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THE MORNING AS TOR IAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1907. . THE HORNING ASTORIAN Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday by XEX J. S. BELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail pr year. ....... 17.00 By carrier, pr month. .00 WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, is advance. . .$1.80 30. al tii postoffloe at Astoria. On- . Ml I . A.- .V - A-U .1 tf ..mm nmuroaux totttlxr rwMsnc ar pkwa of WDoaocpuouoauoa. - TELEPHONK MAIN 661. Official racer of Clatanv Countr and Tb Pacific States people do not do things by halves when one they start in upon an improvement, a witness the! fine system they gar tha Capital City when they rebuilt their lines ami ap point men ts there; ami the conclusion here ia that we are to get something just a good. $0, expecting much, we are not disposed to be put off with little nor, from the history of the company, will we be disappointed. 0 SOKE VALUABLE HINTS. COMMERCE WEATHER. Western Oregon and Washing- Ion Generally fail except rain sear coast. THE INTERFERING HOLIDAYS, While all men are willing to admit the expediency of the "legal holiday,' as it ha been applied by Governor Chamber' lain, in behalf of the extraordinary finan cial titration in Oregon, it cannot be denied that the long-drawn barrier is operating adversely in hundreds of other important .relations and direction. Perhaps the most pronounced of these m the obstruction it eeta up in the doing of those things commanded bv the stat utes of the State to be done at specific times, in the matter of public roads, elec tions and numerous other cases, where the county courts are compelled to pro ids certain things and make certain appointment, etc. It may be these laches can be cured by special act of the Legislature, con rened in special session, this winter, and that the attempt xrill be made; but all the same, the non-performance of specific duties, due to the avoidance of the regu kr terma of these, and the other, courts ; of the state, and the negation of their mandatory duties, ia bound to create enowas confusion unless the broadest possible relief is granted. Every court in toe state ia at a stand' still save tha federal tribunals, and the check thus imposed interferes with a myriad other elements of public and priv at business, the most of which must suffer loss and derogation, especially in tne ease of term contracts, notes, bonds, and other forms of engagement. To this end, we hope the Governor will see to it, instantly, that nothing is left undone to amend a situation that re quires the most delicate, yet thorough, redemptory handling. . If the wrd of men who hare made prolonged study of the matters here dealt with, u of any avail in the exploit ing of hidden resources, Aatoriana and Clatsopians generally, have fair war ranty for coins far and deep after coal. gas, oil, and brick and pottery ear tha. The hints have been riven us in tan gible, practical form, and it is up to our sense of business and commercial expediency to formulate the plans and supply the funds upon which all these valuable issues shall be determined. forthwith. They are all staple products and the signs are thick and convincing; time and nerve and cash are essential to the real isation they promise and hold; we have all three, in abundance, and it only re mains to apply them and make good. cannot sit still and wait for a convulsion, of nature to throw these things into our commercial lap. e must "convulse" a bit, ourselves and an ticipate the organic upheaval bv a few thousand years, getting the benefits in the meantime. Nature has already cast her kindly hints for our guidance and the trained intelligence of man supple ments her friendliest suggestions; there fore we have a safe predicate for the several ventures and the sooner they are solved, the better! THE WORD OF CHEER. When a man of the calibre and com mercial status of Theodore B. Wilcox rises in a semi-public meeting such as was held the other evening at the Com mercial Club rooms in Portland, and says a cheerful word alx ni the dubious things confronting all his fellows, the effect is magical and far-reaching. He is being quoted all over the Northwest today and with confidence, because he is not only one of the best posted business men of the country, but because ha has vast interests at stake himself, and his cour age ia paralleled by his optimism. There are men who are not a worn friends of Mr. Wilcox and who might deprecate his opinions os subject differing radically from the one on which he declared him self so happily and manfully the other evening, who will subscribe readily enough to his jolly prophecy and count him a safe and reasonable prophet, sim ply on the ground that no man in this upper country is qualified to "speak by the card" a he is. At all events he has lightened the situation plainly and all are thankful for it. Conferences to be Held In Effort to Centralize Work. STUDY COMMERCIAL PROBLEM No Provision at Present for Systematic work in Connection With Department of Commerce and Labor and Commer cial Bodies ia Nation's Cities. tMMtMMHIIMHIIIIIIIMHHMMMMHMHMtttMMUMIMMIHHUMMMIM . EDITORIAL SALAD. 