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FISH CONTROVERSY
Very Interesting Letters Passing
Among the Leaders
FISH WHEEL MEN ON THE RUN
put forth by the C. R. S. Pro Asst.
from its Board of Directors and see
if they are not responsible men.
"Yours.
"(Signed), F. A. SEUFERT."
Comments of Secretary Lorntsen on
the Situation Suit Threatened and
Laughed at Mr. Seufert Makes an
Open Offer Engaging Frankness
The following correspondence, and
comment thereon, will be read with
intense interest by every Astorian and
every well wisher of the salmon in
dustry in this section. The letters
ae directly to the point and speak for
themselves; they put the contest, and
controversy, over the fishing bills
now before the people of the State
of Oregon, on a new footing and in
dicate plainly that the owners of the
fish-wheels are up against the "snub-bing-post,"
with an unbreakable knot
in the lariat of public opinion that
will hold them there for a good week
to come; after which they may carry
out the threats so glibly made just
now as campaign thunder. They read
insequence, as follows:
"Portland, Ore., May 23, 1908.
"M. M. Lorntsen,
"Sec. Columbia River Salmon Assn.
"Astoria, Oregon.
"Dear Sir: Enclosed I hand you
letter just received from Mr. Seufert
which explains itself. Mr. Warren
has also just called me up over the
phone to say that they are preparing
a complaint to bring suit against the
officers and directors of the Columbia
River Salmon Association, claiming
that if the bill became a law it would
put them out of business and destroy
property worth two or three hundred
thousand dollars, which amount
would be their claim for their dam
ages. On my answering that they
could not well complain they had
been damaged until the bill passed
and their business closed, he answer
ed that they were being forced at this
time to spend large sums of money
all over the State to overcome these
false impressions, that the maps be
ing published entirely misrepresent
the facts, and were damaging them
to the extent of the time, labor and
cash that they were required to spend
to correct the false misrepresentation
From what Mr. Warren states, I an
ticipate they will file a suit probably
as a campaign move, and whether
there is anything in it or not it will
have to be defended.
"Respectfully yours,
"(Signed), F. E. BEACH."
"P. S Since dictating the above
iMr. Seufert called to explain their
side. He seems to think your bill will
be adopted unless the statement is
corrected."
"The Dalles, Ore., May 23, 1908.
"Mr. F. E. Beach,
"Dear Sir: I have just been over
the State and find the Asst. of which
you are treasurer, is sending quite a
lot of printing matter and also cuts
misrepresenting facts; and any injury
that is caused us and losses we meet
we shall certainly ask you Asst. Di
rectors to make good. Rosenberg and
H. M. Lorntsen and (are) using this
Asst. to destroy our property by mis
representation and I shall turn the
matters over to our attorneys and
see if we can or can not protect our
business from such unfair assault as
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H, M. Lorntsen, secretary of the
Columbia River Fishermen's Protec
tive Union, and an active leader in the
riant for the elimination of the tish-
whtel from the gear of the industry
in this State and Washington, in the
course of an interview with a reporter
for tb Morning Astorian, upon the
subject matter of the letters, said,
yesterday afternoon:
"This simply shows that Mr. Seu
fert and the other fish-wheel owners
realize that fish-wheels 'will go.'
"Judge Thomas A. McBride in
writing a letter to Austin Buxton,
Master of the State Grange urging
the Grange to support Bill 332, which
would stop fishing at head of tide
says:
'"It is proposed to remedy this
(referring here to decline of salmon)
by confining fishing on the Columbia
River to tide-water to the part of the
river below the Cascades. At the
Cascades and Celilo are the fish
wheels which our bill would abolish.
They are so placed, with respect to
the bank and the current, that in the
aggregate they catch all the fish,
small and great, that are not caught
in the river below practically none
escape. It is a murderous way of
taking fish, and is not permitted any
where in the world except on the
Columbia river. The verdict of the
civilized world is against. Remove
the wheels and a percentage of sal
mon, sufficient to restock our streams,
will reach the hatcheries and spawn
ing beds. Let them remain a year or
two the millions that come into this
State through the salmon industry are
a lost quantity.'
"The wheel-men, to protect them
selves, and obtain an unfair monoply,
have put before the public a bill
which every practical man on the
Columbia river with any knowledge
of the business, knows will entirely
destroy gill-net fishing."
"Professor David Starr Jordan, the
greatest authority on the fisheries of
our country, on May 13th referring to
the fishery bills now before the voters
of the State, says:
'The fish-wheel and the stationary
trap m the Columbia river should
be abolished. It would be well for
the fishing interest of the country if
the stationary traps in all of its var
ious forms were everywhere elimi
nated, for this is the most destructive
and indiscriminating kind of fishing.
On the Columbia where the river is
narrow and swift, the fish-wheel is
not only very destructive, but has
the additional evil effect of (a) taking
work from the fishermen, and (b) of
taking the fish when they are not in
the best condition, for lish for can
ning ought to be taken in tide water.'
"It would be well if all fishing on a
large scale above tide water in the
Columbia should be prohibited.
"To prohibit gill-net fishing after
dark would virtually destroy the ef
fectiveness of that industry at all
times when the water is clear.
"It is rather late in the day for Mr.
Seufert to try to fool the people of
this State by threatening law suits,
because he sees that the Columbia
river fish-wheels will be abolished by
the voters Monday next.
"Xo one has threatened a suit
against Seufert and the other fish
wheel owners who by their trick bill
are trying to drive 5000 gill-net fish
ermen from the river.
We fully believe that the people
of this State are capable of judging
what is right and fair. We rest our
case with the voters of the State."
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Apropos, of the foregoing, the As
torian is just in receipt of the follow
ing letter from F. A. Seufert, and it
is given publicity from a sheer sense
of common justice to all concerned;
it reads:
"I am having Celilo Falls photo
graphed each week, from April IS to
August 25. I do not think we will
have much trouble showinsr this cut-
up; there are quite a few responsible share of them. One two-shilling pack
men in the Salmon Protective Asso-'age hat kept a. whole family in good
ciation. I have made them this offer
yesterday; that I will pay their fare
for & round trip tickets to Celilo and
back; if they find this picture fairly
representing Celilo they can publish
it; and if they find the picture misrep
resenting facts, they ought to be fair
enough to come out and say so if they
are honorable men; if you choose, you
can make that offer in your paper
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tures out from Portland, Ore., at the
request of the Columbia River Sal
mon Protective Association. I think
your paper can at least be fair, even if
it is printed at Astoria."
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