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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1905)
TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1909. THE MORNING ASTOKIAN ASTORIA. OREGON. THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 187S. rnMUhod Dally (Except Monday) by iHE J. 8. DELLINGER COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year ft 00 By mall. pr month :. IH By carrier, per month 10 WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mall, per year, la advance . .11 (0 Entered at the postofllce at Astoria Oregon a secon4-clasa matter. 3v OnWt frtr ih dtOlvMrln nf Tl VnaviNA s nuue oj doaiaj oara or toroofo tw poo. Any tmifuWrty In deljTwy should be fBueawcwy reported lo u ooios at puouosuon. Ttltphont Main Ml. Today' Weather. Oregon and Washington, Tuesday occasional rain. H 0 There seem to be a dlfCtrenc of opinion aa to whose la the next move npon the chessboard of war and peace. from Russian inspiration, that Russia The statement Is made apparently would welcome peace, but will not ask for It, expecting Japan to offer It on moderate terms. It is easy enough to understand that Russia is reluctant to cry "Enough!" in a war which she so jauntily and confidently provoked, and to sue for peace from a power which he affected so much to despise. The logic of the case would seem, however. to place that onus upon her. It is forthe beaten party to ask for peace. That Is teh rule In war. The victor has no need to seek an armistice or to ask for terms. Of course if Russia does not consider herself beaten, or sufficiently beaten to need a respite from the strife there Is no reason for her ever welcom ing peace if Japan should offer it. We observe that some of her diplomats are still talking bravely, as Is becoming to them. But when they say thai the sequel to Mukden will be like the se quel to Llao-Tang, not peace negotia tions, but reinforcements they should remember that despite these rein forcements, Moukden Itself Is the real sequel to Llao-Yang. Kai-Ping and Hal-Cheng were not avenged, but were repeated In Increased severity at Llao Tang, and Llao-Yang has not been avenged, but has been repeated In still worse form at Moukden. Is the series to be continued at Tie Ling? Or at Klrln? Or at Harbin? It is not difficult to appreciate Rus sia's feelings in the matter. It is galling to be beaten and to acknowl edge defeat. We can understand the demand that In whatever terms of peaca are made, "Russia's position In the far ea-t must be recognized." "We sincerely hope she will be dealt with generously. Nevertheless, it might be asked whether Russia and her allies recognized Japan's position in the far east ten years ago. Japan cer tainly seeemed to have, logically and morally a stronger position there than than Russia has now. Yet she was com pelled to sacrifice and to abandon it If then the victor was not permitted to retain the legitimate fruits of victory, it might be asked upon what ground teh vanquished should now be permit ted to retain the position she had be fore the war. It Is to be assumed, how ever, that Japan will show In the terms of peace which she may dictate the reasonableness, the courtesy and the generosity which have marked her conduct from the beginning of this tragic controversy. She will hereafter herself be the dominant power in East ern Asia. But she realizes that there are other powers seated there. Russia among them, and that It Is to her in terest to be on good terms with them. She does not mean to deprive Russia of Siberia, and she knows that for the sake of her own commerce and indus tries she ought to be friendly with the sovereign of Siberia. We look, there fore, for a modus Vivendi In the terms of peace that will put the present bel ligerents upon a neighborly footing and not keep them glaring at each oth er over double shotted guns. The historic fact of record must be remembered, too, that in the negotia tions before the war, when Japan was so earnestly and so patiently endeav oring to effect an amicable and equita ble settlement of all disputed points with Russia, It was Japan that took the lerfd. It wa Japan that pressed for settlement. It was Japan that pro posed the terms. It was Japan that sent the lettters witd Russia, with what seemed like arrogant scorn, de layed to answer. It was Japan's move then, and she made it. Now