4 TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE.. The news that the steamship Senator is to be placed on the San Francisco-Astoria-Portland run, is good news, since vessels of that type are sorely needed in this particular service. The City of Panama and Costa Rica, the vessels now doing duty are both inadequate and out of date, and should be retired to some branch of service where the niceties of refined travel are not demanded as they are upon this heavily patronized, system whereon the best posted people of the earth are passing constantly and leav ing pointed statements of comparison be hind them that are not cheering a little bit. The Senator is, practically, a mate for the fine steamship St. Paul, unhappily (wrecked last year, there being but tons difference in their registers. She is splendidly appointed, and while not a swift ship, she is one that it will be a pleasure to travel upon at all times. She comes. out of the Alaska trade, and is ready for business here; and is likely to get it in abundance. . Paris papers are printing pedographs from copies transmitted by telegraph by a method known as telestereography. We suppose descriptive text accompanies same, sent by tellafellowallaboutitphy. New York prices have risen so high that there is said to be an "East Side meat peril. When we recall the last 'peril" there iwe should says recall the police t General Bingham's promotion of men 1 on the Aew York police force by "iudic ous skipping" of eligible only shows 1 that he has been accustomed to pick the Winners. The uselesaness of twenty-dollar gold pieces in paying five-cent trolley fares has brought home to New Yorkers dux ing the past few days. It almost seems like the Happy New Year event iwith all these "kind words" from Japan. Frame them, by all means. Mr. Taft is hurrying homeward. It must be fear of that Henry Cabot Lodge boom. TELEPHONE CONSTRUCTION. At last, after months of patient wait ing, Astoria is to have the distinct benefit of a brand-new telephone system throughout. The superintendent of con struction of the Pacific States Company is here with hia foreman, overlooking the entire system and lining up the work that ia to be done by the gang of experienced workmen due here in a few days. The company has promised much, and now that it is in position to resume its operations along this line, will un doubtedly make good in every particular and lnstal, in permanent fashion, the latest and best of services; because As toria, after all these years of waiting and multifarious promises, Is not to be satisfied with less. It is small consolation to a man who wanted to be Democratic Governor of New Jersey to tell him another fellow came nearer back in McKinley' time. By the time Kentucky has enforced prohibition a little longer a Republican i majority won't look so queer to it. One profession that has not been over crowded recently is that of paying teller. COFFEE Schilling's Best is a busi ness-like name; you know what it means; and it means what you want. Your grocer returns roar sioner If 70a dea'l Uli In we pay bim. WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov, H.-Se cretary Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor has iuvited a num ber of couiuiervial bodies to meet with him on December 5th to cousider me thods of establishing closer relations be tween tlie comuiereial bodiea of Uis eouutry and the Department. Those in vited to send delegates include tit Chamber of Commerce of New York City and the New York Board of Trade and Transportation j the Chambers of Com merce of Atlanta, New Orleans. Boston, Minneapolis, St, Paul, Cincinnati. Cleve- Lnd, Portland, Oregon, Pittsburg, Char leston, S. C, Galveston, Richmond, Se attle and Milwaukee; the Boar Is of Trade of Chicago, Baltimore and Phil adelphia and the Merchants Exchange of Cincinnati. So many cities are inter ested in this proposition that it was im possible to accommodate delegates from all at one time and consequently several conferences will be held. The idea of these conferences is to erystaluo the work of extending our foreign commerce in manufactures and they will be held during the winter for the effect their action is expected to work of extending our foreign commerce has been largely increased during the past few years, especially aince the or gnnization of the department of Com merce and Labor and of the Bureau of Manufactures, at the same time the United States is far behind other countries in its study of commercial conditions and .its efforts to push the sale of its manufactured product. Con plaint is often heard of the progress made by Germany and other countries and the lack of effort on the part of our manufacturers to press their goods in foreign markets, whereas the success of the German merchants could b more correctly attributed to the indefatigable efforts of the German government to find markets for German manufacturers. A striking illustration of the duTerence oetween what the German Government does in this direction and what is done by the United States, is a comparison between offices of the American Con sulate General at Berlin and that of the German Consulate General at New York, which offices may be considered of equal importance to their respective countries The American Consulate General at Ber lin is assisted by a deputy who acts as consul general in the absence of his chief, and who is charged with responsible work all the time, and who draws the munificent salary of 81,000 per year The staff consists of three clerks with still sammer salaries, together with a deputy consul general who receives no compensation. The staff of the German Consulate General at New York consists of a Consul General, one consul, three vice consuls, one commercial attache and a force of translators, clerks, etc., mak ing a whole staff of about thirty persons or more than that of the entire Bureau of Manufactures of the