The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-23

, only - cents per ton (Which Is a small
: fraction per bushcO, must be bourne, an,
whoever bears Il must gct some recon
ponse, | believe that the whole question
viii he eventually sCtlcd by ouura
, causes and rcasons. like water ruunm
down hill. but how soon. oh Loy>i. how
soon" | should think. wouh bc to
question agitatiny you AstoranS
Is this tho timc to lay down tho wca
pous and sleep IN tampe Thcrr arc som,
OF us here as anxious as amy of YOU
% see the losdiug VI grain at Astoria
aud the development of the Who'll, state
OF oroSon, with greatly Increased ,rat,
6c, mpvc quickly will come factories
With traffic and factories como skilled
mechanics. lAhorcrS and. above all larm-
crs, We want people, people, people
People who have the lie and energy 70
make the state hum with activity and
Z prosperity, Farmers who with New Eng.
land vigor will raise wheat. uuit and
/ cattle ON the millions % acres of rich
lands in Oregon now going 20 waste
l.aborcrs who will cul the forests. dig
/ the coal and minerals from the ground
ana patroniEe home Industries. But We
can't have all this as long as the two
lv0ding cities ~ the state-portlani and
Astoria-and their newspapers, carry on
a war OF rivalry and hlckerlnS. Roth
towns should be each tho complement OF
the other, But what can we expect
when such articles appear In the daily
newspapers as was published In last
nights Telegram. in which WAS quoted
an item from the Budget. Of Astoria
\ an equally misguided sheet, II Is bad
enough 10 call names and Scllttle an
other in the first place. but Il is worse
for a respectable paper like the Telegram
20 give wide circulation to the vnpid ut
terances. scnseless arguments and hick-
erings OF a little paper that Is not read
ten miles from its own door, AMI whose
mistakes. however good the Intentions
OF its publisher. are thus only mognlhed.
The world was never forward an inch
by vindictive. untruthtul assertions about
your neishbor. even though they are
competitors. To give vent to small al
ousies. engage In childish quGrrels and a
reckless. wicked. damnable crossrre II
belltuing rocriminatIon AMI besmirchlng
attacks upon each other only exposes
our own wickedness Of character, makes
Us the laughing stock Of others and gives
our real rivals on the sound the oppnr-
tunity 90 knock down the perslmmous.
You don't see the papcis or ;he people OF
the state OF Washington calling each
other ugly names. ana they have three
large, pushing prosu 'rods and very rap
idly growing cities with already a larg'
Oriental. export lumber. Alaskan AMI
wheat export traffic established. Tie
actions OF some OF our citizens and some
Astorians was we'll illustrated by one
OF your business men' whom ! had the
pleasure OF meeting when there the other
Gay. In discussing the letter written at
Astoria a few days before, he said: You
hit us a pretty hard rap. but VIII say
that 1t Is a clear statement Of facts on
the point under discussion and W. ought
at once TO bend all our efforts in meeting
tho situation. which can be changed by
working together on right lines, TO make
Astoria what our dreams have pictured
it, But It will take hard. intelligent work.
I did not know had become so much OF
a .mossback' until read that letter.
have lived here a long time now, no"
ever. We Astorfans are like the Alaska
Indians. daily treading over the rich heldS
OF pure gold and too lazy. ignorant or
shIftless 10 stoop down and pick up what !
would buy them the world Klondlke
Il beipg rapldly developed, bI; by strang- |
ers. who VIII carry away its Grert wealth |
The Indians are packing the strangers
across the mountains that they may help !
,t,mselves TO wealth which should have |
h.sn tbair own. Astor.n will be great |
harbor some day, and 4 w'saith-prodncins |
center. but II we keep on In the ruts
we, have Travelled 80 long, its develop |
meut win be like that OF Klondike-by |
strangers for whom We may be the slaves.
When asked an Eastern man the other
iay n he Intended 70 settle here and in
vest. he said that If things Internally pro-
gressed as they have in the past his
zreat-grandchiIdren might do something
here"
have watched the current Of events
In Astoria for nearly ten years y was
Inc first place I heard Of when ! came
To Portland. The brave and successful
gh. made by its citizens under ife
OF a few energeti, men is ven
,nown 70 all Those same Tae1 with the
same energy and spirit united with others
Of like mind in TINS city, can make sucn
, fight for the joint interests Of the TWO
cities and the whole state as VIII meet
NTH the erandest results and place ore
,or IN the front rank with the leadirg
states Of the Union, and the comnercia'
-enters Of the world nave read IN me
Astorian Of the recent formation 'here
u a Progressive Commercial Associatioh
~, the vounz men. inibued with the Chi
-ago spirit, ana t1e DRUMS ." "'''
Effort TO do something fer the commu-
1ltv in which they live. Now that is the
kind Of thing that wins. Stick TO IT. boys
with the Chicago grip, and the big guns
and capitalists at home and abroad Will
,oon Join you. II you accomplish nothing
more than the cementing Of a business
between Astoria and Portland
md a union Of interests that viii beget IN
terIIgeut cooperation, you will have done
4 life-s work well and have earned a
marble monument emitting you 10 the
,pitaph when you are gone: wen done
good and faithful ser7dnt.'
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