Japan might well Insist It Is Russia's move. It ;is for Russia now to send message and to ask for terms. We do not know that Japan- will Insist upon it. She may generously offer the armistice which her beaten foe is too proud to ask, and by thus paring Russian feel logs may facilitate the conclusion of a lasting and honorable peaoe. Rut what. Is evident and Indisputable is that It Is at least as much Russia's move as It Is Japan's. It may well be that It would be to Russia's advantage to make the move without delay. To do so would probably Ingratiate the government with the people at home who have from the first been opposed to the war and who have long been demanding that the government shall seek peace: and It should be evident, even to the "war party" at St. Peters burg, that the good will and loyalty of the Russian people and the mainten ance of the Integrity of European Ru sla are, after all. more to be desired than the acquisition of a Manchurlan province. United and prosperous Rus sia without a single rood of Manchur ian ground might be a great and pow erful empire, while the possession ot all Manchuria and Korea to boot could not redeem Russia herself from revolt and anarchy. o home industries: There Is a growing sentiment In As toria and Clatsop county to patronize home industries and home Institutions. This sentiment has been stimulated by the press of the city, whose support comes from home merchants and are interested la keeping the trade and money at home. By patronizing homt merchants means those that are ac tually engaged In business here and are not a branch or In any way con nected with any Portland or San Fran cisco house. There is no difference In patronizing Portland or. San Fran clsvo merchants than In patronizing their branch stores In Astoria. All the money, over and above the t$ltl mate" expenses, Is sent to the homt house. Among the Institutions In Astoria that are not home merchants, but be long to San Francisco, Is the Great Eastern Tea Company. This com pany Is owned in San Francisco. It's manager lives there. All the money spent at its store Is sent to the home office and Astoria does not receive any benefit form the concern. It seldom contributes to any local entertainments Fourth of July celebrations, regat tas or any enterprise for the benefit of building up the city or encouraging manufacturers because the clerks have no authority to contribute and the manager lives In San Francisco. They simply take trade away from the home merchants, who live here, pay taxes, contribute to all entertainments and celebrations. Another thing, their prices are as high as the home stores. They have a sale every otner day ot some Kina. as a bait to catch suckers, but there Is no reduction In the prices. There Is not an article of goods sold by th Great Eastern Tea Company that can not be purchased at Ross, Higgins Foard & Stokes, The Astoria Grocery, A. V. Allen, as cheap, and you get fresher goods, because they do more business In one day than this itiner ant company does in a month and their stock Is turned over oftener. If Astoria Is to grow and its re sources developed,, and new people brought In to cultivate our lands, it must be done by giving the support of the people to strictly home concerns If an Itinerant coffee and spice outfit will not contribute to -entertainments, celebrations or regattas, the people should not patronize them. Th"r should be a community of Interests actuate everyone interested In Asto ria, and no one should receive a dol lar's worth of patronage who Is not willing to assist In building up the city, and the Great Eastern Tea Com pany has seldom contributed one cent to any enterprise in which Astoria Is Interested, and never will They are simply here to make what money they can and take It to San Francisco. They are not an Astoria concern, but simply a branch house, and no branch house is worthy of the patronage of the peo pie. Patronize your home merchants and they will patronize you, and th money will be kept at home. The money that Ib sent out of Astoria for goods than can be purchased at home and of home merchants, is so much money taken out of the circulating medium of the county. o PIE OF COMMERCE. The Arrtl-Adulteratcd Pie League of Chicago has fikd a complaint with the office of the Illinois State Food In spector, who is raiding metropolitan restaurants to