The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-11
T. A. McBRIDE.5 K1t

AT o'clock last night every the Astoria
by representative citizen Of this city doing his by the
mpered salmon industry for which Astoria stands the 1900
each represented family Of from to ten people, and therefore the
meeting be aed splendid typical gathering of the BRAIN Drawn
and culture this section They assembled talk FISH and hbs and
lost their instant They talking for themselves
they and figure the FISH business but they
talked and for the State of Oregon ge the h of discussion being
the ewady sham that has been thrust upon the electorate OF the State by
predatory wh6sh OF the and which the
over the State eneedho enlightenment
Mayor Herman Wise presided presde life spirit
and perfect good He opened
cut statement OF the object Of the meeting the salvation OF the salmon
duy which the thousands Astoria had
lby he told Of the through which
peril facing the efforts dscredd fishers
asten their nquou the State and the craft told Of
the garng y their plea and the dmnuon of the salmon through
the d the murderou wheels that absorb the moh and her
along marketable of the
itself Asorians cnch the introduced the
informed the Pacific Coast all matters appenng the fishing
business theoretical and practical Ed Rosenberg the United
Fishermen OF the Pacific.
Mr. Rosenberg heartily plunged at once into fectous
and appreciated address from which, detail specific information
needed ampy the claim of the gneters fishing stopped
tide water was forthcoming He went into an exposition Of the cruel
unous injustice OF the hwhee methods would
of its crafty burn had they He showed
how the industry surely and steadily hroted by the
in the spawnngf of the Columbia how FIVE maintaining
devices thrive and teve the supply
which 10000 this devoted which
dependents he told simply and honestly the for the filing of the gill
bill for the initiative action the people Oregon at the June polls
the saving of one of the States greatest industries
Mr. Rosenberg did random talking with
documentary evidence from the continent
and kilograms and words Of profoundly learned
erestcd chief Of which the despatch yesterday by Judge
Mcbride Of the Fifth Judicial District Of Oregon whose message covers
with extraordinary simplicity and truth the whole and the
controversy that has been forced by
mess atned the fish OF the river seeking the shelter
of the spawning grounds which heads this
the wheels constructed cunning bearing
fish their the first instance and the helpless fry and fngng
those that by and the bh down from the hatch
cries Oregon and Washington how five those hatchere
abandoned because of the failure and fry the wheels
such killing methods
and the thousands engaged the business down here And he
the cus the house illustrate
he made in this behalf
e made splendid plea for the
and conscience OF the last voter of Oegon he told
TO the committee in charge this dsapponmens
tam quarters that stood pledged the
wound out vigorous and wholesome story the
plea Tor prompt and help for funds
no tale OF reproach doubling fear unfold he angune
a assured and full OF hope demonstrated that his
get the truth before the
ests he champonng we'll
nuconscous vote sheer disaster the
shall be ntgenty pped peril His address roundy ppuded
During the Of his remarks the failure of the local
stand by the work hand he said that Others the Columbia
River Packers Association had fallen down promise materially
assist his committee and freely quoted Samuel Emore in the
Mr. Emo who insisted that the speaker tell
assigned the Associations refusal and
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