The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-04-02

the work himself rather than entrust
1t to menial The expert bows 10
the common selector, and generally
passes the time OF day with him when
they meet at nelgfiborfng coal oil cans.
Next on the social ladder, and proba-
bly, the best known TO our housewives
comes the fruit John" otherwise
known as the Vegetable chinaman.
He recognizes the swill Chinaman BY
grave nod when they meet and very
seldom troubles to give any other re-
sponse to the latter's hearty ''gooo
morning" He himself Is snubbed
little further on when ne proceeds up
Chinatown with his baskets and passes
through crowds of contract men"
taking the air In front of the various
stores. These represent the next
grade. They are day laborers living
and boarding with various merchants
till they are packed on TO work by
contract in Alaska or elsewhere and
redeem their board money. They only
notice their humble brother who vends
vegetables, by barely concealed sneers
and various fremahtzs calculated 70
make him blush. Then we can watch
how they in turn cringe and make
way from the doorsteps when the book
keeper OF some store approaches. He
gets lots of open homage, being the
sole resort Of the contract man when
he wants a few cents on account for
opium or some other delectable COM
modify, The boolxkeeper too is respon-
sTble for their good behavior. and new
er refrains from lashing with his
quick tongue some unfortunate who
has helped himself too much to the
tea, or broken a pane Of glass when
taking down door shutter. But the
bookkeeper himself. reared as he IS,
also comes under the lash Of this So
cial system. when he meets the eye
OF his employer. the portly merchant.
THE old man" Cthey call their boss
''the old man" in Chinatown just the
the other parts Of town never deigns
to know anybody but the merchants
who stand on the same grade OF re-
spectablllty and wear clothes OF as
good quality as himself. He keeps an
eye on his boolSkeeper and never lets
a slip go by without reprimand, THIS
lordly Individual knows only one pqr-
sonage in town that ne can kow-toW
to without losing his dignity He Il
the retired business man who has
amassed o competency, who has been
home to China two or three times,
and who is sort OF father to the com.
munHty. And finally we have thb
whole fabric. from retired merchant
down to swill coolie. bowdug to the
ground before his most noble fighness
1.-The occasional distinguished Chinese
visitor from Portland or San Francis
CO.
Here is positively the latest. The
proprietor of the Astorian has been
given an ironclad guarantee that II 1t
hurts the paper financially he will not
pull out a loser Last night we'll
known Irish genius was dining In the
Occident at the table next TO Ham
mond and the rest of the railroad
ers." The polite waiter approached
him as he took his seat and, gliding up
to his elbow yelled as usual ''Wattleeu-
have ternight sir? The billoffare Is
beefsteak, mutton chops. ham and
eggs" Hammond eggs?" replied the
Irishman 'shure thin must be the
koind that matches railroads" STAN
ton tainted and had to be carried out
into the air.
see that the mlllkmen of Astoria,
or some Of them, are talking OF form
ing a combine ito protect themselves
against people who don't pay their
milk bills." A couple Of new puiwey-
ors Of milk have come to town, how
ever, and have started cutting rates.
This, II seems to me, is the meaning
of such sudden desire for combine,
and 1t is little bit mean, to say the
least, for the mllkmen to try and
cover up the real reason for their con-
duct, which the public are sure to get
onto sooner or later. In this direction
as well as others, new methods are
coming in with the railroad, and peo-
pie will no longer tolerate milk SER
vice with filthy cans. when they can
turn to newcomers and get both de-
cent goods and decent delivery. Some
Of our mllkmen, Of course, don't come
under this category, but one or two
of them do.