THE MORNING ASTOUIAN, ASTOIUA, OREGON.
SUNDAY, JUNE IJ, 1907-
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THE
MORNING ASTORIAN
Established il79 ,
publiahed Daily Except Monday by
rik J. & DXLLINGER. COMPANY.
SUBSCRIPTION SATIS.
By rntU, per year,....
9y carrier, pr month.
.17.00
. .10
WISELY ASTOXUI.
, mail, per year, la sdyBo..l.W
cntsrrO u trconrt-cMM mail July
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loader uie ff Contol Mare t,
too,
TXLXPKONX MAIN Mi.
OffiMal ianer of Clatsop county ana
U City of Astoria.
a WEATHER.
4 Western Oregon and Washing-
ton Fair and warmer except
4 war coast.
. BACK-HANDED INFORMATION.
. Yesterday morning' Daily Oregouian
contained the following mistaken esti
'mate of populaf sentiment here, in As
toria in relation to the coming changes
in the maritime statu of the Columbia
Hirer:
"The Astorian (newspaper), once
thought that after the completion of
the railroad from Portland to Astoria
vessels from tb tea nevermore would
ascend to Portland. It thinks now that
after the completion of the northbank
railroad vessels nevermore will ascend
to Portland, but will stop at Astoria,
leaving' Portland too far inland ever to
be much of a town. Xow we have some
doubt about that."
Astoria never, for moment, baa un
dervalued the real and immense poten
tiality Portland signifies in the history,
commercial and otherwise, of Oregon,
nor has its press ever disparaged the
citv, as such, but has held it the biggest
factor in the busines field and social
life of the commonwealth. We have
deprecated Portland as a port, and will
probably continue to do so fop a while
vet. A a metropolis we, with tie rest
of the lesser communities of Oregon, are
quite proud of Portland and have no
other wish than to see it forge and
flourish and maintain it pre-eminence,
until Astoria, or some other city, shall
overtake it and share the class and
power it now holds undisputed.
But as to the excerpt above printed,
we are going to exercise our modesty
and allow the Oregonian, itself, to an
swer that; we are going to quote the
big paper, since it has ably and clearly
expressed itself on thishead in terms
we may not even hope to match for
clarity, precision and effect, and which
go the whole length of our present esti
mate of conditions, here, and at Port
land. In this behalf we offer the text
of an Oregonian editorial, uttered on the
10th day of October, 1894, which says:
"It is a mod time to press on the sen-
lorium of Portland the fact, never per
haps sufficiently understood here that
the advantages of the gateway of the
Columbia River over every other route
from the interior to the coast, never will
be fully asserted and established till a
railway be built along the river from
Portland to Astoria, so that the doctrine
of common points may be made to tell
in our favor, with all Its proper force.
Portland does not get the practical bene
fit of the sea-board rate on the products
of the interior, because there is yet an
other charge, to be met somehow, before
the sea board if reached. This Has at
times been covered in various ways, but
it always exists. The railways cannot
Jiume. But under their eeneral agree
ment delivery may be made from the
interior to Astoria ai well as to Port
land, whenever a railway line shall be
TtendeA tn Astoria. This not only will
meet the rivalry, but will establish an
movant?, for the Columbia River over
Piim Sound: and it is the only way
to get it Till this road shall be built,
whatever reduction may De mane 10
Portland from the interior will be made
also from the interior to Puget Sound;
anfl the transoort from Portland to As
toria will still be a residual quantity,
or remainder.
"It has always seemed to us that there
were persons in Portland who did not
rightly comprehend this important fact.
Though vessels may come and do come
to Portland, yet Portland if not on the
tea-board. Till the 'common point for
our great route of commerce, the point
in common recognized by the railways,
shall be actually at the sea, we shall
not get the full advantages of our pott'
tion. When, however, we get that com
mon noint extended on the man, we
shall have advantages over any other
commercial position in the Hortnwest,
because our chief competitors are not
on the sea, but 150 miles from it."
This being the season for realization
of those things which the Oregonian
ty-Onk. tor the W'I''J'V'I"",
Corporations and
Our Multi-Millionaires.
IT 13 gratifying to observe 'that our poople liave always taken
time to consider the problems of the times BEFORE ACT
LG. An interesting and important question today ia
! whether great individual and corporate wealth ia a menace.
Eoonomista have always disagreed over the DEFINITION
of wealth! 1 For u$ it will U enough to consider wealth m til our
worldlv possessions. It has alwava been the tendency of man to aspire
to health and higher conditions. This ia the MAINSPRING OF
HUMAN PIiOORs.
" Inour own country the result of the aspirations of men for wealth
and higher conditions has been the most marvelous growth recorded
by history. Americans DO NOT HOARD THEIR WEALTH.
