Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1888-02-23
THE JOINT LEASE.
why the Northern Pacific Consented
to Become Party. What will be
Its Effect upon the Inland
Empire?


through the Oregonian, were protesting
against the joint lease. inasmneh as they
had been urging The same i"r mGntii>
previous. professcdy to furnish greater
security for the payment OF the terms
and conditions of the lease to the o. X
& n, for the use Of their property.
The Northern Pacific railroad company
finally consented to become party to
the joint lease, Only on condition that
the country tributary directly to Port
land shall also enjoy the additional outlet
at the sea board, namely Tacoma and
Seattle. This means that the producers
south of Snake river from Asotin, w. I
and Lewiston, Idaho, down, shall be put
on an equally favorable basis, as the
producers north of Snake river now are,
by reason of their more favorable situa
ton, owing to the advent of competing
lines within their section. This is the
only genuine and effective move that has
yet been made by any party for the
benefit of this much neglected section OF
territory fer if we mistake not, the
terms of the lease guarantees to this
section the choice Of ports, Portland,
Taco ma or Seattle. In other words the
shipper is to have the chuice whether he
wants his wheat to 90 to Portland and
get three fourths Of it rejected, or ship
to Tacoma and get from five to eight
cents per bushel more with comparatively
little reflections. The rent and interest
collectors Of Portland can now plainly see
the inevitable result of the emancipation,
whichthe joint lease guarantees this upper
country. Being no longer bound, by
chains Of iron, to Porlland's rapacity,
our products would naturally flow to the
magnificent ports on Puget Sound.
| As Portland could enter no valid or
reasonable objection to SO great benefit
about to be conferred on our section Of
country, which Portland has always re
garded as her legitimate prey without
showing the clovcn foot, the moss backs
Of that philan,hrophic city hit upon The
brilliant idea Of making the struggle fol
the retention Of our contributions tc
their Golfers over the ore question, ase
thus aeses: .ns Gaa! sais cs.iGaa Of in,
Joint lease, calamity which would leave
us in their vice precisely as We wer'
before.
Il However Oascs and Adams were MOI
BUSY collecting rents, clipping coupons
aud figuring up profits, on rejected wheat
IN the contrary they were busy looklns
into the true state Of affairs and came tt
The sensible conclusion that "hence fortl
i very tub should stapd on its own bot
TOM" aud that Portland must take he
chances With her sisterIi,ies on the Sound
This is the real trouble that is agi,atin
q, Portland at this time. In their gree
!, they have found out that they hav
. bitten of more than they can chew. o.
n teusibly they want reduction OF freight
a IN ore, of which they could reduce per
= haps five or ten tons per day. Shout
!. any more be shipped them it would pre-
y badly receive the same treatment as Oh
e wheat, viz: Rejected, ship to s. f., the
n commission, wharfage, insurance, cartag'
- weighing. If then there is anything lei
" more commissions, carriage, etc, et'
= Now let il be said to the credit Of L. /
!, Oakos, the able manager Of the N. /
/, r. r., that he is the first man oeeupyin
i, so high position who has had the coa'
- age to call Portland's reduction works b
/ its proper name "pestle and MORTAR th
, came like clap OF thunder. The mos
= backs discovered their failure. The
N had neglected to take into considerable
1T that they we're dealing with man {
r. superior intelligence, keen perception an
ss quick action, who neither fears nor hesi
70 tates to hold them up in their true lish
q Portland is now ready to move heavt
:. and earth or invoke the aid Of the dey
himself to do what? Break the lease (,
= the benefit of the country at large? N
X. much! 1t is simply this Portland do
ct not care tig for us, she wants to ho
our wheat trade, prevent us from sh
= ping to the Sound that she may CONT
ue to plumber us as 10 the past, and
Sc do this she must rrustratc the fiual rat
o. lication of the lease. For this reason,
as for no other, it is to our vital intere
IN that the lease should stand; give US
to least one chance, Mother Portland,
or ship our produce to the Sound. "
IN want to see how it goes. We wou
L. like, for once, to compare accounts
IT. sales. If, after a trial, the lease do