The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-29
OPINIONS AND DOLLARS
FOreible Argument at So Much
Per Line.
wANrsD-AN EXPLANATION
There Seems to be q Tangle Between
the OregOnian's Editorials and
Its Local Columns.


partment of the Oregonian, taking ad-
vantage of the agitation over fan fishing
created by the Astorlan, visited this city
last week and solicited paid advertise
men, offering to write them up in at
tractlve style and 20 embellish the read
ing matter with pretty pictures Of each
canneryman's choice Ialbels. After a
weeks hard work he obtained three ad-
vertisements, which duly appeared in
Sundays Oregontan. Right alongside
these advertisements in the local col
umns of the paper, appears the bait
which induced some of these suhscrip-
tions. 1t reads as fol1ows:
SEVERAL OF the most prominent AS
toria cannerymen concur In the opinion
that the agitation of the question of
sa.mon-canning by the Astoria publica-
tion had developed into a boomerang,
since the owner Of the paper Is said to
be large packer of fall salmon at out
side points himself. The design of the
uncalled-fcr discussion Is clearly shown
by the articles themselves. Certain out
side packers of fan fish evidently thought
they wanted 1.-THE whole market TO them
selves, while packers of as good or better
fan FISH on 1.-The Columbia river decidedly
object to such consummlation. The out
side packing interests engaged In this
enterprise are absurday enough appealing
for sympathy and support to cannery-
men who only pack spring salmon, per-
suading the latter THAT their spring prod
uct will be enhanced in value II the fan
pack on the Columbia ie cut OFF. The
result appears to be a very silly indu!g-
ence in UTTERLY UNCALLED-FOR
recriminatfon that can have no effect at
all except to create suspicion in distant
and foreign markets which VIII only in
jure the whole industry unless the situa-
tion is explained When 1t 10 under
stood that the UNSEEALY AGITATION
originated with a paper owned and also
operated presumably in the interest of a
packer OF fall salmon at outside points,
the effort to throw discredit upon some
of the Oldest and most favorably known
packers on the lower Columbia, because
of their honest fail pack, appears ex-
tremeiy ridiculous, The farl salmon put
up on the Columbia IS QUITE AS
CLEAN AND WHOLESOME food as
meat bought from the best butchers. No
pains or expense Is spared in preparing
and canning the fan pack on the Column
bia. The packers engaged in the busi-
ness this season also pack spring salmon
quite as extensively as anybody else does |
They make no pretense that their fall |
pack Is equal In quality to their spring |
pack. Both grades however, are pre-
pared and canned with equal care and are |
entirely wholesome. The packers on |
the lower Columbia are famous for the
excellence Of their canned salmon, and
outside PACKERS are very indhscreet in
attempting to tear down the justly high
repute of 'tlhe Columbia river goods by
saying they are unfit 10 eat and the like,
when bhe outside packers themselves are
canning similar grades this fall. Such
methods Of competition are not only
but shortsighted, and sure
to do more harm than good. especially
In the very quartens where this ILL
ADVISED and VERY UNWISE AGITA-
TION seems to have arisen
The italics are ours.
Mr.. Elmore, one of the Outside pack
ers" who has aroused the ire of the Ore
gonian's advertising man, happens to be
one OF taa three largest inside packers
of spring salmon on the Columbia. The
Astorlan's INTERVIEWS" referred to so
s1iehting.y in the above statement, were
absolutely impartial. They contained the
opinion of eva'y canneryman on the TO-
mnbia River, regardless of whether his
OF these packers fourteen In number
seven ware packing fall fish and sever
we're not, but twO OF the former were
heartily In accorl with the Astorian's
Views making nine who supported our
course ami Ave who were opposed to 1t.
The nine ln,luGe1 the five largest can
merry concerns on the Columbia and alto
geHher packed during the present spring
season &5.OOO cases of salmon. ].
w. and V. Cook, Pillar Rock Packing
Co., Everding G Farrell, and r. ]. Nc
Gowan & Co., who constitute the FIVE
firms wfIics see nothing harmful in the
present system o. fall packing put up
during last spring u3,9OO cages OF nsh-or
172,OOO cases less than the men who come
out In bold and unmeasrrei terms against
the evil.
Nor is thls all. Last Wednesdays Ore
gonian contains an editorial. called forth
by this very edition. which the advertis-
ing solicitor for that paper 50 derijes,
heartily supporting our course and point.
1ng out how great and over Shelming is
the volume OF evidence therein con-
tained in favor OF the AstorI ms position.
There can be no question of the genuine
ness OF the feeling that prompted the ed
2torials The feeling back OF the local no
tice Is ten cents per line It MAJ be
well for US to cay In his pace that the
AStorian In obtaining .ts long and ex-
haustive interviews at very great expense
to Itself has never asked. solicited - re-
ceived nickel from any canneryman in
uae hst. Whatever kind OF an advertise
ment any packer may have had by the
distribution Of our special edition through
out the ~a1oie country. has been given TO
him gratis, and very Willingly st f4at.
Here Is TIE oresonian's editorial. The
curious and astounding conflict OF taeas
between It and me previously quoted pa3d