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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1904)
PAGE TWO. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 11,1904, Morning Astorian EsUbllshtd 1873 to become the great commonwealth her resources ihould naturally make her. -QNION RATES: Sent by mall, per year...... Sent by mall, per month. . . . . Served by carrier, per month. ...$ 00 ... hOo ... 0e SEMI-WEEKLT. Sent by mail, per year. In advance $1 08 ASTORIAN PUBLISHING CO. The Aitorlan guarantees to It ad- Tertlsera the largest circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia River. " V : JAPANESE RESOURCES. Japan Is beginning to discover that war Is expensive business. Although her struggle with Russia has only Just begun, she finds herself cramped for revenue, and, to eke out expenses, the Jaromese cabinet now proposes to double the Income tax on land. Increase the taxes on spirits and tobacco and create a variety of new taxes. nai this means may be Inferred from the fact that Japan has already raised ai big revenu from dueles on Imports and, stamps, from the excise on alcohol and suKtr, from the post and telegraphs, from the tobacco monopoly and from the railroads, forests and other govern ment enterprises. While Japan has made marked prog ress In civilisation, It is to be re-mem. bered that she Is still comparatively a poor nation. The bulk of her popula two-dollar bills. The silver dollar Is too clumsy. If somebody will show us how to make a dollar about the slue and weight of a quarter, durable, distinctive in np pea ru nee and not easily counterfeited. we can retire all our small paper cur rency. Hint several trillion microbes will be out of a Job. HOW TO BUILD 'UP THE STATE, tlon Is on the verge of Indigence, and the rate of wages among many or tne Astorlans enthusiastically claim that the proposed sea wall will give Astoria the Inest harbor of any city on the coast, and will attract wide attention to that city as a desirable port; also will help to make it "a common point" and a commercial center. Go ahead. working classes Is almost as low as It Is In China. Her foreign trade in 1902 amounted to only J20,000,000 far less than that of Spain, which has only about one-third the population of Jap an. Her Imports are only a little over J J per capita, while, her exports per ii.-a iwinla nf Astoria, broad- ... w, , j..J capita are still less. Her total savings ininled men of Portland wish you an Ul bank aeposua amount xo less man iw. 000.000. an average of less than 16 for each depositor, while in 1908 the total deposits of the bank of Japan were less than $3,000,000. Although her monetary system is now on a gold basis, her en- sorts of success. r The above clipping Is taken from the Oregon Daily Journal, Portland's new and highly successful newspaper. It will be observed that the whole soul I tire stock of the yellow metal is only of the writer is in the little paragraph. and that the utterance Is bubbling over with enthusiasm. This is a striking departure for a Portland newspaper, and la important as showng that the antiuuated mossback spirit heretofore so general in the metropolis Is giving . away to a broadminded policy having for Its attainment advancement of the interests of the entire state. There are today perhaps half & mil lion people In ' Oregon the estimate may be a trifle low. Astoria, with 11000 or 15,000 population. Is the second city; Salem the third With 8000 or 10.- 000, and Baker the fourth, with 7000 or 8000. It can not be said that any natural cause Is responsible for 'the fact that the state has not advanced in all sections. Astoria Is better locat ed by far than Portland, has vastly greater natural resources, more water and every other requisite to make it a greater city than Portland, yet this city has but 15,000 people, while Port land has 100,000 or more. Portland en- Joyed the early advantage of railroad assistance, and Astoria did not There. In lies the secret of Portland's great nesj and Astoria's failure to attain the prominence which her location should give to her. The same statement may correctly be applied to the other sec ond-class cities of the state, although none enjoys the unsurpassed location of Astoria. Having secured the early advantage over the 3ther towns of the state, Port land has industriously i-triven to gather to herself all of the enterprises of Ore gon and to strangle self-effort on the part of her smaller neighbors Being her most dangerous rival for suprem acy, Astoria has received most of her attention. Quite naturally the state has sufTered because of Portland's narrow policy in the past, and it is gratifying to observe that the old spirit of antagonism to the other cities of Oregon is now being supplanted in the metropolis by a feel fng that all sections should be encour aged. It Is ridiculous for the people of one city to think they can represent the commercial Interests of an entire state. Salem and Pendleton should make our flour; La Grande should man ufacture our sugar; Baker "should pro duce most of our mineral wealth; As toria should furnish the salmon prod uct and most of the lumber, and, sit uated at the sea, should attend to most of the shipping. Each c!ty of the state has a speal function to perform, and it Is a grave commercial error