The morning Astorian., April 16, 1908, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORN'INQ' ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1908.
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THE WEATHER
Oregon, Washington, and Idaho
Showers. AN ASTORIA TRY-OUT.
We assert, as a rational commercial
expedient, that Astoria should be giv
en a try-out in the matter of export
shipping of the grain of the North
west; that Portland owes it to her
self and the State to inaugurate the
policy and the fact for the sake of
lowering the tolls on foreign carriage;
that she should use this harbor as her
own and save the differentials that
prevail against her; set up a prefer
ential schedule by the sheer economy
of - quick despatch and unnecessary
towage. Portland must dominate
the business wherever it shall be done
for Oregon; and if she can overcome
the prevalent impediments by the es
tablishment of an outer-port that can
be operated at the lowest cost on the
coast, it is her first and peculiar duty
to try it out
A one-shio elevator and dock would
be enough to make the demonstration.
A few clearances from this harbor
under a fortnight's delay, from sea
to sea, would soon set up a condition
that would make world-wide char
terers blink with pleased wonderment
at the solution of a new and valuable
advantage in this great- problem.
Owner, shipper, agent and master
are a unit, the world over, for the
supreme benefit, and profits, of
quick port-handling of ships , and
cargoes; and this is the one magnifi
cent assurance inherent in the "As
toria Situation."
We do know, all else being equal,
anchorage, dockage, channel-room,
facilities for cargo-handling in -.and
out, that there is huge scope for econ
omic abatement of present charges
by obviating the 100-mile voyage in
land, no matter if the towage be ab
sorbed or not. This thing constitutes
the sole solution of Portland's pres
ent and future quandary; for the day
is at hand when, as a port and harbor,
she is to go up against her natural
limitations. Any great expansion of
her sea-commerce will entail" the use
of Astoria, as the safest, largest,
next and nearest auxiliary at her com
mand. She has done marvelously well
in handling the trade with her nar
row channel margins, but if she hopes
ever to double or quadruple her
grain fleet, she must do so at a point
that will admit her freer capacity for
handling and despatching the access.
It is worth the try-out; to say the
least of it!
BACK IN HOME WATERS.
Every American is glad that" the
great fleet is in home waters again.
All the California port's south of
the big objective, San Francisco, are to
enjoy 'the unparalleled display of the
naant. and no one begrudges them
the distinctive treat; but all the same
there are hundreds of thousands of
1nva1 folk uo this way, that will be
glad to have a chance to see the ships
and entertain the , officers ana men.
Tfipir itinerary is a sort of long-drawn
holiday, anyway, for those afloat and
those ashore, and it would be notn
ing extraordinary if this upper sec
tion of the American Pacific coast
be given an equal opportunity to
join in the pleasures now afloat.
There is not time enough to send
the fleet everywhere on the coast,
of course, but a central northern
point, like Portland, might be chosen
fnr a flvinff visit, thus giving the
-,t,i. Mrfjiwpst a chance to take
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in the glory of it by traveling a bit.
.Even Astoria bay would not.be a
"bad location for, such a maneuvre.
We are in close an4 easy touch with
all the'ereat centers up this way; and
wn1H have nlentv of
room between, Tongue,; Point and
Smith's Point, to string out the en
tire armada and make it accessible
to the visiting thousands trom me
interior. We are not particular, now-
ever, and shall be glad to see the last
one of them ko up the river; the
probability being that the last one of
us would follow them to i'ortianu;
and either place is within ready touch
of the' Sound cities. Any old thing
will go, that gives us a share in the
abounding pleasures now enjoyed
by the lower coast ports.
"The Columbia River is part and
parcel of home-waters."
OUR GREATER NAVY.
There is logic in the demand of the
President that Congress provide for
the construction of four warships a
year until such time as this country
shall be on the footing of the best
equipped nation irt the world in this
line. We are growing at a tremen
dous pace and a million or so access
per annum in people, to defend, en
hances the argument for broader sys
tems of defense, not only in the
navy but the army.
This is one of the giant nations of
the earth and needs something be
side a toy navy or a mimic army to
bolster, defend and dignify it; this
aside from the confessed and proven
weakness of both arms of the serv
ices today, a lure for attack and no
guaranty of defense save in a briefly
tentative way. No man dreams for
an instant that we cannot take care
of ourselves once we are confronted
with the necessity; but; to obviate
such necessities a Washingtonian
policy of vast merit that has been
ignored far too long.
