The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-06-13


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nor Scott. with a grand air. removed hl'
Ihigh ,Ik bat and placed 70 Oh the paflau
marble in from, OF the splendid plate
/ siap. rhsyal mirror This Mas scarcely
g1ud form hul then Mo can except lo
the .,yi, ~ "a gtra, cdit.r7 Director
Scott. coming 10 from the norlhWcs, cot.
Iugf adjusted his elaborate Prince Al.
bert nulu-ryd the dus, from ., with his
npr -ilk kcrchi,r and sa, down \, the
Same umc the editor dropped into a
! Ilnihcf.,oiiom cushioned seat and lighted
Ih!s - cent Havana
| YOU are nov behind the scenes Mr.
| Director, and I would likc 10 know the
| ual ,ru,h about the erapnr, situation OF
the Pacinc Npr,hWystT" said the great
rdulr giancing up az hls Wis Wis from
under his somewhat froVulng brow "a
am not satisfied with the deal Portland
10 NOW getting he continued They
don't say turkey 20 us single time.
o. seems 10 me
you've sized up the situation exactly.
Mr Editor" responded the O. n a n
director
well give mr the exact facts said
Editor Scot, II viii" said the director.
and they wen, at It hammer and longs
Editor Scoti--what Is Jim" Hnrs
game
Director Sco,t-His purpose Is TO give
Seattle control of the trans Pacific trade
Director Scott-llow Is he to secure
that obicCt7
Director Scou-smply by preventing
Astoria from getting common point rates
On the exports Of this basin lie knows
~ YOU have often stated of late In your
paper, that the trans .pacihc trade de
mands Pacific liners Of at l,aS, p feet
draft Of course, Portland has only
29-t1o, channel II would require 81
years and tl0,HolO0O as all the world
knows TO make the 30 foot channel that
is necessary 20 the use o. hose heavy
draft steamers Then the next spring
trcshct would destroy the channel In
word It is plain Portland as the sea-
port, cannot capture that trade-ai least
not In ~ years In fact, entire nous,
never Rut /, is a business that must De
mmblan H'apor, at Portland. his end will
bc secured, He already has the Northern
at disadvantage, Seattle is nearer the
ocean that Tacoma lie will soon have
a fresh water harbor at Lake Washing
ton. His two-milc tunnel will give the
Great Northern a vital advantage over
the Northern, II viii haul all the wheat
around and north OF spokane. Control,
ling the o, Il n n. Hln will force all
The rest OF the grain possible into Port
land as a temporary sop to the people
here, Tho Northern will he crushed he.
tween the upper and neither milestone
Its ,ranlt will he cut M. Tacoma will
dwndlc, Seattle will grow great, HM
Is HI"
Editor Scott (s!oomily)-l, seems to
me Portland viii dwindlc also.
Director Scott-Dcad right you are Il
is dwindling now, despite the boasts of
your paper President I'm will thus
capture the trdns-paclnc trade. He will
make Seattle the great center Of the Pa
cihc Northwest lie win control
ali the Yukon ana Alaskn trade: all
the foreign lincs-passongrr and freight;
all the rouud-the-world traffic An the
trans-continenlal railroads viii conccn-
trate on Seattle to secure a share of that
immense traffic, making Seattle the rail.
road center and leaving Portland on a
side line In the backwoods I'm will get
these lines of commerce well fixed, then
he will fool Portland some more by TAX.
Ing away all her wheat exports. See?
Editor Scott-But what will the Union
Pacific be doing all this whileG They
can take charge of the O, r. Il n. at
the directors election next September.
WIN they stand that sort of racket?
Director Scou-Oh, there are wheels
within wheels, OF course It is plain that
the IT, 7, can't build line from Portland
10 Seattle and compete with "Jim" Hin
II the N, p. can't. II they intend to
control affalns In the Pacific North
west and capture the trans Pacific trade.
any fool even, can see they should make
Astoria their port. To that end they
would take control Of the O. r.. & ~
from HIN and change It's policy. Yes,
certainly, they would checkmate Hill
there. 1t would make Astoria the great
seaport, not only of the Pacific North.