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Show A MEMORIAL i.tKtutf tho i'fthxuee i tt'o ilfiiixurv Itfirariliua 1'reight CoiithiuatiouH. New York, 1. The following memorial, which is now in circulation i,, ti;in it i id other Atlatnio benLojd ciiit-4. wild lias already ircuved iio tl(,.iin a ( uiMiiy el the most protni-nei protni-nei t johhim; at.d (itupping Iioubbs of il,ue yivuex. hi'h Uie alleged m.tiiiiiiij winch the Pacific mihuad mid PdciSo tnd o.impan en pursued in lurtheiauca o! tb-iir object: To the Honorable Smite and IIuu:,c of hcprtszutaiives the United Slides ij' ,l.itc'c2, in Uoiyiesi AisenMid The memorial of tbo undersigned meiclianls and ship ownerd rending, and doing bumued in the United SiattB, respectfully represent, that the bill to regulate inter blto commerce and to prohibit uujuiit discrimination uy common carriers which baa passed the house of represeutativo, and is now beforu your houorable body, would, il it ehould become law, have leuits beneficial in ihe highest de-gieo de-gieo to the ehippin, commercial, and oilier intere-B a oi tho country. It lias heretofore been tho custom of j merhants shipping goods from the east to California und Oregon to Bend the lineat goods by rail at high rates ol freight, medium goods bysteumers, via lbs Isthmus of Panama, and coarser goedd by clipper BhipB, via Cape Horn, at lower rales ot" freight. That tho Pacific railroad companies com-panies have now entered into a combination with tho P. cilia Mail Steamship company and wiih nU railroads connecting with tbo Pacifio railroad to divert tho carrying ot freight eutirely- rom-olipper ships, and haB also entered into couiraciB with many merchants, whereby all such merchants are brought and compelled to ship all their goods to the fctitea of California and Oregon by thcoe routes, and uuletH they do so, or in case tbey Bend a portion only of their gcode by said railroads, a higher rate uf freight from them than from thoao shippers who send all their gooda by eaid railroads i9 exacted, thus rendering it impossible for those shippers from whom higher rales of freight have been exacted to compete in Ih.i market in Baid states with those merchants and shipper who have paid ft much lower rate of freight; that is to soy, tbo merchant who pay a 12 cents per pound froight would have no chance Ij successfully dispose of his good; ns against merchants who only pay bull" that rate. T'liat, furthermore, to compel the afo;eaaid merchants and shippers to keep good laith, and to send all their goods by the lines of said railroads afortsiid, shippers are compelled to agree, when shippinq their goods with said companies or their agents, tiut a turn equal to the freight calculated calcu-lated at the highest rato exacted shall 'he retained hy said railroads until tho end of each month, and at the end of the month to be in part returned as reb ite in caao of those shippers who have sent all their goods hy rail, and the Bamo to be forfeited to Baid railroads rail-roads in case of those shippers who have not sent all their goods by rail, And your memorialists most re spectfully represent that the results of said act in thus deetioying an iniquitous in-iquitous and unjust monopoly, exer- , cited by Baid railroads, will be a groat advantage and benefit to merchants, ship owners, shippers and otherfl. Wherefore, your memorialists most earnestly pray that the a oreaaid bill m&y be speedily passed by your honorable hon-orable body and your memorialists will ever pray. |