, 1880-05-07

II through frclghts antl fares, and "pront by
II, as people always do"
D1scn1MtSAr1oSs.
Tint tho Pacific railroads discriminate 1T
frCfghls Hllu fNtcs, linS Often 1rcn affirmed.
When this occurs between individuals, only
cnses become known. As d rule,
the sufferers are restrained from llvulging
their woes from the fear TINT tho corpolnsions
and they prefer 10 bear tho ills they have
rnther than tty 10 others they know not Of.
Exntnplcs Of E1ich ttiscrtiniMatfons might ba
in.leimltly; few only nro here
ii powerful speech during the lato
Guheri,atortal campaign, Mr.. a. 4. Col,c,., n
lawyer Of San Frnncisco, gnvc tho
Of tho CcMtrnl Pacific opera
ts Is i9oYs ,r a Taw@y nyy,ay says cSs. to t9
goods from New York e San francisco Is
50 a hundred pounds, 31a0 a ton, or 81, 100 a
carload. II you sigh y contract to scn!l NIL
your go0tis by, It's, wo Will take them Mt those
viii cllar9e double tl,uso rates Of, what you
may place oil our Cnrs." 4 short limo since,
one OF orr Frollt-street merchants received
q letter from ralhroHd heatlq'artefs, notify.
eas essrsea @ viii t'' te s' tyy &y"sea watshi"x aa!
stlet, lnnttcrs Ind discovered thnt, OH
9 certain ship then on her voyage from New
York to Snn Francisco, thcre were sumo
packages consIEned y Nin,, ansl requesting
n similar ,lsslvc, informing hin, tint tho rail-
rOnI authorities had been apprfse,l tint liz
Ind purchased merchandise which had becll
Rronfs f dlx"s SEsa,a wcql c4p' rc,.aisa aTn a, ~,
Gompay 5S SSnSl %eI teSnnatu s1S ''se; ls Scnrast
md Charge him double rntcs. Spirits l!nxo
been sent iron, Louisville. &o Maricopn Wells
for IL cents PIT 100 pounds cl.cnpsr tllnn tllu
Hfess eoEge r. dtcs Gr the s'e o oSs d bcs n s s
from Nevada acrosS tho. Sicrr:ss, and then
back across Tho S1crrls, thrnl,Rh Nevada, to
its Eastern destination. The shipper Is IT.
qttlred. to ply IN every case an exorbiia,it
Los Angeles Herald says that corn IL sent
from, Los Angeles to Sail Francisco, mid
tthen, sent bnek througl, u Los o.. Angeles, to
Mexico.-a distance Of i,loo miles Of useless
ns tospsfs ' Tfna pat a ke seeo
through trlluy, oven Mt through
rates. 4 striking example Of the In, H.
cn1l scarcely f1dl TO show tic mercilesS
spirit OF the CORPORATIONS, is TINT Of. the l,os
isfbss ia's bosrf fas q % y sf M !:
l9ws: a poor soy who Ind distinguished
IL West Point, for WHICH he was
obliged =. to submit to ~ competitive
examination, at MERGED. The sccon.i-ci4ss
Ts '% t. Sim on EfnnssSy M e. 1snE s9 sHSs' ss
sufficient u pNy his fare to TINT city nlM
back, aIld boNrtl HIN OIL tho wny. Having
arrived ut Mercol. some 140 miles short of
tho distance lie Pall for, H. LETT the train,
cess, and prepared to return, home. quite will
for tic sNke Of being carried ltttle n!ort,
tlnn thrcefonr!hs OF, tho tttstancc. But Just
seeonciass sas.S @ iares wers s aiiowed tai to be M as
eeptea, save at tase two terminal points, Los
Angeles and San Francisco. In vain he
argued and cntrented, Offering to pay tic
full fare from SNn Franclse0, nnd show
pity more, In vain, toe. did the gentle
llnl who Witnessed tile occurrence appeal to
the agcnt either.to accept tho boys mancy 0r
telegraph for, Instructions: Ills answer WIS
sscolid-elass, train came by With plenty Of
spnre room, but there WaS M power to afford
pnssagc to tic boy ut tic rates paid t{y the
other passengers, and he only succeeded In
m gesghtmK aons troF the enTity Of strung
Snch, examples OF !llscr!Mnlnation might DO
dreams which hive neither substance nor
form, but they nre stern facts, the trWti, Of
Paciiic CoNst, hut IN the East, tho same evils
arc known; asll the wonder Is, not
that 60 great Mscdntent has been eli
geliderett against thu railroad corpora
uons, but tint such DETERMINATIONS should
erc this the pnttenee of tho people had not
been exhausted. While 1t Is true that ,sonie
Of the exped[ents adopted for tho regulation
Of fares ind fruFghts have been iI1-advtscI
md In the fnco Ut economic principles, yet
TIC effect Of stleh mornl Vigilance Is believed
10 have bcc,., on the whole, snlutary. Hall.
ways conducted hl Just md equitable bAsts
art ali Invaluable ail In developing the
resources ut country or StAte,-beng
III incentive. to, production, facilitating
commerce, mud adalng lnrgely to q natlon's
wealth; but combinations for Individual
gnit, tho adoption Of special rates 10 bunk-
rupt ono community ut the expense. OF nn-
other, the freezl!ig-o!lt Of competition, the
bnylng-up Of Legislative bodies, md THO de
ceptton OF stockholders,- aro evils TO
be corrected by Ihw, md to be everywhere
gllarlol ngninst Iby the representative Of
the people aud the public press. W.