The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-23

cided preferences for Paiouse country.
Western Cascad. or Willamette VALLEY
propositions, wherein the question of irri-
CATION does not materially affect the
value Of the security-au reason
able enough exceptions TO make
but this II first time IN
my experience of five years
Of active business In the state OF Wash
ington that my loans have been declined
because Eastern and European capitalists
regard the peop.e of Washington as an
aggregation OF repndiatcrs. That such
sweeping condemnation Is in the main
cruelty unjust is no alienation OF the
gravity of the situation. The fact remains
that whether such an opinion IS held ey
the East of as washingtonians be Just or
unjust. it exists.
The people Of the East regard rs here IN
Washington as being tsrred with the same
brush as Pennoyer and his followers,
Waite, of Colorado. and PETER. We can
not blame the East for SO regarding Us
They have only our newspapers by which
TO gauge the trend of public opinion IN
this state. OF all the more prominent
OF our newspapers the Posr-lsrELLI6E ScER,
50 far as am aware, is the only one that
las stood out fair and square for honest
majority legislation.
And while am on the subject OF Sc
attic. should like to point out what Sc
attic has done for this state. Seattle has
given US governor in Mr.. McGraw who
Is sound right through. Seattle has given
rs a senator in Mr.. Squire who although
something of friend TO silver has sunk
his personal wishes in Difference to sense
OF public duty. Mr.. Squire stands for re-
peal aat-footed. Seattle has given US in
the solvency of her banks a financial dis
tinction equaled on this Coast only by
San Francisco. Seattle has given Us in
the Posr-ISTKLLreEScER a newspaper that
as regards its views on the repeal bill is
the sheet anchor of our monetary saliva
ton; and greatest of all good things, the
citizens of Seattle by their good sense,
courage, coolheadedness and mutual sup
port of each other and OF their own IN
situations. have given the rest of Us in this
state an example and encouragement 10
like manly action on our part which will
never be forgotten by those who have
breadth Of mind to appreciate and magma
nimity to admit it.
But to return to our farmer and the
rapid sequence of events following upon
the.rejection of his loan. The farmer not
getting his loan cannot pay the retailer,
the retailer lies down on the wholesaler,
the wholesaler on his bank. the bank on
its depositors, and then-"the ever pres
ent crisis" once gain. The remedy seems
TO me to be possible. Let every man who
has taken the trouble to read this letter,
and who thinks that in the main 1t is
about right, do this. Newspaper proprie-
tors editors ,pC pubfishars ra hut ,,,<rtal
after all, and are generally influenced more
or less by their acquaintances and friends.
Let every one who has in the slightest de-
gree the ear of any newspaper man in his
town 90 to him and say something like
this: Look here. l know you know
heap more about this silver question than
! do, but for goodness sake let up on this
business. just for time anyhow. may
not disagree with you in the abstract, but,
practically speaking, while you are airing
your theories | am choking for breath of
money. Let up and give me chance to
collect dollar, and then shall be able TO
pay you my advertising bill, etc. ETC."
/ am addressing these lines to the average
business men. he is the only one who
can do any good. For one newspaper to
attempt to argue with another is worse
old story of the disputant doctors. While
the doctors quarreled as to the
correct method of treatment the pa
tient died. The newspapers are the
doctors and the business men are pretty
/ sick just now The remedy lies with us,
not with the newspapers. They will not
take hint from each other, but they will
from their own friends. In the language
of this hale and hearty West. our position
Is briefly thus: That the citizens of Wash
ington. irrespective of any silver question,
propose first, last and all the time to stand
by those in the East who have stood by us
with their money, and We don't propose
that they shall suffer by any legislation
that might result IN giving them any less
of fair deal than they gave Us. With
this idea IN mind, and proper pressure
brought to bear by the citizens themselves
upon the newspaper men, it will not be
week before the East will find out what
sort of stuff Washington is made OF.
Yours truly, T. II. w. Ross.