Tacoma News Article, Oct. 11, 1889: The State of Washington: Destined to Secure the Commerce of Asiatic Countries. "The Portland Oregonian, in publishing decriptive sketches of the four newly admitted states, has the following to say about Washington: The future new state of Washington lies in China, Japan and Corea. Its present is assured. The newest civilization in the world gazes across the Pacific into the fare of the oldest and offers its trade for the riches of an empire... The Asiatic coast imports yearly $300,000.00 of goods and the greater part of this trade is now absorbed."

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