Garland Globe | 1906-03-31 | Page 5 | Growing Power of the West

GROWING POWER OF THE WE8T. Will 8oon Push East In Population and Commercial Supremacy. Pcoplo of the Kast are apt to overlook over-look tho fact that there Is a great and growing West. They do not rallxe that at somo tlmo not far distant this section will bo competing with the Hast In population and In commercial supremacy. To the thousands of Americans who are familiar with Europe Eu-rope but to whom California, Oregon nnd Washington nre names and nothing noth-ing more tho term "Golden Gate" Is without meaning, "Puget sound" Indicative Indi-cative of nothing but distance. They do not know thnt In tho land where rolled tho Oregon and heard "no sound save Its own dashing" there has sprung up a life more virile than their own, from having still the Inspiration of youth and the uplift that comes when ambition realizes that there aro world's yet to conquer. Tho West Is a giant; it does not beg favors; It docs not a sit for recognition, but It forces the recognition by the expanding expand-ing power of its own splendid vitality. Philadelphia Ledger.