The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-20

motive Is an Nl-eoncealed, sinister at
templt to bolster up a selfish proposition
for private gain, under the gulse Of guild
Ing public interests.
In order to ascertain the true inward
ness Of THE animus which prompts the
Astorian to adopt This course, it IL leglti-
mate to investigate the cause of the
opposition. Newspapers (which are pub
lished and sustained as an appendage
to boom some individual interest, are,
ais a rule, entirely unreliable. They can
only see one side of the proposition
The owner of the AStorian, Mr.. Samuel
D1more, is a heavy packer Of outside fish,
notably from Tf1amook. At a triad for
criminal libel, brought by Mr.. Gilmore,
some years ago in Astoria, there was
some uncontradicted testimony to the
effect that Mr.. Gilmore had packed dog
salmon at Tiiamook and Falbeled them
falsely.
Owing to the reputation of the Codum.
bia river for exporting spring salmon
of a very high grade, Mr.. Elmore Is
afraid his outside fish will find a dim-
tied market In competition with the faG
fish packed on the Columbia. Mr.. Eli
more's view ds correct but selfish.
The Gazette is heartily in favor OF sus-
tanning the reputation of Columbia river
salmon, but sees neither sense nor JUS
tice In attempting to destroy the legiti-
mate efforts and business Of those en-
gagged in THE fall packing, simply to slim
u1ate Ithe demand for outside fish,
Pack the fish under THE true label and
make no attempt ait concealment and the
public Is not deceived. There Us steady
and growing demand for a cheaper grade
of fish and there Is no reason why the
Columbia river should not be able to sup
ply 1t. The industry bids fair to assume
large proportions and form a neucleus
for business during the winter months
for fishermen and business men in gen.
eral
III Mr.. Sam E1more is really in earnest
let him delegate himself d sme0ing COM
nHttee of one and investigate the grade
Of fish packed and. .f he is satisfied that
they are of an inferior quality as COM
pared with the dog salmon Of TiEamook,
he should enter an earnest protest which
Will be ably seconded by the public in gen.
Cathlamet Gazette.
Canned salmon has fallen into disre-
pute Through THE Inconsistent business
methods adopted by the packers. We
know THAT reputable Columbia river
salmon packers have for several years
past packed fafE salmon and in some in
stances have not hesi.ated in putting mis-
leading labels on the cans. Time and time
again There 4ave been blocks Of salmon
placed on the Eastern market Through
agents and brokers of Columbia river
packers, under Columbia river salmon
labe,5, with the consent of the packers
whose names appeared thereon, when the
fish in the cans was not Columbia river
fish. We do not agree either with the
Astoria Budget or. the Cathlamet Gazette
that the Astorlan is making an ill-man-
nernered attempt ito coerce Columbia river
salmon packers. Sam Gilmore, the salmon
packer, mhy or may not control the AS
torian. Buyers and consumers do not
care one iota as to the ownership OF the
Astorian, but they know THAT IL Sam FL
more, the salmon packer, is packing 6alu
fish he is turning double somersault
and kicking hEmbeTf in an effort to cor
rect "a trade abuse that needs correcting.