The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-01-06
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Astoria, Dec. 2s, 1894,

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editor Astortan:-
I'm a paper called the Weekly Acorn,
now the Astoria Daily News, whose ex-
stence, / must confess, have been ig-
norant OF until quite recently, ! see
about three columns Of valuable space
devoted 10 commentary on my article
late published in the Astordan, headed,
'Eren Years Hence" Whoever the
author Of thak sarcastic production ls,
l am at loss to say, but am rather in
clined to think he Is some disappointed
ofice-seelSe., for his heart seems TO be
full Of venom against Astoria and its
future prospects. He mocks the idea
OF Astoria ever becoming a city Of any
Importance and even considers 1t CON
trary to the natural order Of things"
To one who is a stranger to the rapid
development Of American cities, 1t may
seem so; but considering the marvellous
growth OF some Of the cities in this
country, such as Chicago, San Francis
co, Minneapolis, and many others, It
don't seem SO entirely contrary to the
natural order of things" that Astoria,
with her vast advantages, should be
able to command population of some
so, 600 inhabibanlts in ten years from
now True enough, ten years seems
a rather short time to bring about this
happy condition Of affairs, and cam
didly admit that for a MAN who has
lived here for the last twenty or thirty
wears, the idea of Astoria getting a
move on herself may seem preposterous
MY idea IN wrlblng the above article
was to show the possibilities Of city
when IBhe people wake up to a sense
| Of her advantages; when they bring hel
development into the right channel ant
an effusion OF new blood energy anc
capital is added to the community.
In regard to co-operaJtlon, let me tel
my conservative friend, that this Is no
altogether a new idea, and was known
before Bellamy wrote his Looking
Bacluward" The English COOPERATIVE
Societies, wrhlch were founded in 1874
near Manchester, now count over 100
scattered all over Great Britain, an'
Il,ave a membership of one and three
Iauarter millions. Their accumulated
capital Is according TO the report OF IN
: president over fifty million dollars, ant
: between twenty and twenty-five mil
r lions are distributed among the mem
bers every year. All over the Scandi
navlan countries and Finland there ar
grelar numbers OF cooperative store
: run very successfully among the far
e ners Also let me recommend my ad
yersary TO study the methods Of som
Of the cooperative concerns of Rock
ford. ILL.,, that founded by M. Godin u
: Fltance, and many others; he will theu
, probably not consider a co-operaItiv
r ash-pacluing establishment in Astorii
nlgft-mare. He asks what would be
come of the Cinnamon under co-opera
, tive system; should he share alike witt
1.-The white man? TO this l will answe
that think white people possess train
ing and skill enough to perform an!
work in a camnery and there are ar
mics Of them in this country who woul'
be glad to earn what Chlnalnnn earn
here during the summer. A great stel
IAo the better HAS been made by Kinney
Hanthorn and probably other cannery
men. in employing white boys and girli
for labelling cams, their example should
be Followed by all the cannerymen OF
the river. | believe in cooperation.
lthink dt is the only just and sensible
way of conducting business. A clos'
observer will see shat the tendencies o.
the times are drlftlng that way, bu
IN our community especially 1t will tak'
wears of educaulon and moral reform t'
bring NJ into extensive practice. Tel
years Is probably too short a time, hu
being only nortals we know not wh@
the future has in store for u.s.
"Tn. fish should be protected" says my
adversary, If we would expect to se'
amy ten years from now. Here VIZ
Iacree. BY all means protect the nsh
cries. This is the plank on which mos
of our worthy legislators got into Office
but after the fish plank had servsf
ihelr purpose, and they had reached
"the beautiful shore" by Its help, they
leet N TO rot For some strange reasons
i which we will not mention
here they either forgot all abou'
she salmon, or they mlstook then
: for seaguils and passed bin to prctecf
/, blra that no slne man would destroy
anyhow.
our newly elected representatives
would perpetuate their names in th'
history of Oregon II they would sttci
to their promises and do something To-
, She protection OF salmon, and not le
) the goose that lays the golden egg b
: killed. In spite of railroads and boom
: we may stlll realize THAT we canno
afford 10 lose the flsheries
MY adversary says he is not ver'
"nshy," but he knows the fact tina
Ash are ''brain- producers" and tamidl'
suggests that the wldter OF Ten Year
Hence" eat a whale, Let me in turl
!, suggest to my satlrlcal friend that h
! study his natural history little better
{ for he seems 10 be ignorant of the fact
: which every school boy In Astorl
, knows, namely, that the whale is n
Ash. The wit would be quite gooc
however, n nightly applied. Try
again. and then say shark or sword
fish instead of whale,
My adversary seems to be so blinde
,dl by the fierce spirit OF sarcasm that h
cannot see my fun name signed TO m
article 1t Is signed Ed, he says, an
ne he is at a loss to tell whether thalt
It the name Of the author, or an abbrevia
ii don for editor This Is very str'ang'
~ und can only be attributed to the abov
named reason.