Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-06-23

IN this matter. nor the millions Of dol.
lars we will save them. but they will
realize Il before long. Why, just look
at the facts, continued Mr.. Crocker.
We will have, as stated before, mill
ion and quarter tons Of wheat for cx.
port. There are about 230 vessels here
and b come, let us say $50 vessels, with
~ average Of 400 tons. This gives
$50, GOO tons, or only little more than
one-quarter of the entire quantity for
export. Now, how do you suppose the
remainder would be disposed OF unless
we were here and in position to say;
Don't fear, we can carry your wheat,
and will do IL at less rates than you
would have to pay il you were com
PEELED TO rely, as in the past solely upon
vessels" do not exaggerate when !
say that, without the Southern Pacific,
wheat freights before the present
year Is out would have advanced
to seventy-fve shillings and even eighty
shillings ton. The wheat would have
10 be sold and shipped and ship owners
would have controlled and fixed freights
at their own rates. And these increased
freiehts would again have come out OF
the farmers pockets. The position the
Southern PACIFIC Railroad occupies at
this moment towards the farmers Is this;
When freights reach a certain figure, a
figure that we can handle grain at as
fast freight, we will step in and say to
the vessels thus far you 60 but no
farther, and, in saying and doing this,
we eifectually stop any further advance
in frcights aud prevent the farmer being
obliged to submit to the extortionate
rates Of the ship owner, and what we
can carry freight for this year we can
carry II ior next year, so that in addition
to preventing high freights we fix q rate
upon which the farmer can calculate as
a maximum and not leave him at the
mercy Of ship owners and charterers.
"You say" continued Mr.. Crocker,
"that the farmers will appreciate this. y
OF course they will. know and under
stand the farmers OF California, although
there are some Of them that don't seem
to understand us, but the time Is coming
when they will. and then they will COM
prehend that their interests and the in.
terests of the railroad company are more
closely identified than they have hither-
to supposed. No, / cannot give you the
exact rate we can carry wheat for from
here to Liverpool, but Mr.. Stubbs, gen
eral traffic manager, will be able to say
what 1t can be done for"
Mr.. Gray, general freight agent, in
| tho absence of Mr.. Stubs, said the COM
pany would be able to land wheat at
Liverpool in thirty-one days from Stock
ton, Cal. They had not figured at
how cheap II could be done for, but,
added Mr.. Gray, when ocean freights
approach 65 shillings we viii begin to
talk. 1t should be borne in mind, he
continued, that 65 shillings for thirty
one day voyage is not the equivalent OF
a IS shilling ocean freight, with interest
and insurance on hundred and thirty
day voyage. | do not speak of 65
shillings as fixed rate, said Mr.. Gray,
nor that il cannot be done for less.
merely say that when freigh's begin to
approach those figures that we will have
something to say, and it will not be to
the disadvantage of CALIFORNIA farmers.
The stock Board.
SAN Francisco, June 23. Best and
Beleher, 4.25; Chcllar, 200; Consoli.
dated Va, so; Crown Point, LAO;
Eureka Con, 5.00 Gould & Curry go;
Hale & Norcross, 5.25; Mexican, 800;
N. Belle. $50; Ophir. 2,75; Potosi,
l.25; Savage, $50; Sierra Nevada, 3.S5;
Union. f.60; Yellow Jacket, s.75.
whent and Barley Market
SAN Francisco, June Wheat,
slow of movement; No. white, seller
1883, sl.56i; August delivery, sl.5st;
Buyer 1883, after July |, Sl.63@ .63t;
Barley. upward movement; seller 1888.
S6@S6Ac; seller, season 1883, S4@s65c.
The Belle Harris Case.
SALT LAKE, June 22.-The Belle Har.
ris case was argued before the Supreme
Court to-day and taken under advise
ment. This is the case in which Nor
mon woman refused to reveal the name
of the father of her child and was i'm
prisoned for contempt