The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-11
URGENT APPEAL TO-
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Rosenberg said that Mr., Elmore had
assured him it was because the c. X,
| I, \. had taken legal advice upon the
efficacy OF the bill sent up by the
Columbia River FiShcrmcn's Protec-
! tive Association, and that it was deem
ed to be impracticablc and could not
be enforced, To this statement Mr.
Rosenberg added, pithily, that ii the
! gill-netters' bill was as tlimsy as all
that he could not see why Seuiert,
Warren ct al, were spending $4,000
or $4,000 to defeat it at the polls,
whar gny lawyer might have yielded
Iup such an opinion for far fewer
hundreds,
II. G, Van Dusen, Fish Commis
sioner for Oregon. followed Mr., Ros-
enberg, confirming and accentuatny
the arguments presented He ha !
verified the history SO given to its
uttermost detail and il was true as the
Gospels themselves.
Mr.. Van Dusen expressed his per-
feet confidence in the justice and
good sense OF the people in dispoSing
of the two bills in question, and said
that he knew OF plenty OF people in
the up-river field itself, who would
not tolerate the continuance OF the
| Itish-whecls II they had chance to
drive them out by the silent, sensible
and secret ballot The people were
honest in the main, and would ex-
emplify their sense Of justice when
this question was fairly in their
hands; to get il there, he made a
strong plea for the best aid the house
could give the committee, and retired
with a very friendly expression from
the audience.
DR., H. L. Henderson was then
called upon and made the only mega
tive talk 'of the evening; he was
dubious about the success of the bill,
though he vouched for the righteous
ness OF the cause, and felt that it
would be lost because it would not
get fairly before the people; he was
heart and soul for the measure, and
urged that lecturers be sent out to
meet the people at the great centers
OF the State and lay the whole matter
before them by word OF mouth. He
condemned the wheel in unmeasured
terms and urged the best faith OF
Astoria and all Oregon in their fight
to eliminate them forever.
Frank Kankkonen, the general man.
ager of the Union Fishermcn's Co
Operative Packing Company, one Of
the nestors Of the salmon industry on
the Columbia, made brief, but de-
liberate and cogent talk on the matter
in hand, urging that aside from what
the citizens may contribute here in
the way Of funds to expedite the work
of the committee in informing the
citizenry Of Oregon on this issue, by
pamphlet and otherwise, each and
every man with friends anywhere in
Oregon write immediate and personal
letters in the same behalf and take all
other individual means to spread the
propaganda OF safety and sense. He
said the question affected far more
than the 5000 fishermen engaged down
here; that that number must be null
tiplicd by the membership Of the
families behind the fishermen; and
the work Of repressing the >6sh-wheel
must be kept up relcntlessly until the
business was saved to the State
for all time; and that if it were not
possible to defeat the hsh-wheel,
there was nothing left but the woods.
Hon. John H. Smith then took the
floor and made a ringing speech in
derogation of the hsh-wheel and its
sponsors. He mixed no terms nor
names, but dealt out smashing truths
with snap and telling force that were
not misunderstood by his hearers; he
could not feel quite so sanguine as
Fish Commissioner Van Dusen had
declared himself to be; he knew the
ugly chance Of an inexperienced vote
being cast as between the pending
fish bills, and urged specific and
swift action toward the GENERAL an