Show HOW RAILROADS WILL iT j u T EVEN Vs N Refuse to Accept Any Lumber Lumber Lum Lum- ber her in Northwest for Shipment to Punish Complaining Com Corn F Lumbermen BELLI BELLINGHAM GHA r Wash Nor o 1 Xo No No Nomore more lumber shipments wi will JI l be he received by the Northern Pacific c railway in the tho n northwest until further notice This is the order sent out to all agents of the the the- company last night This move more of the Northern Pacific is c expected to be followed followed fol fol- fol lowed b by all the railroads affected by the tho injunction tion issued by br the federal court ourt in lD Seattle Thursday ni night ht makin mak mak- in ing it compulsory on tho the part of the railroads to char charge e the old rato rate of 40 IO cents on lumber shipments from terminal terminal nal points on the Pacific coast The railroads had issued a new ne schedule sched sched- schedule ule ulo of rates that were ero to be effective tomo tomorrow ow This new schedule was fought by the lumbermen and resulted in the issuance of the temporary tion The railroads have evidently found another method of combating the lum lug bermen The latest move moe is the refusal to accept shipments of lumber at any ra rate te J Tho The roads figure the they would be he taking tak take in ing too great treat a risk to fo allow the excess excess ex ex- excess cess frei freight ht to accumulate until a final decision on the rate is made as they thc say that l litigation ti will ill ensue before e the matter is settled and many of the lumber firms ma may have hl gone out of business Another contin contingency ency the railroads railroad have havo to face is is tho the law providing that all rates must be he published and aud posted at least thirty days before they become effective c so 80 that in case they decide to go back to the old rate rat they cannot do it now without the thirty days' days notice I |