The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-09

said, which IN nded. They pointed 70
no series " figures and claimed lnnc-
curacies. They were worth merely be-
| cause any criticism had been made Of
| thslr policy In handling the trade u the
| N0riweHi tn" burden Of their story
| vas Portland was here and Port
| land VIII be- here etc n was the pO-
| sitlpn the OreROnian takes--i position
| which Editor Scott canaO, explain. He
| Is p wise. n not "a cpnsH Htent man. Tor
! In a ap"@ch delivered a. Astoria, on the
| night ~ October H. 1894. he sad: A.
| tora Is the seapori " Oregon. Nature
! has 20 ordered that mis- state can have
| hn other gr.'at seaport. This report OF
| Editor SCOTS speech wa. printed IN his
paper the OrrROnIan. the next morn
| INK That h eHtc,ly what the COM
| m"rrlal Gays 'odty. and that Is what
! % "a ~ greatly Often led the men ~ Port
land-oT-n1ed some but not ali. Tor
there are enterprisng spirits here and
they -r-pg1lzr the Justice u the Com
m"rc.aFs drWmrDS fyr common
rate 10 all points reached by railroads
| and for the deyc)pem mt n this great
state
Editor Scott has nothing 20 say In
speeches 1r In editorials nOw about the
| only great seaport Of Oregon" And ne
blames the Commercial for taking W
the matter where h. left on
A. y Hammond. president ~ the As
TORN 4 Columbia River Railroad. also
gave ID" ciiIzrns ~ Portland a few
things 10 ponder over. lie was not
sparing In his language but he planted
hot facts right whore they would llnger
till they hal burned a hole.
AN oyer the coast ia the state Of
Washington right 10 the north Of is, %
he said. there are sawmllls and the
country is alive with workers I, is be-
ing developed while the fine forests NJ
oregon along her coast south Of As
tDra Iie untouched. ! have been here
six years now and ! have seen no one
advocating common poln, rates or the
erection NJ saw mills IN the vast forests
u Western Oregon. What has opened
them In Washington? The equal rae.
The people NJ Oregon cannot AFFORD %
cut the timber 'or they have no way
of getting Il 20 the market In compr- I
titlpn with their HeighbOD.
4 know m.n-haye seen hem right .
here from Wisc1nsIn-with money. in ?
amounts from $3.50 ON 20 81 600 900 ready .
o. invest iu the lumber business. Bu,
they 20 away wi,hlu, investing 70 here.
You have refused 20 answer the
questions about the common rates. Blu.
YOU have opposed them all the time.
I know m N ~ his city % 60 out and
talk against a common rate
You have opposed all development
that might have come with railroad IA
c.lities such as the coast points In
the state u Washington enjoy. Why
have you done !t?'
They are standing In their own
light" nt-rpOsed Mr. Wi,terberg.
II this chamber of commerce will
come with me IN take YOU over 10
Washington and show YOU live state"
CONTINUED Mr Hammond.
Mr. n Wtteuberg manager OF the
P1rlinl Biscuit Company. listened 10
the eN1r,ssi1ns II dissatisfaction. then
told the others presen. of a few things
,Git Causei them "a stare. Il really
seemed Ike ,raarnsry 90 "ihe port
But Mr.. Wlttenberg Is a plain man OF
plain speech, and what he said put a
lneren. aspect on The situation.
II there Is any criticism of Portland,
W. want .o hear it, he said. We have
only one paper her. the Oreg1nian.
There are two. the Oregoaian and the
Telegram, but they are both controlled
10y the same par,iesl II it has been
misleading US We wan, +5 know IT, The
Commercial has publis shed figures show
ing that the Puge. soul cities are get
ting the commerce. II Portland IS
standing In her own light It is time that
We knew ID. I take a 3iffersn. view ~
this matter from that held by some Of
You gentlemen.
Il think the articles published in the
N'w York Commercial will have a good
effect do n'y believe in being mar
row or I'm holding back. II PorAlnd
can br approved want 20 see il. Il
is good sor Us 20 he criticised. We get
TO See the facts as they really exist ana
our short -omings can be remediad. 4
series " plain figures are Sc; before
Us Are they Correct2 II :hey are, then }