The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-10-08
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DuLUH. MINI, Sept. Both, 1896.
EprToR HERALD: I have read your
paper for many years. II Is a good pa.
per. Through II YOU have ever sought to
upbuiid your community; not from phil.
anthfopic motives. but because your in
terests are blended With those Of Yakima
and whatever benefits ii. profits you.
You are not in Yakima for your health ;
neither have made investments there
for the sake Of my health, but for profit.
Such profit has not yet been realized.
but hope that 1t will be eventually,
and trust that such Investments have
or will work some little benefit to your
community. SO that You and I, like all
good citizens, are working for the up
building OF the community In which we
are Interested, in order that we may
thereby secure benefits for themselves.
Since we are engaged in a common
object, wish to ask you to carefully and
impartially consider one fact and then TO
candidly ask yourself whether the vide
influence which you and your paper are
exerting, is not at the present time being
used to the injury rather than the benefit
Of your locality and state. In asking
you to do this, speak as one business
man to another. You and I are not
Office holders, statesmen or boy orators.
We can therefore consider facts as they
are, and draw thereirom rational conclu-
sions. therefore invite your careful
consideration Of this question.
How will your locality and state be
affected after McKinley's election. should
Washington cast it's electoral vote for
Bryan?
Ipresume that your frst reply will be
that Mckinley will not be elected. But
wait a moment. We are not discussing
this question from partisan but from a
business standpoint. We must therefore
consider 1t entirely without bias or per-
sonal preferences, because your dollars
and my dollars are involved in the con-
clusion we reach.
! assume that in your vicinity the ma
jority are in favor OF Bryan, but that
must not affect your conclusion or mine,
because the four votes OF Washington
will have very little effect upon the gen.
eral result.
Every good business man shapes bis
business in accordance with every fact
which may affect such business. And
the most successful business man ia he
who can the soonest forsee the events be-
fore they transpire, aud who can the
most accurately determine how such
events will affect his affairs and those of
his neighbor. For that reason the shrewd
business men OF this country have been
eagerly seeking to ascertain whether Me-
Kinley or Bryan will be elected.
In doing this their sole object has been
to read the future Alright. Such men
cannot permit, and have not permitted,
their politics or their wishes to influence
their judgment, because the fact, now
Swallowed by the future, is what they
wish to ascertain. II this future fact is
McKinley's election, then their business
must be conducted in one way, if it ia
| Bryan's election, then their business
must be conducted in another way. II
| by reason of bias they make any mistake
as to this future tact, they must pay for
this mistake In business losses So they
have the great motive OF self interest
pushing them on to decide this fact in
the light of cold reason.
! am brought into close business rela-
tons with many men Of this kind, mem
bers Of all parties. When they talk
business to their intimate associates, and
not politics for the benefit of the public,
they unite lie the absolute conviction
that Mckinley 10 to be elected, and they
demonstrate the honesty OF their con-
victions by arranging their business in
accordance Herewith.
can 20 further than this aud say that
have yet to meet business man, whose
J judgment on business matters carries any
weight with his associates, who will say
In sober truth, that Bryan will he elected
and this is as true of those who intend
to vote for Bryan, as OF those who will
vote for Mckinley.
| IL is the eoncensus OF opinion OF those
men who have have given the result Of
this election that study which their bust.