Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-05-17


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II the Daily Oregonian II April
18th appears communication from s.
g. Reed. Vice President Of the above
nsmed Company. discussing the Dues
tion Of transportation aud mvnoI nv
comparative rates" etc. blr. Reed
complains that bis Company bas been
'erossly misrepresented BY designipg
parties before the committee Ut Con,
grcss, also thst Il has been called !
grinding monopoly. and to have been
guilty It robbing the people Of Oregon
and Washington 10 vsrious wsys, and
be undertakes 70 srgne away the wide
spread and deep dissatisfaction 81 the
people east Of the Cascades WIN have
been subjected to the exactiou of the o.
IS. N. 60. People do not complain of
the style Of the steamboats, aud cars en-.
ployed BY that Company 10 carrying
trade, or 10 the dep rtment Of it's officers.
but in the exorbitant rates charged for
their services.
This 10 the only question: Does the
y. ). n. Go. charge too much Tor it's
services? The almost unanimous voice
Of the people Of Eastern Oregon and
Washington IL expressed daily, that il
does, and there need be 90 wonder az
pressed BY the Vice President that they
pray TO Congress or any other power ior
relief from the grinding monopoly"
They are mt 80 exusperated but they
could follow Mr.. Reed through calcu.
lation showing what interest Or income
the Company hes received on its invest.
mcnt; whether it Is greater Or less tnan
upon farming operations or upon similar
Investments in other States; this be does
not do, but contents himselfwii i COM
parison Of the tariff. Of the o. s. N. O..
the .. q. Il. r., and the river lines oi'
the Willamette Valley.
Said comparison is deceptive. iuas.
much as the O.. s. N. Co. does not
mean BY the word ton what the other
companies mean. Ordinarily ton ID
two THOUSAND pounds; with the o. s, N.
Go. sometimes i box weighing two hun
dred pounds is called i ton, and. II
order 10 make a ton compal ison il il
necessary to multiply the O s. N. Co.'S.
price by ten. On box OF this kind the
freight to Lewiston would not be $40
per ton as The Company calls ii and as
other folks and transportation con,pau,
les understand It. but &4OO per ton. A.
common riding saddle, weighing fifteen
pounds, under such exaggerating cal
calations, is charged 81 SO. or 1882 pcr
ton; little bunch Of fruit trees. weigh
ing twenty-five pounds, brings 1t the
rate OF $500 per ton; . parlor organ ia
box, weighing four hund.ed pounds. de-
livered at Lewiston, COTS $40. $3.50 Der
ton by weight. and this rule Of measure.
snent holds with all dry goods groceries,
provisions furniture. etc. A small loi
pf machinery. which cost So from San
Francisco to Portland, was charged 1925
Rom partlaAd BY the o. S. N. Cos.
me Special and more favorabIe rates
'se claimed BY Mr.. Reed for ayricultur
y implements and machinery, but this.
ahe, is delusive whom compared with
n rates Of other transportation lines.
l8s, bolts, etc, are taken By weight,
b4anse they bring msre BY weight than
bymeasurement. Mr.. Reed lays great
stfpN uron the fact that wheat, Aour.
oad barley etc., ar. charged only Ss
pet Ton from points above Wallula 70
Pothnd, or At the rate of two cents
Pefbashel. Nov, 10 the name Of our COM
inoe humanity, is not this about ail
these products will bear? The cost Of
getting them TO the river viii average
eiR cents, which, added to above.
sigd an aggregate Of ihirty.two cents
per bnshel. to be deducted from the
P"rfsand price. The cost of RAISING /.
sust lof wheat, when it yields thirty
buth4s per acre, cannot be q cent short
OF foley cents, saying nothing Of the in.
terestnpon farm capital. aud adding this
to thdcost Of transportation, We have q
total 4 seventy-two c.nts;-how much
can thkre be left after deduc,ing cost of
sacks, atorage, wharfage, s'rattage" and
waste, Ito pay the up river freights At
from $50 TO $500 per ton. Mr.. Reed,
the lonk suffering people wait your an.