They emjloy'it in buying Inxuries and in developing the resources of
the country. . ' i u.
Ws can refute ranch that has been said against our men of wealth.
The usefulness of these men has NEVER been appreciated. Shall
we ever forget what Americans of wealth John Adams, Thomas
Jefferson, John Hancock, James Madison, Robert Morris, George
Washington ill capitalists-Uid m colonial times I At the time of the
civil war, when the government was in financial distress, the
WEALTHY MEN came to the rescue. We all know how Senator
Leland Stanford bestowed his wealth in founding a California univer
sity and that John D. Rockefeller's money built the Chicago univer
sity. I might mention cases without number of where the seeds of
education have been sown broadcast from Maine to Texas by the rich.
Brightest among the galaxy of philanthropists shines the name of An
drew Carnegie. .
: 1 A great amount of wealth IN TOE HANDS OF ONE MAN
enables him to direct it in philanthropy and business in a way that will
cause it to ba of the greatest value in advancing the welfare of tho
country. The cry of "tainted money" very often causes the spirit of
the donor to be UNDERRATED.
While we now have billionaires, THE POOR ARE GROWING
RICHER and the list of taxpayers longer. There need be no fear for
the institutions of our couutry by the wealth of individuals, tlreat
capitalists are usually self made, and they are usually men of GREAT
CHARACTER as well as of great ability. Their wealth may be
abused in the hands of heirs. Laws could be passed to prevent such
abuse. .
Corporate bodies are often managed by irresponsible directors in
a manner that makes its wealth A MENACE. It is here that the
law has stepped in, and no doubt the enforcement of the laws will
Uminate the dangers.
THE REMEDY FOR CORPORATION WRONGDOING 13 POUND N
PUBLICITY. THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD PASS LAWS COMPELLING
ALL CORPORATIONS TO MAKE SEMIANNUAL ACCOUNTINGS.
w my U excused for religiously d- j
bering to the doctrine it t lonn
which time ha U but put into effiwt
here. We certainly hold to the prin
eiple that Astoria is the only fuport
on the upper coast and that iU harbor
i the one that will beat serve, nt
tnri alone, but the whole staU, and
incidentally, the entire Northwest, and
most certainly, the city of l'ortlanil.
We do not expect that vessel will
-top going up the river after the de
velopments of the near future have
made this the real port of Oregon anj
the common point rate on grain ha
been advanced to this city. We an
too well annriseil of Portland's anibi-
ping depot for all the measure-cut wood
ping depot for all the nieasturecut wood
out of Oregon, and we know site will
swing that phase of industry just h
long as she can, ana that vessels mum
go tip there after many of their cargoes
in sort; but we desire to figure as na
ture and the beat roles of commerce
intended we should, and once we assume
that spedfle attitude before the world,
we are quite willing to take our chances
of holding and increasing the prestige
such a consummation centers.
We have always had this ambition,
as. Portland is best aware; and that
time and the counter-movements of
commerce have, at last, justified our
claim to notice, and use, In this behalf,
it would be stranee indeed if we did
aught but strive for the farthest and
most consummate end of the deal, and
this we propose to do unremittingly
and as cleverly as lies in ouf power.
The Port of Astoria is toe next ana
newest maritime proposition in Oregon,
and in good time it will be the biggest
thing of its class ever Known in tne
Korthwest. ,
FINANCIAL MARKET TORPID.
Semi-Annual Money Settlements Cause
Strain On Money Resources.
NEW YORK, June 22. Securities
markets everywhere have been torpid
through the week owinz to the percep
tion that all available money resources
would be required to meet the strain
of the semi-annual money settlements.
Paris has continued to draw gold rfom
Xew York in this preparation and New
York's already depleted bank reserves
gives Indications that resources must be
guarded. While he tock and bond
mirkets have been barren of an yde
mand they were comparatively free
also from any pressure of liquidation.
The restored confidence over ft fair out
come of the octupus has not been de
terminal bv the week's event.
Conditions abroad give more anxiety
By
HENRY
CLEW,
Wealthy
New York
Ranker.
GROWTH IN TRAFFIC MARKS.
Southern Pacific's Figures Show Crest
Gains in Various Products.
How rapidly the Industrial wealth of
the Paeiflc Coast and Southwestern
State has grown in recent year, and
how transportation has kept pi" with
hi nhcnumenal development i shown
by compari-ons of trafflc figures in the
first and last annual repori. 01 n-
Southern Pacific Company, issued by
d,o nrpnt. management of this prop
erty. As n indication of the growth of
the territory served, the unprecedented
the transportation of various
products over all lines of the exhibit
when conidered a an index 01 rn
development.
