Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-30


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work nay be- sent thiuugh lhia meiinm -
number iad
The IFaklb + hoolicial paper u The city
81 fus Araalts ha city dnifnd1ifht ia9 Hats
aud au oshsf aHnlelpal notices appear only
IA to- Columns
Mr. b. y RoWe i the senta Ans agent oi
4 Favored stction-a Suggestion.
Saturdays issuc Of ouf esteemed
contemporary, the San Francisco
Chronicle, contains one Of IL usual
acid articles upon NJ fowne and the
Central aud Southern Pacific Rail.
ways When the Give paper hops
on to this Alhject, or on tothe question
o. reciprocity with Hawaii, it, out
gisinga have 10 be taken sith 8 grain
q salt, 60 . speak As 70 Tie reei-
prociiy treaty With The Sandwich
Islands We believe that ID The main,
Il IA right. The HERALD is a thorough
bred protectionist journal a. % all The
products Of the soil u California o.
Of tle United States although, whom
Il comes to the eapricious aud extbr-
tomato demands Of The New England
cotton spinners and Pennsylvania
ion-innstets il experiences an octa-
sional ffee trade twitohlng The
Chronicle says that tho members Of
The Viiicultufal Convention, IN con
cert with committees from tho hori
cultural Board and the State Fruit
Growers Association, nave been IN
lefiiewing Mr. A. N. Towne. the Cen
erai Manager Of the Pacific system Of
railways, with view 70 having Che
freight on California fruit shipped TO
the East reduced from $500 &c $500
the carload We accept the
Chronicle ~ authority as to The figures
winch Stare a northern anu rnntfui
California shipper IN the fice. We
are Inclined 70 think that tias are ex-
agserated herause Los Aprl ies ship
pers hnvc faf years enioysd the mimi
mum rate mentioned Cur own fruit
growers SIRE nov enmged n trying 10
get the Railway psoplc u reduce this
charge Of sial per eatload to $3.50.
For our part. we have ~ doubt but
that they viii succeed. W. base our
Judgment On lie fact thit no organ
lied Los ANGELES body during the
lael two wears, has eyef made de-
mAnd upon Tire railway officials which
has not been responded to AMI thai
within vary briei psri1l
IN diso daslug thia matter onr con
temporary grows angr5 We quote
Fhofe Is no use waiting words on
the matter Ne must take things as
they are, net ~ we WISH they were
the fruit growers must approach Mr.
fowne rs sHtiectH appfoaah a puien-
tase The Hlie line OF argument 10
follow IS not HAT tie fat industry OF
California deserves and Demands bet
Ter treatment at ne bands u the rail
roads which were built with public
noray-tbat vant touch Af Fawne's
heart Ia the least 10 accomplish
their object the fruit growers must
Try 10 convince the Central pacifc
managers thar they win make money
by reducing shcr wtrs Of freight 90
Bar cent This ought not 10 be diff
eait ic de- 4 rain % ten ears, % $500
3 ear, sill fealiEe si90g This ought
- pas i3f running train from San
Francisco 70 New York or Chicago
even at a high rate Of speed NJ
lewnc's argument 81 course viii be
thAt be will npt get more freight ~
sieo ihan be viii at $500. Il must be
the business al the fruit growers 20
prove TO him that he viii. and that
the due Development Of tire FRUIT in
dustrv in this state wiz depend npon
cheap tfanspo ftaiion They can sd
iuce o. M illustration the laet that
the lluwth Of pomePmnaleg Nas 6uIa-
warilv checked anl stopped by the
arbitrary rule oi the railway, fixing
the rald Of fraighi on this peculiar
ffiiit. o. which California would have
had a monopoly, no over three times
the rate charged ON oranges
This heated fling at oranges wdl
show the most casual observer Just
where The shoe pinches Il must be
a very foolish Angeleno @hs does not
see that his own section. ~ it should
be, considering its special railway
and geographical advantages, has
been specially favored by The railway
management which has developed
Southern California SO rapidly. Sem
sihle Angeleaas welcome what they
have and look out ioI more. While
they ale not hostile to tle Atlantic IS
Pacific Railway, which may shortly
be amongst us they reeognizti the
iacI that they have q sure eaigrc OF
ysntoge in the southern Pacific, with
its qualifications reachingn8 south
east and west.
Whue We are perfectly confident
that our fruit growers viii secure the
reduction they seek for on ear-load
lots OF fruit to the East via the South
ern Pacific, We would suggest 10 the
managers OF that corporation hat
they would commend tbemselye. to