The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-02-09


Mr.. A. n. Tosne. in . recent inter
sie~ in regard TO the Freiehts and Fares
question made use OF this. language:
IL would hrst enter an emphatic denial
ia general ana in particular. that there
is any oppression or unjust discrinina-
ton prac,iSsd by the Genital Pacific
read against the people Of Nevada. or
any locality thereof"
4 Few days ago we cited an instance
where the act Of this Central Pacific road
gave a square contradiction to this as
sertion Of Ir. Towne. where the road
which Ir. Towue represents. did I'M
justly and oairaSeoasly discriminate
against the people of Star Valley, be-
cause they (the Railroad Company
we're called upon to pay their just pro-
portion Of taxes levied in accordance
with the laws Of the State, thus putting
themselves above the laSs and tramp
ling upon the rights of the people
who's" only offence Was ~ endesvor 20
erect a school house for the education
of their children.
We will give another instance of the
many which have occurred that give the
denial to Mr.. Towne's statement.
The regular rate on grain from San
Francisco to paiisade is and always has
been - As per hundred. Now, as this
country never has produced as much
grain as is consumed here. of course the
freight operated As a protective tariff to
the farmers here, and under this conG:-
ton OF affairs money was invested in
the business Of raising grain and n
farmers made their calculations not n
ticiPat:nG any change in that ;sris.
When the Eureka and Pailsade Rail-
road Was completed the Central Pacific
Company without any previous warning
to any person, gave that Company a
special rate on grain Of 80 cents per
hundred, thus at once making a reduc.
ton in the price Of grain in our mark
cts OF 81 70 per hundred. Il is easy to
imagine what an effect this would have
upon producers, the value of whose
grain was thus cut down, and upon
merchants who had been paid in grain
at the former prices for merchandise
furnished the producers. The result
was that hundreds OF our farmers and
merchants were ruined for the benefit
Of d. o. Mills and the Eureka and Pal
issde Railroad Company TO whom this
special rate was given.
The Railroad company was petition
ed by the people of this county to dis
continue this discrimination. but their
answer was that they wanted to favor
the Eureka and Palisade road in that
way for the purpose Of enabling them
to extend their road southwark so as to
control the business of Southern Neva-
da; they have finally, however, conced-
ed SO much as to require hat the Euro
ka and Palisade ColLpay shall not sell
any grain in Eureka. but shall confine
themselves to importing what they use
themselves and what they can sell in
Typo.
The presumption is hat Mr.. Towne
will claim that this is not an unjust dis
elimination but an act by which humid
reds of Industrious people were ruined
and merchants b%enkrupted without a
moments warning cannot certainly be
characterized in any other way han
not only an injustice but as an outrage.
1t is perfectly evident that no matter
what determinations they may practice
they will claim that there is no injustice
about any OF them, and hat for this
reason it is certainly the duty of our
Legislators to pass n law preventing dis.
ordinations OF all kinds either in favor
Of or against persons or places.