see whether their paslr) contains substances Injurious to the human organs. Nearly 100 lunch counters In Chicago have been Investi gated and the pies, especially th mince pies, have been shown to con tain rubber boots, overalls, embalmed beff, and as much as one raisin to the pie. In this they resemble some of the pies found at the Astoria restaurants. The bottom crust of the pie has been discovered to have been made of gal vanlzed cement, more suitable for street pavements than for internal di gestion. The upper crust Is made ol asbestos and Is guaranteed absolutely fire proof. It Is possible that the Investigation was ordered on account of the Increase in crime in Chicago. Instances have been discovered that where a mild tempered man has eaten one slice of Chicago pie he has gone home and walloped the stuffln' out of his mother-in-law, to say nothing of many less heniou often, U Is stated by pr fessors In the Chicago universities, where all new Ideas are promulgated that the beef trust is back of the pie foundry concerns, and that eggs that have been through an liu-ubator : nine months and failed to hatch, com prise some of the component ingredi ents of the Chicago pie. We have de tected something similar to this In th Astoria pie, but (he salt air from the ocean has acted as a sort of disin fectant, so that the results have not been as bad here aa in Chicago. The membership of the organUa Hon, which has been widely advertise.! in the Chicago papers, increases en ormously, so great is the proportion of the Chicago peopel who have suf fered from Improper pie. It is a fart that Chicago, while distant from tin New England "pie belt" is the center of the ple-nianufactuilng Industry The dally consumption of pie In the city and state Is snld to be astound ing. As a matter of consequence if the pies are adulterated the dlgvs tlon, good humor and prosperity of the commonwealth Is at stake. The food Inspector has been so aroused to sense of his duty that the raids are continued night and day the unhal lowed evidence of ple-adulteratlon be ing preserved for criminal prosecution. Neglect to inspect our "swagger" stock of Clothing for spring, built for Man or Boy HMlMfr V MnSi HJnn4 END OF MAN. It is always some Chicago professor that Is doscoverlng Something new under the sun. They have discovered everything of Importance during- the past few years, except why the police men never catch a murderer or hold up artist. Prof. Samuel Wllllston, oc cupying the chair of paleontology of the University of Chicago, recently de livered a lecture upon the "Future In habitants of the Earth," declaring It to be his belief that man will be extinct on this earth In three million year. The word paleontology means ''the science which treats of the ancient life on earth, or fossils which are. the re mains of such life." The result of this prophecy will no doubt lead to the paralyzing of hu man Industry- Such enterprises as the Astoria hotel, the Panama canal and the Astoria Civic Improvement League, will scarcely have time to formulate their plans during this brief period In which man will Inhabit the earth. It will also have a tendency to pre vent some men from paying their bills. as they will be barred by the statute of limitations by that time. If man Is to pass away In 3,000,000 years what Is the Vise of fighting so cialism, battlelng against demngogry downing the trusts or Insisting on po lice Commissioners Cook and Raker resigning. It will all be forgotten so soon. What avails fame, since glory Is to fade In S.000,000 years. With birds owning the earth who will reach Frenzied Finance," or Mrs. Chad wick's Confessions?" Prof. Wllllston't prediction. If generally accepted, will put a damper upon human ambition- There were many Improvements in contemplation In Astoria, like the sen wall and building the approaches U the west side of the Lewis unl Clark bridge that will have to be abandoned. It won't even give congress on oppor tunlty to pass a resolution on the ef fect of the Santa Dominican treaty on the clam Industry of Clatsop county, and other Important matters that have been under consideration since Lewis and Clark made salt at the Seaside salt cairns, it simply means a con tlnuatlon of republican rule In the United States until the hist mun is out of office and the birds of the air In habit the earth. It Is possible that