Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-07-08 | Page 8 | Protecting Local Box Company

PROTECTING LOCAt BOX COMPANY ., Box manufacturers In the northwest north-west nrc said to be bringing pressure to bear upon the Oregon Sdort Lino railroad company to reduce its rate from Portland Into western Tdaho up-on up-on mixed-car shipments of material and reody-mado boxes. Tho shippers' aim, It is said. Is to force tho Olson Box company of this city to abandon that particular field. Tho railroad Is resisting tho demands of the Oregon shippers. .At tho present time tho E. C. Olson Box company Is enjoying an oxton-slve oxton-slve business In tho western part of Idaho and Is supplying practically all of tho fruit shippers of that section sec-tion of tho country with fruit baskets. bas-kets. The present freight rates, while In no way discriminatory to the competing companies of the northwest, north-west, havo kept them from making any serious inroads in tho business of tho Ogden company, although their plants and capital arc much larger. Envious of the trade which tho local lo-cal company has now established In Idaho, threats of suit under the Interstate Inter-state commerce laws for discrimination discrimina-tion and other coercing methods aro (being used by certain competitors in tho northwest So far the railroad company has turned a deaf ear to all tho Importunities of the Oregon companies and the Olson company continues to supply the district with Its fruit boxcs. oo