The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-01

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OF the prosperity have referred 20. She
must get her money and her people from the
East. Eastern people and Eastern money
both bsIarg TO hard money regions ard
Da1lsner viii come to q soft money region
for . permanent location. rs OF no use 10
say thsy are mistaken, the fact is that Is
their disposition and X you wish 10 so into
partnership uith them. you must De friend
~ ard not hostile
''Do you believe there Is disposition
among Eastern people TO come TO Washing
ton and fhe Pacific N0rthwest? was asked.
Il know there ts a general disposition
among the people OF the last 10 find oppor-
tunllies for settlement ana investment IN
the West, particularly on the Pacific coast
and especially on the north Pacific coast
The reason for that ~ this: In the East, Tie
business mar understands that the Tesen-
ton OF the Philippines by the Angio-Saxon
race. means the prevention OF the dismezi-
b. rment Of China anu the conserving or that
enormous empire intact Tor future trade.
Nnw. think OF the population OF China
Tho most careful estimate Of the population
of China in 1852 5st3et1.tgo people In
that year the population increased natural
IL isl00,aVg TIE most conservative estimate
or the population of China fifty years from
iass. Is 7l1.a1fsn people China has passed
the point where she can any longer feed
herself. She must buy her food 10 the
future and pay for il IN manufactures as
England now does.
'sa;ckinley's policy has revived business,
started up factories. given work and wages
tn those who were idle, given the farmer
more for his wool his wood, his meat and
his wheat; enabled the debtor TO get un-
burdened and the creditor 10 obtain his
. own. Ii has made the United StEtes the
greatest manufacturing. producing and ex-
porting nation In the world. And. by the
extraordinary good sense and tact with
which he has ma naged the main question
In the Spanish war. AIR. Mckinley has
placed Us first In the world As lighting uen.
both on sea and on land. Nothing here
after will be done on this world which we
don't want done. All this without any
big change In our tariff. The events of the
past two years should convince Washing
tenlaps thai the party which has done all
this for the country and for them Is the
best party for them and for the country,
and they should. from motives of seEf-in-
terest. send to the national capital as their
representatives men who sympatnize with
the administration and believe in Its poll
ley and who will be invited To take part IN
It's councils and work. so that the state
may obtain not only its proper recognition
In the nation. but also It's one share of the
benefits which such an administration as
snres to the country 1t would seem thai
10 send hostile men to Washington now
Will he like the folly OF fighting fate, ard
that te send the president helpers instead
nf 'naggers' Will be the better way for
in the nation. but also It's due share OF the
wonderful future which Providence is be-
slowing upon the American nation.
Flour SnppiantinE Rice.
An exhaustive investigation into the
food supply of China lasting over three
years and concluded In 1882, showed that
the best food within the means of China
Is -four, and that dollars worth OF
American -four. with wheat selling at Sis
per bashel in the interior Of this country.
was worth two days wages over and
above dollars worth OF rice anywhere
IN China. This being so, the substitution
Of flour for rice is inevitable. Il is be-
ing made now more rapidly than we can
supply the demand. II is estimated that
China wiI this year take the equivalent
OF 50 600 on, bushels of wheat IN -four She
would take much more. but her merchants
cannot get orders filed for lack OF trans
portation across tina Pacific. II China
could make the Substitution at once she
would take the equivalent of 2.0ka co. $50
bushels 0f wheat IN the shape Of t'nur.
II will take the world probably $50 years
to adjust its agriculture sufficiently wei
10 feed CHINA.
"Ail other wheat lands in the world tave
been investigated by other governments
with = view Of this Chinese trade and Il
has been officially sscertained that the
United States acne can rely upon its
| farmers 20 do the work. The wheat lands
| at Siberia are Tain aud unreliable and
those OF Argentina are even more tickle
and unreliable. The United States alone
| has sisii lands as 10 warrant Us in aop-
| ing that can every year Calculate on
! raising an increased amount Of WHEAT
| Never IN the world has such 4 gigantic
| commerce. been Offered. What's the trade
| OF Europe alongside Of thjss In dealing
| with Europe We ace dealing with people
| who have TIE dssros lion and ability 10
| supply themselves but in this Asiatic
| trade srs dealing with people who
| must absolutely rely on us for THAR food
| OF tnas trade. the Pacific coaSs will 10
.he n1esf. Even naw 81 the Hast New
I Workers admit that probably a larger city
/ than New Yerk wjN soon exist upon this
Coast. Inques tionshsy the P8ciH. coast
/ vi have a much larger aopQia tion than
| 5ae Atlantic coars: seca,sse ~ its natural
| ai~antaSea The climate from san Fran
| cisco 20 me BRITISH ros&se SsioGs. from sal,
water hack 70 tAe Ca$cads~. IS ~ finest
| for residence in the word. People aan
go mgr ous ~ lie here t5an Anyw here
| slse They CAR make their living ~ith
| nnch le~s effort, ard get better living
| The Atlantic coast has 10 Sslrh havocrs
| ths psc3f}, e0ast. You have Il greater
| number of hsfAors. ARD most - them o -
| saspsreo~ IN ytose on TIE Atlantic. The
| - maritime tTaie aFe lfSs upon II, ana
| she climate anyw tscge bet Useer this Coast
| and China IS better ali TIE year than st
! is seg she Few months u neu Il Is good
between 1ae Atlantic coast aE3 Great
| Ifrsf7i7-
| THE Fast hsa no ssscl facilities for
tr&ts - chose tAat ftisns 3I'en ttEs Coast
| ara ,i'sy wll al soon BE- taken advantage
az ~ people NJ sfe Anglo 80 xaa race z:sA
! re Argos xae rsre IS fer g5id,
| WASHINGTON Has the Best Coast.
| 's1'}gs peo@}e - Washington clas, that
| their part ct tue Pactac coaat is the Asgst
|
s@eD tho claim appears % 10 testified
/ sta ara MI Eastern w7ea wso have sesn
/ Washing 5oH hapa lhat IT wiil sst 81 II =
/ AnE35z-SaxaA vFGcrssscn ard STAY rfeas an
/ ~ ne head ~ Il. Tdis i csa 40 ~ sen
| xinr.ng tae Eastern usa- that BIS 9rar ~
/ y safe AsTv as "a Ia Anywhere s}se ~ fseE 20
Anglo Ssa yssss IroisTS prevails ABB :
i Nea.Aa e~ayY7 tAat Washington og.a,ys make
| fAsal p stake Il size s*sou.a rur counter
- tae Tafaasl$,3a! sense ~ sAa apaa,n waa
/ are going - COATED tHs t8tslre ~ THIS
Ie8ss ara tire faEurn % t'ca ssr{7
/ II 9@scrz ~ 4 sew0rg5Y Democratic st&t~
| end E ssr@Hefy Efagsaeratss fxs=tsty Nv
state ara nm reapae h#lseve sh4z- rse~e 3
! q nR~ alignment ~ tse us3szfcss ~ t%fS
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/ the be@; saea r tlse Democratic faarsy and
/ ssse sSsss saT0 = - Republican esarfv
! Sshs = eagfasssas&or. ks SuEefv FgNeh better
| qualified 9o sTrAEsss SO ire AFFAIRS 81 his
| gepusisc. 80 view - The future tagt Is rax
| a.ssssi1asst thar these ~ sers The al sn-7s@gt
| teases cUE.
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