The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13

n the hoasr. hearing the noise thought
I. was cauzsd b. her child, an e1peE'
mentally inclined Infant. ard hasfenea 70
re roou % PR the you1gster loose
a.aseeae- turned suddenly CT the piano
re unfortunate woman reposed her
Sfa~s,as yss.sr one brief. frighttul second
o. vsszerer. ard Ted ssrfsking from TIE
rnssrn. Il required four hours Ss-sHflEc Ell
fort on me part Of ts7e doctors - aeaa Iass
-sVzss asle~ sne swoon into which, 1ortl-
r,era;v far h..r pezes OF mind. she fell The
r,esgrns-arw. et.rrnd up b. The oateFy ana
excitement. we're SsasIily Organizing
hand Of strangers w4ta a vsSw q dea4Ans
WI v.sscssar 81 swift summary sstss.
hue Sran1gn saved hin, explaining FE2% x
vgss a szfinsersEan1sng. HIS aocaI loI,A-
7l}srgty helped aim our. Tor, As TIE leaaeF
- rha amateur v.gilantes remarked.
.eTv-s~a, rerl4 possibly be 10 Enlsunsier-
..ra7asnz n tne case. for there was
yzsscher"
yi.scher on the West.
rrsa chicago Tlraes-Heraid OF December
= -s,.g5xs.a- : coiurun article from the pen
- vgesrssr on The Revival IN the Far
west Among other things ne says.
Taxing the state OF washington as an
1l7,sf~ation-and there are many otner re-
-soDs o. me far Wess % winch the re-
,varks that VIII fo!iow mast apply. in a
$3.50 or less degree-its attitude n the
can,paGgn tnax closed or the "a o. fhas
rpepth vas p8rad0xical TO say the feast.
sryae state. o. Washington needs. above al
7alnas CAPITA 70 develop - resources;
and bv rs vote against the god sSandara
il placed itself IN dlametrle antagonas'n
=, rh. very interests from whtch Il must
have expeSted-an1 stla eApecss-'o asE4'S
that deslderatun.
..C,ontiauing 70 use the state OF wash
fuvfon as the example. Il must be SAID
mat there - rot. IN al probability. re-
glen on the face OF the earth more opa-
lent in resources, II Its resources could De
developed. But they cannot be Sithoat
capital.
a mighty tide OF immigration had
turned into the state. and all the resources
named were beginning to Re developed
ga the most satisfactory manner.
But when the silver agitation began IN
the Rocky mountain regions, ard vas
spreading. capital took alarm ana those
persons who were manipulating II gam
cred f. IN and took Il back East, from
whence II had been drawn. Capital IS nat
uFally tinld for many reasons one OF
these Is that much OF Il that Is used for
the DEVELOPMENT OF Western enterprises,
which are expected TO make large returns
Is property held in trust for heirs, Tor
widows and orphans and others, and the
trustees must necessarily be careIuI II
using n. and will rarely take risks with
t. The withdrawal OF millions OF
cap,tal closed all sorts OF en-
terprises. Coal mines suspended opera
lions. The contemplated construction or
hast furnaces and smelters fell through;
railroad building ceased. sawmiiis ana
Single factories quit work; gold and sill
yer prospecting was abandoned; people
hy thousands left the state and popuia-
tion decreased; passenger and emlsfahl
trains went out fun and came back empty
Instead OF the reverse as had been the
condition for some years before; values
Ia al lines shrunk appaiilngiy. and alto
gether there was a cinch.' and the busi-
ness situation. with everything dependent
upon H. became pathetic.
'sIFashington's exhibits ct the Column
ban exposition were marvellous. and were
object lessons to millions IN attendance
thereat, which opened the eyes or the
world as 70 the resources OF that state
Not only IN the great and unique state
building At the Worlds fair, but In the
forestry fisheries. horticultural. agrleul-
tural and mineral general displays the
state made such a showing that with the
widespread advertising OF IL all, the eX-
position would have sent a million or
more OF added population and many mill
ions OF added capital 10 the state OF
Washington but FOR the utter failure OF
confidence that came and which had OBJ
tanned such a negatsving force about the
time that emigration westward would
have set in--tbat Is to say. in the spring
OF 1894. To the already intense threaten
iugs came the march of the Coxeyites and
the great Debs strike that added TO the
country's alarm. and hence to the alarm
OF capital The result was that all the
country the great West included, be-
came involved more and more in business
depression.
Matters had begun to grow better,
however, during the winter OF 's5-6 and the
following spring The great mass OF the
people had agreed that the business In
terests Of the country ought. OF right and
should control business. Ii had been con-
eeded that 10 this end the Republican
party must again take control OF the gov
ernmentaI affairs and that Maj. Mckin-
ley was the logical candidate Of the party
and the times for president. The Chicago
convention In It's revolutionary frenzy un-
did all this temporarily, and the result
is another story. TIE leaders Of the silver
movement failed, however, to ride into
office, power and emolument upon its
plans. The fever OF frenzy ahated and
prosperity smiles once more.
"Tu all this Wild campaign Washington
and other Western states gave majorities
against the vital business interests OF that
part OF the country from whence capital
must come. They said. We want your
money 10 help rs out. bat We viii cripple
your capitaf-creating forces just the
same.' The disgruntled and unreasoning
with place seekers. did this, and they had
! she balance Of power in the states under
consideration and thus many who felt that
such courses were unjust and unfair fell
perforce, into the current OF their envir-
onment and were swept along by 80. and
those states did themselves a piece OF viz
lcnce in the matter OF domestic and politi-
cal economy.
Notwithstanding all this. however.
( confidence is being rapidly restored, and
Z there are sufficient reliable business men
E in the west 20 handle business with care
and clrcumspccti0n. Hence there VIII go
90 the West under the coming adminis'ra-
ton. millions OF money that would have
/ been otherwise withheld ard already re
Z ports have begun % come or the revival
I ~ enterprises In the far West. as Wei as
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