The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-28
IS A SOLID STATE.
4. Estimate of the Resources
of Washington.
.r1Ea A CAREFUL STUDY.
a, Eastern Man Speaks Encourng-
fnxfy OF the Development on
Puget sound.

Puget sound.
1ss.rt r gfrahora. the Pos:on bond ard
.s-,znt broker who recently spent several
s-sss ~ sAis state. hes returned 70 the
r.sf. ard contributes the following article
= ~ srrerieaa Investment
80 the course % several months travel
- ekyse observation n Washinztos COW
.~av nearly every county IN the state. I
zas constantly impressed BY two sharp
s,rtrasts 70 prevailing conditions o. RE-
vsgss visits: firzt. the universal spirit 81
-~-eaehrns1s srpforrn and frfgafffv, pubIs.
- srivafe. and second she wonderfully
s.sarzea capacity for production. As every
s.afv kngws real estate and other srertI-
s..ssr r3a rot cut there Ave or slr years
Sc A 4 DID AL over the West when the
sscex 81 the reckoning came II for a time
s..sxsss a. though everybody was dazed and
S~@n two years azo but few had seemed 20
<ssv get their bearings or realize Row pred
txslig nature had arranged matters for a
s-asonzbly quick recovery II they would
ae,y 90 b work. become sellers Instead
II bayers and cut expenses 10 the bone
Thsss tso years have changed the whole
ssszilon and n IS no exaggeratson 20 say
.hsf tne state from one end 10 the other
a hive 81 Industry and rapidly becorr-
~ a model OF economy. Take unfortunate.
ov.ytssrdenA6 Tacoma for example. a cars-
I'll canvass shows that about 81 80 80
ssrgh o, rfFe ordinary necessities OF life
| tsr which cash was formerly sent orr OF
80 state. we're produced A. home This
b. The way. is about double the amount
sscssSary 20 pay the interest on her pub
n AMI private mortgage de5t. Moreover.
sse = not psIsng up that debt so fast as in
~ recent past. in fact has carried rnu-
esrspai eutrenennsent 10 a painfully APP
saren, degree and = coming out all right
Esfew years.
= found one county whose annual ex-
ssases have been averaging about SO 90
pr year up 10 1855. that pulled through on
! .g9a In 1876. with an Increased population.
4 .zcrsasei production IN many lines and a
FAR better ability to pay than ever before
sesstie and Spokane have done nobly In
To- same direction. although both have felt
| 4 necessary to Increase very largely the
capacity OF their water works system on
scoomit OF a steady growth. the former
having baiu about Go and the latter 400
| bases this iast year. New Whatcom al
| fsrds probably the most striking example
o. rigld municipal economy IN the state.
| VIII a fine Increase in population and
ferFible wealth II eat down its regular
.arning expenses about s. per cent In 1855
All It's retiring mayor strongly intimatas
that there Ia stu q little latitude for his
s8ccess1T.
\ Fruit state.
III r. plain that Washington IL soon 10 be
ne banner fruit state OF tho Union-in
hardy fruits. I mean. Five years aga IL
Gas Importing train loads and ship loads
| Of fruits and vegetables. In 1855 II shipped
Ezst about 1000 car loads Of r-een ftulfg.
sppies. pears. piams. peaches, grapes and
berries. AID y SCI nuf enough new orc hard
| Which when In bearing can easily duplicate
! &c shlDme1t. This planting OF orch ards
| has pr,sre ssei ar a marvellous rate for the
past I've ytaFs. until Il seems that some
| whole C3antlea VIII be IN fruits. - a
| pune country Washington now ranks sec
| end among ne states for quantity Wills
| h quality her product seems equal q any.
.I3w one " hole train load OF dried primes,
North $4,000. start cut from Clarke county
| for the East over the Great Northern and
| tAis same County sent other shipments OF
ivo or three ears a day through the ship
ging SEASON. Nearly All the counties Of thu
state pFaluce prunes wei. aud the acre
AZ Is increasing rapidly.
Attending the Northwestern fruit fair
a spokane. l was amazed at the display
q all The above kinds OF fruit. and learned
lhsi although one Eastern Washington
soBnty alone sends N.oo.oo bushels OF
sheat % Europe and the Orient. this sea-
SEQ wheat farming Is rapidly giving away
y vide diversity. with fruits in the
eals and 70 the state. Crops OF thirty ani
iosiy bushels per acre of No. l hard IL
Beds az thousand acres have long been
y common in Eastern Washington that
naay farmers naturally aspired 70 be
sAeat kings. So long as wheat sold at
anywhere from 81 - = cents they bought
BIER pork. butter. eggs. fruits and vege-
iaa,es: ran up extfavagant store bills. In
eRlged N carriages and pianos, sent their
Fadirsn "a Eastern schools and borrowed
ssoney 90 buy more landau OF which
vas natural and none OF 10 a crime under
r. existing circumstances. In those flush
| Sags Washington vas sending East 81 500
o. 4 year for butter. cheese and eggs
sone. Bnt when wheat dropped 20 s.
| tsasz Il took Just about two years 20
change the whole situation. Now 20 per
ssnt d the dairy and hog products. vege-
hhles and eRgs are produced al home.
A1 IN another year the state Viii be "A
Asayy exporter II these Items. The big
arms aFe being subdivldcd and partly
Nla 10 Industrious newcomers from tho
East, and this o1d~tiners who retain
| fraction Of their former holdings Viii Son
| y N better shape than ever through
AssdiaE the lessen tho hard times have
Taught Meantime wide acres Of new lands
az benz settled and worked on the frugal
Eastern plan.
on Puget sound.
e9t after al tAe most Surprising &C.
seermants in agriculture We're over Ia
sse Ncst part OF ta> state along Puget
se.sa We used 10 look upon that region
= AZ timhsr and water ] found II posi-
tts to drive Tor DAYS In such counties as
NAAseom over superb plank Foa9s.
tTpagh What two years ago were impene-
ifARfe forests. aad sometimes for miles
seah9 ncN farm being opened 0p on ev-
~ aua.ter section. Remembering that
nae taken generations 20 make farms
~ q the forest lands % our Eastern
sAess, u Is hard 10 oeiieye that thousands
SAVE 4cfusi}y settled among those wash
stqn Or ana cedar stumpS from which ,
sFSii.4oas yield - lamaer vas logged.
@a4A living from the start and ia many
ses aaVe fine orchards luNuriRat clover
unoiay meadows OF hop fields. and
Nhtas o the mild climate ia which
- grows the Year found. a wonderfully
re s2a and secd market. ere rapidly
"sAiAs independent. Their appliances
removing St0mns. inriadlpx siessTu
$500 stunp palfeTs. dynamite. IRE. etc,
- Ron3e~s 81 season or }Ro. They
So iHenty acrcs IF that land Norta
ans ordinary nTzirfc when cisars8
:. eseasing % lumber. since tire close q
s'at.ean ana 3apaueSc-trhire war. the
has greatly revived. IA fact.
- AtTtcA, Australia ana EUROPE are ak
So drawing heavily an these forests.
- Nae 90 n3i8ts have resumed epEra-
While rev ones are being bm4t ~
"ue citv 81 South Bead I foaa4 A
teaSn syndicate 81 lunlugrruea arraas-
- TIE construction - large arsi thor
mo4efR plant. ana ~ Spokane prob
-. - anast natJ .n the state WIS bui.s
-. - "a operation iste to the iau Whsis