, 1880-01-17
,aucay Boston Man,
TuJJlflfJ.

The CaioA appears 10 have made an agree
1nent to praise the management OF the w
W. & c. L. T., If President Baker furnished
the official figures, (which, by the way, can
be made 70 prove anythingi, and It Is but
Just to say that the covenants OF the hish
contracting parties has been most faithfully
keps II il were worth the space we could
very easily make long article by crIticising
in detail the ut,erances of the CHioH, as, Tor
instance. It's illusions TO what the president,
Z. having absolute control of the tonly) means
of transportation, could have done, " which
IN PLAIN English, means that the community
al large has no rights that a railroad auto
crat Is bound TO respect This proposition
Is atrocious, and well worthy of the OH'on's
illogical apology that DIR. Baker did not
show favori:ism TO himself, because, for
sooth. he only did it to the extent OF two
car loads, when he could Just as readily have
made it two thousand DR.. Baker is pleased
to indirectly accuse the STATESMAN of pre-
ferring TO defame and pile the pyramid OF
caIumny by copying and disseminating lies
through the public press, alludins, pre-
sumably, to the article which We quoted at
second hand from the Oregon Farma. That
article may or may not nave been true; We
published 1t, without comment, As a sub
sanitation Of what had been discussed in
the stores and on the sidewalks OF this city
from the time that last years grain crop be-
ran to arrive at the depot, and We were
more than ever inclined to believe that 1t
was based upon trcts, when DR. Baker caused
the advertisement of the w. ". X T. L. L.
"a be withdrawn from these columns, which
proves. Ia } that it is 4 dangerous thing for
a newspaper To express anything IN the shape
OF an opinion, whether original or second
hand and, H. that there are two classes OF
people in this wicked world who never Ike
to hear the truth OF themselves. Turning
to the official figures published by DIR. Baker
in his organ, We md that i62 car loads OF
registered wheat Was shipped from Nov. 10th
to Dee 20th, 1879, an average of III car
loads. or so tons a day for the forty days
immediately preceding the close of naviga-
tion. We honestly believe IN the official
! figures SO far As they 60 We believe that
50 tons of registered wheat was shipped daily
| during that time, but like the prisoner at
the bar who invariably pleads not guilty,
| and the. holds his tongue about the details
OF his crime, So DIR. Baker preserves n most
discreet and judicious silence about the siip-
nent OF gram which was not rcy;Sterei
Silence Is the safest course for men like
Baker who cannot bolster up a weak case
without making the dangerous admission
that IL c. Moore K Co., who were mOpopo-
lizins the road, had to be influenced 10y the
clainor and solicitations OF ether shippers be-
fore they Won d abate a jot or little OF their
rights We have the fullest confidence
IN the new company and are assured that the
new management will give each producer au
equal sho@ to ship his produce over the line
No doub; 1t was only an act Of courtesy on
the part of Mr. Willard and his enterprising
cogtjc.r~ winch retained Dr. Baker at the
head OF the line If SO, We have 10 more 20
say Oh the matter. as there are none who re-
.-Trt his RESIGNATION.