Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-02-13
.Coacerl.ing Railroads and Ele-
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house of representatives. in st. PAM
flaet Suurday evening several attorneys
land officials OF railroati companies
+ NIKE speeches, giving TIER siaa uf
! tire Y,ins.l,Et il re!atinn t. the pros
-, posed Legislation regulating railroads,
C,s. Cough, c,.nsat for the Northern
! 2 .c,fy r:n,t. IL sala 4 long statement,
ani we rcpsl,,i;sh tbs: following por-
ton, most u which is. % special / zeal
interest: '.s :. 81. 4. 'r n.
! $50 t,ar as tae h0rtharn Pacific, was
| concerned, It was DESTROYS that there
shouft be IL perfectly tro4=ln :r,set, and
| II i!aere ll,l beef IN ;;ppo:;railr, to
ths contrary, If you will taka occasion
IL loos. INTO the nj tier, .vof WA.! tii;A
ti.ul there is no other purpose. Why
should any railroad or any railroad
oti:; Ii be Interested i'll any *stia sc i, OK,
| lev that the ~ ,intenau,:c Of the frees;
ana best markets along their lines?
| He did not think there was complaint!
at any of the larger stations, where
there WAS business enough for more
than one wareh ou3s, ana sucn COM
pi:li;t:. if any there has been, fro,a the
smaller stations. Eer the past five
years there has bee,. no shipper who
has had u rebate, adraw pack, an ia
side rate OR any other advantage as
over ANY other ware!1puse; nor has
any elevator company h,d the exclu-
s:ve right to build elevators along it's
lines. On the contrary there is Il
stipulation in every contract that is
made that nothing shall prevent the
company from building, or leasing
a"tsGtt4 at the sarAe station for other
warehouses. The case at Little Falls
has been cited as an instance Of the
railroads III inner Of controlling the ez-
| elusive right ut points VII the line. As
a matter Of fact, there is received at
Little Falls Il 900 bushels OF wheat.
the Northern Plciic had set about to
provide Il market, not two months in
the year, but for twelve :unnths i.r the
year. Mr.. Sawyer had been given the
right to build al elevator at some good
points on the Duluth and Little Falls
division, and the Northern Pacific by
the display of some authority has com
pelied him to huild it Little Falls, at
an expense Of $500. an elevator Of
$1,000 bushels cap4city, which he
co1ld not maintain for less than So $50
per :ea:. Now, how IL he to get his
return. The statute says he Shall get
only two cents for receiving, e!evatinr,
handling and delivering grain. If he
eHts every bus'lel OF the 77,OJo bushels
!n.'rk9ted at Little Falls he would get
$3.50. He kee,psa cleaning apparatus
and and il he cleans half Of it he gets
$50 for this Il half Il cent bushel.
This would leave him with 4 loss Of
over u 81 90 a Year. Nov, he having
gone there, at a ,ss Of that snm, was
1t not the daty OF tie railroad in honor
to protect him fr>;n any greater loss.
\ hat warehurs, coul not do the BIZ
sinets, because it ctnnot clean the
wheat. Why, at Duuth it WAS found
| that out of every car load
Of wheat out Of a fiat warehouse there
was taken so pounds Of dirt. Now
| Rhodes had fat warehouse ut Little
Falls, and MA 'e application for cars at
| his warehouse, and the Northern p
! eiiic to protect Mr.. Sawyer IN his ell
terprise, created for the benefit Of the
farmers Of Little Falls, declined tn de-
| liver them to him. But the freight
agent 1T the Northern Pacific. assured
Mr.. Rhodes that il he would agree to
Keep h!s warehouse open for wear
he cnn]'! have cars. but he would not
agree to this. Now YOU cannot main
tam Warehouses ut Ill stations at loss
ana Legitimate enterprise must be pro.
te'ted. / say, then, a provision which
| requires q railroad to permit ware
houses III violation Of these necessary
restrictions, is a blow at the farmers
and not at the railroads. It was Mr..
Sawyer's opinion and that Of every
grain man in the state that state in
spection would work the remedy if ii
secured the thorough negotiabiiitv Of
t he warehouse receipts, as it is believ-
ed system Of uniform grades most
certainly will"
The above statements don't.seem to
exactly coincide with the conditions
rs understood by others Interested,
and the following letter ny j. H.
Rhodes appeared in the St. Paul Globe
of yesterday:
To the Editor of the Globe.
do AIT wish tn ,r"sDasS on your val
uble space, but notic'ng a repor- of re-
marks made byssCoI. Ciough on "The
problem of regulating the railroads by
the state" and noticing, TOO, that he
omitted to tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth, I beg leave to
remark: " -. ..+'.%-,
First. Mr.. Clough stated that Mr..
Sawyer had been giventhe RICH, to build
an elevator at some good points on the
Duluth & Little Falls division, ann the
Northern Pacific, By the aisplay Of some
authority, compelled him to build at
Little Fails, Al the expense Of S. 800. an
elevator of 10000 bushels capacity. -
We would like to be informed at what
good points on the Duluth & Little Falls
division Mr.. Sawyer had built elevators,
previous to building the one at Little
Falls We never heard Of them. We