The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-13
Telephone No. ss.
oREGoNs OPPORTUNITIES.

A late telegram from Chicago says:
Strawberries as big as good sized wal
nuts, picked from the vines at Seattle,
Wash, have arrived in this city and
were placed on the market. 1t is the
first Instance In the history OF the trade
that berries grown In sight Of The Pa
clfic ocean have been brought to Chicago
and placed alongside OF berries from the
Empire state. 1t was considered on
South Water street as an added evidence
OF the Importance Chicago Is attaining
as a fruit distributing center for the en-
tire country. The strawberries came con-
signed to Joseph Spies & Co. in one of
Armour's refrigerator cars, packed In
five-quart boxes, sixty boxes to the case,
and 460 boxes to a car. The berries were
the largest ever seen here some OF them
being over an inch In diameter. The
flavor and density are excellent. Part of
the fruit was a trife over-ripe, but the
majority of It was In fine condition, fully
justify.ng the experiment of the ship
ment. Every twelve hours during the
transit fresh Ice was placed in the car.
The freight rate was $3.50, and, taking into
consideration the value of the berries,
the risk was heavy. Representatives of
tho leading hotels, restaurants, and fancy
grocery houses, who had been notified
Of the arrival, took the fruit readily at
prices varying from 50 TO 50 a case, or
from five TO fifteen cents quart. Seattle
shippers were notified of the successful
outcome Of their venture, and expressed
hearty satisfaction"
AS usual, our sister state takes the
lead In business enterprise that bids
Holr IN t0,a v,avt far., .,aars % aao,,v,,a
extraordinary proportions, and we cannot
help admiring the ever present spirit
Of commercial activity that exists in
all the larger cities Of Washington. Ore
gon's fruit growers should wake up to
the situation without jarring their nerves
by too rough a shock Of suddenly ac-
qulred activity. They have the means
OF transportation right at their doors,
and. more than that, the quality of fruit
they produce is far superior in every way
to amy grown in either California or
Washington oregon's apples are already
famous all over the country, but the
small fruits-cherries, Strawberries and
raspberries in particular, are practically
unknown This should not be so. 1t only
needs few advance shipments OF care
fully selected and carefully packed goods
to create am immediate demand from
all the eastern and middle west centres.
The Quahty of the fruit will do the rest,
and year after year the growers OF this
state will have rapidly increasing mar
let, and its natural sequence-rapidly In
creasing incomes. The deep, black
loaned land in oregon suitable for fruit
growing that has as yet never been
turned over by the hand OF man, would
support thousands OF New England
homesteaders, to whom the productive
ness Of the soil would be "a revelation.
And turning from this subject OF fruit
exporting, II seems that with the advent
of our Astoria railroad a great and pro-
titable business In cold storage fish Is
bound to spring up in this city, 1t VIII
be a very few years before thousands
Of frozen fresh Columbia river salmon
will be forwarded to Chicago, st. Louis,
Philadelphia, New York. and many other
far away cities. and exposed for sale on
fish stands OF the Eastern centers in as
good condition as they can be obtained
by the people Of Astoria Imagine a
Boston housewife, in the course Of her
tally marketing operations stopping to
choose for her evening meal between
founders. Goldfish, niackerel. and salmon
the latter after a three thousand mil,
journey stlll bearing ON Its scales N,
glitterng green and silver hues imparte,
to It by the waters of the Pacific ocean
Verify. the world is moving In Van
couver The other day they gave diane
when the guests ate fresh and juic,
Australian mutton. Australian cabbage
and caulidower, and finished up the mea
with grapes and peaches picked slxteel
thousand miles away.