Arizona republican., 1899-08-19
COAST OPINIONS
On the KIOndyke and Philippine s
Situations.

While DR.. W. w. Hubbard was on his
trip to the coast and the northwest ne
made careful study of several things,
among which were the Klondyke and
| the Philippine situations. Regarding
the former he shares neither the
views of those who are going north
filled with dreams of gold, nor of those
who come back broken in health and
purse, believing that the whole north
is fatal fraud from which the rem
nant Of their good fortune permitted
| them to escape.
Said DR. Hubbard: There is some
thing in the Klondyke, but no more
than there is in Altoona or Montana.
About one man in a thousand has
come back from the north with a for
'sune. But there are now between
10000 and 10000 men there who
would be glad to get, back with their
lives. They are working when they
can get work to dc, for about the
sumo wages as they could get in Ari-
IONA. 1t costs them four times as
much to live, and living is ncG one
fourth as good as it is here.
''The Klondyke craze has by no
means abated, only we do not hear as
much of it here as we did when it was
new. The transportation and outfit
ting companies are keeping it alive
for all the colossal liars do not live in
Arizona
1.-The rush has been the making of
Seattle and Vancouver. Contributions
have been levied by SEATTLE upon
every section of the United States, for
the Klondyke craze penetrated every
where. Every morning Il man stands
in front of the Post-Intelligencer Of
flee surrounded by great heaps cf Pc
pers. He calls out, San Francisco Ex-
aminer, Sa,. Lake Tribune, Rocky
Mountain News. New Orleans Plea
yune, Atlanta Constitution, Richmond
Times and dozens Of other papers.
There are buyers for them all. Seattle
would be a good town anyhow. 1t is
destined to become the metropolis of
the Puget Sound country, though all
the towns in the northwest are grow
ing rapidly.
THE prosperity is not confined to
the American side Vancouver has |
sprung from struggling village OF
5000 ten years ago to a c'.y of 10000. |
This has come about in part on ac- /
count of the oriental trade and by /
reason OF its being the terminus of. the /
Canadian Pacific Victoria is a beau /
tiful town of 10000. 1t is a residential I
and official city The navy yard Is
there and the new parliament build
ings just completed are among he
finest specimens of public architecture
on the western continent"
Speaking of the Philippines, Dr. Hib
bard said that he had an opportunity
Of getting a great deal Of authorita-
tive information. Through the kind
of Mr. N Z hof Y-cn "a !
the Union League club at San Fran
cisco, WHARF, he met many gentlemen
who had lived in the far east Among
hem was man who had represented
1 commercial house for tan years. One
night he delivered a lecture before the
Cub and spoke mainly Of the Chinese
-Iude. There was a population, he
said, of 400 900. 900 increasing annually
1t the rate of Is, 900, 900. This popuIa-
ION had for centuries mainly subsist-
ID on rice. During the last few years
he crop has been growing more and
more inadequate, until now it will
AVE to be supplemented by wheat and
ythsr cereals which cannot be success
ully raised in China. The inclination
5 to turn to the Untted States The
Chinese government is friendly to this
and geographic conditions are
adorable. Yet in the fierce CONNER
iaI scramble this vast trade might be
ost, but :: would be assured with
eighborly American government in
he Philippines.
Only one side of the Philippines sit !
atiOn is discussed on the coast and
hat is the commercial side. Every
nan, regardless of party, whose Opin-
on is of any weight is in favor of eX- /
anSion. Returning private soldiers
Urse the islands. They pretend 10 ,
now nothing of the conditions, ex- (
ept that they had a hard time of 1t. !
3ut war 5 hardship in the most !
avored chimes. !