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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1887)
m ' aaeaa e m a Site gattg giMm. ASTUKlA. OKE'JOti: SUNDAY.. Fh.BUU.iltY :3. 1&57 COMPLAINT OF A NEWSPAPER. A somewhat distant contem porary, in writing of the relation of the newspaper to the business activities of its town, complains with some bitterness that there are business houses in its community which, though amply able, do not contribute to the support of the local press, even to the extent of a five line card, and adds that this is reaping -without sowing, and -gathering without planting. The sub ject is one.of importance, since it relates directly to the capacity of one of the most powerful agencies of modern times. As this journal enjoys the liberal support of the people of this community, and has reason to commend generally the public spirit of the people of this locality, it is in the attitude to con sider without prejudice the com plaint of its less fortunate contem porary to whom we refer. It is perfectly well aware, however, that that paper is not alone in its cause for complaint. "Unfortunately there are a good many journals that might contribute of their ex perience to the discussion of the question. There are communities where, to some extent, the senti ment obtains that the press is un der constant obligation to the ad vertiser and the people of its bailiwick to such an extent that it cannot discharge it. But the fact of the history of newspapers is that in ninety-niuo hundred cases out of ten thousand, precisely the contrary is true. The community newly always owes its local press very much more than the press owes -it. Let us suppose, for a single moment, a town or city in the United States of any consider ble business pretensions, without that convenient and powerful agency, the newspaper. To what extent would the place be heard of? To what extent would trade invitation to its markets be ex tended? How far behind in the competitive race would it not fall? The truth is, that towns and cities owe more of their- promi- nence ana prosperity, as a ruie, to the publicity they gain through the local press, than to an or all other mediums or agencies. If there is any one thing demon strable about newspaper publibh ing, it is this, that the business man of any place owe to the local press fair support. It is, indeed, a debt that cannot be discounted. It is all well enough to rail a newspapers and lay down in the ory the law of their management, if only their critics could once en joy the opportunity of running them. But it remains that the average newspapers have, by all odds, the broadest margin to their credit for the upbuilding of towns and their business. There are oities and towns with business houses, like that cited for instance, that do not so much as keep a sim ple card in the advertising columns of the local press. They assume aa independence of the newspaper that is false, dangerous and un generous. The local newspaper, by the very fact of its existence, helps make the business of every business man. It rrives the chief importance . to the locality, and without it the town would be heard of and known only by great misfortunes and phenomenal acci dents. Ihe business house that refuses flatly to give any support to its local press, though profiting by the publicity the place gains through it, fattens at the expense of others. There is no gainsaying this truth. Advertising may not yield immediate returns in all cases; it may be difficult occasion ally to trace direct and clearly de fined business as specifically due to a given advertisement; but the man is living to small purpose who does not know that the gen eral beneficial result is as certain as the rising of the sun. In nine ty "cases'out of a hundred, the re lation betweea-fidvertisement and trade gaui is clear, .direct and- im mediate. But however this may be, as any given locality is de pendent for its prominence in so large a degree upon the newspa per as the medium between it and the world at large, it logically follows that there is duty to con tribute, by advet tising to the sup port of that medium. The rich nouses that "do not advertisp," as we are told by our contemporary they reply, may believe that they are not directly injured by their short-sightedness; but . the com munity is, and they must share it, and the time comes,.as surely as does death, when this is made ap parent to all. : It is a bad sign for the business of the place when one take3 .dp the local press irrany state and searches in vain in its issues for the announcement or card direc tion of business houses. Inter preted, the omission means that the business man who practices tliis disuse declares that the press is not necessary to his community a judgment which, if experiment ally out into practice, would leave the place high on the banks of a dry rot. Wherever there are