The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-03-24
WHAT THEY
DID NOT DO
Columbia River Salmon Packers DO
Great Deal Of "EIO-
cutiOn."
But FAIL TO FORM A COMBINE
They Iooksd and still the kondef Grew.
BUT FAIL TO FORM A COMBINE
They Looked. and Still the kondsf Grew,
That Oas Small Head Could Garry All
Ne kneN The Packers kill
Meet Agaia Today.
Portland. March "a. 1896.

Portland. March q. 1886
Special Correspondence
'They looked. and still tho wonder grew.
That one small head could carry all hs
knew"
am not at all positive that the above
cOuplet IL correctly quoted. In fact,
am rather inclined TO the contrary opin.
Ion. but since the paekera' conv-nuon In
Portland II has been running In my head.
and I feed l can bear the assumption Of
It's incorrcctness, tscAuH. II II 30
peculiarly Apropos TO the matter whiSh
will follow The lines are not int ts1dei
10 bo asprrsiys Of any Of the genilcm n
who were In attendance al the Portland
moctlng, which has now become n iiatter
OF history. but contra. breathe the very
air Of admiration. what. In the days OF
Roger Bacon. Applied TO the village school
master individually. now applies 20 tho
lociiyoly.
The evening boat. which Ieft Astoria
for Portland last Tuesday. carried with
4, and upon II a representative Of near
~ every salmon packing establishment
on tho lower Columbia river. @ho. ppr-
suant 10 call were TO meet In the par
lors OF the Portland hotel, with the In
tent OF forming a combination among
themselves, whereby they could obviate
a number OF the grievances which. for a
long timr. have beset them. II evil re-
port DO true. some restless and distressed
spirit Il oven now trcadlng upon many
Of tho same kind OF resolutions that have
gone before. but OF this more after a
time II Is not german Just now.
Tho first name among the Astoria con-
iingcnt TO be placed upon the Hotel Port
lands register was that OF c. 8 Norris,
followed almost Immediately by that OF
4 Eimonc. George II. George and wife.
@ W. sanboin and wife. j. c. Megler
and wife. J. O. Hanthorn. NJ J. Kinney.
~ W. Cook. n. a. ScaborE. ~ Tallant.
p ~ Warren. s. Farrell. r. Winters
and T.. J. McGowan. the gentlemen OF
tho party representing the following
packing houses OF the Columbia river:
Columbia River Packing Company. As
toria Packing Company. A. Booth Pack
ing Company. Eureka 4 Epicure Packing
Company, HAnlhorn & co. ]. ". 4 v.
Cutting. Aberdeen Packing Company T..
] McGowan Il Son. pillar Rock Packing
Company. ]. q. Megler & Co, +, NJ,
Warren q Co. ilapgood & Co, Buckheit
Packing Company. Dalles Packing Com
panS
Having all boon assigned to rooms. my
self among tn number. and become COM
fortahly settled for n day or two's stay
tho post t-prandiAl cigar found the mem
bcrs wandering llstlessly around the
lobby. waiting for the appearance OF
Mcssrs Kinney and McGowan. who had
wired that they would be In evidence
on the Wednesday afternoon boat Thoss
who were on hand occupied their time
variously. but principally In telling fish
stories and making imaginary packs OF
salmon
As geographically outlined In thasc col
umns last week, the primary object OF
the meeting was 10 formulate. n pos
sible. some combination, or offensive and
defensive alliance. which would not only
allow the packers to fix the price to be
paid for the raw Ash as they come from
the water, but also to regulate the price
OF the finished product 10 the wholesaler
together with other matters OF minor Inn
port. some OF which were contained with
in IN. major objects OF the meeting
With these ends In view, c. $. Norris. OF
Chicago. representing the interests OF
the A. Booth Packing Company. had.
upon request prepared scheme of COM
blnation At 10 o'clock the first hard
work OF the session commenced Norris
and Elmore were cverywhers In evidence.
rounding up the dllatory and recalcltrant
ones preparatory to getting down to
business. They did not, however get
together until the afternoon, when they
Sccretcd themselves behind the oaken
doors OF the Portland's parlors and hung
up the $. II, O, sign-on the outside
Everyone was barred except those i'm
mtSliately Interested in the salmon pack
ing industry. but a temporary organiza-
ton, which was afterward made pArma-
nent. was effected. In the election OF
s. Farrel. OF Portland. OF the Everdmg
4 Farrel Packing Company, as chair
man, and S Emore, OF Astoria, s4cre-
tary, This constituted the work Of the
day session. and an adjournment was
taken untn after the dinner hour.
Raplete with such good things as the
Portland's table affords. the members,
upon the theory that "all work and no
play makes Jack a dun boy" Uhis may
seem turned around. but II Is not, as YOU
win after awhile discovery. went after
the matters confronting them. apparent
ly In earnest. about o'colck, Kinney
and MCGOWAN having In the Meantime
put In an appearance,
After calculating the terms of his con-
sol!dation scheme. Mr., Norris gracefully
withdrew. and put In his spare time in
conversation with me anent the war In
Abysslnia, the prospects OF rain the sue
ceedlug day. and various other weighty
subjects, allowing the members to dis
cuss his proposition In all its details
among themselves, II anyone ever
doubted the ability of a salmon mack r