THE MORNING A-5TOIUAN. ASTORIA. OREGON.
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)THE WEATHER
Oregon Fair, except showers in
northwest portion.
Washington Showers west.
AS IT SHOULD BE.
There is no question in the ordi
nary Astorian mind that this city and
the Columbia river will get the first
rail and its traffic out of the Tilla
mook region; that the Astoria & Co
lumbia River Railroad Company, a
Hill line and connection, will beat the
Harriman system and all its works, in
the race down and to the coast of
Tillamook. For, as 35 miles are to
70 miles, so is the chance of the A. &
C. beyond, and better than, the Lytle
chance, to get in there, and here.
At the same time, the Southern
Pacific interests are going to be prac
tically supreme in the splendid valley
of the Nebalem, by right of traverse
and spot-touch with its last product,
cultivated .and uncultivated; and this
is Where Astoria must get in her
- cleverest work; to fix the hauling of
the- vast produce of that territory di
rectly here, rather than permitting it
to go back to the metropolis, for
marketing. It is ours by every rule
of natural tendency; by. contiguity,
and by the logic of route, distance,
despatch. We must get in and seal it
to this port and point of distribution;
this, the nearest and best depot that
can be found.
It is strictly up to the merchants
and business men generally, here, to
open up the campaign right now, and
keep it swinging, along with every
west-bound rail that is laid by the
Harriman people. WE want the
fruits, the vegetables, the dairy pro
ducts, the grain, and the lumber of
that realm, and we had best file such
a bid for it as even the far metropolis
will balk at. We can do this if we
will; we have everything to plead,
and offer and make good upon; and
what we shall lose in the outcome,
will be lost on our own initiative and
primary fault and stupidity. There
are certain elements of it that will
come to us at any hazard, of course;
mainly in the lumber, and heavier
material out-put; beyond that, what
comes Astoria-wald will be ours by
conquest. '
be greeted with universal and spon
taneous avowment that shall, in time,
make it the great and foremost annual
day of the American calendar.
DISTINCT USURPATION.
By what right does an officer of
the law abate that law in order to
give one man license against it, while
he imposes the weight of that law on
the neighbor of the favorite?. Who
gives the officer sanction, immunity,
freedom, in this "fast and loose" play
with the statutes and ordinances?,
What is the limit of this usurpation,
and who sets it?. The people choose
a group of trustees of their law, every
so often, and, having no time to dis
pense it themselves, charge, and pay,
these trustees or officers, to give up
their time and devote it to the honest
and just administration of that law;
and who among these custodians, and
representatives, has the right to
ignore, fracture and deny the law?.
. These questions are being asked
quietly and, broadly in Astoria, and
all America, today; and the patience
of the people is wearing away be
neath the pressure and chafe of the
insolent silence, or more insolent in
difference, of the initial transgressors
who make the second, and intermi
nable, transgression of the law pos
sible. The people here and everywhere,
are not asking in vain, either!. They
are going to answer the queries them
selves in their own way and time, in
obedience to a fast-growing sentiment
against the" truculency of the situation
and the sheer peril of it in days to
come. There is always plenty of
local contempt for the man who sells,
or gives away, his honor in such be
half; and he is a fool who thinks the
people do not know of his treachery
because the lightning of their just
wrath does not fall on the instant.
This is, or should be, enough on
this head at this time. If it is not
there is plenty more, of even more
definite and detailed sort, that can be
had when the necessity for it appears.
LABOR'S ONE DAY.
It is just, expedient and appropriate
that American labor should have one
day of its own, devoted to its cause,
its people, its hopes, its highest ex
pressions; and that it has the sanc
tion of the law is all the better. There
are none, in all the wide realm of
differentiations set up, even in this
land of presumptive democracy, who
can gainsay the equity and ethical
propriety of the anniversary and its
devoted observance.
It is sure to become an immense
factor in the uplift of the portion, and
standard, unified labor is to assume
in the development of the land and its
energies, and all men hope to see it
become an anniversary hailed and
marked as a distinct accession to the
freedom of the people by the virtues
and high avouchals it shall perpetuate
in the name of the workingman and
woman. Progress, improvement, in
vention, discovery, development, up
lift, all are inevitable in the laboring
world as in other elements of human
existance, and intercourse; and the
leaven is working steadily and plainly
day after day while the world at
large notes it and gives it honest
recognition and appreciation.
The Mitchells, the Gompers, are
the men that are making for the big
gest and best attainments of today;
and it is only necessary that labor
shall see to it that men of that calibre
are put to the front and kept there;
that the cheap and ignorant "blather
skite" is back-handed into the back
ground of silence and inefficacy; and
its greatest ideals put forth by men
known to cherish, as wejl as repre
sent, them. We hope to live to see
the day when this anniversary will
PARTY OF PERFORMANCE.
The Republican is a party of ac
tion. It rests upon what it has done,
and not upon what it possibly may do
in the future. It has fostered every
thing that has tended to make the
country great and prosperous. It has
moved with the people. It has kept
abreast of the times. It has ever
steod Veady to modify an old policy
or to adopt a new one when the busi
ness interests of the country have
needed the modification or the
change. It has protected American
industries. It has protected Ameri
can labor by stringent immigration
laws. It protected the credit and
business stability of the country by
promptly declaring in favor of a gold
standard, and writing it in the stat
utes. When the time came it prompt
ly seized upon the time and the oppor
tunity to begin the speedy construc
tion of the greaf Isthmian canal. It
has never hesitated to assume a re
sponsibility. When the cruelties in
Cuba threatened the interests of
America the Republican party resolv
ed to put an end to those cruelties.
