The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-15
THE LAST OF THAT soUvKNrR.
Seattle Gets Better Adverfising-6Iass
blowers Want TO Come West.

Seattle Gets Better Advantageous
Blowers Want TO Come West.
The notorious Evergreen State Souvenir
came up for discussion By the trustees of
the Chamber of Commerce at their meet
ing yesterday, when President E. O.
Graves presented copy of letter he had
written TO President J. J. Hill, OF the
Great Northern railroad. in reply 90 the
one from Edward Tuck. of New York,
which Mr.. Hili's secretary, Mr. Ward, had
referred to Judge Thomas Burke, who had
referred IL to the chamber. In the letter,
which was approved, Mr.. Graves said:
The souvenir in question was gotten up
by private parties who managed TO secure
from the Worlds fair authorities permits
sion To distribute il AZ the Washington
state building. The publication is purely
an ADVERTISING scheme, in which space is
given only TO towns and enterprises that
pay for IL The Chamber of Commerce of
the city Of Seattle. deemlng the scheme
unworthy OF public support, refused to
subscribe to II and protested, from the
start, against H. Finding their efforts
with the Washington state commission
unayaliing, they renewed their protest to
the president of the Worlds Columbian
exposition as soon as they as
eeTtalned that the Objectionable docu-
ment was being distributed. I
enclose herewith copy of this letter of
protest and will thank you 20 transmit IL
TO Mr.. Tuck after you have read il. Our
citizens feel justly indignant az the treat
ment they have received and AZ the failure
OF their efforts TO thwart this unworthy
scheme. We feel. however. that the mag
niEceat record made by the city during
the recent depression is worth more TO us
than any advertisement that money could
buy. The very fact that the city has at its
back no land company or other powerful
organization ready TO pay for advertising
OF this kind is lts chief element Of strength.
as the citizens are compelled to rely on
. their own efforts for success"
A letter from the glass blowers of Fair
mount. Ind, proposing the organization
OF = cooperative company for the manu-
fseture Of glass fruit jars. vials and bottles
was referred TO \ committee. The letter,
which Is printed in circular form, says that
the glass business at Paramount has been
al siandstlll for some time, and some
Who have served their apprenticeship on
the Facinc coast are anxious 10 make a
change. IL says that there is only one
glass factory on the Pacific coast, with an
oid-iasaloned furnace. and that 50 per
cent Of the bottles used in California come
$500 e.HN A+-ch u A<sfeRu- lHtEs are eigAt
blowers n the party and they wish 10
star; with factory large enough 10 en-
pioy them. TO erect Siemens tank furnace
With capacity OF twenty-six tons and TO
taks among them one-fourth Of the stock
In a company with so 900 capital, paving
for i by deduction Of SO per cent. Of
their wages in excess Of SIS week. They
ask for proposals for the organization OF
such an enterprise.
a circular from Alfred Christensen. a
eoaa merchant and steamship agent At
Copenhagen, which had been referred 20
the chamber by Gov McGraw, was re
icrTed to a COMMITTEES. Mr.. Christensen
proposes 10 establish line of steamers
between Copenhagen and the Calf ports Of
ta.s country aad Mexico 10 connect CT
means OF the new Mexican railroad from
Vera Cruz 10 Ismpico with Pacific coast
steamers He intends TO start ths FIRST
steamer n January and IL nov building
t"o others Of the same eapacity-2Olo
foak