The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-20
ONCE AGAIN-"wHAT is THE MAT
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To TIE EDrroR OF THE NEw NORTHWEST:
1t is with regret that announce to 1
you that we, your subscribers at the
Nehalem Post Office, have not had
NEW NORTHWEST since the issue Of Oe-
tober 2nd. After watching aud waiting
with what patience we could muster,
for solution Of the mystery, we have
come to the conclusion that one of two
things must be the matter; either that
for some cause the publication of your
paper has been discontinued, or that the
numbers destined for this Office are
stolen. We are 10th to believe either,
but something clearly must be wrong.
Now, Mrs. D., If the first of these ealami-
ties is not in store for use, can you by
any possibility account for the non-ap-
pearance of your "little gen." other
than by charging that mischieyious and
omnipresent individual, somebody, with
petty larceny? Grand larceny should
say, did / make out the indictment. /
enclose postage for the back numbers,
which hope you will send Immediately
If you have not suspended. We fear
that this latter calamity has occurred,
though we try to console ourselves with
the thought that you certainly would
have announced it had you contemplated
so doing. OF course we are all interested
in your story, but more than all, miss
the cheering editorials, coming as they
have each week, full of hope for the
future. II, therefore, your banner is
still borne aloft by the NORTHWEST
breezes, you will confer great favor by
waiting to this place the back numbers
of the peoples paper. Until such time
as we receive them, or word from you,
we are yours in suspense. With per-
sonal admiration and regards, I am as
ever, L. A. CORwIN.
Nehalem, November 9th, 1874.
Our friends, can, we trust, "phansy our
pheelinks," upon reading the above
letter.
A few weeks since, we-after having
borne for some time in silence the NUT
terings of discomfort from disappointed
ubscribers-venturedt TO ask Of those in
charge, or supposed to be in charge of
the United States mails, "What is the
matter?" supplementing the question
by card from the p. NJ. of Leland, Ore
gon, containing the statement that the
New NORTHWEST came TO that Office
from wrong direction and week be-
hind time. Not wishing TO make any
direct charges publicly, aud indeed not
knowing exactly where to locate the
blame, we contented ourself by a
statement Of the case, and general ex-
hortation to Post Office officials to look
closely to the matters pertaining to their
peculiar realm, seeking meanwhile to
mollify our defrauded subscribers by re-
mailing, as we have often done before,
missing numbers of the paper.
The hold which we had maintained
upon editorial patience, however, per-
ceptibly slackened when the above let
ter came to hand first, because of the
recent Increase of our subscription list,
aud the frequent necessity of supplying
subscribers with numbers lost through
the carelessness or dishonesty of those
handling the mails, our files have run sc
low that it is impossible longer to meei
the demands for missing numbers; sec
ond, because of these Irregularities il
the postal service, the idea has in more
than Que locality become fixed, that tbs
NEW NORTHWEST has suspended publ
cation.
We, therefore, no longer feel disposed
: TO treat this matter in a gingerly man
ner. There is no perhaps in the case
There is a certainty that culpable negli
, gence exists concerning the proper an,
timely distribution of the mails; and /
those at present in charge of this depart
ment of the public service, through care
: lessness or ineffieieney fail to perform il
e an acceptable manner their duties to tn
! public, they should be discharged from
4 service at once and their room supplies
e by capable and pains-taking men o
q women. That is "what's the matter.
e To our subscribers we will repeat wha
] we have said before, your papers legibl,
d addressed are deposited in the Pos
a Office in this city on Thursday evening
!, of each week, and your failure to receiv
: the same is through no fault of ours. T
$ our friends generally we say, the NEy
c NORTHWEST is in no danger OF suspen
s sion. Suspension, indeed We shoul
y think not. The true state or the case
: that it's success, popularity and finan
I cially, was never better than now, an
e its circulation is constantly increasing
n And we take this opportunity to tende
r. our sincere thanks to those whose pat
Is ronage has enabled US to keep the bar
Z, ner of equal rights successfully " float
It ing in the Northwestern breeze" Will
y we assure all that their solicitude goo
wishes and hard cash are duly al
q preciated.
4 suit for damages was Institute
8 some months since In the District Con,