The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-04
". r. CHuTTER.

Il think the letter OF Judge Taylor
a very sensible one. and know every
I thing that hc says In Il 10 be true, and
that he has not exaggerated the Mtus-
| tion at AZ on the other hand, In set
ting the acts before the people he has
dealt with everything and everybody
most mildly and fairly In regard TO
the articles referred 10 In certain pa
. prrs uf this city. crnsuring Mr. Ham
mond. viii say that have not read
these papers for some time having long
since got tired and disgusted al read
I ing such unreliable news while at the
same time from past experience. and
I by what hear, ! am aware Of the fact
that Mr. Hammond has been shame.
fully abused, and his work condemned. /.
this I am not surprised at. knowing
the source from whence Il comes. Has
not our principal Industry. and the
parties whom, / may say. have wholly
supported the town been subjected To
the same kind ~ abuse through the
same channel am In position to
know that Eastern capitalists who have
money Invested In Astoria. do not con-
slider Il d safe Investment on account
OF the stand these papers take against
every I'M stmcnt and enterprise that is
started In Astoria, more especially by
outside parties A fake show that
comes here and hilks the community
out of hundreds u hard-earned dollars
can get the support OF these papers.
possibly by the payment ot few dol
lars, and q complimentary ticket or
two, But capitalist who comes here
ana invests a million or two OF dollars.
mind you. not So much for his own
good as for the permanent good OF the
community and In fact the whole state.
and gives the people what they had
been praying for for over twenty years,
viz, hrst-class railroad and trans.
continental railroad connection, Is ad-
vertised all over the world as an i'm
poster. and that he Is not living up To
his agreement. tell you that II is
time this community put stop to such
work AT once, even II It takes severe
measures to bring II about. We have
been struggling here. many Of us from
our birth, under the support OF one
industry. and our population is grow
ing so large that It is unreasonable to
expect that this one industry will take
care OF II.
Now that the dawn Is breaking.
brought about by Mr. Hammond build
ing our -sought-for railroad, which
Will naturally induce and encourage
new enterprises and investors to come
here, and give to our people twelve
months work in a year instead OF
about six, We cannot afford to allow
these disparagements to continue. as II
affects every one Of us, especially the
workingman who is looking for EN-
ployment. How can a man get work
II others drive It away from him?
'As far as Mr.. Hammond is concern
ed, these reports will not hurt him as
much as II will harm us and our city,
and II these papers think that they are
advertising or injuring MFR, Hammond |
they are on the track They are sim
ply advertising In the wrong way and |
crippling our city, Mr., Hammond is
Advertising himself by building a first
class railroad and paying his bills, llv-
Ing up TO his contract, and doing more
than he agreed TO do; and every fair
minded business man who is acquaint-
I'd with him and his work, knows 1t.
But while some OF our papers, instead
1f aiding such enterprises, resort to
such methods, how can We expect our
,ity to grow? Times are hard enough
without trying to make them worse,
md under the circumstances we ought
% be more than thankful to have such
| man as Mr., Hammond interested
with us, and II is the duty Of every one
o render all the assistance possible.
md the press, II 1t deems fit, can do
more than all Of us put together by
imply publishing facts and nothing
'lse." w. T. CLUTTER.