Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-26
WASHINGTON


New England, plus two Rhode Islands;
New York, plus New Jersey and Mary
land; Pennsylvania, plus two Mary
lands.
Resources 800, 600. 600, 900 feet
pile 16 feet high, IL feet wide around the
equator. Coal, 100000 acres, ranging
from camel to semi-anthracite. Iron,
limestone, sandstone, galena, gold, silver,
graphite asbestos, natural gas, petro-
teum, wheat, ''the largest yield per acre
in the Union" all other grains; hops,
"the most prolific in the world" all kinds
Of fruits. A climate favoring industry
and enjoyment. Transportatlon-navi
bic rivers; Puget sounds 800 miles har-
Dor lines; five transcontinental railroads,
and the Nicaragua canal in the near
future, etc, etc.
Possibilities-"The most varied oppor-
tunities for industry offered by any por-
tion Of the American continent. Gen.
A. S. Sh0ler. THE same energy that
has made Massachusetts rich and popu-
lous would in half the time make the state
OF Washington a Belgium in density OF
population and an England in wealth.
chief Bureau Publicity and Promotion
Columbian Exposition.
The Site-Fairhaven, Washington, a
city, with its neighbor, New Whatcom, of
10000 population, and with every conven-
fence of life-water, gas, electric light,
sewerage, electric cars, modern stores and
markets, churches, etc, ETC., accessible
by three transcontinental railroads and
by steamship lines, and set in region
Astounding in scientific aud scenic in
terest.
The above extracts are from an adj
dress published by the Rev. Walter
Laidlaw, president of the Fairhaven
University, and very clearly illustrate
the views entertained by thoroughly
informed people who have visited this
country and made its present con-
ditions and future possibilities a study.
1t may not be polite, but it is never
theless within the limits of truth, to
assert that there are many of our own
people who have not taken so broad or
so comprehensive view of the matter
as that set forth in the extract from
Mr.. Laidlaw's address. There is nothing
in the address which partakes in any
degree of the character of exaggeration,
and yet the figures are so large that
they are beyond the grasp of the ordin-
airy mind. 1t is, however, a good thing
sometimes "to see ourselves as others
see u.s." A few years ago the late
Henry Ward Beecher, from personal
examination Of the country, said of it;
"Of all that 1 saw, however, COM
mend me to Oregon and Washington.
These are my special pets, and there
are no states which have such future
as these. They have charming sum-
mer and an Italian winter, for the
great Japan gulf.stream sets up against
their shores, Their winters are almost
snowless, and their summers made fer
tile by abundant rains coming in from
the ocean. The states are full of noun
tains covered with the rarest of lum-
Der, They have all the forms Of min.
erals, coal in abundance, and admir-
able lands-in some sections finer
wheat lands than Dakota. These states
have a transcendent climate and every
element of commerce. Puget Sound is
an inland harbor in which / might al
most say all the ships of the globe might
cast anchor and not one Of them be in
sight Of another. Ships Of almost
every nation on the globe were in Pu-
get Sound collecting their lumber.
With such a climate and such a soil
these states far to the north are going
TO be, think, the greatest states in the
greatest men the world has produced Is
but the recognition of state Of facts
which are perfectly apparent to all who
have had experience in the country.
With all these facts constantly before
us there are those who are constantly
wondering when something Is going to
take place to improve the condition Of
things. Nature has done more for us
than for any spot on the globe. And
what remains to be done is the work
which we ourselves have to do. The
materials are furnished with which we
have to work, the opportunity is placed
before us, and If we fail 1t will be mis-
cradle failure indeed, for It will be
without reason and without excuse. In
all this favored quarter Of the globe
Fairhaven's position is the most envi-
able, for she occupies position to CON-
mand the agricultural, mining and tim
Der resources Of the country, and is by
nature possessed Of the best shipping
facilities the world can afford.