, 1890-11-27
BUT NO CHANGE HERE
This City's Wholesale Trade
Will Now Expand.
HOW THE CHANGE Was MADE
In Answer to Repeated Presenta-
tions of n Just De-
mand.

At last the transcontlnental rail-
road companies have needed the
Just demands CT the merchants of
Spokane Falls.
They have made such changes In
their rates that this city will hence
forth command the trade of the rich
section of which she has long been
conceded the metropolis. These
changes In rates, as understood by
local railroad men, will practically
shut the coast cities out of much OF
the territory that rightly belongs to
this city, but which has long been
held by them by reason of unjust
discrimination against the Spokane
merchants.
The situation has been In the past
that goods, In II majority of in
stances, were shipped to coast cities
and then back to this city cheaper
than they were shipped from the
East here. Applications have been
made lnnumerably by Spokane
merchants to the railroad companies
for remedy, but until now no ac-
tion has been taken.
The transcontinental rntcs have
always been fixed by that associa-
tion, which is combination of tho
Iowa trunk lines and the Missouri
river lines. This association has
been in session at Chicago, and
knowing this, some of the Spokane
Nyhnlpgu1n 1n hn. NJ
appeal.
The following telegram was re-
ccived by Hplley, Mason, Marks &
Co., and Benham Il Griilitts.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 25.-Your tele.
gram of yesterday received. 1t is my
understanding that the comm odity
rates to the Pacific coast arc to be raised,
but that no change of rates will be made
in the rates to Spokane Falls. have
wired Mr.. Moore, our general freight
agent, who is attending tho transconti-
mental meeting in Chicago, to that effect.
J. NJ. HANNAFoRD,
General Traffic Manager of N. T. Il. X.
"The result of this arrangement"
said one prominent merchant, as
very beneficial to Spokane Falls.
We can compete now with San
Francisco and other great cities for
the trade which properly belongs
and is tributary to this city"
Another merchant said that it
would bring the city around To- it's
proper commercial standing. "We
have of course had II big wholesale
fra1n bono "A. l..
this way: People who wan ted
things In q hurry and could come
after them in person would deal
with us. Others who desired to
purchase in person, but who did
not have credit on tho Sound or
here either, would come to us. We
did a big business, but under this
arrangement we will be able to
branch out and avail ourselves of
the territory that properly belongs
to u.s.
The telegram was shown to well
known man in railroad circles and
he said:
81 am not surprised Mt this, for it
has been agitated for n long time.
This action is the result of the de-
mands of this city for such an ar
rangement, for it brings the city in
shape to successfully compete in Sec
tions tributary TO il, aud which is
legitlmatcly its own.
Through rates to the Pacific
coast are governed by what are
called the terminal commodity
rates---that is, rates that apply tc
terminal poiuts such M Portland,
Seattle, Tacoma, san Francisco, Los
Angeles, etc. These rates, in ac-
cordance with this telegram, are
to be raised but the COM
modify tariff which applies TO
intermediate or interior points Is to
remain the same. Tho frcights on
transcontinental business are made
up 10y using the class rates in con-
nection with the western classliica-
ton.
"Thcse class rates are not to be
raised, but simply those com modi-
ties that.are named in the special Pa
cific coast terminal commodity
tariff,
"This whole question has been
fully understood between tue rail-
roads and is n matter highly sattis-
factory to the Union Pacific system
as well as the Northern Pacific rail-
road. The change has been brought
about in peculiar manner, there
being an understanding TO the ef.
feet that the Northern should in.
sgurate the change and the Union
would ratify it,"
ThA ca,.a.. 6,i..--l - g.