Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-11-18
ATTACKING SALEM
Unfair Warfare Conducted BY the
Portland Newspapers.
All For the Purpose Of Defeating the
state Fair Appropri-
alton.

The alleged Estate fair" held at Sa-
lem, and for which the State legisla-
ture annually appropriates $4,000, Is OF
no benefit TO the state OF Oregon.
This Is the sentiment OF the leading
newspaper men Of Oregon outside OF
Portland:
"Such excuse AS Salem has yearly
put forth but impairs the progress OF
the state fair" says one.
Another remarks: 81 consider it TO
have been a marked failure and OF no
material benefit to the state"
Another says:
ut is money thrown away"
1.-THE people are dlsgu. ted with the
gambling and snlde games carried on
under the name OF state fair"
Ut Is only a SHADOW OF It's former
glory"
1T has been for several years au an.
nual outing for the breeders Of second
class horses"
mo part Of the state except Salem
Is benefited"
"I should like to see our state fair a
success or abolished"
ut is state fair in name only"
etc, etc.
The above is the Thursday evening
Telegram's summary Of a page OF mat
ter attacking Salem.
The Portland Telegram is conduct
Ing a vigorous and offensive cam
paign against holding any more state
fairs at Salem and demands that the
state fair be removed to Portland. The
Oregonlan is not publishing any of
the matter, as IL would cut Off too
much CT It's business in Marion county
10 do so. The sales OF the Oregonlan
at Salem amount TO several hundred
dollars month, while sales OF the
Telegram are very small. Hence the
Telegram Is making this dirty fight.
The issue Of Thursday evening con-
talns page OF letters from Oregon
county newspaper men against hold
ing the fair at Salem,
Headings across three columns
read as follows:
"All roads lead TO Portland; there
fore Portland is the place for the
State Fair"
can unite In condemnlng the so
called State Fair as conducted at
Salem, and declare no more state |
money should be appropriated for
such purpose-nearlJ all favor a |
State Fair at Portland.
rhe Telegram is filed with |
offensive comments charging that |
Salem people are conducting boycott
against Portland merchants, and that
Salem merchants have combined to
purchase no more goods OF Portland |
jobbers and manufacturers. or |
course, all this Is false, but IL serves
the Portland paper pretext to raise
an outcry against Salem, and defeat |
the State Fair appropriation II pos
sible, and prejudice the Multnomah
delegation against Salem interests,
This is an unjust and uncalled for
warfare on the part OF a Portland
paper. Salem merchants have always
treated Portland jobbers and Port
land manufacturers as neighbors and
brothers, have given them the pre-
ference whenever their prices per-
mltted, aud have constantly suffered
from large share OF the best retail
trade going 20 Portland.
1t is a fact that Portland depart
nent stores, and large houses 10 other
Ines haYe drawn large trade from
,hls city. They derive an enormous
nail order business from Salem and
rom this part Of the Willamette
'alley. This is matter that cannot
)e helped ny Salem merchants but To ,
harge that Salem people are boy
otting Portland merchants is silly as !
Z Is false.
IL would be a God send TO the Salem ,
merchants IL Salem people would +
ulL trading at Portland, and the
curse OF the Portland papers will q
rive them TO do that II they keep up
heir unjust warfare on Salem inter-
sts. Salem will retallate and will
elend herself against the manifesto. !
Ion Of Portland hogglshness. n