Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-11-04
1t Is An Outrage.

~ Ct s>Ity, as construed by the Repub-
llcan clique OF Thurston county, should
In4pcl It to levy tribute on everybody
and everything capable Of being bled,
IN money or influence, for support OF
, the teaches Who cling SO tenaciouslv
to the body polite. Especially is it
to be deplorcd that men OF enterprise,
VINO cast their lot with US and spend
their money III establishing enterprises
which create payrolls, and those too,
whose product goes largely without
the State bringing in money from
abroad to replenish the life.giving
arteries oil finance and trade, should
be held up assailed and maligned, SIM
ply because they refuse to be coerced
into givin s aid to the personal policies
OF men whose object in life seems TO
be to draw salaries instead of earning
wages or establishing the means for
paying wages.
Probably no man has come to our
county asking less in way of local sup
port than Mr.. Shmidt, of the Olympia
Brewing Co. He came here in 1895,
and without asking subsidy of any
kind, purchased a site at Tumwater'
and built an establishment that is I'M
excelled in completeness anywhere,
and is cabable OF placing product
that commands patronage wherever
introduced. While other enterprises
have demanded sites or cash subsidies,
here is one that came without buster
nor the con tribution of one cent in
the shape of stock subscriptions or
donation of any kind. One would
naturally suppose that everybody
would accord it encouragement, for
that cause alone, and nobody it seems
had expected that narrow, selfish spirit
which underlies partyism OF the kind
that, as ex-Mayor Lord says, uses a
fine-tooth comb to secure what seems
necessary for its continued existence.
The development of this enterprise
from a 4.255-barrel plant in 1897 to
one OF 1880 in 1904; from value OF
S2S,276 in the former year to one OF
half million dollars this year, en-
ploying a wage-roll that will have dis.
bursed $73,416.4S for labor by Dec.
3lst, this year, shows what valuable
adjunct it is, and will be, to our poo
pie. The taxes paid have showed a
steady increase Of from $459.l7 in 1897,
10 $2,452.5O this year, besides a $780,.
600 tax collected for internal revenue.
1t seems that Mr.. Schmidt's refusal
to lend bis political influence to ode
gang" has led to persecution in many
ways. One of these is to increase the
assessment of the company and an.
other to boycott its product, through
those handling it. The assessment of
the brewery property is now listed at
Sill 1884, which is from two to dozen
times larger than is the assessment OF
either of the half dozen other brew.
cries in the State.
That Mr.. Schmidt, as President OF
the Olympia Brewing Co., is not tax.
dodger, is probably we'll shown by his
own valuation, placed upon property
assessed against him, as an individual
His home at Tumwater is assessed at
So, 900. Compare this, of an ordinary
dwelling OF half q dozen rooms, with
the residences OF the Olympia bon ton,
on Capitol Hill: Mayor Lords house
is valued on the roll at $1,000; Harry
McElroy's, at 81 900; L. B. Faulkner's
at 1900; Geo. E. Filley's, at 81, 400;
A. A. Phillips. at $1.50O; Mrs. Conveys
at $3.50; George Mills, at $1,000; R
G. O'Brien's, at 81 400; T. M. Reeds
at 81, 500; Mrs. Percival's, at $1,000
Mrs. Horr's. at 81 600; w. J. Fosters
at 81 200; Mrs. Bettman's, at $4,000
A. s. Ruth's. at $500; A. ]. Falkuor's
at $500. and Capt. Pierce's two houses
at $3.50 each. Then Mr.. Schmidt pay,
on an assessed valuation OF $3.50 OF
his naptha launch, while Mr.. Nc
Elroy's is assessed at $50, and other.
in proportion-none as high as Mr.
, Schmidt's.
The space at our command thi
week, precludes the possibility of al
> luding further to this unjust warfar
upon one of Thurston county's mos
potent powers for good, but we ma,
refer to other petty and large mean
nesses, at another time, that will
amply excuse that gentleman in adopt
ing the always justi6able contention
for self.preservation in protection O
the interests of himself and his asso
ciates.
ThufstOn County has borne tn
, weary load long enough. Let u
, chuck It to the Wayside.
BALDwIN's California Arrow" q
airship that was, the other day. steere
in all direction at st. Louis, at al
altitude of 1900 feet above the fai
grounds and was made to return t
the place OF starting, seems to hav
gone far towards solving the problem