Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-03-21
4 WORLDS WON DIR.
IN the Rapid March of Events In inc
Great Northwest.


In the northwest everything seems 10
have happened within the last Ten
voors Events which would be OF ep-
och making Importance In any country
NJ onv time have here crowded one up
on another with wanton prodlgahV' 30
that the northwesterner pumped down
In the whirl of great things can him-
self hardly grasp their full signinoance'
contenting himself with confused SUI
perlatives.
Think of this march Of events! IL
was barely eight years ago that tne
ooldfelds of the Klondike were brought
20 five knowledge of the world, causing
q rush of Americans to the northwest
and building up suddenly a new anu
imnortant business for the Puget souhu
norts whore the miners QUILTED and
took ship. Following the hlohuiAe Ga
element came the various Alaska uls-
coveries. and Seattle and Tacoma were
and are the natural headquarters tor
most of the supplies shipped northwaru
as we'll as the entry point tor Tue ie
turning miners with their treasure not
q LITTLE of which is left to enrich the
people of the ports.
Hardly had the gold excitement cain
cd TO the PAGES oE steady Duslhess
ontorrrise when the Spanish war broke
ont. and these Pacific cities We're
| thrown into the turmoil of visiting pat
tleships and Of provisioning and trans
norting the army of the Phillppihes'
Then came the opening trade Win our
now insular possessions i'll the racine
the Chinese war and its call for equip
mont md its stir of sOldiery and trans
norris followed by the recent CONNER
cial expansion of Japan, with l's uaue
demands. And now an element mas
inst entered into the calculations OF tue
coast-the construction Of the Panalha
capal-which will revoluuonlze "noie
denortments of the worlds trade ana
exercise profound influence for goou
or OWL on the cities of the northwest
ern coast.
Many of the events, it Is true, nota
bly the opening of the door 10 the ial
east. are mostly prOmissory assets ah'
! vet their prophecy of a golden iutur'
has not been without its effect on tn'
growth Of the Pacific cities ana tue III
traction Of energetic men ana money
To the Pacific ports Will ultimately
come most of the trade of the Phliip
D mines worth S6O.OOO,OO0 annually, an'
D a growing share of the $1,OOO'OOO,Oo'
or more of the annual business o
: China. japan. Siberia and the Dutcl
l East Indies. to say nothing Of the larg
foreign trade Of Australia ana NeV
J Zealand. Alaska, once regarded as
honelessly distant aud irreclaimaDi
waste of mountains and snow, Is ais
progressing with wonderful rapldlt!
+ not only in its mines, but In the Ut
velopment of its fisheries ana IN III
{ utilization of its forests ana us agr
Q cultural resources, so that today III
u Alaskan trade is of much Importance
L While these world events wer
u crowding upon one another the deve
OpmeuI Oh inc SVuHAJ
coast, upon which the solid progress
the cities must ultimately rest, was q
ing forward with unprecedented rapi'
ity. Western Canada was Opening
settlement, is opening now in a ma
yelous manner railroads were bull'
ing, schemes for irrigating the ar
> lands we're in course of development
crop production was increasing umn'
was being cut from an almost inc
g haustible supply to supplement II
waning forests of Maine and Michiga
coal mines were being opened al
salmon caught, all the forces OF 1ndu
try working together with rapldi
I'd which must always remain a world
wonderfully Stannard Baker In Ce
le tury.