The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-02
PAT'RONIZE HOME INDUSTRY.
Then the West VIII Re Certain ia
Grow Rich.

Seattle. Aug - sssS
To the Editor: In ycur issue og August
2 q correspondent asks some very aerfir-
eat questions, which you comprised in me
ore question: Why Is tina Yves, Esoore
Asking fer the courtesy Of a limited sr,aca
In your valuable paper. I wish 10 state
MY observations and opinion On this point
The West i buying more than Il sells.
faaE seems % De the long ard short OF Il.
No individual community or state can DO
that for any length OF time without getting
broke" and the Western and Southern
states are. generally speaking and taking
broad view OF the matter. II that state
CT limited means Taey produce rich crops
occasionally and raise cattle and nine gsld
and silver n large quantities, bur they
buy neatly all their manufactured goods
n the East, where nlanufacturing is To-
Gated and controlled. Therefore their
yearly balance sheet shows, and has
shown II the past. the balance ON the
wrong side and they have 10 settle the
same with hard cash Ia other words the
trade balance is always AGAINST them.
This trade condition has led 30 the result
that TIE volume Of money in circulation
has continually decreased The wealth
they have produced has in this manner
gone East. where the population ana their
wealth have increased rapidly and where
the banks have been glgtted with money
The. consequences Of this uneven and I'M
healthy economic policy commenced show
ing up IN 1888 and reached a climax il the
panic of ls9@ all over The country.
ihis existing condition os things has
been possible by the natural law of eyolu-
tion under the system prevailing For, by
settling ana building up .of the Western
and Southern states. tne Eastern manu-
factories nave grown 10 large proportions
binding new markets there fer their goods
ard with even small proats they were abba
80 accumulate large fortunes by controll-
iDS the entire market or the whole conn-
try. Since l%0. and even before our press-
Dental elections We're fought on issues
ldensfcal with the control Of the home
market America for the Americans meta
bene: Eastern manufacturers The
farmers at those times made strong ef-
forts 10 be considered also In those deals.
and they got slice heTe and there-they
got their feathers piucaed any way
Ii Is admitted on all sides Row that this
home market OF ours has proved to ba TOO
small fof our business. and We don't know
yet for certain at the present time whether
this fact had anything Ia do with the war
With Spain and the subsequent national
expansion policy. However. q digging
into this subject is not intended here. al
though suggestion Of this kind should
appear 10 be pardonahIe.
As an additional argument for the be-
lief that the lack or factories N the West
is the cause Of its poverty. il may be
pointed 10 the experience OF other coun-
tries. Ne country could at any time make
any material progress in civilization thac
remained ! mere farming or mining couu-
try. England IN The first place is proof
of what a country can accomplish by
combining industries with mining and
farming: Germany, in the second, which
has become a formi liable rival OF Eng
land In the markets Of the world. Our
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most prosperous, and California is q terri
bic example, OF the one-sided propensit:es
OF The population TO farming and mining
alone and the neglect OF the manufacsur-
ing industries.
I; has been saji that tbs prodUctiveness
% the soil OF California does not stimu-
late In the direction OF establishing fac
tories there. but how about Oregon. Idaho
and Washing, onF 1t is understood that
factories With their regulir rayroils woulf
he a great boon for this state. but Yet
they are not coming % grow up with the
country. Why? Because the Eastern
competition is tao strong and positively
overwhelming. and no mill or factory
could run any length Of time with pros
pect of ultimate success What appears
to bs the only way 10 get factories eslab-
Eshei here is by combined efforts No
one perSon could be expected 20 invest
any capital IN a factory without : steady.
healthy home market. and 20 provide for
this home market would have 20 be the
obiec; of the combined efforts of the ,sao-
pie OF the state. We have 20 asoDt a com,
m"rctal policy OF cur own based on ,e9si-
tive state laws, distinct IN feature and
certain as 70 results. While / do no, as
slime 20 lay down fund tmentaI rules. vet
as citizen OF the state OF wash:nsf0n
may be permitted 10 state here my views
or this point.
TIE constitution Of the United States
says that the congress should nro,~sa fo-
the welfare of the whole p4ople. b,,s :.
can hs safely submitted thar the congress
has done nothing Of the kind II Las neg
lscseai IFS charge 70 such an extern. thai
the people IN certain sections of the com
try have been brought TO the verge % star
walton, that serious riots have .In,a anA
again occurred. and tha, voices have yn
rssatediy been heard asserting that an,y
bloody revolution could remedy things.
also that the struggle Coz existence Ia
growing harder and that there exists to-
day an undercurren. OF discontent and
class hatred, for all Of which tha laglS}a-
tive branch OF the government Is res1on-
sh}e. No doubt the country az A nation
today is prosperous. bar tbs comDoneur
parts Of the nation are variously situated
from extreme wealth down 10 ahfact
poverty ard absolute want.
Now. this Il a free country ami each has
% Hork OFT bis own salvation WY not
also the people Of the state Of Washing
tan? The Federal constitution guarantees
the states a republican form OF government
&8G SO they have 8 constitution Of their
owT. make tae.r own laws, keep an army.
have an executive officer in their rey-
sF77ors who issues &nksg.ving procla-
Tat.on every year. while the national gov
eminent rppre=eYfS the whole natlsn .
ire outside wori ard acts for all TIA
states under certain conditions.
TIE congress regulates the commerce
With foreign nations ant between tie
states, and article I, section 70 provides
.hat no state SHAH. without rae consent
q the congress. lay any iTnpost or duties
CT imports or exports" Il also rTOwt.ses
- state cannot Require q license tx from
persons dealing IN gooIs IN arsEiaAl rack
ages whtch are rot tns growth or ur0g3ucf
or manufacture Of the state. tbs r. A
pretty weI mixed 10 mess eg prsrog tIveg
s7a concessions, AMI may be Alex Ham
afoa referred 20 thss kiua Of shing when
h@ called the constitution a saaIiy-shaigw
tai2@ 90 milk ard water. and hz.i nearly
a 2oxeE arneg1ttraeaks s3aEne5 into il b.