Tl.i table has been prepared to show
the increase In the transportation oi
products of the farm ranch, mine, foreat,
and factory. The total increa-e in the
Southern Pacific's revenue tonnage from
1002 to 1006, inclusive, reaches a una
of 15,891,985:
1906 1902
All other . " . 38fl90 594,497
Agricultural products 40O,039!lJ78,9fiO
Animal
852213 259,070
Mineral
Fores fa
Manufactured
6,018,454il,075,486
4,751,49111,586,374
3,466,17811,268,517
22,454,894,6,562,904
Th ton of revenue freight carried
one mile have increased from 4JJ57,e,
iitn a flMRKfl7.303 in 1906. Oross re
ww (""I
ceipts increased in a smaller proportion,
for the reason that the larger business
done at smaller cost to the snipper.
In the same period, 1902-6, the number
of pasengers carried one mile on the
Houthern Pacific lines increased 97 per
cent., and passenger car mileage 113 per
cent. Receipts from passenger iruiuc
under the Harriman regime have increas.
ed 94 per cent. Oross transportation
receipts on the Southern Pacific have
n from SS3.543.821 in 1902 to $106,
832,550 in 1906, the last year reported.
LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
"75TxDOX. June 22. The lawn tennis
championship tennis meeting will open
at Wimbledon, Monday. Neither L. H.
or R. L. Doherty will compete, but the
presence of the American players, Miss
May Sutton of California, and Reals C
Wright, and Karhl H. Behr, the Austra
lian j A. F. Wilding and Norman Brooks
of New Zealand, lends attractiveness
to the field. The drawing today wa
fairly kind to the Americans. Wright
has to meet Wilding and Brooks in the
singles, while in the doubles Wrig'.it end
Uehr will have ft had time in meting
; Big Reduction
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SUITS, SKIRTS AND
SUITS
VALUES UP TO 135.00
'((' . . 1
; ; $17.50: : .
i i Notice to" our regular
patrons.
Ths abovs announcement I tU that
is necessary to thoat who haw at
tended, oar former salts. -;
To those who aavo not w Invite
Inspection to mry My la Astoria
and vicinity.
SilKlPetticoats
VALUES UP TO J7.50
$4.98
Sole agents for Standard Patterns. Sole agents for Dr. X
Warner's1 Rust Proof Corsets. White Linen Suits. X
SIHBT0
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THE PORT Or COLUMBIA.
Cleland. of the Multnomah cir-
,i.it hrm-h. has handed down iM.ion
upholding the constitutionality of the
Port of Columbia law. enseiw oy nir
Iat legislature, and tted at bar by
Mr. Svlveeter Farrell, a well known tax
payer and ex-member of the Oregon
Stit Pilot Cii'mllon.
W. of Astoria, without venturing t"
criticize the judgment, respectfully beg
to file notice of our non -concurrence,
an.1 to sncifst that we shall carry the
matte to all the court available, In
Iiia .eason and approved procedure,, and
that we hope to handle the matter
tn maka the decTee reversing the find
ings of the Portland jurlt co-iirldental
with the eitnblnhinent of the common
noint rata on trrnln nt the Port of As
toria) t conjunction that will be pecul
iarly appropriate and altogether satwy-
intf.
"We rest, may It please the court,"
FRUIT DEALERS AFFECTED.
Assert That Telejrsphers Strike Wilt
Injure Business.
CHIC AiK).' June .President Kar
of the ( liliago Ixwrd of trade and
retary Wren of the Chicago Mm-k Ex-
luiiiue declared ,it niirht th.it the .-an
Kmnrlwo teleyniphcr Strike will have
little effect on board of tm.Ie or stock
exchange business In Chicago,
Fruit dealers asserted that the strike
is likely to have a serious effect on their
bwdne. Shipments of perishable
fruit it Is declared, will be seriously
hampered a a i'ult of a luck of tele
graphic communication with Sun Fran
cisco and Oakland.
At the Western Union and Postal
office in Chicago list night all mes
sages for both strike point were ac
cepted subject to delay.
AMERICANS IN TROUBLE.
Two Americans Alleged to Have Been
in Salvadoi Row.
SAX SALVADOR. June 22,-Oeorge
and Edward Moissant, American citizens
who It i alleired. with a number of Sal
vadoreans conspired to capture the bar
rack, at Sonsonata a a party of Poten-
Mann Kscalon's revolutionary movement
are being tried for that offense. Mr.l
Merry the American minister, addressed
a communication to the government,
regarding the cae, threatening a ces
sation of diplomatic relations and de
manding an Indemnity for the arrest of
the Moissants. The Minister of Foreign
Relations denied the claim. He ha de
clined to refer the mutter to the Salva
dorean delegation at Washington.
OREGON-PACIFIC DEAL.
