The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-22
SEATTLE MEN
MAKES VISIT TO
LEAVFNWORTn
TRADE TOUR NO. HAS DAMP
WEATHER FOR VISIT HERE.
But IT DID NOT EFFECT THEIR
ENTHUS SIASM.

About one hundred and thirty Of
the representative business men If
Seattle arrived in Leavenworth early
Monday morning on their trade tour.
>lehiay had been wet. Sunday night
as wet and Monday morning was
vet, bat the Seattle bunch, reputed
20 he Nebfooted anyway, felt right at
home and they were busy all the time
unt' the hour of their departure.
lie 'Venworth on the other hand. was
q ad of the opportunity to meet the Sc
f@en and become better acquainted
with them.
That Seattle realizes fully how in
timately related is its prosperity 70
the prosperity of Eastern Washing
ton, was declared here by ]. L. Me
Phersoy., assistant to the president of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
ard Commercial Club, during the re-
cent visit of Seattle business men tc
his section. Mr.. Mcpherson, who is
q Washington pioneer, believes that
neatt.e's future growth in large part
VIII depend on the up-building of the
; ate as a whole.
"That which tends TO the develop
ment and growth Of the inland en-
pire," Mr.. Mcpherson said. "must in
o--i+o b1,- rajo,,pJ ~ H. bax.ot4 af 9.
attic and its sister cities of Puget
Sound. 1t is very truly said that the
future growth and prosperity of any
region is dependent upon its agricul-
tural development.
'Ttle land susceptible of agricul-
trza development in Western Wash
", gton Is limited, and as we grow
througl. industrial and traffic expan-
sion HNe must more and more look tc
the great inland empire of Eastern
a ashington and adjacent regions for
the agricultural products necessary
to the support of the great popula-
ton. Seattle fully realizes how es-
sential your development is to its
prosperity and future growth, and it
is Seattle1s intention to foster by all
posSitie means that which will tend
te She development of the inland en-
'pife."
''Situated as Seattle is on the great
rrade routes of the world, it is des-
ined to a growth the magnitude of
which I question whether any gras1.
Nc cannot obtain this development
unless there is like development in
the land that must furnish US our
foodstuffs. For this community of in
terest there should be the closest bond
Of business and social relationship be-
tween Seattle and all sections of the
great northwest, and this it will be
our earnest effort to encourage and
enlarge
an our residence and citizenship in
the great State of Washington we
Lave been blessed beyond all estimate
for our beloved state is destined I,
become one Of the greatest industrial
states in the Union. We have a po-
tontial water power that will place Is
as a leader among the states of the
Union; we have the natural resources
end raw products in our state that
furnish the foundation for exception
y industrial development and expan-
sion
"rhe first essential in any indus
trial development is local support II
we do not believe in our own land and
what il produces we may be assured
that no outsider will have the nerve
and confidence to come into a COM
n-unity that is so lacking in civic
pride and consciousness. Our first
duty. therefore, must be to know and
support our own industries and this
we propose to do in such manner that
our sincerity will never be in doubt.
"No land or state can have a great
cr asset than men and women boost
Crs who thoroughly believe in and sup
port its institutions and industries
We Of the West have our timber. fish
cries and trade: you of the East side
your enormous agricultural resour-
ces. while we both have great poten-
tial water power and land that beat;
all others in which to live and be
happy and contented"
G. F. NJ Pratt, of the Sunset Mo
tor Company-''Let's all pull togeth
er in the great work to he done fol
the state Of Washington as a whole
Seattle is with you. Your problems
are our problems and Seattle vii
Eelp you solve them"
Joseph Black. of the Black MANI
facturing Company-"We think th'
biggest asset our city has Is const.
tuted by the merchants doing business
in the Seattle trade territory. Owe
fifty per cent Of the trade transacte,