Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-12-13
A WORD FOR SALEM.
She Has Dangerous Enemies Within
Her Midst-A Bomb Thrown
Into Their Camp.

iutO iuelr Oamp'
The JOURNAL, from the time of
its birth, has fought for the interests
of Salem and her citizens, but never
for the interest of any corporation
or individual, and to this course
docs it owe its present success.
Times have been when there were
things going on in the CITY that
were against the interests of the
citizens, and to show them up prop
erly it took a certain amount of cash
patronage away from the JOURNAL,
yet, with its motto on the wall,
"For the People," 1t never flinched,
but proceeded to do its duty, and In
the end it is crowned by the patron
ag and respect of the best citizens
A short time ago a lively boom
was inaugurated at Astoria, and as
our morning contemporary became
indirectly Interested in small tract
of land near there, since that time
its editorial columns have been
ablaze with the bright future Of AS
toria. Thus it will be seen that
Salem paper that gets its bread and
butter out of the business men of
Salem Is using its might and infiu-
nee against the best interests of
these same business men who have
SO long given il the bread of life.
This il very ungrateful, to say the
least. They would, from their ac-
tions, "kill the goose that lays the
golden egg"
The citizens of Salem are now
asking the question, "Why does that
paper jeopardiZe the interest OF Its
home town for those of AstOriaT'
The JOURNAL answers this question
i'm these words,-The proprietors of
that sheet are interested over there,
and now would subserve the inter-
ests of the men who have nursed
chem from poverty, for their own
personal ends. 1t is a burning
shame, to say the least.
To invest in Astoria or any other
property is no crime. The JOURNAL
is glad to see any of our citizens
place their money where it will do
them the most good, but when a
newspaper which is supposed to
voice the sentiments and interests of
its own city, converts its editorial
force into an organ for its own specu-
lations, it is time to call II halt! We
are sure the real friends of Salem
the men who expect to make their
homes here, and whose interests are
identical with those of our city
will uphold the JOURNAL when it
insists that our home interests
should be held sacred above those
of any personal speculatiOns. If
the Statesman wants to make
itself an outside organ, the sooner
the people know it the better. If
Astoria is better town for them
than Salem they had better move
their concern over to the city on the
coast and make room here for real
friends of our city, and not infest
our town as wolf In sleeps cloth
ing.
The JOURNAL. is for Salem, first,
last and all the time, and Is willing
that Astoria papers shall do all in
their power for Astoria, but we do
object to having a Salem paper turn
traitor to Its own commonwealth
and Influence capital away, which
would otherwise be spent ut home,
and prOtitably invested In Salem.
We want "a railroad to the sea, and
Astoria IL the place for the road to
terminate. The road will be a bless
ing to both cities, and every prop
erty owner In each place can afford
t0 subscribe literally for the enter
prise.