The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-18

nasgrsssssfs. he and Ms partner soSn
branesaed out IN the lumber business. and
were among the frs. VINO went into II on
q large scais. and to build up and develop
that business None were more s0ccsssfui
or stood higher ia the business world
ing she prime u nfe. the attention OF HIM
self and associates was attracted to this
new territory; They came to look at It's
prospects ard possibilities. They exam
itsed our great inland sea. Our immense
forests OF fir and cedar, investigated OFF
vast coal fields and mines OF precious met
ais. He became convinced OF the great fU-
sure * this state. He returned TO ST. Paul
and startled the business world there by
announcing that he and his associates were
going 20 sell out their large holdings and
move 10 this state. and thither they did
come; not empty handed, but with the ae-
camuiation OF twenty years OF phenome-
state they brought one and half millions
OF dollars and invested IL, not In real estate
specu.ations. not In notes ard mortgages
at the time when We needed them most,
and al the time when the boom spirit was
on and the speculative fever was at the
highest Taey invested largely In timber
lands built one OF the largest lumber mills
IN the world bought coal lands, opsne. up
coal rasflsss, built coke ovens Into this en-
tsrprise went the vast sum mentioned. Ten
years ago the mill was started: ten years
ago the coal mines were opened and the
coke ovens began 10 burn.
the financial cyclone Of 1888 swept this and
cut SISTER states. Young and growing in
cusfries OF this state were it's speciaI vic
TINS One after another We saw them fail.
carrying with them 10 ruin the great ma
1oriiy of oalr new industries carrying with
them our men of wealth and means, and
ieaFinE ID fheir track vast army of labor
unemployed During all this time this mill
never shut down. the mines never ceased
70 work and the coke, ovens never ceased
10 burn. Every morning from ten to fif-
TEEN HGHursu mtft went XFfk
month from ten TO fifteen hundred men
received fun pay for months labor. New
passed; never during this time has there
been any trouble and never has he known
2 strike. Not dollar dividend has been
priEes, but every dollar earned has gone
pack INTO the Plant. increasing Il, extend
Ing T. trade and employing more labor.
ing the past years? what man
has given more OF his time.
more OF his means 10 building it up and
Foster? Who is better prepared than he
TO look after and care for its great indus
tries. Its commerce. its lumber its coal
industry. It's manufactures and it's farm
erS2 Who IL in closer touch with all these
than Addison @. Foster whose whole life
has been spent in building them I'D. and
whose every dollar is invested therein
whose savings OF q life will be increased
legislation affecting them2 Who IS more
Interested in the construction OF the
Nicaragua cana. knows more OF It's value,
gives 1, more time and attention than Mr.
FOSTER Who Is more interested in the
irsfnense posi- hilties of the tranapaclfse
commerce than he? Providence has re-
Gently opened wide the door OF commerce
TO Gs. crossing the ocean where the far
west and the far east touch Our flag has
been raised over the islands In the Orient
whose value 10 US. as a trade producer
cannot at this time be estimated These
islands viii soon be teeming with the
Anglo-saxon race Railroads viii be CON.
str1teted, modern improvements of all k rlds
VIII be introduced. All OF this trade IL
open to Us. Growing along with this and
beside II and accumulated BY IT, viii be the
immense trade Of China and Japan which
countries are rapidly awakening to the
necessity OF modern ideas ard modern
improvements. and whose trade In the
past Few years has grown with phenomenal
rapidity. Very soon the trade Of the Pa
ciiic ocean, IL properly cared for By our
national legislation. viii be q close second
10 that OF the Atlantic hat IL must he
wisely attended to: no mistakes mus, bs
made. Our opportunities here are great
To our senators and representatives wa
must look for taking care of this, our
greatest opportunity. Let us choose the
man best qualified for this grnat task
One who recognizes the possibilities and
Knows how TO take care OF them
when Mr.. Foster and his ASSOCIATES
announced their determination to build
an immense milling plant in this territory.
Nt WAS said: ''fou may have the i,nruer ~,
forests you mention. sou may build an
immense plant. bat where il your mar.
kes?" He replied. The world viii lee cur