The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-10


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nEATTLn, leOnDAr, JULY 10.
CHICAGO AND SEATTLE.
When Rohart r. Lincoln. once the son
Of his august father. now the father OF
the august Pullman Car Company. said
ct Seattle that he could not think Of 1t
without being reminded Of Chicago, he
wsa referring. doubtless to the time
when the City by the Lake was the
second city IN sixe and Importance In
the United States Like all good Chi
cagoans. he believed that In comparing
any institution. municipaf or Otherwise.
upon the face Of the earth. TO Chicago.
he was paying the highest compliment
possible.
All thanks and appreciation to the
honorable. the former secretary Of war
and minister To the court OF st. James
Seattle wishes now to return the COM
pliment, 20 invite Mr.. Lincoln 70 revisit
the city. and TO say that Il - quite i'm
possible to think Of Chicago without
thinking Of Seattle. II. like the Windy
CITY. this Western metropolis few
years ago was few buildings upon
tide flats and hills: and II In
other ways. also like the Windy
CITY. Il has had It's big fire and grown
bigger than ever afterward: and II.
Row that the center Of the worlds In
sares. has crossed not only the Missis-
s,rpi river. but the Pacific ocean rs
well. Seattle has wrested from the foot
Of Lake Michigan the honors that have
belonged there II now lays claim to being
the most distinguished. the most talked
At. the most promising city within
American sovereignty.
In the assay offices Of Seattle the
KIondikers dump their millions. Around
the plies of Seattle wharves the huiIs
q the ships of the Orient rise and fall
with the ebb and fiow OF Pacific
ocean tides. On the asphaited and
bricked pa.ements OK Seattle walk the
citizens and dignitaries of all states and
I'll nations In the harbors which cius-
ter along the Sound above and below
the city and render their tribute TO the
city's huge business buildings. to the
city's lawyers and the city's merchants
and presss rage the contentious OF the
greatest If railroad interests. the rival
ries Of Hill and Mellen and Shangnessy
and Of Rockefeller aud the Westinx-
house Company. Of the cannery trust.
and the tin plate trust, and the wire
and steel trust.
On the paths between Seattle and
Yokohama and Seattle and the North
and South Pacific coast ply steamers
owned by the International Navigation
Company. which Is one OF the donina-
tors of the Atlantic. From the forests
which shade every hill and mountain
side that dips into Puget sound the
spars and masss and deck lumber which
are used In the merchantmen and men,
os-war q all nations. and even In the
American cup chaiiengers. are sent out
for the world 10 pay Seattle Tor. Ia
the mines whose coal Ills the bunkers
on the wharves Of Seattle and distrih-
utes Itself to the Industries Of the great
West IS a treasury Of wealth To dis
tsnee that which fesis from Minnesota
and Wisconsin into the Lake City.
coasressnsa Journey to Seattle To
learn what they do not know OF the
confines and boundaries Of their own
country I'm order that the nation May
not blaneer into the needless loss II In
valuable territory. Senators san from
Seattle to the new scat az American
empire and vexation at Manila. Rat
sleshlps come 20 the Seattle naval sta
ton 10 be repaired. Cruisers and nsoni-
tors VIII some day shrong in the inccrn-
parable fresh water harsos Of Lake
Washington 81 lose their earnaeles and
preserve their eoatiag.
From Seattle hardy men. brave.
tough and aaantless. have gone to
fight the ralirlnas and to furnish col
onels from whom the army migh; draw
when the Kings ana the ovenshsnss
and The 1,tisex grew II, ar retired Out
Of Seattle has gone the only crater
that ever poisoned the satire at Grcs-