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HoopWINKING THE INTERIOR.
Important for Interior Towns to Think
Over
Istoekton Null, Ortober oath. /

tstoekton Muii, October esthl
This Is not the time 10 rinse any question ol
eohlpetitivo POINTS Tie object IL TO get
nlnals, long md short nanls. etc, viii be dc.
cided if accordance With The htefstate com.
neree law. Tic TiefAe Association tns moth.
ing 10 do with It's. 4. Bulletin.
This may not be the time for San Fran
cisco TO raise any question of competitive
points, but it Is just the time for interior
towns situated ns stockton IL TO think
tho matter over very seriously. Ono OF
the expressed objects OF the Traffic Asso-
eiation ia TO make of san Francisco a dis
tributinR point for the commerce of the
State. The object has been declared Of
tieinlly in these very terms. Now, what
would that mean MS affecting the COM
mercial interests of Stockton, for ifi-
stanceY This is terminal point now.
That ~ to say, freight is received here on
terms which enable the consignee TO re-
ship IL to other places in the interior in
competition with the wholesale houses of
san Franeiseo. Look at the vast busi-
ness done by III. G, Shaw, for instance, in
agricultural implements received from
the East IN large consignnients and re-
sold 10 tho trade all over the valley. Shaw
loads ear after car destined for points i'm
terror from Stockton. So does the
Changers Union aud others of our mer-
chants. The reports of tho railroad COM
pany, made ut regular intervals, of ship
ments OF freight from stockton show tho
increasing importance OF this place es a
commercial eenter.
Our merchants arc nlaced upon the
same Tooting rs the merchants of San
Francisco and sacramento. Prior to the
time when this was made terminal
point for freight they were placed at n
great disadvantage aa compared with tho
San Francisco importers, especially. All
1f1
through to the metropolis and had to un-
dergo reshipnent at local rates before it
could reach stockton. Suppose that were
the cHse to-day the old order OF
things should be restored aud San Fran
cisco became, what the Traffic Assoeia-
ton is, according TO It's own statement,
organized 10 make It, the distributing
point for tho commerce OF tho State-
what ehunce would II. q. Shaw or the
Changers Union have TO compete with
such houses as Baker Is namiltouY
They would have no chance Mt all. Their
trade would necessarily be confined To
tho local market. The business of sup.
plying valley houses would go to san
franoisco. The san Francisco merchants
made great fuss when tbs railroad COM
pany placed the merchants of Stockton
and some other interior towns on the
same Footing with them. They protested,
they kicked and they threatened, but It
did no good, Now they propose to re-
store the old condition Of things by maxi
ing San Francisco "the distributing pnlnt
for the commerce of the State, and they
have even succeeded in getting some iu-
terror merchants doing business in tor
minal towns TO Join them in their effort.
But we have an idea that these interior
merchants will be able TO appreciate the
tull Significance of the scheme when they
take good look at it,