, 1881-10-29
FRElGHrS.
najsr Rees Talks On the Subject
In the House Of Repre-
SehtatiyeS. -..
A Telling Speech Filled with Facts.

that those We addressed were absent from
the capitol. Mr.. Rees, in support OF the
measure, said:
/ hope thi, bill will pass-not that deem
that the act II proposes To repeal is IN unjust
one in its intent but that, as it stands, IL
places the people Of Washington Territory
in the position OF discriminating against
themselves and in favor of Oregon, in the
management OF the only important railroad
we have in the territory. In this. refer TO
what We have been repeatedly told by the
press OF the territory and the managers oi
the railroad company. that the act virtually
prevents the company fr"m establishing dis
sributing points for freight in the territory
and compels them, In order to AVOID the
penalties of the law We propose to repeal, to
make their distributing places in Oregon. J.,
As q representative Of Walla WaIla county,
feel that ! An here to repr' seat particularly
the people Of that locality. aad If this duty
is well and conscientiously done, am sure
will not misr, presei.t the interests of Wash
ington territory. If any OF the people, when
| return to them, ask me Why aided IN the
repeal of law that have declared just in
its intent, | shall he prepared to say to them
| was merely rendering unto Cesar the
Things that are Casa, 5 and legislatiug Tor
Washington Territory, not for Oregon: that
while the intent OF the law Vas Just and right
the scales were uneveI ly balanced and the
preponderance Of weight un the side of the
gentleman to whom Caesars mantle had n-
Willingly been given.
We who live in Eastern Washington are
more interestrd d In the production Of wheat
than any other pursuit, and wewant all the
markets oJened to that can be opened for
its shipment. We want this law repealed
so that the railroai company, IT 1t choscs
can fix rate to deliver our wheat on the
shores Of Puget S,unl as ch,e as it can
on the watrrs Of the Columbia and Villa
mette rivers. We have be, II prom sed Ly
their chief representative that they Will 10
this, if left TO regulate their OWN business in
their own way. v hen Mr.. Wizard told us
few days ago that If left rntrammeled by
legislation, the policy Of his company to-
ward us people wOnid be benevolent
one, believe he meant what he sand. l be
lieve him for the rt-a~on that have watch,
his course, as all interested party, ever since
re began his syst III Of roads IN our tern
tory, and do not believe that he has pub
licly made one prum's'' that he has not full
filed.
The increase # production Of whaat east
from about jG0, 900 bu:hels 10 4,Gt0. 900 of
bushels and, MIR. Speak r and gentlemen Of
the house. we have cou,rtry with a capac-
ity equal TO ~, COZ, 90 oil bushels, and with
your present facilities you could not carry
our present product over your road
from here to kalama in six months. We
want an outlet for this produce, aud We be-
leve Puget Sound is the best that can he
gwen us Gow and in all time To cOur.
We have tried the Columbia ri,cr route.
We lind it unsatisfactory now, and what
will it be when W IhoIucr "ur io.OU",GHn
of bushels fer transportation: Its na'.'',
since Bryant sung oi 1t
The dead ar there
Through all the years :kat hnv" SIM il er-
vened has le.n associated with Occurrences
of death and dis,, ter, until foreign I.crsha: Z
men have COM. to i-el.c,e that SAILING ,hGn
vessels into It's month is sailiny to ss almost
certain destruction as venturing within the
circle OF the mighty n.aelairo-n. The tradi-
tiOns that have surround Il it, name are un-
too much verified by facts. The
sands floa!el down 10 It's Lar by
the waters of the mighty riv,r, are benz
washed hack again and piei up
by the waves of the sea in such changing
forms that they defy even the experienced
navigator TO locate It's .hannel. The larger
vessels cannot cross tie bar anl there is Ia"
cause for wonder that the smaller ones aie
not wiling to make the long tarlnOus TRIP
around Cape HON, to lrave tins worse dan
ger whether IT be i,bled "r not, whan they
can find frei.hrs i'll safer harbCrs
We will, IN twelve months, have the Op-
portunity To try what We and y"u know Is
safer entrance from the s,a- We NhO lave
east Of the mountains have long looked Tor
this d-livrrance, and fGr Oaa say, 1t Us
not prevent a cnnsummatlOn So deyoGtly
wished to be strangled on the very dawn Of
seeming accomplishment, 10y allowing law
10 remain upon our statute bDOks entitled
An act to prevent unjust discrimination,
that unjustly dlscriniinates 95ainst ourselves
But, Mr.. Speaker, this question Of wheat
product and interest is by No III, ans a Sec
tional one. The people Of Puget Sound have
an interest in this matter In common with
those of Eastern Washington. Upon the
completion Of the line, that We are promised
will in twelve months connect you by raii
with the eastern Porticn of our TERRITORY,
our product, If no unjust Legislation Obtrndes
at its pre-. ent rate of increase, will have so
magnified as to occupy almost continuous
trans from one end OF the line 10 the other
for weeks and months IN bringing the gram
To your shores and your beautiful inland
sea will be dotted the year round with ve=
sels that must come, carrying the flags OF all
nations, to supply our requirements of their
products and take ours IN return 10 their dis
tant shores.
With the Inauguration Of a change like
this, the larger vessels VIII come here, and
We have been assured time and again that
vessels can and will ship from Puget Sound
At from 81 u s. per ton less than by way OF
the Columbia river. Every dollar saved On
the ton III the shipment of grain is ; cents
per bushel to the producer. Taking, then,
the smaller sum Of 81 per ton this would be
cents Ptr bushel saved upon our present
crop # 4, O00. coo bushels or $40, 600 added
to tie taxable money of Washington terri
tory this year. New when you increase
this to half our capacity. say 3O,Ooo,C0 OF
bushels, which will he done in then five or
six years, the sum saved to the producsr and
the TERRITORY would be twelve hundred