Department of Commerce and Labor, which is charged with the promotion of commerce with the iwhole world. While the time of our consuls is taken up with routine work the foreign office and the Department of of Commerce of Germany are promptly supplied, with up to date information on any matter which may have the remotest bearing upon German interest in the United States or upon German-American relations anywhere in the world, because they have men with expert knowledge and free from routine work stationed in the principal center of the world for that purpose. In connection with the coming confer ences an official of the Department of Commerce and Labor today said: "It is highly important that the people for whose benefit the work of the Depart ment is to be done be kept In close touch with it. Today there is no provision for systematic cooperation between the department and the various commercial and trade associations which are most affected by its work. Except for the correspondence which goes on between the Department and individual business firms and occasionally some commercial organization nhcre is no medium by which) regular interchaiwre of opinion and active cooperation on a comprehen sive scale could take place. While our chambers of commerce and other bus! iK-sg associations are not organized on the lines of the German chambers, never theless they are a part of the business Put Your Money in MAIL t .' ' V": : . Plan your WorhL then Work Your Plan. !1 ,1 as mm GO.. 495 Commercial Street. Astoria. bWrfnn world, and could help our department both by furnishing useful information and advice and by helping to disseminate the information which it can cive to the business community. The mere know ledge of tha fact that tha Department desires and can use such information would prompt) these ortranitatloM to ctaimunlcat facta to tha Department which today, frequently remain unknown for want of a proper understanding of tneir importance or for lack of establish ed avenues of communication and dis semination. What ha been said of the cooper! os between this Department and business organisation in this coun try is also true of cooperation with Am erican chambers of commerce abroad, which would be mad to render useful servirt to the country at large through the medium of the Department." While It is hoped that the Chambers of Commerce will through closer relations with the Department, become valuable adjuneta in the commercial campaign, it 1 not expected they will attain the pro minence of the German Chambers of j Commerce as the condit ions are so diffe rent. In Germany the Chamliers of Com merce are senil-(Jirk'iat 4odi whose function and activities are strictly re gulated by law. Their representative bodies consist of men elected by the manufacturers and wholesale drillers in each district Membership In the con stituent body of the Chamber of Com merce Is conpulsory and whether a bus! nes man takes part in the election of representative members of the organ ization or not, it is required of him to contribute bis snare to cover its expen ses. The Chambers are required by the governments of the different German States to make annual reports to the Minister of the Interior, or Commerce, which reports are transmitted to the Imperial Departments. These oriran izations also serve as the medium through which confidential information a to trade openings ahroal is communi cated to manufacturers and exporters aad it 1 to these bodies that German business men resort whenever they have any grievance to which they desirs to call the attention of the Government Germany is by no means alone in this work of promoting foreign commerce. Similar effort are being mad by the leading nation of Europe, such as Great Britain, France, Austria Hungary, Italy and Belgium. , Among the propositions which will be considered by the conferences will be the advisability of maintaining com mercial attaches at our foreign embass ies end legations on the tine of our mil itary and naval attaches, and also the increase of the Tanff Division for the purpose of more thoroughly studying and compiling information concerning tbe tariff law of other countries and proponed and accomplished changes therein. . , . THE GEM C. F. WISE, Prop, Choio Wine, Unr Msrthaati Luck Fn '1 ' ' ; if i i m4 agin l V f ; M,l . to itje f a ' He track it S Bout ) Cntt Cermef Urrssth ana Caaunarekl . UftWA . ., iwcAna MTTEMES ' Astoria Hardware Co., - 113 12ti St. Sherman Transfer Co. , 'Mil ttBl'" ' I '" '', it ; EENRY SUER MAN, Mansgsr Hack, Canrlagea-Baggag Cheeked and Transferred-Truck and rurattm Wagon-PIauot Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433Commardal Stmt Kail PhOM mi SGOf BAY IRON & BRASS fORK ASTORIA, OREGON IRON AND BRASS FOUXDEBS LAND AXD MARINE EUEES3 ... . . .... . . ... i y i ' ... v tf. 'it- ' : . .i , . ' . ... ; .... 5 I ( t ti .! ; !.. -,'- l"' V (' : V 'it v.'. fj..', '!:..', ' ..t) v Uvto-Eate Raw VIII Machinery! prompt attention given to al. repair work 18th and Franklin Ay T MaI my JOHN FOX, Pre., LBISIIOP, See. ASTORIA SAVINGS BASIL Two. ASTORIA IRON WORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE LATEST IMPROVED .... Chapped hand are quickly cured by applying Chamberlain' Salve. Price, 25 cents. ' For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers COMPLETE CAirfBTTDV atttsttto wtt,.,,- - h. ww 4rvAia UM.aiaa.ttAj. Carretponflenc Solicited. , Foot of Fourth Strsrt. fTHi3-';'!,:TRENTONi fiKtClass Liquors and Cigarc .i 0oa Commercial Stmt vomer wmmerciai and ,4th. ASTORIA. OEICCOlf t wllH tfyWrnWH HMWIWtl