The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-17

lations Of the United States with the ORR
Perhaps the most important news in
that connection Is that given out in the
Post-Intelligencer this morning 10 the ei-
feet that work on the new steamers orc
This especially appeals to me because
wherever have spoken before Chambers
OF Commerce in different parts OF the
ad 81 these
being put on the Pacific seas. there have
been various skeptical replies TO the ef-
feet that they were only imaginary YES
sells. talked Of TO boom and advertise the
Northwest and Seattle, aud that they
would never become a reality.
'rt was only recently that / was severe
ly criticised by Eastern newspapers for
stating that steamers of this kind would
ply, in a few years. between Puget
sound and Asiatic ports. 1t Is a fact, new
ertheless, and such vessels will yet open
the eyes of the commercial world to the
vast interests that must eventually link
the Orient with the Pacific coast. and
which may eventually revolutionize the
carrying system not only OF the United
States but of Europe as well. No such
immense steamers az these. which Will al
ford the cheapest possible freight rates,
can get through the Suez canal from any
Atlantic-American or European ports. As
agriculturists OF the United States will be
able to lay down their products In Asiatic
seaports In successful competition along
those lines from which they are now shut
out.
Prophecies That Were Fulniled.
ut IL pleasing to myself and others who
for years have been hammering away for
great Developments OF the present. Five
or six years ago when sent my first re-
ports from Asia to the state department
at Washington relative to the great fu--
~ "a ata nd
the countries In the far East. WAS ridi-
culed and put down as dreamer I
have In my possession editorials written
by San Francisco papers saying that my
never come true in twenty years. You
see they were wrong, for alreudy the pres
ent movement Of trade with the Orient
far Ar. surpsssss my irst expects I. tioss
Oregon and California should bend their
individual energies to the development Of
this transpacihc commerce. There is our
su sue with the Eastern states and
with Europe as well. In simple manu-
featuring and along the principal lines
Of industry we are and Will be for many
years TO come Mt disadvanta &c with the
Eastern states because they have a vaster
population and cheaper labor and with
the consequent conditions OF demand and
supply largely in their favor. But taking
principally the raw staple products Of the
Pacific coast and the same in manu-
featured form we can always lead In
selling to the Asiatic market.
Eight Hundred Million Customers.
THE one thought that Just across the
Pacific ocean from us are 500 900 900 OF peo-
pie. or nearly ten times our own popu-
iation, whose buying and selling capacity
will increase enormously within the next
nifty years, should convince the most
skepticslly inclined OF the magnitude and
unlimited value OF that field of operation.
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markets and the connection OF the Pa
cihc coast states with that market, this
section Of che country Is now looming up
as never before as an enormous part Of
the United States. Eastern business In.
terests. Eastern capital and Eastern news.
papers are no longer thinking OF this
portion of the country as Of secondary
Importance. As an illustration OF the in
terest now prevailing in the Easter
states in our Aslatic opportunities. I NAV
be pardoned for saying that have re-