The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-11-27
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b,Se " SUPPLIES,
nur4nS the last YEAR | have c1n-
styuotd a sash and door factory a.
Eureka, California, with q CopNcity W
500 doors per daN ~ ten Eou,S, and l
am. thcrvNSv, someWhS in touch wb
the door business We are mtnutac-
turing our dNayS trNm rNiwrod uu-
beg thA. has h hlNtNf0cS Nco either
Nurn.d q, tht sawm,u OF sold as rJtusc
lumber IN the la,1l mAyke, at from NlO
a, s. A thousand our toNr fNct ~
Is situated IN the heart " a groa; elw-
milling rvEi,a where nlyNc largo saw
mills an, In operation, Ten per cent
Of the cu, 10 these mlls Il class "
maleria, that VIII not oetr ,rNuspog'a-
.1o.,, hut "a, the low prtN, 8, Is Sod f''
q can ~ cut up and uN,nu2ctancd M
~ dray,s AZ plSc, tNl; enables HS IN
IunlsrScl any factory less Avaw3'y
stulie,i. ana GO successfully oomH'w
lWf.h east IN manufacturers. In othr'
words. the mater.al tha, suNpuos e sash
and door factory IS a pr'duc, lr m
no operlu ~ savm rs and door
gactovy, {, %, SucJ SstuL mus, depcyd
upan the operations ~ a number o.
sawmnls for this product. ANor as
greatest need L a slwm.ll. and a S'oi
ony~-the best yhat money can build,
whsn she has secuvel tbs and has ihe
py\,spec, of scoursnS more, She will neyi
box factories. and perhap& door fac
torres. but sha cer,a NY reQulres the
sawmiu first,
Portland manufactures a small guam
thy DO no, m1nufa sture any large
tho country surrounding Portland. but
they 40 not manufacture any large
quantity for Eastern Shipment, The
NicNAal Brothers are manufacturing
some doors SrOm redwood lumber that
is SHIPPED from Humbnldi Bay. They
Alsn manufacture Few cedar d1ors,
the mos, ot which are sold In P5rtlond.
and the country tributary q Portland,
Thls Is a trade tha; door factory az
Astoria could not hope TO supply.
The people o. Astoria must cease
Their masquerading Il they eNpNr q
progress They deceive nv one bu,
themselves. Their talk about common
rates. mill sites. natural advantages,
etc. only serve to make thm rt!icu-
lous 10 outsiders. They now have the
common rates and they stlu have the
mill-sit.s and natural advantages,
and what are they doing? Judging
from press reports. the greatest part
~ their time ami money Is spen, N
tslegraphing TO the Portland Mil Cnm-
rany ana others to find out how much
land Is needed tlr a m.u-sslte tha, some
body else Is going to pay FOR. Il you
wish . progress you mus, 90 90 work.
Have your people organize company
20 do slwmil business with a capital
~ $3.50 OOO. then subscribe $4,000 " thc
stock II you will d. this, will try
rrd secure outside subscriptions for
III. remaining 100000.
own a full interes: IN the TIngTa
Point Syndicate. Through an agree
ment with Mr.. Brown a reduction was
made IN a mortgage that he leld on
this property believe hat the ne-
ductiun was mad, with the understand
ing that il was th,. desire of the owners
to sell a portion % the property for a
m.llsEe al a low figure, and that de-
velppments would be In 1rder Tha
members OF the Tongue Point Syndl-
clte clnnOt afford 10 b. unreasonable.
They have been favored bv Mr. Brown
-they have also been favored by the
county and city OF Astoria In regard
10 taxes and in allowing them TO wi.h-
draw their property from he cry I'm
is I heliev. they will b. filr At any
rate as an equal owae- With them
will Use my ir1iu-n-. % have the syn.
!icn;a sell your company as muca u
The pr perry As may be- required Tor a
frs class Mll-stet at Inv Price,
say about 1n half = The lgIr. re-.
Gently ask q by .ha syndicate II you
7r eei IN this way vau H.ll re C M
m-nring at the right sni ana II you
push your business wth energy and
vgor. you will sopn 20. u fret class
null with tn .thcr necessary aijun.ts,
such as box factpres, door factories,
shing.e mills. r,c, al. ~ wl.ca must
depenl upon the by-gralu from the
lperitions u sawmtlls.
You nave missed one opportunity ot
securing a frs. class 4 ur mill b Pc
yu may secure il through the Portland
Flour MIL Company At any rate, that
question is now UP u that company
and thz8r Astnil friends. I sincerely
nope that the Astoria people who rave
been looking 20 Portland for help viii
n1c be DISAPPOINTED. but 4 IS not every
day in the year tla. man Ike Mr.
PeplOw comes 10 Astoria and offers 10
pay $4,000 for site UPON which H.
agrees 70 build a -four nill People
that have capital 10 invest and energy
% carry on business can ind E'enty Of
opportunities. Business may be al
8 s.andstill al As,oia. but elsewhee the
world moves. Yours sincerely
A. p. HAMMOND.
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