The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-14


Ihe the0s ~ Prsssdsnf Hnl AZ TIE
0reAt Northern. the nsxt spsakw, was
The favofite one Of the nserchans marine
Of the United States. the subject Of his
gesponse being "Asfstic Commerce" The
gailroaA magnate was 1T home With his
suh3eet. ~ he always - With whstsvsr
concerns the expansion of American COM
Wsrce. TT h fair 70 assert" he said,
that the census Of 10 viii show that
oo.o0g.0o0 people are In the United States,
not inciuding the residents Of the Philip
pine iaiands: that In 1910 there viii Be
1i4eo0.oa0. and IN 1soo II. - o0G. more than
four times the population OF the United
States ut the commencement Of the civil
war. Where viii they 60. what Will they
DOT how are they TO be feds are the Qnss-
lions. and they must be answered.
There u no part more favored Ia the
answer 20 this important query than the
state Of Warrington Its seas are teesn-
1ng with ytgor and food: It's fields and
forests are valued ct the highest ap-
praisement to mankind: tts mines are
0ltsd with sverything Of value and useful
n al the professions OF the world Thsfs
ore more precious metals In the state OF
Washington than In any other state Of
the Union Coal. iron. gold, silver. cop
pr. lead and almost every other conceiv-
ahia metal abound In the greatest hooded
quantity. think the people do not real
Ire what they posaesn. with the coal
and iron alone there u no reason Why
steel should not be made on the Pacific
coast cheaper than In any other part OF
the world. The statement that there are
these things here that Will make this one
OF the chief ports Of the commercial
world has been criticized: but these allie
cations have been made chiefly because
the people have not seen the commercial
side Of these great industries Mime
seta may hardly be called mineral. but
iu the advance Of the United States has
come to the forefront ~ . producer Of
cheap steel We have coal. coke and
Iron In sight Of each other. and Why
should Ne not take front place In the
world In the manufacture OF STEEL
Recurring TO the subject Of the toast. Mr..
HIN said: an Asia half Of the population
q he world lives not 70 baroarous - CIV
elised people suppose. bat - civiiissd that
when Ne 20 hack to twilight their devel-
cpment was antique. In the time Of AhFa-
ham. the shepherd. China was great. 10
was called on 10 solve the problems Of gov
efument 4.0oo years ago. You cannot call
that government lacking In permanencs
and strength. I Was struck by . remark
made by a man sent 10 China and kept
there = year. He was trained statisti-
clan. and was forced TO leave Asia because
Of his that Of = Jew. He said the
Chinese were the first people In trade and
commerce that his people had found to b
their masters.
between kamchatha and singapore you
ind half the population Of the globe. When
you contemplate The immensity OF his cum
diton. you realize that you must do some
thing
TAe Cet1ea lnaustsy.
llr HIN spoke OF the cotton industry Of
the United States. which has been the
chief export to the Orient during the last
few years. and elaborated on the steps
that China has taken TO develop her own
facilities for handling this department OF
her trade. Shanghai has fourteen new.
large. modern cotton mills. he said. and
during the last three years has made I'm
mense strides In extending this industry.
Nost OF this cotton was gotten from In
dia- Asked why this product Was NOT
shipped from the United States. the
speaker said that the first year only
few bales we're shipped from here. ana
that now from 10000 to 10000 bales were
sent there every year. q third Of
which passed through Seattle. hut
even this In not enough to sat-
isfy the railroad man who has
the interests OF the Sound at heart. Mr..
Fiji said that during the whole Of
his trip home from Seattle early In the
spring he was thinking Of how little was
being done 70 forward American com
meree. and how great the results would be
II proper recognition existed Of the I'M
porfasee OF the shipping industries OF this
nation. He elaborated on the comparative
chssrness CO overland transportation.
which. &c ss.d was 70 per cent. less than
In Europe. and ''yes We must let Europe
carry cur exports, paying $50 On. GO 10
t3N..e .ee year 10 other countries TO car
ry our proiucss To market Mr.. Hin said
that the United States had three ocean
steamer flying the American Gag on the
Atlantic He asked why the cheapest wat
or transportation In the world was on the
Great Lakes. where the American .iag was
uppermosi. In answer 10 tn. query as to
NEtstSt AfHttAN<A SAAftR-ffH HAH ibset mnfs
expensive than other. Mr.. Hill went into
an elaborate argument fef fostering the
msrrhan, marine of the United States in
every possible Nay. but receiving the In
ttatlye In congress. ana closed
Other tcasts were responded 10 In ae-
cordanee with the published programme.
ana the meeting ended early this snorning
The following were present as guests
OF tn. banquet
Sherwood GsiseSpy. John W, Pratt
=. a Fefk.nN~ A t. sawyer.
Francis w. Cush-James II, Hose
man Edmond 3 Aeaay.
Chas. W Fairbanks Converse J Smith
Richard Mansfield Charles II. Baker.
White Nm T Trime!e
W. A. Shannon. Jacob Furth
G. r. Burnside Thomas Burke.
Harvecd Morgan. Edward .. Graves.
JEAN r. Hartman &. II Hartford
Charles q Dawes John j. Mssstlvrs.
James J. firl W. w. Robinson ir
John Ia Agen A l. Campbell
J. W. elise. Wilson u 9ay.
James Il Hayden, G j. smith
Daniel Jones George penwnrth
James A. Moore. Alden j. Rlsthen.
NJ r. Raekas, g. L.e Ssesxaer.
W r Guerin. g u stsms8a.
John l. Neagie. Edward BRADY,