The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-07-21
As FOR INSTANCE.

In spirit of broad friendliness and
with sincere desire for mutual pros
perity THE Historian desires to sug-
gest that such prosperity can only
result from cooperation, and that
bitterness and division can only tre-
tard development.
To tell one class of our citizens
that they are "slow, unprogressive,
water logged, inert, miserly, selfish"
ETC.; to inform them that they can do
the world the best service by leaving
it, is, to say the least, not hattering
prospect, present or future, to that
much respected class. To further in
form that portion of the community
that the expenses that they are
always objecting to can in their case
be removed by dying and thus effect
ing permanent saving of the appar
entity superhuous process of keeping
their bodies above ground, does not
add to the attractiveness of the offer.
To tell them that if they don't make
some move you will get up and go
and take your enterprise and push
along with you is likely to arouse the
very natural rejoinder. $50 and be
damned to you. We were here first
We have the works and what is it
your business what we do with what
belongs to us. Can't a man do what
he likes with his own?"
On the other hand it is not believed
by unbiased observers to be good
plan for those who possess all the
wisdom and most OF the wealth and
real estate to be too hasty in consign-
ing to eternal perdition that portion
of the community who desire to amass
some of the worlds wealth before the
second coming of Christ, and who
have more objection to living poor
than they have to dying poor.
There is much to be said on both
sides, dearly beloved. The truth lies
between. The man who came here
before you did and who takes con-
siderable pleasure in informing you
that all things happened, transpired,
and took effect before you came here;
who worked hard, saved his money,
invested his savings, and possesses
some property, has just as much hu-
man nature in him as anybody else,
and it is human nature for a man to
hold on to what has cost earnest eff
fort
On the other hand, people who
never had a hundred dollars at one
time in their lives; who are in a
hurry to get hold of some of the Cir
culating medium; who think the
world owes them a living and want
to consider their claim as an overdue
chattel mortgage, overlook the ethics
of the occasion and the rights of the
party Of the first part.
These hasty souls must bear in
mind that a man has an absolute
right in this country to do just ex-
actly what he pleases-provided he
doesn't interfere with his neighbor's
right to do as he pleases. II A. owns
a lot and has warranty deed to it, he
can grade it or sell 1t, or hold it or do
just as he has a mind to with it. This
will not admit of successful contra
diction, and should be remembered.
B., who owns no lot, may kick; he
may have the money to buy lot, but
if A. doesn't want to sell, if he holds
his lot at price exceeding BIS pile,
while our sympathies may be with B.,
it must not be forgotten that it is AS
lot, and in all justice A. ought to
have the say so about it.
One cannot climb to prosperity on
ladder made of honey and chopped
straw, and plain talk is sometimes
necessary. One needs a middling
tight grip on handful of facts that
will help to give fair view.
There is, or should be, a certain
fairness and dignity in life. 1t is un-
fair to scold those who possess prop
erty and it is undignifed to whine be-
cause of its non-possession. There
areiust as good chances to get wealth
now as ever there were. There is
more in the man than there is in the
times, and if some of the energy that
is wasted in kicking were invested in
patient effort, it would be probably
productive of more practical results:
We have to take the material just
as We find it and fashion it as best we
can. 1t is SO easy TO give advice to a
a man about what he ought to do
with his property that this particular
avocation is overdone. There is ad