We do not have to go far to bal
ance our offensive and defensive pow
ers with the best that exists, and we
must not halt anywhere short of it,
if it takes a half-score ships and a
dozen regiments a year to even up
the situation and put us where man
kind will know just who we are and
what to expect of us on the war-call.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.
We frankly admit the compli
ment conveyed in yesterday's Astoria
Budeet. in running our leading edi
torial of April 7th last, as its leading
editorial feature in yesterday's edi
tion of our evening contemporary;
but we confess a weakness for proper
credit in the use of it, whether re
produced direct from our on col
umns or from those of some friendly
exchange, which has treated us with
the same kindly indifference. It is
quite too near home to indulge the
shears so lavishly; a warning that
may not be so well relished as
'Gompers Warning" seems to have
been.
Miss Helen Gould illustrates how
to be happy and useful though. not
married, and no duchess equals her
in substantial rank.
The apple trust has been bitten this
spring by its own voracity. There is
some consolation in knowing that a
trust can be beaten, provided it as
sists.
It is in order to keep an eye on
Morgan county, Ala. Its appropria
tion of $250,000 for good roads indi
cates that it proposes to show the
rest of the state how to make a lot
of money by spending a moderate
amount.
Tn five vears Count Boni spent $3,-
000,000 of his wife's fortune and went
$5,000,000 in debt. In addition to los-
ing their own money, .v.. ......
heiresses are making trouble tor . a
large army of trustful innocents.
The Agricultural Department is
trying to fix the amount it takes to
keep a hen a year. In order to ar
rive at the exact figure the man next
door with flower beds and a tomato
patch should be summoned as a
witness.
DEATH WAS ON HIS HEELS.
- Jesse P. Morris, of Skippers, Va..
had a close call in the spring of 1906.
He says: "An attack of pneumonia
left me to weak and with such a fear
ful cough that my friends declared
consumption had me, and death was
on my heels. Then I was persuaded
to try Dr. King's New Discovery.
It helped, me immediately, and after
taking two and a half bottles I was
a well man again. I found out that
New , Discovery is the best remedy
for coughs and lung disease in al!
the world." Sold under guarantee at
Charles Rogers & Son drug store.
50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
TEA
: The way to buy tea is In
packages; somebody' is
responsible for it;
Vour grocer return your money If yoa don'1
WU Schilling B: we pay bin
Before the People
Card of Candidates In the Coming
. Campaign. .
AN OPEN LETTER.
W. E. Burke Presents a Predicate In
Support of His Candidacy.
To the Clatsop County Electors:
I respectfully submit for your con
sideration the basic principles upon
which I have offered my name in be
half of the nomination and election
as Representative in the Oregon Leg
islature, at the forthcoming polls;
Senator Fulton'a Corvallia Pledge.
"It may be thought by some that
my position on this subject (the sen-
atorship). is the result of a desire on
my part to pave the way for an ap
peal to the legislature for reelection
should I fail to secure approval oi
my candidacy by the voters. I as
sure you that I have no such thought
or purpose. If it shall happen that
some other candidate) receives a
larger vote for United States senator
than I do at the election to be held
next June, I promise you now that 1
will retire from the field and will not
oermit my name to be presented to
the legislature for that or any other
office." From Fulton's Speech of An
nouncement at Corvallis, August 30,
1907. ...,
"A MILESTONE IN HISTORY."
"The virtually unanimous ratifica
tion bv the Legislature of the popular
choice of Mr. Mulkey and Mr. Bourne
for United States Senators marks an
epoch in the political history of Ore
gon.. It is not likely that the prece
dent thus firmly established will be
broken hereafter. The time of the
Legislature will henceforth be devot
ed to the business of the state; its on
ly concern with the election of sena
tors will be to fulfill tthe constitu
tional form by ratification of an an
tecedent popular choice.
"Seldom has a body of public men
eiven a finer demonstration of loy
alty to American principles than the .
DrixTAn T puisl.itiiri. trave in ratifvina !