business houses amenable to these re marks, they ought to take the thought into the counting room and ponder on it. Of course the newspaper- man does his best in every state in sojiciting advertis ing support, and expects, to meet with some rebuffs, and will. But away above and beyond this spe cial urgency is the eternal truth that his claim to recognition is a sound one, on the consideration that tho newspaper, if it be fair, honest and high-minded, does ines timable service for its community, for whioh it cannot bo recom pensed. "We can not fancy towns and cities to-day prosperous, de prived for a considerable period, of newspapers, and it calls for no vigorous exercise of the imagina tion to picture the business condi tion of such places. Let our con temporary state the living truth .that every man owes something to the community in which he lives, and to every agency that makes it desirable for htm; that this is a continuing pbjigajtipn, .reciprocal in nature, and upon which com munity prosperity is dependent, jnd it will find that the people are responsivo to these truths. The discussion of projects of national defense, says the Bulle tin, has brought out the fact that it will be the work of years to pro vide our ships and forts with mod ern steel rifled cannon. The plants must first be prepared, after vhich the manufacture of the guns viil be a slow and co3tly process. It would be too bad if after doing til this the result should prove defective, especially if better re sults could have been obtained in a shorter time for less money by other methods. Some statements have been lately made public re flecting on the trustworthiness of the "built up" steel guns. A cor respondent of the New York Her ald mentions four instances of steel guns bursting on British ships, besides the failure of sev eral of them on the iron-clad Alex andra during the bombardment of Alexandria. One 100-ton Arm strong burst on the Italian iron clad JDuilio, and all the similar guns furnished the Italian govern ment by that firm have been con demned. Two 100-ton Krupp suns failed while being proved at Spezzia. A 100-ton steel gun re cently blew off its muzzle on the proving ground at St. Chamond. An 8-inch steel rifle, made at the Washington navy yard for one of our new cruisers, was condemned for a defect found in its bore, and two others, out of a lot of five guns of the same class, are said to show similar defects. The new 8-inch rifle recently made for the ordnance .department showed enlargement of the bore after fir ing twenty-four rounds, and is to be reinforced. During the Fran co-Prussian war more than 200 Krupps are said to have burst. Against these facts are placed the records of a number of American cast-iron rifled guns ranging from 8 to 12 inches bore, which, it is claimed, have within the last few years stood the sternest tests in the most satisfactory manner. Such guns could be turned out rapidly with the means now at our command, but it seems rather a bold claim that cast-iron is a stronger material than either cast or wrought steel. The cast-iron Parrott rifles used during the war often burst. Possibly the "built upV steel guns' .which have been recently manufactured may yet give place tcf- oast -steel. At any rate, "the matter .-s'eem's to'.be'in the experimental .stage. . . Seven million jdollaw in &l-sil-ver certificates have been issued since October 4th, and aboufl, 000,000 in the $2 certificates since December 6th, and the supply is not equal to the demand. This does not look as though the people were down on silver as a security. FitOii the sarcastic criticism in our exchanges on the ajitics of their local legislatorsat Salem, it is evident that the adjournment of .the legislature this week will be a relief to the people of the entire state. The Marion county treasurer is out in a card saying that he doesn't want his salary raised. They do say that theg M. o. t. is the most lonesome man in the state. The N'eioNorthwcst thinks the only way for the Republican par ty to win in '88 is to nominate Mrs. J. A. Logan for. president. I TWO NIGHTS ONLY. Monday and Tuesday, Peb. 14 and 15. Return of the Favorites, The Thompson Opera Co. 40-ARTI8TS-40 Under the personal management of Wm. A. 1HOMFm)N. who will ou the occasion, give a, thorough and comitate Pro duction of the follow Inc Comic op eras, with full and complete imported Elaborate Cos tumes, Sceclc and other effects. Monday, Eve., Feb. 14. THE MIKADO. Which will be .produced, for the First Tlmo uexe witu an the wiiin.u uusmess or Gilbert & Sullivan. Tuesday, Eve., Feb. 15, The Great London Suece33, Robert Macafre, Now la Its 300th Msht, at the Casino, New York. Box Shpet now open at he Crystal Palfcce ucok store. Prices j Parquette. - - St W Lresi;ircie, 75 OBilcrr ... - 00 MTJKRAY & CO., GROCERS And Dealers In Cannery Supplies ! Special Attention Given to Filling Of Orders. A FULL LINE CARRIED