The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-09
BOTH SIDES OF
THE QUESTION
Sermon 10 Fishermen By the Rev. Mr..
j. 4. Edlund Last Sunday.
EVILS or STRIKES SET FORTH
Di,eonragsmen,s and rneoHraaements 10 the
Daily Struggle for Bfssd-EloqHsat
Words TO be Needed BY All.
EVILS or STRIKES SET FORTH

Ia Tn SNrdlslh Luihcrhn NhuTcn
las,i Sunday the pastor. thr Rev. j. 4.
Edlund. prcarAi"d common sense
special s,,ruon to the nsherTnnn u
Astoria The church wus crowded TO
th- doors and everyone in the congre-
gatkh paid clcss attention 10 The
waNin of Elts minister
The text war; "And Simon. an
Awcrlng. ,ntd unto him. Master. We
have toil,d all lthc night and have
taken nothing. nevertheless. at thy
word VIII lct down the net" etc
Luke. 5.5-7
The subject was "Discourags1nent
and ancouUg,snnnts IN struggling for
dany brad" The Sunday cyeIsng
previous TO the opening Of the fishing
p.a.dn x has be~n Mr. Edlnnd'H aim
Ia speak morr dircctiy 10 the fisher
np.n UfAls,Dria, and last Sunday he took
for his thsmo the story of Simon's
~ luck on thc pea Of Galliice and
In. dlgruntici and discouraging ssory
Ia the Master after t0iling all night
fruitlcstAy. Art has beautifully illus-
lrat,d the Matters tctfmbn 90 the
fissh.rnsn on 1hc shore of GAiilicc and
the preacher carried homc his lessons
with conviction. The command was
put cut into the deep and Lot down
your nots for a draugiI,." Commands
alp worthless unlos~ obcy',d. Simon
ols,ycd. and the catch broke the nens.
9, was 80 gra4. Obedience 10 higher
authority Is she key 10 success in all
walks Of NE After the dark night
simon and his oompantons met with
wondurful encouragement when they
followed the divine Injunction.
The preacher then went on 10 say
IN part "'I'he auestspn OF what shall
VIZ ~at. and wlia, shalt BE- drink. and
whercwithal shall We be clothed has
in all ages agitatcd the. human heart
more or lCsas. and viii face us as long
as We remain mo,Tai We complain
OF hard times and trace the cause of
such times TO different political par
tIu, which In true only 10 a certain
degree. am uo politician. but have
II mind of my own As trrre Amer
lean patriot favor republican prin-
ctpl,ys. but for all that do mt believe
that all the Lincolns. Grants. Gar
nclds and Logans In the world could
have avcrVed the financial crisls OF
the past few years. The true cause
uf the hard times we have expert
enccl has been wtld--l may say crazy
speculation. more than anything
elise. What We as n people need Is
more picty and common sense IN our
struggle for daily bread.
''Thc disoouragements OF the mod
ern fishermen are many. There are
some things We call storms, which
have done much towards discouraging
our fishermen Think Of the number
OF lives that nave been lost on this
river and the property that has been
ruined In storms, besides the agony
brought to many familiesl Again.
horN IA a reduction In the prices OF
flsh. You have counted on 80 much
ihcrt0pe during the season and now
you cannot meet your expenses, Then
there IL some times small run OF
fish during Il period in which YOU
expected to catch multitude OF
tlshes-another discouragement for
which you We're not prepared. Snags
In the river. have irTitated and dis
couraged many OF our fishermen. They
tell me there are mon called thieves
who are desirous OF AN opportunity to
get n part of mnothers net-not even
n fisherman can steer clear Of thu
diegs among the human race. and
mans inhumanity to man make,
countless thousands mourn Sickness
comes and you cannot perform youi
duties as a fisherman. as the hard
ships require n good constitution; oi
sickness in your family discourages
you.
STRIKES.
II will mention another discourage
ment before. l proceed 10 talk abou
encouragement. only wish to say
n few words about strikes. 1t might
perhaps be better for me not to say
n word about strikes. because the!
belong to those problems In the de
velopment OF the history Of men which
l do not know much about, AS II 1:
difficult to make an estimate OF th'
time In which we live, because W,
have not seen the ripe fruit Of tht
tendencies which make our age dlfre
from those of the past, in the sans
measure It is difficult to say wha
the outcome win be Of such phenom
ena ais strikes.
"As far as | have been able to as
certain, strikes have originated L
this century In our country, and
strikes emagrated to this country
do not know; but It Is not tmprobabl
that these strikes are native Amer
leans, but 1 can hardly explain thai
since the first strike spoken OF In thi
country was among some sailors 4
the city Of New York, in 1903.
ITO my mind It lis a reproach. bot
TO employers and employees, that the.