The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-16
VISIT TO THE EAST.
Ahe Springs First Impressions
of New Scenes.
~urNce CAPITAL WILL CONE
.o,snce OF Eastern People OF West
-, Geography and Conditions
He Tells Of People He Met.


-sors that are worth repeating. For
- think that foreigners impress
~ s-e more Interesting than native
srs,tanS. After all. such impressions
So mean how the country struck
re foreigner.
xpa,Ts APPLIES 10 me IN connection with
-. recent trip East. True. have lived
a., YORK city the first seven months
:. 80. but I was then practically
e-ssgsr 10 the English language. an alb
- stranger TO the United States of
.rssrsea and its people. conditions, man
and hsbIts- 50 that when on the
e. ~ APRIL left this city for the Far
-. n was practically as a foreigner
-. went there and. az such. certain
,-an-assions STRUCK me that may per-
80 he OF interest TO the readers OF the
psss-Intelligencer
4, English or German schoolboy who
900 be as ignorant OF his own country,
,,ssgdlng the colonial possessions there
:, a. Is the average American, especial
= sast OF the Ohio river. about the west
- empire OF the United States would
- soggsd By his teachers and teered at
~ his classmates; yet, the Eastern peo-
=. do not seem al all embarrassed by
,h.sr not knowing the difference between
shs Cascades and the Sierra Nevadas. or
she.her the Columbia. river flows through
.b4 north west or the south, or, In fact.
~hether there Is Columbia river In the
r-rifed States at Gil.
Nor 81 that ignorance confined 10 the
r.fzl districts. IL is most astounding
ara Notifying 10 find men of culture
ard Intelligence In the large Eastern
cities who have Travelled somewhat I'm
Europe, 10 be as utterly ignorant of the
West as the average man is Of South At
rea few incidents will. perhaps fl
tsssrats the ideas / am aiming 10 convey
vas introduced to an editorial writer
on one OF the leading dailies in New York
city. ono of those men who write know
ingy at least once a week about the
Eastern Question:" who reveis in writ
!ng moral essay dbout the last social
sandal In Europe, and who generally
Eaters himself on being far above the
average mortal lie handed me his card;
gave him mine. He looked at it and
slowly said; Seattle, Washington: that
Is a territory, is IL not?" / said: mo
ST.. Washington has now been a state
for six years" He stu looked at me
eoubtingiy. and / said: washington is
one OF the four states that were admitted
The first year of HaTgison's administra-
ton By what fs known as the omnibus
Dill lie looked at me with one OF those
oontemptuous smiles and said: .sYon
certainly must be mistaken; we have no
such thing as an omnibus bill I'm this
country by that time several of the
gentlemen employed on that paper RAD
joined us and the result was that nv liz
ealy star had 10 confess himself in the
zFoug ''' '''o
a baltimore was at dinner in a nr,-
sse house where salmon was served SO
started to talk about the pienitude ana
eA'4phess OF salmon here and how We
eaten them off the wharves. when a voun1
Nay graduate of one OF the Eastern
Summaries looked at me with a quIzzical
s.l'.o ana SAID that she did not believe
49,. 49, were any salmon TO be had in the
tAl'eu states or America: that she ALWAYS
'9oaght all the salmon came from PusEfa
Az soath America And yet the East is
70 pest market We have for our salmon.
HesA ana canned IL we except those
"Ao nave relatives and friends here and
az IA continuous correspondence with
@eh ana those who have made fnvest
mems mere. then IL is safe to say that the
"eSt' especially the Northwest, is prae-
q p'ahh lear 10 the average Amer
Ash resident east of the Ohio river.
Naturally. OF a country or OF a neonle
q winch we know nothing. we are ready
y oeleve any thing told us, and thus we
~ that the average impression In the
h@St is that all the West does and is try
ING 10 do Is TO repudiate its debts. embar-
"a me money standard, and create new
political Crceds
caied the attention OF several prom
pehl men IN the East. especially Strauss
BROS, IN New York, and the Blums of tho
ue place and some others whose names
prefer not 10 mention. TO the fact that
ns per capita vealth Of the Pacific slope
No"oie the per capita wealth OF the New
.-sana and Middle and prairie states.
an qNadrupse that of the Southern states
an Is about two and a quarter times
,,elAFF than the average OF the entire
Laga' ! had TO produce proof before they
Roud believe me.
iAefe is, however. one feature that i'm
'sSeI me most wonderfully about the
So Iheir pluck and energy Is some
ing Unprecedented. today the East. cs-
.'a"y east OF the Ohio river. has entire
'''sVt'fn about The panic of 1893: II that
- spoken Of at all, 10 is mentioned
."lhg az the past business has re-
t"'' IN Iuil blast. there is no question
So" gong ahead with the old American
- ana energy ana pluck. In Chicago IT.
= '1tt modern monster OF more than
l,'.-'oA people. with dirty streets and
N49s stream of humanity. things are
.a'LtF IN an unsettled state; the retail
,-s complain u dull times; the iron
-'' IS DISK eood deal OF street work
49," 't.HS done. In fact. that IS true
ta'lfe East Il may be wen 10 men
~" a'Fc ih4t while west OF CHICAGO YOU
a*Fdly see hCrse used IN the pro
"s q stree. cars, On Chicago Itself
~" 'a-'i ~ us cars are stiu pro-
'..t 'y horses ana an through the East.
~, sf" hork city. more than two
-"is oi 'te rani3 transit in the cities
~ HORSES. u hat with Us was
's permanently established six wears
D." III = ~'sEc 90 experiment IN the
t'.r.Ir~ .oes sTe slowly and eau
s1.s.'t4'et cer horse car lines.
M tAn manufacturers IN Chicago
'.'i .' the Western trade are feeling
49,, ~ N.fy slowly. They are counniDE
e-s rs closely s. possible 10 Milling
.''t are = afraid Go pat in any
IS Is, Taey cain 20 have been 50
mars tn The Years Of 1885 and 1874
..t} propose % be very cautious in
~ ".'sr Most ot Chicago 1 found TO
'-iarf rtf} or country. whose couGi-
So te Better rhan our own right here IN
On t7e contrary Montana ana Ida
- very sun a04 Minnesota Is drag
1-'nS slower than e did for the last
So Years Nevertheless. there IS.
>1nat tae IataA States a feeling.
' hot Know 1nan What Il is based. but
-. N''i--ent feeling that foTehodes
"a lt'45n 80 roEUal conditions.
,A- e 'Ae Haw OF capital westward. I
~. We naG better make up our minds
.eF 'he reNf NO years very little
ea0t-ei Will come West. Il should
vAHe p mt1i taat Eastern capital IS
"a. 1''sa' be ralle3 first hand capital.
So. nose " IN have made L them
-. arc ihcy are net compelled 70 in
,er~ iheT can Vatf. even - thsv have
a.. N+ me 0~ir~inai And when we take
csV. -ns'irr GRAFTON - boom 81 Southern
81. iasttaS from lSSs 70 iNS9 iuclu-
ea,,-Ae go me Northv cstern boom that
"a -. So many Eastern people IL is safe
y a. ,'9t t1e Eastern capitalist is not