The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-04-29
DREAMS REALIZED

through Spokane Yesterday for the Orient
and large consignment of China silks
and tea passed east over the same railroad
-ihe Great Northern The dream OF
more than four centuries has come To
realization. a new route has been opened
TO the Orient
III history is To repeat itselcf the pass
age Of Oriental traffic across the state of
Washington will build large and opuent
cities on Puget sound and will give to The
United States the worlds commercial SUI
premacy. For history shows that the
nation which has controlled or monopo-
lized The traffic OF the Orient has grown
rich at home and great upon the seas.
For ages this traffic had single route
to the marls Of Europe. The rich mcr-
chandisc of Asia WAS brought overland
by caravans 10 the shores Of the Persian
gulf There it was loaded upon vessels
and brought down the Persian gulf and
up the Red sea to the lslhinus OF Sucz
Here portage placed it aboard vessels IN
the Mediterranean. and these vessels dis
trbuted it throughout the harbors of
Europe.
/ During the 10Th century the Portuguese
discovered and opened uD the long and
dangerous ocean route around Africa
down the Atlantic aud up the Indian
ocean This gave Portugal the KEY to
The rich traffic of the Orient, and excited
The cnpidity of the Dutch. the French
and the English 1t the struggle for SUI
premacv there was much fighting at sea.
aud IN this way England established her
naval supremacy though not until arier
II long and wavcring warfare At one
lmc he Dutch deceived themselves with
y belief that they had conquered and Won
eyul,n,jnn h, saiI;,'', s''' ~ pea,e', LIZ
win broom at his masthead to signify
from fro J ,ha s s""' "' n"' s"ep' Tue nng''Sh
The people Of this generation have
oris,,, NJ ' ~" iou,c oprm,u 10 'lc
marvelous development arising from the
noe -Sn"Les,n,mi 2,, ,S '"'' "'" l"ss-
Dreams are based on substance
after all. and theaboye article il very
much in evidence of The certainty
with which time. at last REGULATES
affairs. Three hundred and twenty
Years seems n lono time in fine con.
=
sideration Of n commercial uroposi-
ton, and vet in 1875 Frobisher
sailed away from ENGLAND for .ho
nor h in search of n Shorter route 70
China and India Inv the Northwest
passage around North America The
same icy barrier is there today and
stops the way for the modern stool
steamer MS effectively as it did the
twentv-ton uGabrier' of Frobishor,s
But the idea did not stop at the ice
wall. and the dream is an awakened
reality today. and when the Siher;on
railway is COMPLETED it will Aore
fully develope and add to tbe MANY
causes that in the near fnture will
to the Northwest coast the
supremacy in Oriental
commerce. This was SUGGESTED in
Lhe SIGNAL once before ~ comment
nv on the establishment of 4 line of
steamers by the Great Northern
and these advances mean much
for us here. as well rs TO the North.
west generally. but we mnst mako
use of the advantages offered not
wait until in the fullness of time they
levelopc themselves Idle waiting
is not in accord with the spirit of the
age. Two thorouohfarcs for tho
present and coming commerce are
now through Idaho. one throuoh ouy
own town, and indications are that
The northern limits of the county will
before long have another trans CONT
Mental line We can do much to.
wards advancing our local prosperity
I we viii read the old fable of ..The