The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-09-21
Country

since The assay once tle.al DID 1
attic 10 ls98-seven yeaIs ago, it has
melted more than 200 tons OF gold
dust. That has all been supplied
from Alaska, the Northwest Ter
ritory, British Columbia, Washington
and a little from Oregon and Mon
tana. That gives an intimation OF
what tremendous work Is going on In
mining In the northwest, and that Is
but one industry. The lumber busi-
ness swells into figures that are hard
TO realize. and behind the lumber
and the gold the agricultural ana
stock interests are riyaling the most
prosperous states OF the Union. The
great advance has been made within
the past Is years The men Of Seat
tie claim that their city is going TO
catch up and pass San Francisco in
the coming few years. They count
much upon Alaska, and then they
point to the fact that both the sea
and land lines between New York
and Yokohoma, and even between
New York and the Philippines. Is
several hundred miles shorter via Sc
attic than by San Francisco.
We do not expect that Seattle will
ever s1rpass San Francisco. for be-
hind San Francisco is an empire rich
in resources and In pro lucts that are
easily Converted into gold, but We
accept the belief that Seattle Is go
Ing to continue its present roar until
it becomes one Of the worlds great
cities, for as things are now pro-
crossing. the other cities and towns
on the Sound will soon be merely
contributory suburbs to Seattle, and
1t will be the mighty clearing house
for the northwest. That Is mar
velous country. The working forces
there are going to double In the next
very few years, and the volume OF
business that will be transacted there
will be astonishing. 1t is good place
to live in, good place for boys and
girls TO grow up in; they will all bs
swimmers and oarsmen; they will In
that bracing air with the occupa'
lions there presented, and the money
in circulation, be Quickened and
broadened men Of the old New Eng
land type.
And Seattle Is but IA days sal
from Yokohama where another race
Is about to challenge tile Commercial
world for the mastery Of the com
> merce of the Pacific. There will b.
. vastly more laborers In the Orient
but there will be more wages paid OF
our side. Most OF the japanese labor
ers will be but human machines, OF
our side they will be sovereigns.
The schools OF our west coas
should lean more and mure to givinI
3 the great bulk OF students technica
{ educations, for the rivalry betweet
{ our west coast and the swarmin
! hosts OF the Orient Is going TO be In
3 tense In the near future. As on
Z thinks of the transformation goin
} on in our northwest and then read
Z Of the industries in full roar all til
Z way between the seas, the majesty c
! our own country and the place 1t
s swiftly assuming among the nations
Z comes with almost overpowerin
\ force. California can alone almos
& rival France In productiveness fe
Z years hence, Washington and Orego
! have a greater area and more n
& sources than the German empire
I Texas, Arkansas and Kansas can fee
) more people when put tn the te
than all Russia in Europe: Obi
. Kentucky and Tennessee exceed
: area and productiveness the kingdo
Z OF Italy and adjacent islands, at
9 even the states OF our country wbiC
: are called desert states give up a
Z nually a wealth OF gold and sily
z exceeding all Europe, and which
3 the babbit metal on which d
\ wheels Of commerce and trade a
9 kept rolling without friction. \
: many Americans have any real col
\ prehension of their country. Goo
2 wins Weekly.