The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-22

r91l4y a casS basis Hfs r@sE- wasc1 -
ou-lSne1 60 TIE pos.-TnfeTllw@ncev CORE
s2or1@at sDstzy. Il hrssey az follows.
Nary o. The coarfl@~ are very rnaeh
in DEBT. ard Ere indebtedness r. gez@raiiy
Represented ~ county o. geaeral fad
NsTTaaiA TIE Er@sezt !aw Arsits Eh@
levy for county faxes q lie aE-oaz8 q
TIE esS2msaf&e4 expenses s1- ths year, wtth
: rer cert. aaze1. For several years a
large portion % tie saxe. Il rzany II ne
c94Ef2es has remained G1pa3e. AID thus
the ds0t has constantly incTass@c- "A a
se~2tLg county t@n1 wsrrA1i# os thess
counties are s5s1 = ire rezrEst 81 as
sinai q price As = cEGtH or TIRE collar
y sone COUNTIES. where tn@ TAX cos.ee-
flSns have res been sufficient 20 pay tas
salaries % the county g-lcsyE. even sal
HFy %4rrAFEtz are a. a discount. In these
cases Jurors are ossea unable 70 realize
eruugn from their warrants % pay ElFtg
actual expenses. recs szarg supplies cost
the county from t&0 70 t9ur ttrua~ E1slr
zctu@4 value. ard cepGtiTs and clerks are
pad rauc1 higher salaries than would Be
T~4afreG ~ warrants we're AZ par.
The remedy suggested is 20 levy
tvo distinct taxes. Instead q one. as Tow.
Tor county p1rpo~es one levy o. tax
noS. on a. estimate q tie annual sx-
pr1sss u tbs county, ard the fund ara
Ing rom this w2ul4 he Designated 'oo9n-
- current expense fund TIE other tax
would - based Upon tns Indebtedness %
The county. considered ~ coaEe efi0n with
the delinquent taxes. It might be pro-
ylded that these ieyiss shotsld rot exceed
- UlanF mills or tie 4oliar on taxable
property. Collections from delinquent
fsN@s would be paid into the county In
deofe1ness fund and used, with the col
lsctons from The county Indebtedness
levy. for the payment OF outstanding
county fund warrants ard other obliga~
ions. After January I. tss~. all ~ laries.
court expenses ana other current expenses
would BE- paid OUT OF the county current
IT : claimed that II this can be en-
acted into law. the effect Will be. First
% provide Tor the maintenance OF the
county government on practically q Ten
basis seconc. 70 place all persons VINO
work Tor or furnish supplies 10 the coun-
y. on the same footins, and abolish Ton
January l. 1889 the ohfectfonab bic salary
fund third, 10 render II possible - make
payments on county fund warrants ard
other Indebtedness, and thus fourth. 70
advance the price Of the warrants CT
these counties and improve their credit.
IT II realized that while this mat ter IS
ore o. great importance. great care VIII
need 90 be taken in the preparation OF the
measure 70 De submit ted for enactment
MUcn Interest Is manifested and IL is be-
llovea that the needed reilel will be af-
fcrded Dy this legislature"
The subject OF oyster culture Oh Puget
EOun1 Is enc thai has never received the at
tention It's possibilities merit az either the
hands % The state or individual enterprise.
There Is weli-gr0unded belief on the part
OF those who have given the matter
their stndy that the Eastern oyster VIII
not 0nly mature readily, out propagate
rapidly IN the waters OF the Sound, pro-
v.ded that proper safeguards are furnish
e..
The commonly accepted notion. growing
out Of the earlier efforts a. oyster culture
In San Francisco bay and certain spas
modie moves near Olympia in early DAYS,
TO the effect that The Eastern oyster
does not propagate In Western waters
has been permitted TO grow into a fixed be-
lief This Is not only contrary 10 reason.
but is ia opposition 20 the statements or
fact made BY certain weil-bnowu natural
lists and government scientists in the
commission on fisheries.
The main and only reason that the East
ern oyster does not propagate as well as
grow IN North Pacific waters Is that Il mas
never been given the right opportunity so
to do. With very little OF the expenditure
OF money and systematic care and attsn-
ton that Is given 70 the subject of oyster
culture on The Atlantic seaboard and on
the coast Of Europe. II IL believed that IL
could be made a successful and lucrative
one here. IL is thought Il could. with the
great scope OF waters suited to oyster
culture. be made to yield as large a rev.
enue as the lumber business.
In San Francisco hay. where the East
ern oyster is planted In the form OF seed
taken from the Eastern beds and grown
90 maturity and marketed in good num-
hers, the primitive methods put in vogue
when the business was first began are still
maintained. Here the young. or seed oys-
ters. are shipped by the train load annual
~ from the East and planted in protected
spots In the BAY. After remaining In the
growing ground for from two 10 four
haxs
These are the oysters that are sold in
restaurants for 81 cents per plate They
are large and luscious. Finding in this
system q lucrative business. the com
pAnies having a monopoly Of the traffic
have been satisfied to pursue the same old
plan without investigation Of the scientific
possibilities In the way OF propagating
from the Eastern oysters so planted.
The discovery. however. has been made
and amply proven by the United States
fisheries commission that the Eastern oys-
tiers thus transplanted do propagate. and
that through the lack OF proper precau-
tons the young are lost. The secret OF
successful and rapid propagation lies in
the collecting and saving from destruction
OF the spst The young OF the oyster
comes into the world and soon thereafter
attaches itself TO some convenient object
whore Il grows and thrlves and becomes
~ for consumption by man. When the
feeding grounds arc not protected and pro-
vided Wits thc proper holding surfaces
tho young oyster becomes the easy prey
% SIS natural enemies in the water. or
mayhap. f. carried or by currents into
deep water, where u perishes because The
environments are not suitable 20 It's na-
tnre.
In the older countries where artificial
methods have been put into use 70 save
the valuable Industry from extinction
great labor ard expense are laid out on
thc work - saving ard nu~turlnx the
spawn. Many of the methods are inter
esti1g in the extreme. hut cannot here be
reviaWed
Dr. r. ~. Stanley. Of Port Angeles who
has devoted much time 20 the study of
ovster culture g. here ir TIRE interest of the
industry tie has made Some valuable 4 a.
vaoccs ara demonstrations as 20 the ms
sibIlities 90 the industry az his grounds
near seEuin bay but Is Handicapped by a
lack % meaFs ard the proper encou~a &c
m-nt 90 prosecute the subject to a success
fui outcome
The Doctor thinks that the state shonlA
take cognlEauce % The matter. ard he pu--
poses asking the legislature for ala This
hc taiaks should take the form az the
adding % ore member So IRE dsh coumis-
sion. whose mission g shall Re 10 work IN
the intsrest of the oyster Industry. aa4 ha
shinks that th.s official should have a
sma0 appropriation vita which 20 conduct
experiments iu the lice on proparatiar
The salmon insustry has its hatcheries
conducted by che state. ana Why should
nos Tire oysfc- Industry have l.S lreedi-.
grounds for tire OYSTER lie secs 10 reason
WY vita TIRE proper EFFORT. the culture of
the Eastern oyster should uot become one
OF IRE ieaain4 Industries of the state The