The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-06
MlNl my HIE 1 NIT.
Cesesssmsn Hill, Of the Coinage
Committee, fsvors i.
ssyessss FORMER STAND.



rhneressman r. j. HIN. Of Connecticut,
- q the RainisF-t3rand hotel yesterday
,sah his wife and two daughters and Ar.
- Mys ,. 3. Treadweii. VINO are travel
- Nth them. they having just returned
fr0n TRIP 70 Alaska
MS visit Of Mr. Hiti means mach more
4 oeetfls than comes out Of the mere
saffnfactfon Of having him here. He 10 q
rsomSnent and Influential member of the
irraae couns tfeeA Of banking and curren-
- nnd o. coinage, weights and measures.
viheu the bill 10 establish an assay Office
= neatfte vas pending In congress. he OPP
s0eed IN passage. and. In order TO satisfy
snGp3f Il the wisdom Of that measure and
g tnautse info conditions generally here
m In Alaxka, be has taken this trip.
vlth the result that his views are entire
Il changed Speaking upon the subject
yesterday he said:
tnsace reaching Seattle have personal
Il ytstaed eAe aansy office and must say
that m perfectly surprised At what
found there Ny original idea, and one OF
~ erroneous Impressions upon which /
Aaond my opposition To ifs establishment.
~ that the people most interested and
heMeAted b. the passage Of the act were
she transportation companies. rather than
the Individual miners but ind that for
a. year ending June -. just past. the Of
Are has received y. s0aooD Of bullion. COM
tas n a.spe different parcels This showing.
q course. with other details. destroys the
asrunanf that the office 10 not used by the
regE3e for whom Il was intended. and es-
tshiiahes the fact that no mistake waa
aa1s IN tss location.
n ~ eeavtneed new, ~ what I
have sees here anA n Alaska. that.
n seeakinR aad voting awainst the
IN, was In <rsss. ana can see
ssw bss one Of ny estgfnaI args-
asaes semaintas. ana that IL that
shenDA be . mint. I - not believe.
heweves, that this Will BE = eontis-
uAaG ehJeetion to the e0ee here.
s3nere h = government ntst In
Caxsen City, New, which 10 lytn9
IN, $50 " the Alaeksa production
u eoal eonainses, - ! have every
seAeoa 10 think ID Will. I DO not
kaew why the nalnt named shosla
nj ~ renewed 10 Seattle. Iastea1
q essettng = bai1ain4 for the assav
sGBes alsne. the two rouid be con-
hine1 u oar. aad 10 the wOld ps0-
go ~ A1eska proves 20 ~ lastias.
which fact will he detesmineA with
II the eomisg year, shall be
pisasea 10 advocate the mint sadi-
tiea I have Indicated. TAe assay
sGlee nna to he doing . large basil
sess, ssa sns pi~ased 10 see II In
sseA good shape, both On the score
= eesaonfcal asssyinM and the
hsge r>csipts.
Il have had my eyes opened to many
things I had not heretofore understood
since this visit 20 your coast and to Alaska,
and wss astonisncd at the conditions
found In mat country. l was surprised 10
learn that Juneau. for instance. Il
good American city whose growth is based
and maintained on labor There are other
srss 3 .s ,xnx no a.
Of reaching Ike conditions In the near fn-
fufe
'Ons great thing that the people there
nssd u delegate TO represent them per-
atn,ii Gov. Bfadv's vieit to Washington
III winter little was known Of the region
y which he prssides as executive. and hts
representations were listened 10 with In
tsFvss and attention, A regular delegate
could DO much more and through his lahors
AhskA would receive more OF che govern
mental care than II receives. and which
Il deserves
y helieve that the Increase of population
that u bound 10 be- exuerienesd there with
The accompanying development and cuiti-
vation WI make II NOT only a mineral but
On agricultural producing region. When
vas N Norway whose climate Is JUST ~
sssssr and soil just az rugged. ] found \
people Engaged I'm agricultural puruuits. and
asse seen bay cut from eaie mountain sides
e1ss1 an wires sirufsg from poles and sup
ParnW an apparently thriving population
FFof. GeosEeecr. of the fcaartment OF
s.nxufase. ~ now there investigating and
necffns On his nreucsttsan and he sava
ne aAs 10 Doubt % ifs ~ sre pracsicahisty
sna ultimate eonsunaf,a Ion
Msdfs this agricultural and mining
rssHr Alaska Ia ssea in its undeyelsped
nnsfTs and IN the whole q - destined 80
an VI = nov. an i-ano-tar. and valuable
saasffeos"r 60 the wsaifs % ssse nation.
sesssle. as reasoa af tts pssisisn.
ee@hsnea with tts business aud eonn-
sesetai stabilize. - the nntaral
sesses fer all this wealth. Alaska
sAsatd he and Win h~. 10 your people
sse hair IA vice awake a. I thsnk
'ses are. s~ssti~'s ewa farm and
savaea.
via an established assay offtce
Sa mint. md far hustaesx ronu~c-
usss sWa rrtstiuns already existing.
sss sheaia cemtroi the Alaskan out
Dst-
AnsEffrsng 80 earrsery and banking car
@saas M, Alll sat3 that balls would hz
.@Msssssea ard presented "a the next con
establishing single gasd standard
TAR ''@ ssf'-'tAsNs ~ t.ss~'f
lhsFe d 50 a7y wsns aid he no con.
- $3.50 fessaa why dollar az err money.
~naseser eas, shesiA n0l hr a~ saSf "a
- 9asTsFr - he gsosse - th~ English
-. ssh o. EcGGa sterling ana tire only
r,s~... - sfeSins's shas Tesait is 10 aave a
$500 thss p measured ~ falc accepted
% All civilized natiuns
49, e1rs tesA ffsissis0a | sasmk cangreT-
- a1th1fsks tire establish Hsent Of
49, taasr ~ fefesGn countries In
49, sl.Fse there aru sixty chartered
80 sfnss operations extend 20 every
- eSs9ss ana ~s,eSa Operations are
- ssssa IN asnafesr a. u.stgianss II aei-
49, NhE shoas9 r8F .hs tfalsxs States
q - % ntnaUy. xRT ~ Seattle seer,
4. 49, bark s'tA f5ssfxn hsanrass
az asxs 80 new NAVa barrel Il nsur
!. 1910 ~ itfsHecT = shipped fYssa here
a.. sea&Hse. z = rsff fsf sn a draft. I
ca NY en- lses,3on. Would & nsf ~
MSH ana hst.ee ~ gsas con rsess.sasss
sea-, ssrca ssas tAs rNshaSge an.s ssessv
a.. r Szssss safasNa stsss medium az
S&sfzks zp& Ass-A--s~4 ss.assAx@ A