ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6.
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- ' SHOW YOUR PATRIOTISM,
i All good Astorians will attend the joint meet
I iig of the Chamber of Commerce and the Push
Club this ; evening. Astoria's interests are deeply
involved and the Astorians to whom Astoria always
looks in times of need must again display their
public spirit.
It is idle for The Astorian to further point out
tfce need of a modern hotel. The subject has been
discussed until the veriest itinerant is fully acquaint
td with the situation. It is patent to everyone that
the eity's greatest present need is a large hotel,
which would do more to attract capital to Astoria
than almost anything else which could be advocated.
Astoria has always bought what it wanted. It
iaa contributed liberally to secure new enterprises
i fcr the city, and the" present era of expansion has
resulted. It is about to reap the returns of its
' pahlic-spirit. The population has undergone a great
hange in the past three years and new people are
constantly arriving. On every hand new homes and
Business buildings are being erected, yet there comes
persistent demand for more homes and business
Bouses.
. Some of us perhaps may not realize it, but As
toria's long-deferred day has arrived. The city has
entered unon its era of prosperity. In the next
five years it will treble its population and com
nercial wealth. From a small, lively fishing center
2 will grow into a metropolis, and in time outstrip
all the other cities of the coast Nature decreed
that the greatest city of the west should be built
at the mouth of the Columbia, and nature's decree
will he realized.
But nature is crying out for assistance. She
roads to haul the grain east as fast as it is bought
This demand haa caused advances In wheat and flour
all over the country, though wheat has shown some
recessions from the high prices at Chicago during
the past several days. These are golden times' for
the wheat farmers. Proviawns- "are '' alsVahowing
more 'firmness. The corn and cotton crops are still
a matter of some uncertainty, but large crops of both
seem reasonably assured. Wool continues firm and
active at all important centers. The buying of hops
has been unprecedented, and though the 1904 yield
is not yet fully prepared for market, all but a small
fraction of it has already passed out of the growers'
hands and, what is especially gratifying, at extreme
ly high prices. More activity in pig iron is reported
and those conversant with the trade are predicting
better times in this industry. Large purchases of
hides in western markets have strengthened prices
there. So it will be seen that the country's great
staples are in most excellent condition, and this alone
almost assures another year of prosperity.
Thus far the movement of the crops, now com
mencing, has produced an appreciable effect on the
money market Rates are naturally a little firmer,
but no advance of any consequence has occurred and
no future stringency is expected. .
Our hx;al situation remains about as before. A
week ago it was feared that widespread damage had
been caused by the severe September rains, and, in
deed, the dry feed has been seriously damaged. But
fortunately the storm was followed by a hot, drying
north wind, which 'did much to modify the effects of
the storm. Grapes, hay, beans, tomatoes and some
grain on river banks have been injured, but the
ground has received such a thorough wetting that
unusually early plowing can be begun, so that the
rain was not such an unmixed evil after all. What
we want now is showers enough to keep the new feed
growing until the regular winter rains set in, and i
we get them we may consider, ourselves fairly em
barked upon another year of agricultural and com
mercial prosperity.
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las provided, us with our fisheries and", our mag
ifieent forests, but "she can neither prepare the
fish for market nor cut the trees into lumber. She
las provided us with the most glorious climate in
the world, but she cannot bring the people here,
or care for them after they arrive. The people of
Astoria must do these things. They are preparing
the fish and have made an excellent start in lum
bering, but they have thus far neglected to care
for those thousands of people who come to the city
rery month. They are now called upon to look
after this detail.
A start in that direction will be made tonight,
when the commercial bodies will meet at the Cham-1
Bar of Commerce rooms. All loyal Astorians will
Be there.
' : TRADE STILL IMPROVING.