Long Drawn Out Lawsuit Ended In
Favor of Defendant. '
NEW YORK, June 22. One of the
most complicated and long continued
suits brought In thl jurisdiction for
many years was terminated in favor of
the defendants Thursdiiy bv a decision
of the United States court of appeals of
this district. The title of the suit was
"Hogg vs. Coe and another." Named
at intervals in connection with the ac
tion were John I. Blair Rowland Haz
ard, S. 8. Sands and Cieorge 8,. Coe. The
basis of the suit was the so-called Oregon-Pacific
deal, in which It was alleged
nnward of 12.000.000 was lost. '
, This suit was brought on assigned
DRY GOODS
claims originated by suWrtlwr to the
svtHlirt fund aealuH the !! of
tiitorg 8. Cot, former preldent of the
American Exchange Hank, who the
trustee under a certain syndicate agree
ment formed for the purpose of re
establishing some of the railroad inter-
ett, and charged Mr. Coe with bad
faith In the performance of hi tru.t.
JAPS CONSIDER.
Joint Meeting of Fl Chambers of
Commerce to Consider Situation.
TOKIO. June 22.-A Joint nieetlnn of
five chamber of commerce was called
for today to consider and pss resolu
tion on the American nue-tinn. but ow-
Inu to the Inability of repr"nttiv
from Kyoto and Kobe to arrive In time.
the formal meeting w postponed, lb
!tlente4 are however ennected each
next week. The chamber of commerce
to be repreientcd are those of Toklo,
Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and Yokohama. It
U apprehended that the sub ret of eont'
menial' relation thought It might eonie
up for discus-Ion, wi'l not nunie any
ili'llniti. form. -Mt careful deliberation
I expected before any resolution I
given fin 1 1 form.
WISDOM NUGGETS.
(From "Succc Magazine.")
The mnn' of grit rnrrie in hi pres
ence a power which spares him the
necessity of resenting insult.
It I ld thst If Xiipolcon hnl 'pent
more time at hi meals and Alexander
the fireiit had spent 1cm, the life of
fach rotim easily nave ueen uouniea.
nn.l tvat .r. flltlll tn til 111.
egrity of nerve and brain. Fe.r can
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WE ARE BOLK AGENTS.
i The Foard & Stakes Hardware Go.
jiit'iMirurnbvu
ftiiffiMiAtu in TcatA h. fttokM C.
Sale
JACKETSj
Dress vSkirts
Best values of the season.
13.25 value.....".!, $2,40
8.75 I 2.85 1
4.75 " 3.48
MO Li. ill..; 3.50 I
..dM 4j;il:.!f4.5o
7.60 " 5.40?
An indltsi sssortmtnt of whttt '
skirts, to ouck Umb, mohslr, wool, ',
sorts, la' tbi sMson'i'im'srttst stylos. !
Jackets
$20.00 values ...,...$12.5 I
15.00 " ............ 9.95 :
7.50 " ........ ... 4.95
Shows la silk, broadcloth 'aal !
coverts. '
COMPANY
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sting like a scorpion and torment like a
scourge.
It Is said that cavalry horses when
their rider have been shot in battle
wil often come together at the sound of
the bugle call and go through their eus
tomsry drill from tea forte of habit
The men who works by proxy i apt
to find himself In the position of Mile
sundl.h, who sent hi friend John AI
den to propose marriage for him to
1'rlscllla, and lost what he w after.
RAILROAD HISTORY.
The Nova Scotia Railroad after leav
ing Wolfvlll twist under the elbow of
th hill, and a little box of a way sta
tion, set casually In a hsyfleld, beara
the neiue of the Acadian village. The
site of Evangeline Grand Pr I half a
mil aero the meadows) but some
kindly Anania of the railway ha set
up, in the (k yard of the station, as
It were a group of such stick-smt board
sign a normally bear the legend!
"Keep off the gnus." Approaching, we
read: "Site of Renedlct llellrfontaiiie's
llone," "Site of Hall's Forge, and so
on. A whimsical and an accommodating
thmiahl. this-l,i lesv the rule tourist
huiTjlng by in the Flying Uluenoi a
vsrnlshed train with a pink engine, the
germ of an historical collection. The
Travel Magazine.
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AN IDEAL TRIP
Via the CANADIAN PACIFIC ROUTE
The popular route
T'l - . .-....! - ...... A i
4 lie ifrvai. vwuiv runt .
The line la equipped with the fl'ift
pnssenger train in the world.
The " come and bo" feellnc that you
eperienca after taking Hollistr'e Rocky
Mountain lea is simpiy wonuerrui.
Drugs Increase your weakness. Thia
remedy doe the business. 35 cents, Ten
or Tablet.
held to be so essential and vital then
than the domestic position.
A. W. Gore and Barrett.