for any other city to attempt to deprive her of the resources which rightfully be longs to her. Portland is the commer cial and financial center of the state, and probably will continue to be for many years to come. Advancement of any section of the state can not but help the metropolis Indeed, is essen tial to her wellbeing and Is lament- ablj the fact has been ignored for the past 25 or 30 years, . The Journal displays the right spirit There is plenty of room in this great state "f ours for Portland, Astoria, Sa lem, Baker and all the other ciUes, and it is largely to the discredit of the me tropolis that all of the towns named are not thrice their present size. With the passing of the one-town Idea Ore gon may be expected to Increase her population and commercial wealth, and $62,000,000. Her other resources are on a similar limited scale. It Is evident from such statistics, that Japan Is In no situation to stand the strain of a prolonged and expensive war. While the present conflict Is in prog ress, too, all sorts of Japanese trade and industry cannot fall to be seriously affected. Foreign commerce must neces sarily be interrupted, while heavy taxa tion for war purposes means Inevitably a lessened demand for the products of mill and factory and shop other than war supplies. New enterprises cannot be undertaken because the capital that Is needed for them wlU retire to hid lng places or will be reqquired by the government In other words, Japan has entered n struggle that means an enormous Increase in the consumption of national wealth and at the same time, an enormous decrease In the pro duction of national wealth. She Is burning the candle and a short can dle, at that at both ends. Apparently, Japans salvation rests In a brief but sharp war. Should Rus sia be able to prolong the struggle, the Indications are that it Is a matter of r.ot many moons when Japan may be driven Into bankruptcy unless. Indeed, her ally. Great Britain, should mean while come to her rescue with either money or armed forces. New York's Protest. Heaven defend us from the creation of "a state of Montesunw! With the oinpartlV merits of the two-state proposition, the fourtnto proposition and the no -state proposition we are nt now concerned." This la an article on nomenclature. It Is said In Wash ington that n two state project I again' talked of, and that the people of Arlso nu are to be forced unwillingly Into n state called Montesvima by submitting an enabling act for union with New Mexico to the combined population of the two territories. It Is calculated that Arliona would rather remain a territory than accept such statehood, but by this little game of bunco they are to be permitted to be a minority In voting themselves on a general bal lot of both constituencies Into the union The morality of that scheme might Bt another time arouseour Interest, but we are too deeply impressed by the hor hor of Montezuma to be moved by any such minor matter! Better to dwell In a perpetual state of slavery than be pitchforked Into a state of Montexumn 'says the New York Tribune. W ho wss Montesuma, that a sov ereign state of the American union should bear his name? What assoola tion has he with the land to be admit ted? Montesuma Is the more or less Incorrect name of a more or less myth leal Indian chief who at the time of the Spanish conquest dwelt about a thous and miles fmm the territory In question and probably never saw or heard of It. He was not a great warrior or states man, but appears to hive been an am iable weakling whose misfortunes cast about him a halo of sentimentality. It would be about as appropriate ' to call the propose! state after the Inrns, Pocahontas, Toussalnt L'Ouverture or the legendary Tammany. Congress men picking oul such a name suggests a romantic mother calling her child for the heroine of the last novel she wept over. If these two territories are to be combined there are already two good pumes available" Arizona Is euphonl- TJ I li Irll W'Jil m m i rX 'lf""'r "'T''vrinrsiri"rtn-imr-)) DECORATING IheqitK't, artistic Wnuty of any liome in easily marred by" lack of ttisto in wall decorations. Wo wish to state that the ,Now Year will liud lis in a bettor txwition to do decora t hig than ever before. New pattern are beginning to arrive, and all wo ask is that yon favor ns with an on poi tnnity to show you tlio lino. B. F. ALLEN SON. ?65-7 Commercial Street. BLACKSMITH I NOe GAXUUAGE AND WAGON BUILDING. FIRST-CLASS IIUIWK BHOEINO. LtOggltig Camp Work. All kinds of wagon materials in stock for sale. We guarantee the best work done in the city. Prices right. ANDREW ASP, Corner Twelfth and Dunne Streets. 