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promptly and decisively the popular
.lullnn r( Crotnr MlllkpV and
Bourne. By doing this they have j gBctter protection for salmon,
acknowledged the fundamental truth j 9Voter not to be ' required to
upon which our institutions rest, re.register except as he changes his
namely: that all power ultimately j pace of resjdCnce.
resides in the people and that when-j jcie9i porf of Astoria, Sea Wal and
ever the people choose to exercise j ioContinuation of Roosevelt Pol
this power directly it is their "g f Deepening of Columbia River Bar.
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lO UO SO. Jur IcglSIULUl s nas ouv
acknowledged with noble fidelity to
fact and reason, that, high as their
duties may be, they are but the ser
vants or agents of the people, and
that the popular mandates expressed
under the forms of law are of bind-
ing obligation upon all public officials, j
We may therefore say without undue
insistence on its importance, that the.j
ratification by the Oregon Legislar ;
ture of the popular choice of our sen- j
ators marks an epoch in the develop-,
ment of free institutions." -Oregon- j
ian, January 23, 1907. i
- , W. E. BURKE. ;
VOTE FOR
JOHN C McCUE'l
Republican Candidate for I
Re-election For Representative.
Primary Election, April 17th.
VOTE FOR "
C A, Leinenvveber
For Republican nominee for Repre
sentative to the Legislature.
Primary election April 17, 1908.
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Republ:can Candidate for Repre
sentative, Primacies April 17, 1908.,
' WILLIAM E. BURKE.
Candidate for Representative at the
Republican Primaries, April 17th.
PLATFORM.
I favor the reieritTQflio! C W. Ful
ton in the United States Senate, but
will obey the instructions given by
the people of Oregon next June, on
the following bill:
."That we,, (the people of the State
of Oregon, hereby instruct our Rep
resentatives and Senators in" our
Legislature Assembly as such officers,
to vote for and elect the candidates
for United States Senator from this
State who receive the highest num
ber of votes at our general elections."
In addition will favor the enact
ment of the following measures:
1 Four-year term for county offi
cers. ,
2 Collection of taxes by the
County Treasurer.
3 Divide Fifth Judicial District by
joining the Counties of Clatsop and
Columbia.
4 A prosecuting attorney for each
county.
5 Safeguard deposits in banks.
6 Pure food law, and regulation of
weights and measures.
ticservc nuiurau muuim w.
7 Preserve natural resources of
j Sute Including water powers - and
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: limit irancniBcs 10 iwemv-nvc ycia.
Vote for
' Republican Candidate for
Representative to the Legislature.
Primary Election April 17, 1908
For Congress,
T. T. GEER
Candidate for Republican Congres
; sional Nomination in the Second Dis
j trict. . Liberal Appropriations fo
j Waterways, Equal Opportunities an
; Privileges for Labor and Capital, an
Governmental Control of Corpora
tions.
WM. CvA. POHL,
(The' Present Incumbent)
Candidate at the Primaries, 'April 17.
For the Nomination on the Repub
lican Ticket for
COUNTY CORONER.
Faithful service and long exper
ience are his best recommendations.
Platform: "Impartial Justice To All."
Vote for
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Candidate for
licari Nomination for
Railroad Commission
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J. A. GILBAUGH
At Primary Erection April "f7, for
Republican Nomination' for
COUNTY CORONER
"VOTEFOR
Qeo. S. ' Sliepard
Republican Candidate For Reprewn-
. . , . Utive In Congress.
A Champion of the Columbia River
Bar . Improvhment, and in Favor of
Postal Saving Bank. .
Primary Election! April 17th.
To fbo People.
In suDmittinir iny name1 Jo the elec
tors of the Fifth Judicial District for
their consideration for the office of
District Attorney of said District, I
desire to say that if 1 am nominated
and elected, I will, during my term
of office', honestly, vigorously and
impartialy perform all the official
duties pertaining to said office, with
out fear or favor, endeavoring alwtyi
to accord to every individual, Irre
spective of party, politics or person
alities, a square deal under the law,
keeping always uppermost in my mind
the interests of the tax payers of said
District and State. ' '' 1
E. B. TONGUE.
Vote for
Jas. W. Welch
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Republican Candidate
t o t Reoreentative.
Primaries April 17,J
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Transacts a General Banking Business ; Interest Paid on Time Depoilti
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