When trusts sprang up it enacted a
law to curb and control those trusts.
When commerce was at the mercy
of the railroads, it provided for a
commission to regulate them. When
shippers were oppressed by transpor
tation companies it promptly enacted
a rate law. It has met every emer
gency in war or peace, met it in a
wise, prudent and statesmanlike man
ner. It is progressive when progres
siveness means upbuilding. It is con-
The (icaiiiiii is simple.
If you don't like Schil
ling's Iicst, it costs you
nothing. v
Your grocer return! raw
Iflu It: we par him
scrvntive when conservatism means
the niaintennncc of peace, order and
prosperity. It has been prompt with
out undue haste. Peace and prosper
ity at home honor and respect
abroad has been, is now, and always
will be its motto.
Same old Ilryan. Same old bother
ation to business. Same old bulletins
by and by.
On one. issue Mr. Bryan has never
changed and that is free trade, a fact
sufficient to indicate that he will nev
er be president.
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In his speech of acceptance John
W. Kern quoted from the Bible and j
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat two
excellent Republican authorities. !
The Democrats favor a law to as
certain the physical value of railroads.
An amendment looking to the physi
cal valuation of candidates would
hardly suit them at this time.
Mr. Edison argues that sleep is a
habit, not a necessity. The Kentucky
night riders show that it is a habit
that can not be spared. . .
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tial candidate to try ; to reconcile a
man to the frauds by which he has
been cheated out of a nomination.
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No Substitute In Work World
For Sterling Common Sense,
By JOHN A. HOWLAND. Chicago Journalla'.
SE your brains if you have any I Failing in Cm a few
times, rccoguize the fact that it wasn't intended for you to
take the initiative in ? the world's work. Then it will bo
time enough for you to line up with the army of the unem
ployed, working absolutely under direction.
" AT A TIME WHEN MORE ADVICE TO THE YOUNQ MAN IS
PRINTED THAN EVER BEFORE IN HISTORY IT 8TRIKES ME THAT
THIS MODERN YOUNQ MAN NEEDS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE
TO GET HIS OWN BEARINGS UPON HIMSELF IN RELATION TO
HIS PARTICULAR WORK. THE WHOLE EQUATION IS PERSONAL
AND SPECIFIC. GENERALITIES COVERING RULES OF CONDUCT
ACCORDING TO CONVENTIONAL CATECHISMS MAY BE WORTH
LESS. THEY MAY BE EVEN CONFUSING AND MISLEADING.
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The situation is that the young man has work before him. With
certain modifications, perhaps, ho is the man to do it. ' The employer
asks only that the work be done satisfactorily.
I read the other day a catechismie dissertation uporj how every
young man may succeed in life. It was in effect that, having true
courage, this young man would recognize no obstacle in his way as un-
sumountabie; tnat, naving no tear ot taiiure, ue would press on al
ways to the accomplishment of anything he might attempt to do.
Fundamentally I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING SILLIER
than the promulgating of any such philosophy as this.' That young
man who gets such a distorted idea into bis bead, believing it to be of
practical, everyday value to him, must find DISAPPOINTMENT
AND FAILURE INEVITABLE. There are a million common
place things in business life that are impossible. Things that were
possible yesterday are impossible today, and things possible today will
be impracticable tomorrow. .
"Learn to obey orders" is one of the old reiterations of the con
ventional teacher tjho fancies that an idealized philosophy 6hould
apply to every relation in the life of the employee. Yet there are men
every day losing positions because of a fool's obedience to the letter of
a rule.
Time was when an office boy would have been discharged if he had
not untied carefully the twine binding a package and carefully pre
served both string and paper. Today the boy who can cut the wrap
pings from such a package and drop them deepest in a wastebasket in
the shortest time proves his efficiency.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE IN THE WORKING WORLD FOR A
STERLING COMMON SENSE. THERE IS NO COURAGE TO COMPARE
WITH THAT WHICH MAY. BE DISPLAYED BY THE YOUNG MAN
WHO 8AYS TO HIMSELF, "I'LL GIVE THIS UP RIGHT HERE," AND
WHO AFTERWARD CAN JU8TIFY HIS MOVE. .
The Nation Is Rich
And Growing Richer.
By Judfa ELBERT H. GARY, Chairman of the V, S. Steel Corporation.
INANCIAL conditions are improved and improving. THE
LEGISLATION RECENTLY ENACTED IS A STEP
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. Next autumn will not
witness a repetition of the scenes of October, 1907. There
will probably be worked out a financial system which will provide
funds for the expansion or contraction of the volume of business and
for the immediate wants of particular localities which result from the
exigencies of the time and place.
THE NATION IS RICH AND RAPIDLY, GROWING
RICHER. It compares most favorably with all other nations. It?
opportunities in the direction of material growth are greatest of them
all. If one glances at the figures relating to the increase in population
or additional value of property and amount of money in the treasuries
and the banks and in general circulation, one is amazed at the enlarge
ment in resources and financial strength of the country. The wise' are
even now prepared to reap the benefit which will result from these
conditions when the tide of business fully returns.
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WE 8HALL DO BUSINESS ON A BA8IS SOMEWHAT DIFFER
ENT AND VERY MUCH BETTER THAN IT HAS BEEN DONE. WE
SHALL BE MORE CAUTIOUS, LOOK FARTHER AHEAD, KEEP MORE
CL08ELY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF OUR RESOURCES, BUT WE
8HALL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE.
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