. The last quarter of the year, upon which we have
entered, according to the estimates of financiers and
posted business men, will probably end better than
it began, says the San Francisco Call. As already
Mentioned, there has been a gradual expansion in
trade ' during the past month or two which
Bas extended all over tne country, 'inis is
doe to the decreased production of many
commodities, which has allowed the demand
to again overtake the supply, the settle
nent of several important labor disturbances, good
crop prospects, continued abundance of money, a
gratifying absence of the usual apprehensions pre
ceding a presidential election,' a belief that 'there
will be no deleterious changes in financial and tariff
conditions for a year at least, and an increasing
demand for all sorts of merchandise throughout the
country. These encouraging conditions are reflected
in a larger volume of bank clearings, improved col
fcctions in many parts of the country, a visible ad
vance in the jobbing and retail trades, increasing
railway earnings, an upward tendency in railway
and industrial stocks in New York, and in numerous
auaor ways which cannot be fully enunciated here.
But the improvement is with us and is perceptible
to everybody conversant with the trade, situation.'
The great staples are especially exhibiting mark
ed improvement. There is a heavy demand for wheat
all over the country to satisfy a largely-increased de
mand for flour. The millers are buying wheat' ev
erywhere. ' They have even entered the two north
em Pacific states as heavy buyers, have already pur
chased 10,000,000 pr 12,000,000 bushels and would
bow be taking a great deal more were they not com
pelled to pause by the inability of the overland rail-
EUROPE 'S SHORT FOOD SUPPLY.
According to statistics already of record, sup.
plemented by estimates from the most reliable of
ficial sources, most of the leading cereal crops
Prussia spring wheat, winter rye, barley and oats,
eo be more specific show a marked falling off
this year from the yield of 1903, owing chiefly to
the drought that has been long-continued and widely
extended in that country. Winter wheat is the only
German cereal crop that will show an increase this
year an advance from 1,759,952 metric tons in
1903 to 2,200,965 tons in 1904. But the net deficit
in all six crops this year will be 1,132,768 tons
and all of this shortage or as much of it as pos
siblewill have to be met by increased importations.
There is also a falling off in the yield of forage,
fruits and dairy products in Prussia this year.
Russia, Austria, uermany, Switzerland and
France are all in a similar situation to that of Ger
many, and have little or no surplus for export. In
creased importations, if they are to be obtained at
all, will have to come from distant sources Ar
gentina, Canada, Australasia and the United States.
There will be an increased demand in Germany
not only for corn, wheat and rye from the United
States, but for fresh and preserved fruit, dried and
salted fish and such meats as the present inspection
law of Germany permits to be imported. .
As for the United States, it will have less grain
for export this year than last even if the home de
mand for it were to be no greater than it was a
year ago and this is especially true of wheat. And
thus the situation , abroad is not one calculated to
depress the prices of agricultural products in this
country. 'In the absence of "bumper" crops the
law. of the compensations does not appear to be
passing the United States by in 1904.
THE SUMMER FALLOWED FARM.
Rudolph Gohlman gives an interesting story of
success on his summer fallowed farm m Lincoln
county, says the Seattle Post-rntelligehcer. The
land comprises one section, of 640 acres, near the
town of Harrington. Of this tract 590 acres were
planted to wheat this year. The owner had nothing
to do with the work except to pay the bills. When
me grain was tnresned it sola ior lo cents per
bushel. After payinz all expenses the crop return
ed a profit of $5,833.25. The income was for two
years, but it paid over 15 per cent on the investment
in land at $30 an acre.
The Harrington Citizen publishes the figures ai
given by, the owner of this valuable tract. The farm
was plowed last season at a cost of $1 an acre, or
$590. Seed cost $350 and planting it required an
expenditure of $500. Harvesting was performed
by contract and-cost $1462. Grain sacks were pur
chased in bales and cost'$333. The expense of haul
ing the grain to market, was $300. Thus the wheat
grower had an expenditure of $3535. The crop was
sold for $9368.25, leaving him the balance of $5,
838.25 for profit. . '
Tom Watson is not hampered by the necessity of
seeing to the judicious expenditure of a large cam
paign fund, .
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Wonder If that was an Astoria man?
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