The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-29

taxpayers. would suggest THAI the act
That all the penalty ana ccxs prescrb-
ed BY law be Struck o..
That all the accumulated interest be
struck OF save orsy interest from the orig
"a. cate q de.snlaency al say. the rase
Of -'tAr cent per asnUm until paid.
nat thaeo rorsissicns or privileges be
granted onAy upon the eansita,1 that the
original taxss, with ssfssh 5 Der cent inter-
est, De sxald on or before TIE iss Gay Of Jam
uary, ise
.+Tha, these remissians be made appa-
cable 10 he delinquent taxes Of ISs6 and
certificates OF delinquency were. actually
or Theoretically 10 law. issued 70 tins couTi-
". ard are, az the date Of the passage 1t
The act. ssill n the eounty's hands Ok pos
actual purchasers.
Thai these Termssssons - made appss-
cable also 10 the lSS taxes bat o1sy 10
such taxes for which the tss1u,y ST., holds
lien ard for which certificates q 5eisr-
susncy have Gos been. al the date Of tue
passage OF the act issued 20 individuals or
actual purchasers
That county treasarrrs De aut Horsgesi by
the act whenever such taxes ate paid.
with such reEnissIons. 10 give redemption
receipts accordingly. aud % Hote upon the
stubs Of the delinquency certificates so re-
deemed that ALI penalty and costs and all
interest. except per cent. as stated, has
been remitred by the acr approx ed AT such
cate. and 70 note the amount OF taxes
on the proper tax rolls. or some similar
provision.
THAT il not paid within the time limitsi.
the certificates Of deiinaueucy already is
sued for 1885 and prior years. shall become
sIectEas and De valid liens as Issued orig
naily. and the lSs taxes shall thereafter
been paid as originally with Is per cent per
aIaauns
The certificates OF delinquency in the
hands Of private parties are not, in my
opinion, capable % having Il remission OF
tax apply TO them. because they are con-
tracts.
The delinquent taxes due King county
sum I'D something Ike 1,ooan. X IS Just
now impossible 10 give an accurate esti-
mate. as the final accounts nave not been
King county has issued about saooo GER
tincaies Of delinquency 10 Itself. ali as of
date OF January II. 1885, under the new
revenue act. Somewhere about 500 Of
these have been subsequently, assigned to
individuals. possibly taat number have
been redeemed: said county certificates are
the ones covering 1885 and all prior yes.s
There have been no certificates issued
20 the county for the year 1886. The time
is not ripe for three years from December
sands. perhaps, for 1896 have been issued 70
individuals"
These remarks excited considerable dis
cussion among those present
Proper Immigration Laws.
Tie question of inducing immigration
10 this state was reviewed at length by -.
b. Ward. He said in part.
The great need of the state Of Wash
tBgton today is not more coal or copper
or gold or silver or better Climate or
more productive soil, but the crying need
of the state u more capital. wh,eh we
cannot have without more people These
We must have II We ever expect To be-
come Il great and prosperous community.
Do you know why the great mineral
wealth lying at our very doors Is today
uisdeveioped and non-productiye instead OF
being dividend producing? Because We
have not Tad the money TO develop IL
and ycu cannot get the money without
the people. Do you know that condensed
milk is shipped into this state by the train
load and re-Shipped TO China, Japan and
other countries, and Notwithstanding the
fact that We boast. and righttully too. of
being the best uairy country in America.
we import hundreds of thousands of
pounds of butter annually. fes. and the
shelves of our groceries are grooming be-
Meath The .oats Of green peas, string
beans and all sorts and kinds of vegetables
and fruits, and even our eggs ard our
chickens ana turkeys are imported from
the Mississippi valley by the carload.
why all this: Simply because we are
short on population OF the right Kind.
This state has an area in square miles
OF 81 g9i and an area in acres OF almost
45,0vo,ou. peducting the area OF Puget
sound and the mountainous region unfit
for cultivation, there remains about 50,
0H.oO Of acres Of land suitable for agricu-
turai and grazing purposes. With this .E-
uo0U0 acres OF land We have present
population OF s&,ULN. We have had no
grea, increase In population for years. We
ought 10 have had IL. We could have IL il
the proper effort Were made but for the
last ten years Cur increase in population
has scarcely averaged 1000 annually. But
We have been waiting. How much longer
shall We continue to wait? Perhaps som.
may think the people vii. come to us with
gBeg.df effort They
will come: they have been coming but
very. very slowly.
''rhe question may be asked. What can
you cffer the Intending Immigrant We
can offer him a country free from extremes
OF hest or cold. a country where cyclones
and tornadces are unknown. and where
malaria does not exist: q country where
In a large portion there are no poisonous
reptiles or insects. where There are mag
niicent forests Of the most valuable tim
Der. a productive soil extensive mineTaI
deposits. waters tcemiug With millions OF
the finest food fish the world has ever
known, and the gateway TO the sr at sGd
helds OF the North and the rapidly increaA
ing trade and commerce OF the PacrS
What more could any intelligent. indust:!~
Gus man desire or wish for
at may be that some gentleman pres
sHt Is asking the question What have you
10 suggest as TO the amount required ard
what plan have you To present. In both
The plan and the amount wnich may St
required 10 carry such piar. into success
ment and :h. recomme ndstton which my
ss;Ilrrior the honorable secretary OF state.
viii undoubtedly make IN his annual re-
port However, as simply giving expires
sion to my owu opinion, would say there
ought to be appropriated for the support
o. 'he bureau of INN grafton not less fila2
Ss0s-l annually: S95.N8 can be Dssa snnn
aiy with great profit 10 the state am
satisfied from experience gathered during
lhe time, new almost three years. nave
held the position uf state sFnrnigra ti0n
agent; ard from the knowledge acquired
during my attendance al the Omaha expo
sstion that the most effective plan OF
wov,, vii bs. the location iTr some one Or
more Of the large cities OF the Middle West
or North az an office wherein shall be
kept a 1--we exhibit Of the leading resources
81 Ia state.
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