the event would have come sooner had it not been for the fact that so many birds have been killed off to supply the demand for trimmings for easier bonnets. The Man Who is fond of good clothes is the man wc like to see come into our store. Once he tries on one of our easy, neat fitting, double or single breast ed suits, 'tis a sure sale $10.00 to 530-00 The Boy : Who is fond of gar ments that is "chock" full of style, and qual ity to withstand the strain that a boy full of life and vigor is bound to put them to, will be delighted with such clothing as 'we are showing 52.00 to 13.00 ayyrigM !M f to 4 HlSs A new lot of Australian lump coal Just received. There Is no fuel so con venient, satisfactory and economical as first class coal. Australian coal burns freely with little ash and no clinkers. You can have It sacked ot in lumps. Free delivery. Ring up phone 1961. ELMORE & CO. UNHAPPINESS DISPELLED. Ken and Women I'nanimoos About It. Many women weep and wall and refuse to be comforted because their once mag nificent tresses have become thin and faded. Many men Incline to profanity because the flies bite through the thin thatch on their cranium. It will be good news ' to the miserable of both sexes, to learn that Newbro's Herplcide has been placed upon the market. This Is the ne scalp germicide and antiseptic that act; by destroying the germ or microbe that Is the underlying cause of all hair de struction. Herplcide Is a new prepara tion, made after a new formula on an entirely new principle. Anyone who has tried It will testify as to its worth. Try It yourself and be convinced. Bold by leading druggists. Bend 10c. In stamp for sample to The Herplcide Co., Pe troit, Mich. 'Eagle Drug Store, 251-353 Bond St., Owl Drug Store, E49 Com. St, T. F. I-aurln, Prop. "Special Agent" mm .Every Woman U interested ami uioua Know - six. ut Uit wonumm MARVTL Whirling Spray 0 new ww hfrtw. tnjtr turn at Auriiim. Uhf 1 Most CoriMWitm. i l TMf 4rmwM far ft. if h ritmioiinpply thfl MAUI KL. ki'ilit no fil.t.r Ik it svnd ntBlfit) fuT ,11 rMtrtimiiraikiHl 1irff mrrt 111' rumr.M to ). WKLCO., 41 ft now aw m vra Every garment guaranteed to give entire satisfaction or your money refunded P. A. STOKES KEEPS A DRESSY SHOP FOR DRESSY MEN. THE STAR THEATER AsUrla'e Fashionable Vaudeville house In connection with Star and Ar cade theater ef Portland. Chang ef Program Monday. Change of Aeta Thursdays MATINEE DAILY AT 2i48 MONSTER BILL . . . Week- Beginning March : P. M The Man-els of the Age TWO BROS. HUNTS The Greatest hand-to-hand and head' to-head balancing duo before the public. THE KRONAS eonv-dy sketch team NELLIB EMERSON Prlmler Danseuse In a Duxxllng S-rl-s of Pirouettes. RYNARD AND MKLBOfRNE Comedy sketch, singing and diwx-lng Pictured Melodies by RICHARD CHARLES Tve a Longing in My Heart for You Lousle" EDISON'S PROJECTOH 'Ol'E Arl.l Illlllnrd I'liiylng Gluttonous Negro Frightful Night Modern Style Housewives First National Bank of Astoria ESTABLISHED 1886 Capital and Surplus $100,000 JAP-A-LAC THE MODEL FINISH FOR FLOORS, WOODWORK, METALWORK AND FURNITURE. Wears Like Iron. B. P. ALXEN SON Admission, 10c, any seat. $fl heading we wish to call your attention to our Window Display of Office Supplies Tim 8aver" have a look com In and let u show you goods and quote you prices. If you are sending out of town then we can av you money. If you want something yeu don't n window w will get it for you cheap er than you oan get It yourself. J. N. GRIFFIN X? The Palace Cafe. The Best Restaurant. Regular Meals 25c. Kverything the Market Affords. Sunday Dinners a Specialty. r t Palace Catering Co 1 I'ln your faith to us. We will tut, ply you with the best and freshest quality of drugs and druggist's sund ries ,that your money can buy. Just now we would call attention to the sal of Fine Toilet Soap Which hns cunllty aa lta keynote. Here or a few smnplei of tb good values your money will buy: Conte'i Imported Custlla Soap, (Go a bar; fancy Toilet Soal from 25c to 10o a box. FRANK IURT, Druggist. Corner 14th and Commercial Sts ASTORIA IRON WORKS JOHN H)X. Hrw.ndSn)t f. L. HISllor.HwriMary A.I..KOX. Viet. iTexIdent. AHTOKIA HAVlNtiH BANK, Tret Designers and Manufacturers of V v THR LATK8T IMPROVED CANNING MACHINERY, MARINE ENGINES AND BOILERS. COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. x Foot of Fourth Street, ! - ' ASTORIA, OREGON.