The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-01
NEWS FROM TACOMA.
EsOOgR4GsxG OUTLOOK F0R THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
Editor smafIey Observes Thas Hard
Times Have Driven Spectators
Away. while the substastfai Pee
PIE Are Hard ut Work-Inmfsrs-
Non VIII he Comparatively small
Exports and Imports Mt Conn
menc~menf hay.
Tacoma Bureau OF the Post-Inteliigencer.
1xzz Pacific Avenue


Tacoma Bureau of the Post-Inteliigencer.
u2 Pacific Avenue.
TACOMA. April BE v. Smailey. edi-
tor of the Northwest Magazine. reached
this city today from his home III ST. Paul..
on pleasure and observation trip Of Some
three weeks duration. Mr.. SuaiIey Is ac-
comparIed By his wife, and they are guests
OF the Tacoma hotel. Leaving st Paul
two weeks ago. Mr.. Snaiieg and his wife
have Travelled over the Northern Pacific
through the West by eaxy stages, making
frequent stops and enjoying themselves AZ
they well know how TO do.
Editor smaIley is known all over the
country. and particularly IL the middle
West and the Northwest as a close Oh
server and an interesting and able writer.
Anything ne would Say regarding the APP
pearaEeeg 81 the country traversen o.
him on his present trip and his views On
the future development OF the Northwest
therefore has q peculiar interest ard
value. From 1s<2 until year before last
Nr smaliey regularly made AZ annual
tour Of the Northwest for purposes Of OBJ
servatiCn. what he saw and learned nAfu-
rally being of value 70 him IN his work.
Last year he was unable 20 follow his
usual custom. being quite well occupied.
he said. with the presidential campaign
Practically two years having elapsed since
his last visit to the North Pacific coast.
he has been able 10 see the growth and de-
yeiorfnent which have taken place in the
interval. TO better advantage perhaps than
a resident OF Washington.
we spent day in Spokane. another az
snnngssds; and YESTERDAY A. Iakirsa. "
correspondent this afternoon. .of course.
SPOKANE j. lively now. a. you know. hs.-
ilss .esi-deseioPed mining boom TO en-
country ] noticed that there had been no
little growth and progress. IL seems 10
me thai there are more people making
lsving under the Schuitze ditch than when
] was Out there last. IL a drive through
The country adjacent TO the town OF YAK
ina. ! observed . great many new places
houses that ] had not seen before. and
new orchards that have been planted since
Hly last Visit 10 the Coast. From The APP
pesraness 81 tbe Yakima country and
suoatantiai people have stayed Ia tbs coun-
Try and made living / am told that
there = steady gain BY immigration. and
with the approach OF better times which
viii surely come, and the high prices of
wheat. wool and other farm staples, ID
seems 70 me that Washington can look to
the future with ASSURANCE Of better day.
- 40 not look Forward 10 any large ina
emigration movement wesfward-at least
Tor some little time set People will not
smIxrate. though they might do 80 to adj
vantage. as long as they are unable 10
dispose OF their property al anything like
TAR price When times improve TO such
TO advantage the movement westward will
nc large, and in the meantime there Will
ss a steady. II comparatively small. immi-
grafton. and eonseguens growth and de-
Selopment. The country Is undergoing a
slow recovery from bad eomplaint-ex-
eexsive speculation. The talk of hard
times Is largely due TO recollecfIons of the
boom days. when you could 60 out on the
street and make a hundred or a thousand
dollars in a day and not earn IL We need
not expect q return Of those times OF ex-
esssivs speculation and development. IN
From isso TO 1886. Minnesota gained
5000 in population. Although we have
states during the duh times. we perhaps
there WAS an apparent loss. But the xain
was IN the country-peopie were going on
the lands and into the woods and clear
ing Up their farms. ! fancy that lust
such process IL In operation IN Washing
ton now. What the West needs is peof,ts
with means-not immigrants with merely
their hands bat with means 10 enable
them 70 start IN life with the advantage
on their side. There Is plenty OF Ias,or
here. Is there not7 Aud since the days Of
speculation are gone. there is no ineen-
tive 10 those who hope 10 get piece of
property In the West. sell it for two or
hack East 10 1--we"
Here che conversation drsfted TO other
subjects. including the mining develop
nent OF Washington. and finally TO the az
fairs Of the Northern Pacific and the res
ignation Of President Winter as told liz
the press dispatches today.
Mr.. Winter grew restless under the re-
ports which gained circulation 10 TIE 81
feet thar President Hili had gained CON
troll OF the Northern racifch said Mr.
SmAiley. II am somewhat surprised thai
ae should not have waited until some
thing definite IS know OF the matter IL
seems There has ben a sale OF 4 large
amount OF stock % the Northern Pacif..
rrohahlf az good price 10 the seller
hut the voting trustees sfill control 10
property and wili until four years from
next August These trustees as every
enc knows. elect a board OK directors
who choose the president, and ne the
executive officers of the company While
large body Of shareholderS would have
some influence. perhaps. the vetiux trsts-
tees are IN absolute control resya rslsaSs ~
changes thai may occur sn the owuershif
81 The shares IL was 70 guard agalnst
this very Thing. changes OF mafaetsn,rnf
resulting from the sale Of stocks thaf
Mr. Morgan tied the properly up Cor i've
years
-sr. sfasley expressed some interest ian
the Sisyerfon mining district and also ia
tho ko9tenai. bat said that he would NOT
have tiFue 10 visit these regions He viii
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