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Show CALIFORNIA RAILROAD MONOPOLY. Tae Arizona business mm, while congratulating themselves on the opening of tho Southern Pacific rail Hud, have discovered that it is a "b asted mouopoly," and that having purchased the Colorado steamers, and Controlling all avenues of communication communi-cation to the country, tho railroad magnates now proceed to establish new rules. They will receive nothing but gold coin in payment of freights, or currency at 1 per cent, teas than San Francisco quotation. Arizona is now clamoring for opposition, but aa the Southern Pacific railroad was extended in order to head off opposition opposi-tion from the Texas Pacific railroad, it looks as if the entire PaciGo coat was fast in tho clutches of the great California monopoly. One of the most fortunate euterpriaes fur Caliior- nia and tho entire west would be the building ot an iadependent competing line to the Pacific ooast, with a con-gresiioua! con-gresiioua! prohibition against cenioli datioa in any way. Such a line may bo established at some future time, but we fear the California rail-' road interest U sufficiently powerful in congress to defeat any aid to such a beneficent enterprise for many years to come. |