-
pectations. In my opinion, congress
ought to be liberal on this point partic-
ularly and should support the patriotic
efforts of such unselfish representative
men as are now engaged in propitiating
the good work and furthering the inter-
ests of the farmer and of the country"