'Phone 291, THE HOME OF THE MICROBES. If St Paul could have seen the time when 96,000,000 microbes would oe found on a single greenback he would have been more than ever convinced that the love of money Is the root of all evil, says the Saturday Evening Post The "health authorities through out the country are becoming aroused to the danger of disease-carrying cur rency, and Health commissioner war ilntrton. of New York, proposes that every piece or money in circulation shall be freely disenfected. At the same time congress Is asked to pass an act compelling the government to destroy all of the bills it takes In and pay out none but new ones. Of course, nothing ought to be al lowed to stand in the way of health, but It Is worth while to remember that under this arrangement bills of small denominations would be an extremely expensive luxury for our Uncle Sam uel. It costs the government a little over a cent and two thirds to print, Issue and redeem a note, regardless of its size. That Is over one and two thirds per cent of the value of a dol lar bill. If the notes were purely flat- Issued with nothing but the public credit behind them the government would, In fact be borrowing at three and one third per cent If they were redeemed twice a year, six and two thirds per cent If they were redeemed quarterly, and twenty percent If they were redeemed monthfy. But, In ad dition, It loses the interest on a huge gold reserve and an enormous mass of silver bullion, most of the small bills being silver certificates. The cost of printing and handling is Insignificant In proportion to the value of large bill, but It is very heavy in proportion to that of small bills. The Bank of England, which never pays out an old note, issues no notes for less than twenty-five dollars. In the number of pieces our bills above that number is not worth counting. What we really need Is a handy coin to take the place of the one dollar and ous and firmly fixed to one part of the soil. Descriptively nnd historically New-Mexico Is even better, and the enly reason for abandoning It would be the Jealousy of Arlxonans. New-Mex-it o has beer, the name known the world over for that region for four centuries. It has been In every geography since the arrival of the Spaniards. It Is as thoroughly naturalized as Florida or Louisiana or Texas or California. It Is older than Massachusetts or Vir ginia. It Is no more un-American than the names of any of the other territor ies which have come down to us from Spain bringing their titles with them, and no more a servile Imitation than New York or New Jersey or New Hampshire. The name should run with the land. It Is of historic Im portance. Wantonly to blot it from the map to replace It with some stupid new Invention would be a piece of verbal vandalism. Several names. Including that of Jef ferson. have been mentioned In con- gress for the consolidated territory, or even as a substitute for New Mexico should that be admitted with. Its pre sent boundaries. They should all be abandoned and one of the established names kept, preferably the older and more -descriptive. If rivalries make that impossible, however, a good local geographical name should be found in mountains or rivers, and all unbridled fancies avoided. Likewise names of persons should be avoided. Washing ton Is not a good name for a state, though the memorial to the father of his country may be rtardoned. It is awkward and leads to confusion. A name like Jefferson, already attached to a hundred towns, cities and counties, would be Inconvenient, Besides, it Is not euphonious. It Is not naturally the name of a country. Aside from the colonial names in honor of Individuals, and those all euphoniously transformed Into natural territorial designations, fall the states except Washington have had names which came to them natur ally from geographical considerations. The precedmt should be followed; and aljove all, let us not Ulcgrace ourselves with any Montezuma monstrosity! War Prisoners Released. Nagasaki, March 10. The crews of the merchant vessels captured by the Japanese warships since the war be gun, have Just been released and In all 400 Russians, Chinese and Germans have been turned over to their re spective consuls to be sent back to their own countries. Forty of the officers taken at the same time still remain at Sasebo. The coal cargo of the Nor wegian steamer Hermes 'has been released. St. Louis World's Fair News rROM HEADQUARTERS A Great Combination Offer anHMBinaaiMianaaHiailBaa"HaB . I We will furnish the Twice Week issue of tbe St. Louis Globe-Democrat WITH Till! Twice-a-Week - Astorian ro BothPapers SBoS i THE frT. LOUM ULOBK-DKMOCKAT is issued riemi-Weeklr, eitfbt pages or more, every Tuesday and Friday. 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ASTORIA AND COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD LEAVE iooi'ni 7:00 pm PORTLAND Portland Union De pot for Aatorla and WajfPointa AIUUVB :40 pm ASTORIA 7:45 a ml For Portland and 4:10 p in Way Points SEASIDE DIVISION ll:Min 10:10 pm l:ltam ll:S5ani t:D0pm (:15a m : a m 1:30 pm Astoria for Waren-I 7:40 a m ton, Ftavel Fortl 4:00 pm Stevens. IUtnmondi'10:4C a m land Seaside Seaside for War- renum, Flave!, Hammond. Fort! Stevens A Astoria! 11:60 p m 7:10 pm 1:24 am 'Sunday only All tralna mak close connections at Ooble with all Northern Pacific trains to and from the East and Bound potnta, 3. C. Mayo, General Freight and Pass. Agent. mm Oregon i Short Line and Union Pacific 70 hours from Portland to Chicago, No change of cars. Dlrt I'tilmgii I'urtUiid "(Hi'lnl vriAii, in vln Hunt. Million AtlniKlo HmKH IIKIlfUJ Kmin I'OUn.AMl Mnlt Uko, lioitvrr. Kl Worth, IJrnatiM, Kmi wi t'lty.Kt IjiuIh. 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Colonel Miranda, of the Mexican Rurales, will exhibit Jils famous vaque- ro saddle at the world's fair. This saddle, which. Is a work of art, cost 120,000 and has been eight or ten years In course of construction.