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Show SPOKANE IP Pi ftFTERJAILRl This Is Interesting Bitf to Salt Lake Trafflt Bureau. j SAN FRANCISCO, IIOWM IS AGAINST ANY! Nevada, as Result, Ma Boycott on Goldjp State. p Shippers of Salt Lake Citf coming agitated over roportsfMR kane that an attempt will bf. havo the freight rates to thajpl cast.orn points reduced to alujM basis, which will permit Sj5 competo with her sister citiif, intermouutaiu country. It ipl1 out that if Spokano is detetfl take up tho cudgels againstlU termed tho extortion of the faflfc is time for the shippers oti&i City to "get busy" as sodnp Attention is called to theJW although the freight chargeavv articlos are higher between! points and Salt Lako Cityrf Spokano, yet the charge onii tho artic'63 is much lower, quently if there is any comply iug from Spokane thc'complajv. also come much moro strong this city, and that shippors blgTJ urge a reduction of some of tliS and a better adjustment andr tion on others. -jgL( McCuno's Charges It is alleged by F. EL McM has taken up the cudgols fopjs ners of Nevada through tl?, City News, that tho press oflj cisco is circulating roports ofjgJ? tion of some of tho allied infc that city to effect a withdraijf I tariffs publishing an advanct, I and he calls attention to thejS' according to the ruling ofjfi i state commerco commissioning; impossible to accomplish theW a tariff after it has once'jfjs and posted as required by !ai?2 It is pointed out by Mr. MiiU in a summary of the law with j,' its rigidity in the matter of!P rales the commission says: 'va forco of the enactment. thomU rate has taken on a fixedf5E character that does not perf yield to importunity. It muf:1 by the shipper and actually ac the carrier." In regard to tho requiremej-f-' law in the establishment of rr? commission says: v?.1 A rate Is established in thEti stance by the voluntary act "oj?r, rler In filing and posting In Ifj1-requlred Ifj1-requlred by law. When onco'.ltp tabllshcd, a rale, so long as ?2tK uncanceled. Is as fixed and 'xirni either by the shipper or the jtfi If that particular rate had biv llshcd by a special act of cong?;r even a court may Interfere vnUp llshcd rate or authorlzo a depalp It when It has bem establish.1 tarily by the carrier. Nor malH mission authorize a carrier to a?p, tho published Lite unless uponff-l-or the admission of the carrleT'J, mission finds the rate to be dm tory or unreasonable and orde4 tabllsliment of a different rato Tested in Courts.' It is also pointed out that.t?, has been tested in the courts?!? ington and Oregon in the Iur';'1 whero the courts ruled that?jj?l could not bo enjoinod but tiff1? count of tho excess chargeXi; kept, pending the adjust uiorMI commission. wJIr The result of this. accordWl? 'McCunc, will be the relaxinggjif ou tho part of tho people. tnR and because they will thinyartr tariff schedu'es will be adjijft! they have been put into offeil they can not bo adjustod aJE into effect but should bo tai; onco and a. proper protestJ&E; tho interstate commerco cony.. Commenting on tho situatfijj-. sister state, shippers herojyi following statomont of Mi1&? which, they say, shows theS tho California people, who,w?p do not wish to see a lowo-yS? made for other states immv; the .east because they nojvfj,4 "wh'ip hand" in tho matter$ tageous ratos and are able 'OfP. advantage over other westorfj? cause of what tho shippers "the water competition fajffy I portion of Mr. McCuno 's JGe shippers say is just as apflja Salt Lake City as to NevadTtf i Stand of San Francijg' "Whom tho gods would dtfrtp first make mad." This well-Wi,w" Ism applies perfectly to the$.?.e San Francisco today. It Is ivlQ est of tho great city by the QXjl to build up tho state of N'oyfwu destroy It commercially. Wltftji,' tion of from 300,000 to 5001,. state, which may soon bcSJfuy,. treatment by the raUroMe.' would bocomo an enormous' t" California products, shipped -.igilfi from San Francisco. IU On tho other hand, anythlnrjj(. tards the progress of this statfljm' tho sentiments of Us people rffHf'tr Francisco, Is certain to opeJk;. to the disadvantage of hat cltilbJ;! the feollng against that city .Cti.I Intense. Smarting under a aftjj, I continued and outrageous lnju,i hands of tho principal rallro'ir Ing the state, the people have (f-l'? state railroad commission) poliiu Interstate Commerce commlsM'jrp lief in tho form of Just antftiJv freight rates. At once thoyjv selves opposed, not merely 'ftwy' roads, anxious to secure tariffs will bear, but also tft. chants of San Francisco, nctu?i.'J j unholv desire for commcrcIajR n't, the Nevada field a Held whIcFS(.UP rio moro right to control thaiCS, the kingdom of heaven. A ve:;tu, dlOon to this fcelhiG might-Stfiri?' to a general Nevada commeFliy'ai of San Francisco, a city lnrg t bv Nevada money, and whlcgftgMr . spirit of the nariowest SGlflsSB6i to deny tho stuto tho right af,fott) of commercial existence. tflLWf This is a fair statomGuPrV-here statomGuPrV-here sav. of the manner iny1s city is 'being discriminatedMA-, tho railroads, which tlius?Ujf thoir support to cortatn ooniMtMn the expense of others, andSre.1 most short-sighted jvaj'.. which is boing curried on inJiteri ing state, the shtnpors sayjPSc taken up by tho busiuoss tftc,;,. state with tho intention ol3i a change iu the prcsentcouqf- |