Ana Supples furnished at Satis factory Terms. Purchases delivered In any part of the city. Office and "Warehouse In Hume's New Building on T?ater Stic. P. O. Box 153. Telephone No. 37. ASTORIA. OREGOIV. Frank L Parker, Dealer in Mci and Staple Groceries. Flour Feed Potatoes Headquarters For ASTOBIA WOOD YARD. JOB PRINTING. Neat, Quick AnoCheapat The AST0BIAN: job airioE. Boss Opera ComicT Long Jokers, Fault Finders, Hit 'Em Hards. Trade Comics, Sharp Darts. Xew Lace Valentines, Gems of Lovt, New Sachet, Love's Arrows Cupids Darts,Satin Novelty Valentines and Valentines of all descriptions in laitje variety A'l The Crystal Palace. OAEL AEXiEn, Manager. PacificFislvertef We beg to renew our notice to the Fisheries of tho-upper Pacific, of the full preparation we have made and are making to manufacture good wares for thuir use, of every kind, except double knotted Salmon Nes: Pounds and Traps, Gill Nets, Seines, from sardines to porpoise. Ye advise the practicability of using For outside fishing. One can be made verv strong and very light, and can be handled QUICK LOW IN CO&T. In the New England waters are over four hundred large Purse seines for mackerel, herring and menhaden, 200 fathoms long, 25 fathoms deep, any fish that move in compact bodies can be taken in these seines. "We offer tho Stow Cotton Salmon Twin with a full belief that Its strength is ample for tho hardest service, of more durability than flax, and no more expensive. Our energies, with a lonjj experi ence in nettings, and a desire to send good wares to our patrons, Ave hope will not disapolnt any reasonable expectations. GLOUCESTER NET & TWINE CO., Gloucester. Boston Office, 96 Commercial Street. A.V m Wholesale and FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. AND MILL FEED, Crockery, Glass and Plated Ware. Teas, Coffees, Spices, &c, &c. Fresh, California Butter, Swiss, Holland and New Cream "Cheese; Smoked-Herring, Holland Herring, Cfiviar, Anchovies, Tongues and Sounds, White Fish and Mackerel, Schrimps, Lobsters; . French Sardines and Oysters. Shrewsbury Ketchup. Ohlli Sauoe, Tobasco Sauce, Celery Salt. Franeh end Gennaa Mustard, Lelbia'a Ex Beef, Sea Foam Wafers, Van Houffhton'e Cocoa. . Trtticn, Gerorea, Epicranloofl; Oat Porridge; MM- Oats. Orangesj Lemogs, Nuts, Figs, &c, &c. BOOTS and SHOES. Genuine English Porpoiss Shoes Tor Gents. Ladles Flexible Sole Shoes in French, Kangaroo and Dongola Kid Boys ai d Youths Shoes of all Kinds, Mis-es and Chlldrens and Infant heela, and Spring heals. WJ3 1EAL, IX BOOTS ASD SHOES ONLY. P. J, GOODMAN. Just Received 1,500 Soils Mjajer and Decorations Of the Latest Designs and Shades. Also to Arrive THIS WEEK. 50 Leather, Plush and Carpet Rockers, In Elegant New Styles: Just the thing for -3l imioliclfvy Present. Call and See Us. CHAS. HE1UBORN. "25 BOOK S FULL Lace, Comic ALL NEW STOCK. ALLEN Retail Dealer in LINE. and Sentimental OKlPPIN & REED. ... i hoes! Shoes! Shoes! At The Fall and Wintei Stock Complete IN ALL STYLES ANB GBADES. No more need to send asvav for a Fine'Shoe, as we have a Full Line of "the Celebrated DRIAL& CG.'S FRENCH' SHOES, and LAIRD, SCHOBER & .'MITCHELL'S FIFE SHO&S:tf which we are Sole Dealers in Astoria. We also handle BOOTS and SHOES from all the Leading' Factories in America. Men's Heavy Boots and shoes a Specialty. LOWEST PRICES and SATISFACTION Guaranteed. T3T. T. PAHSS,, Manager. . H, B. PimiOSR XKAtKR I?. Hay, Oats, and Straw, Lime, Erici Cement, Sana" and. Plaster Wood Delirered to Order. rER apply to the Captain, or to Furniture and Upholstering, ''Mattresses Made and Repaired. Paper Hanging, Carpets Sewed and Laid. Furniture Sold on Commission. Shop, corner M&ln and Jeersoti Strata MARTIN OLSEN. J. G. county Coroner's Office, Undertaking Kooms next to BKJHCMBCTMBiSrj'-' ' t 'W J. R LEES0N & CO., BOSTON, SOLE AGEST3 AND IJIPOKTEKS. - Tie Jotatone (Scotlaml) ai Men (Mass,) Prize Liner Threads -AND- ji it jooNfe o"!, The only Linen Threads awarded a Prize Medal London 1851 and New Orleans Worlds Exposition 1881. Did not exhibit at Philadelphia 1876 or Paris 1873. First Prize Awarded Wherever Exhibited!! Koferencea for tho Scotch Salmon Net Twines: EVERY CANNER or FISHERMAN who bought it last season.- IT GAVE UNIVERSAL SATIS FACTION. Agents for the Pacific Ceast: KITTLE & CO., 2tf Calif a St., San Francisco, Calai Drajins:, loitmla? and Uprw Baslam VTlSAIIIKR f-WRA I1 tbn P. Piirker.ltfaszet. For TOWING. FEEIOHT erCJIAi: n. B. PARK EH. American News Depot ON SALE The latt Magazlne3 aud Illustrated papers of tho. day. Swedish, lanfsh and Uerman papers, Books and Dictionaries. Lovell and Seaside Libraries. School Books, Stationery, etc. A BALMANNO, Gnenaraus Sr. sear Main. 5B BOSS, oosiosfsm, First Olasa Undertaking Establishment A FINE HEARSE, Newest stjIetJaskets and Funeral Material,' ETerjt&Io; Neat oad Well AmagfcA. -'. Astonan office, (B. B. Franklin's old JtaadJ t xtiagSrtgSiSt