The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-12-20
COMMUNICATED.
Editor Agborial

Editor AStorian:-
l notice in the Astorian of December
14th the statement that many Eastern
people are sending for copies of the
Daily, and it occurred to me that from
that we might see very practical way
in which the City of Astoria and the
certainty of her rapid growth in the
near future may be brought to the at
tentlon of those in the East who might
be induced to unite their fortunes with
this section of the country.
And that is just what we need now
We ought to advertise our city until
every man, woman and child in the
United States would talk of Astoria as
they did of Tacoma few years ago.
Yet we do not want to follow in the
footsteps of Tacoma. A Doomed" town
is usually filled for a short time with
transient citizens of every character
from capitalist down to the street
mendlcant, who, as soon as the excite
ment has subsidized, will leave for fresh
er fields, having been of little perma-
nent good 10 the community. We do
not want Ad.oria to be a Doomed"
town in the usual sense of the term,
for there is nothing of a permanent ma
ture gained by booming, but we do
want the advantages and unlimited re-
sources of this port of the Northwest
to become so generally known and ap,
preciated that there will flock Ito our
city and the surrounding country a
class of people who have a desire to
make homes in our midst, who will
set up permanent business establish
ments, and who will contribute their
industry as we'll as their money to help
in developing the country.
And i'm order THAT we may accomplish
this our efforts should be-not to cause
a rush of unemployed who have failed
Ito make a living in d5her states, but
Ito encourage the immigration Of those
who by their own industry, have ac-
quired sufficient property to enable them
to own their own homes, farms, or
places of business. Such men would be
a baneft to the community, and we
must endeavor to lead them to sell their
farms or business establishments in the
East, and invest their capital in Claltsopl
property.
This can be accomplished BY per-
conal work. Probably every resident
of Astoria has acquaGnltances living in
other states, who are desirous of re-
moving to another part of the country |
for better advantages of finance. |
health, or enjoyment; and by the influ-
ence of friends already here, hundreds
or thousands could be easily persuaded
ito remove to Northwestern Oregon.
Information received from the pam
phlets sent out is always received with
many g1alns of allowance, but if the
information comes from old acquaint- |
ancas it will be relied upon. For each
person to write letters to their many
friends giving anything like "a complete
statement of the advantages, resources, |
climate, and immediate prospects of AS
toria. would be almost impossible, but |
il seems to me that the greater part |
of THAT could be done through the press.
For instance, If the Astorian would is
sue a special New Years number of
suitable size, and containing such in
formation as would be desired by Bast-
ern inquirers, it could be sent through
,3lt the United States and Canada to
call the attention of the desired class
of people to this land Of opportunity.
Every. citizen who feel an interest in
the welfare of tine community could
easily afford to buy twenty or more
copies of the paper, mark such por-
l5ions as would be of special interest
TO the person to whom the paper would
be sent and write a letter TO accom-
pany each paper, giving assurences Of
the correosness of the representations.
TwarI-y Thousand copies of the Astorian
sent to 10000 homes in the East
could not but have the desired effect
and we could all feel that each had per-
formed his or her part OF the work
of building up our city though many of
us could not contribute to the famous
subsidy.
perhaps some Of the Lords of Gre
alton will think THAT investing nickels
in newspapers is pretty small business
when booming" city, but we come TO
know more and more the power and
influence OF the press, and especially
a representative paper that has the
confidence of its readers
We are building. not for day nor for
year. but for centuries. and the
boom ti1at floods our city wssh tramps,
will prove to be q detIlment; while the
slow but steady growth mat keeps pace
wta the success Of 1he individuals who
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