The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-10
McKinley's Election Will Turn
Capital to Territory.
MILLIONAIRE NOVEL; TALKS.
Seattle Destined TO Reap the Benent
Of All Future Great Enterprises
which VIII BE Developed In the
north ~ Well - in This State
what President MeKinIey's Re-
Election Means to the Northwest.

"Well. we can now look for continual
ttan OF the era Of prosperity which the
fear OF Bryan's election for time
checked" said Mr. T. 9. Novel;. the mill
ionaire president of a company owning
number OF the richest mining properties
IN Alaska, located at Berners bay, Sheep
creek. silver Bow basin and ON Douglas
island. Mr. NOVEL; 10 guest at the But
Ter on his way South, having just come
down from the North. While his home Is
in Boston. he proposes to remain on the
pacihc coast this winter In order TO look
after his vast interests and will return
North next spring.
"Conndence. which underlies all COM
merciai transactions" continued Mr..
NOVEL;. had been somewhat checked by
the threatening attitude of Bryan and
8ryanism; but that is now past and there
= nothing TO stop giving this country
the richest restlfs ever experienced since
the close OF the war The fact that Mr..
Mckinley is reelected, and that there will
be no change In the established gold stan
dard OF values will start the wheels of
Industry In every direction and loosen the
purse strings Of capital for all sorts OF
new enterprises. In fact I am sanguine
enough to look for a year, and in fact
series OF years, Of prosperity unparalleled
IN the history OF the Union. II will be an
era not alone of financial prosperity. but
improvements such as was developed
shortly after the civil war. As an instance
OF II I remember the Philadelphia expo
sition OF 1876 which brought to our shores
the advanced classics as well AZ the high
ct perfection Of mechanical skill and dis
coveries Of the old world. Those people,
however. were astonished 10 ind our me-
chAnics and students equal to them In ev-
cry respect and In one case a fnanufac-
tnrer Of improved milling machinery was
% disgusted at finding similar American
machinery here 20 far superior to his
that he refused to even unpack his wares
and sent them back unopened.
Foundation Of Our Greatness.
american intelligence In every walk Of
life, from the lowest TO the highest. the
result of our liberal system OF education.
Is at the foundation OF our greatness. This
has been demonstrated on every hand
IN the last few years. and forcibly 80 In
the war with Spain 1t was the Ameri-
can intelligence behind our guns that de-
s sarS ne 81, Spanish feet: more than the
had splendid navy, and II was that ma
tive Intelligence that made our victory
20 easy and possible.
ton In raw material which after all is the
basis Of all industriais and which makes
W the grandeur and power of a nation
sw years ga, ss w al II ony aasson vi,
b. beyond the need ~ protective tariff
ana depend simply on tariff for revenue
only. Our wealth today Ia greater than
that Of any other nation. and Instead Of
being borrowing nation we arc today
loaning our gold to other nations.
"For this Northwestern country see
the greatest possibilities IN the way al
mining. Capital-now secured BY McKin-
lcy'e ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS now come here
freely, being attracted by the many great
opportunities that are coming to The from,
all the time. and AZ there Ia really no i'm
dustry In which capital gives a safer and
larger return than mining. look for some
great operations In the next few years
Alaska II going to be the field In which
much Of this capital will ind Judgment
and from which its great returns will
once mining In Alaska, I do not hesitate
% SAY that the time H. coming wheu
Alaska will be producing 500, 100000 annu.
ally OF the precious metals principally
gold; DO not think I am exsGEerating
for hardly week passes but some new