Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-05-30
SEATTLE PLEDGES
AID FOR BIG CANAL
BUSINESS MEN, ON TOUR OF THE
SOUTHWEST, SPEND MON.
DAY HERE

Fifty Seattle business men, travel
ing through southwest Washington
under the auspices of the develop
ment bureau of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce, were entertaind by the
members of the Olympia Chamber Of
Commerce Monday evening. Tee
purpose of the junket is to establish
better trade relations with the mar
chants of southwest Washington.
The meeting at the local Chamber
was in the nature of an informal
smoker and after the business men
of the two cities had visited together
for an hour, P. M. Troy, acting for
the local Chamber, called those pres
en' to seats around table on which
there opened an informal program
with short address of welcome to
the Seattle delegation, after which
he called upon c. J. Lord to tell the
visitors something about the advance
ment and condition of the community
in the last few years. Mr.. Lord re-
cited the accomplishments of the
county in the war work and was
greeted by applause as he told of
each oversubscription that the county
had made in every campaign that
was put on.
c. ]. Willis, trustee Of the Seat
tie Chamber of Commerce, respond
ed to the opening address and told
of the bonds of sympathy that should
and did exist between the two cities,
and also spoke at some length on the
industrial problems that the business
men of the two communities might
expect to face in the next few years.
He told of the organization of the
Associated Industries in Seattle,
whose purpose is to work out the So
luton of industrial harmony.
Wiley Hemmill. of the Pacific
Coast Coal Co., official humorist fro
the party, responded to some of the
remarks of Mr.. Lord, in which he had
compared ,the work of Seattle with
that of Olympia, much to the credit
of Olympia, in manner which
brought laughter from the crowd.
The present status of the Grays
Harbor-P Puget, Sound canal and a
short history of the project was ex-
planned by Secretary H. B. Fultz of
the local Chamber. in which he So
licited the aid of the Seattle Cham
Der of Commerce. stating that while
the present project could only take
in the territorys from Olympia to
Grays Harbor, that the committees
at work had in mind at all times the
larger project, that of an inland
waterways system for the Pacific
Northwest
Thomas B. Hill, secretary of the
State Development bureau of the Sc
attic Chamber of Commerce, assured
the local citizens that Seattle would
get behind the canal and do all that
she could to help get the survey or
dered. He spoke at length upon the
new idea in business and in city de-
velopment and said that Seattle be-
longed to the entire state and that 1t
was Seattle's purpose to assist in the
development of industry anywhere
that it could in the state, and not to
try to locate everything in Seattle. as
the results of the great development
in llSparts ,of the state always made
prosperity for Seattle.
At the request of Douglas Shelor,
secretary of the Western Auto club,
Senator p. H. Carlyon gave a short
history of the capitol situation and
explained the road bonding plan of
which he is the father, stating that
the success of the measure seemed
assured by the present sentiment that
was being expressed in the bond cleo
tions that were being held over the
state.
Other speakers were Pliny Allen
of Seattle, who spoke of his belief and
interest in Olympia. and compliment
ed Olympia on tn fact that she was
to have . new hotel, saying that as a
senator from King county he would
certainly welcome it, as he knew his
colleagues would, when they came to
the next session of the legislature.
w. l.. Bilger, former resident Of
Olympia, is the chairman of the party
on the tour. Mr.. Bilger was in the
hardware business in Olympia many
years ago.
The party went to Shelton Tuesday
morning, doubling back for the trip
to Grays .Harbor. where they spent
the afternoon and evening
The ladies of the party. of whom
there were eight, were entertained
by committee from the Woman's
club, consisting of Mrs. George Blan-
kenship, Mrs. c. A. Rose and Mrs.
William Lasher.