The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-22
DISSEMINATE THE TRUTH.
ElALSE STORIES ADOtT ALASKA
ARE lNyIRlSG This CITY.


the Travelled routes to the Yukon the
towns on the COAST and the richness OF sae
gold fields il being spread ever Eastern
and New England states The country
we@klles have printed columns from ten
derfeet who unused to hardship and ex-
posssre. have left the trails without evea
getting III SIGHT OF the Yukon These
letters teem with u1sxsiatements, their
burden being of death, disaster and crime.
IL il a aaty thai the people OF Seattle owe
to themselves and 10 the reading pubic
eyerywhere that these pcrverslons u fact
should De AZ once corrected"
So spoke John J.. Hartman, the well
known lawyer. yesterday. who has Just
returned from a flve-wceks' business trip
10 the East, including New York, Wash
ington and Philadelphia. Mr.. Hartman
says that accounts complained of are bsing
printed. not by the big dai,ies OF the East,
but by the papers in the smaller cities OF
New York and the New England states.
and BY the country weeklies Of the East.
BY this means. ne says. people are being
deferred. through a false idea OF condi-
tons in the West. from emharking for the
gold fields. He declares It to be his be-
lief that immediate steps should be taken
to counieracs this influence by the pubiica-
ton and wide dissemination of the facts.
Never have I felt more sangulne for
the future OF the state Of Washington and
OF Seattle than ! do now" continued Mr..
Hartman. ~ was especially interested in
trying TO ascertain the feeling Of the peo-
pie OF the East and Of the Middle West
concerning this city ana state. In New
York I met a number Of men prominent
in financial circles: / talked with
friends at different points along
the line and frequently met strang-
ers Ola the trains, both going east
and west. The interest that Is felt in Sc
attic and the inquiries that are being con-
stantly made concerning Washington. its
resources. climate and its future are really
amazing in their number and character
One fact with which I was particularly
impressed was that the low rates of fare
between Eastern points ard Seattle are
bringing to this state hundreds may say
thousands. OF homeseekers-men Of small
and sometimes large means. who are seek
ing opportunity to better themselves
and who have determined that Washington
offers more ir ducements than any state in
the Union
''You viii remember that ten or fifteen
years ago the Union pacifie made rate OF
Sic to Los Angeles. il WAS the making Of
Southern California. Thousands Of irnfni-
grants poured into the section. Many OF
them were people Of means and they To-
Gated In California engaging in husbandry,
manufacturing and other empIeymenss
The rate war now In progress between
the transcontinental lines. while II WI de-
press dividends. VIII he o. incalculahle ad-
vantage to Seattle and tbs entire state Of
Washington.
Coaches of Homescckers.
THE people OF the East are eager TO
learn everything they can concerning this
state. At the present time the inquiry for
agricultural lands Is directed TO the fer
tile valleys Of Western Washington 10 the
irrigated districts OF Wenatchee and Yak
ina and to the wheat hsst of the paIouse
and Great Bend II Is surprising how well
the agricultural classes of the East know
that Washington produced n magnificent
cereal crop last year ard marketed it at
top notch prices. 1t Is generally believed
throughout the East that wheat viii COM
fnand a high price for several years yet
10 come and of course this has directed
inquiry towards the wheat lands of Wash
ington. Immigration 10 this state has
already begun. On the train coming west
were coaches filled with homeseekers-
men who hope 10 find n more congensai
cline in the West and others who are
looking for investments Of various kinds.
The majority OF them were ticketed to Sc
attic. which tustifies. In NY opinion. the
belief that this city has taken the lead OF
all the coast cities and has attained WIDER
renown than any ether. due largely OF
course. To the klondike and Alaska bust
ness
when the news of the election In Seat
tie was flashed over the wires I was at
lunch with friends AZ the Lotus club In
New York A gentleman. whose name
need not mention. but who has national
fame showed IRE she dispatch and said
concerning IL. That eectlor viii do Scat
tie more good than anything that has
happened I'm a long time. | have always
believed that Seattle was destined 80 he
come the greatest city on The Pacific
coast Events are surely bringing this
about So you can judge for yourself how
closely the financial men or the country
watch every yestige - news concerning
this city
Great Evil Reiug Done.
Now. speaking os the evil that is being
done 70 Seattle by the circulation OF faiss
and misleading stories III the East ran
only say that Il Is my belief that prompt
action should he takru - cpunseract tire
harm that Is heing wrought Is men. ho
disappointed hy their failure TO find the
geld growing or the trees ef she Wet
have written ~ stselr Narne journals
dananBnE every enc ard everything con-
recfesi with the kionfike rush Thesa let
sers arc he5Hg printed lu the country news
papers 81 al. Fast. As rgle, the writers
say that 81 gold 81 being brought out
fragu tho Ksonslikp ard therefore fhev say
.heTe a. aane 3here: forgetting tha: the
usIreva tsNeoss exclusively work su sns
WINTER and that ne yellow prasl,aet Of .he
placer hss9s cannot b. brought cat uu;,i
nRvtga tier cYens IN tbs spring Thsy say
also that Eaea ar dying right an1 lefg in
skasw$s and frseEias hy fhe scores oH tbs
Ch(lkoot trail. w her as a matter % fact
jse d~alh rate N Sks@way Is TO larger
than far awy city ~ }A0a peopje II Is
SAID Ana fhis statement has hesa given
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