Arizona citizen., 1878-12-14
Dissemination in Freights from Los An-
 gefeS to Arizona.

Some of the Los Angeles paper, have said a good deal on this subject The following letter was addressed to gentleman in Sacramento in connection with the pending discussion of the matter in the constitutional conven tion. IL contains information that is surely of interest to Arizona people IL shows how easily the public may be misled by reckless newspaper charges. Until it is shown, and we doubt if it can be. that MT. Stubbs does not present the facts fully and clearly, his letter will convince all fair men that the railway company is not guilty of discriminating against Los Angeles, either to her own detriment or that of Arizona:
 SAN FRANCISCO, November 2S, '7S.
 DEAR SIR:-In reply to your in- quiry regarding the alleged diserimi- nation against Los Angeles in the mat ter of Arizona freights, I invite your attention 10 the following facts: All rail rates on first-class freight are: San Francisco to Yuma, $52 per ton; San Francisco to Los Angeles, $23 per ton {; Los Angeles to Yuma, $35.40 per ton. That is 10 say, first-class freight, if shipped from San Francisco 10 Los Angeles, and forwarded thence to Yuma, will cost $23 plus $35. or i $jS40 per ton; while it can be ship ! ped from San Francisco direct for $52 per ton, showing a reasonable differ ence of $640 per ton in favor of the continuous as against the broken haul. ! But this apparent difference does not ] in reality exist, when il is remembered that ;he railroad company does rot re- ceiye the bulk of the business or con- trul the rates of freight between San Francisco and Los Angeles. During the past year the rates on general mer- chandise from San Francisco to Los Angeles by water have been only S3.50 per ton, making il possible to ship freight from san Francisco to Los An geles, and thence to Yuma, for S3S90I per ton, being $l3.I0 less than the all rail rate from San Francisco to Yuma direct, and at the present time mer-I chandise can be shipped from San Francisco io Los Angeles via Will mingtou for $7J0 per ton, and thenceI to Yuma for $35.40, making through charge If S4290 per ton, against S52 as charged by the all-raIls ronte from San Francisco 10 Yuma. On ship. ments of gram and other cereals, theI natural products of Los Angeles coun- ty, the rates from San Francisco toi Yuma are the same as the rates to and from Los Angeles.
 The above shows clearly that were merchants and consuments in Arizona disposed 10 purchase supplies of mer- chandise from dealers in Los Angeles instead of from jobbers in San Fran cisco, there is nothing Tn the freight rates to prevent their so doing. The fact that with these advantages in her favor, Los Angeles has failed 10 obtain the trade in merchandise with Arizona, is a proof of the difficulty of divertIng business from well established chan nels or dissolving connections Of long standing.
 fri is true. as alleged, that Los An geles demands at lhe hands of the railroad company such a tariff as will make il a distributing point for gen eral merchandise for the remote dis tricts of Southern California and Ari- zona. it would seem from the above showing that nothing short of gross in her favor will satisfy her merchants. In such a case dis would be against the weaker communities of the interior, and unjustifiable on any business or economic grounds. Yours truly,
 J. C. STUBBs,
 Gen'l Freight Agent.