The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-08-02
THE oREaoNrAws RoorERs.

As,oria viii never build Nseu W os
railing at orciand. The truth, Is that
Portland has a prestige that cannot be
overcome. and Il wll grow instead Of
decrease. II is not a city with all hs
conss-va.isn that VII stand s1iii-
More than tRar ii IS city that viii so
ahead II WI not De many years &C
srdng to tAe horoscope Of the Democrat
when Po-tIzn6 VIII have q larger popnlA-
ton than San Francisco. II K In po-
sssson ror a fast industrial growth, and
while shere Is some lethargy on The part
Of It's cftizens, Iize rOliing Snow bah
& VIII gwow regardless OF the fact and
unliks the snow ball, permanently, Tor
h is hacked BY a country that has ad-
van1Ages Of greaS diversity, permanent in
their chlraeser. great wheat felds rirh
minss. splendid orchards. puoSperoOs can
ntries. Not mushrooms but granite. As
toT1a WI groT also just as Anany VIII
fr1m sh7se influences. but Portland IS
undoubtedly destined 20 take the lead in
TIE nort5Tsst and keep It.
TIE above item was reprinted from the
Albany Dsnoc-t in yesterdays Oregon.
ian. 4 was evidently written as bid for
EOtiee IN ;he great" paper. Ever since
the Asto-ian's exposure Of the Oregon
hn's irHtorous connsc-ion with the Pu.
Get scdnd-San Francisco railway comb!n-
suOn, organized for the undOeng Of Port
lznd, that pager has sought to curry Ia
ror with every Bttle scany sAset pub
llshed in the state by running pronin.
emily displayed credits Of their asinine
uiie-ances on its editorial page. The e.
Iorance and inanfty Of mos; Of these
reprints IS dl.gasdng. A few months ago
the se;tlsd policy Of the oregonian was
not only to disdain any notice Of she
country press, but many substantial and
sensible papers published throughout the
Dortrwes were even excluded from its
exchange table. Now there is no paper
so disreputable or obscure but what its
sympathy Is openly solicited by the Port
land paper and its vaporings, especially
Il they include some fling at Astoria, are
given the place Ok honor in It's columns.
What the writer Of the above small item
can have against Astoria It IS hard 70
understand. Even Il Astoria had ever
sought to disparage Portland, what inter.
est paper published in the locality Of
Albany could have found in defending
Portland It IS hard 20 understand. AS
a mater Of fact Albany, and every town
in the willamette valley, should be a
staunch ally Of Astoria. Whatever Of
error there may be in the Astoria prop
osft5on, or however it may be improperly
presented, # tends in no way TO Injure
Albany. The writer on the Albany Demo-
erat should at least hold his peace on
the ,heory rnat the present controversy
concerns his community in no way, or
else ne should take sides with Astoria
cut Of possible hope that the sue
cess Of the Astoria contention may
benefit his section to some o: the extent
whicn its advocates claim 1t will There
is no intelligent student Of commercial
affairs IN the northwest but knows that
his state tents about Portland's growth
and prestige are utterly unfounded. None
knows this better than the Oregonian. II
is a fact paHsut to every enlightened mind
that the commercial interests Of Portland