The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-12-06
pAtl.Es' ADVICE TO ASTORIA

ASTORIA. Dec, 5-Editor Astoriau-
/ No douh; Your attention has bc u
[ called To an article in The pJllcs
! Times -Mount1inoer of Dee. l. Ons'
weving and quoting quite ~ icrgth
the AStornn's reply iu certain formr,
advice by that paper, tina, the p'vp'y
~ Astoria should prelAre ror The stor-
age and buying " wheat h'fur} taey
made so much noise. cr words to that
effect. For the information N thy
"Mountaiucvr' and oihvr Eastern orr.
gon and Washington papsrs, / wish to
say that storage Tor 1000 tons can he
furnished shippers here ON - hours
notice. az Portland or S,0rtle rL,2s,
and that amount II storage iucpas d
TO sO.Co1 tons In 50 days,
ann very happy to say THAI nj ice
at the present prosperous condition o,
The Dilles and country tributary. The
"Mountaineer" makes the following.
among other slatements;
Astoria seems L. be too ready To
give up 10 udvers, intluencts IL u Will
display the enterprise that was shown
by The Dalles 4 few years ago Il can
and will become the wheat market OF
the Northwest when the q, Il. \ y.
Co. Disseminated against The DdlleS
the people put on boat line between
here and Portland. and the result WAS
that the monopoly NJ the carrying
trade was broken. Now II Astoria viii
DO likewise. put up warehouses aud
bend encouragement 90 boat lines op'
Grating on the river, Il can get com
mon point rates and also become the
wheat market ~ the Northwest. The
future u Astoria rests solely with
Astorlails."
l wish to call attention of Inland En-
pira papers TO the fact that Astoria
and Clatsop county always stood with
them. peti,ioning congress continuously
to huild the locks AT the Cascades, also
worked FOR and voted state aid 70 build
the Cascade portage railroad. that
made il possible FOR the peopie ~ the
western part II Wasco county and
The Dalles 10 b. free from railroad
Determinations much sooner than th,y
would have been otherwise.
From the tone Of the Moun,airrer's
first article / had thought that nn. -
the travelling editors of the wheIy com.
bination had inspired IN. article Th"
answer of the 4th inst. is fair and |
believe that, with proper information
furnished Editor Douthit. he viii join
our ranks and help to make /, possible
for a wheat buyer at Astoria. $40 miles
from Pendleton, tp have his cargo u;
wheat delivered down wafer level
grade at the same price thai the wheat
buyer OF Seattle, 35l miles from Walla /.
Walla, pays over a mountain grade u
; $50 feet Tor his cargo. Now the !.
wheat buyer pays the o. r. & y. Co /
the same price per ton to deliver
wheat at Portland. 246 miles from Pen |
5leton. that the Northern Pacific |
charges 10 deliver a ton of wheat from .
Walla Walla 10 Seattle. And Portland |
stands the discrimination. and allows
the farmers II Eastern Oregon to BE-
to sell their wheat at combl-
nation prices. When the o. r. & y
Co can be- forced to deliver wheat at
Astoria from Pendl-ton or Walla Walla
1t the same price PER ton that the
Northern Pacific delivers what from
he same points over the same distance
% seattle, then Astori9ns will bu ID
and buy Wheat al san
Francisco prices just as fast as Eastern
Oregon can raise H.
j. H. y. GRAY.