The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-14
BROWNSVILLE IS EXCITED.
Seattle and Portland the saej~ct for
Oregon Towns Debating society.

Evidence thse psprle in Oregon have
graspsd tbs fsEs that Seattle = fast cut
stripping sAssr metropolis Portland In
the race s1w gmzars< rrsal supremacy Is con-
tnlsed In a esssxazs ~ letters received a few
days kgu IS Secretary prosch. Of the
Chamber % Cans ssssrse- staanS that &C.
haze in to b nesa sA9rSfy BY tho debating
society of thu Brewnsvills high school ON
this question:
Resolved. That IN twenty years from
now Seattle VIII be larger than psr'iand
Brownsviiis are Miss Mae Cooley end Miss
Coda r. Meyer. who are 20 support The
affirmative side OF the question. They
appealed 80 him 10 furnish them with facts
and figures showing ssattls's growth dur
ing the past quarter of century. and
arguments which they could use IN prove
that In twenty years from now Portland
win have fallen TO sernnd place anaQBg the
cities Of the Pacific Northwest
Chee-fusly MIR Prvseh complied with
these appeals and yesterday ho mailed
bulky package To each OF The fair de-
haters. together with his best wishes sor
their success In n Just cause and also re-
uuest;ng them to inform him rs &c the re-
suit Of the debate
or course the matter II net without its
humorous phases. II IS evident hat the
question Of Portland . probable placa IN
business affairs relative To Seattle in 1919
has oeeome a burning Issue In the quiet
little town of Brownsville. The fact that
II is a question and af such moment as 20
be considered by debating society is@c-
capted by Secretary Pfusch ss evidence
that Brownsville is wide-awRke toyn.
whose people are conscious ~ tue fact
that portland's day af supremacy IN the
Northwest has taken It's place In disused
calendars.
II was no very difficult task ;or Mr..
rroseh tr marshal facts and figures enough
TO compel the Acknowledgement OF even tho
most weh-foptad and maSseseked osegu-
nian that Seattle Is The young giant Of the
Northwest. and thar Portland rua.St look
20 her commercial iaErels. Air. Prosch
began by giving tables showing the popu~
iaston ~ New York and philadelphia az
the beginning of the century and their
ing wssh the plain statement that today
Philadelphia ts far IN tie rear ~ New
York. He Els0 drew attention 10 the fact
that rot many sierades Hgo 81, Louis and
Chicago passed through the same expert
eBee. HE compared portland's population
with thai ~ Seattle quarter ot cen
fury ago, and again as tho two citiss stand
TODAY.
Further. secretayy rrosch gave facts
concerning seAttle'S Importance as a rail-
way center. ST. magnificent records * bank
eleartags, surprising these of Portland
and the general sfeWth 81 husssass AMI
population here during the past ten years
"a period tn which Portland hAs made
scarcely any uvygfess ana development,
Mr. prcNch stta uGs forget "a cali atgFn~
iion "a he facs that twenty years age fAsrt
hand ds8 snare shtrplnS nusiness AN was
transacted en- { q Sound. Nhjin today thurs,
Is FAR luCFD commerce from thg Sou9st than
frum fort.auGs, eue - The latter's gna~
nsensely superior ha1aors ana shipping IA,
'sTley can't halo h,sg via y treated fair
Is" Nv t'geNcA ssta. wheel he placed Two
huge packets n written and printed mat
ss. iu tire paSscsytee. addressed - she tive
fair champions og seaube in brownsville.