The morning call., 1892-06-19
WHO PAYS FOR II ALL?
The Enormous EXpenSeSof the
Railroad Pool.
HOW CALIFORNIA Is RAVACED.
The League Of Progress to Fight the
TranScOntinental Association.
Scope Of the StealingS That Are Now Gar.
tied On by the Allie
Railroads.
HOW CALIFORNIA Is RAVACED.

"Put combination against combination
pool against pool. That's the only way you
can fight the railroad monopoly"
1t was level-headed business man who
spoke-a man who has given valuable ad-
vice to the Traffic Association, and who
now stands ready to lend his aid to the
League of Progress.
"These young men Of the league have got
the right idea," said he, ''if they are In
earnest when they say that they are going
to fight the Transcontinental Association"
do you think they can make winning
fght?" was asked.
Eyes, II they put in plenty of vim and vim
egar. When they start out with this fight
they are wagng war against something
definite. 1t is NO shooting at stars
or stabbing at windmills. There
are many people In this town who
do not understand that in order to
get decent overland rates we must first wit
ness the breaking up Of the TranscOnti-
mental Association. Such is the case. how
ever. am used TO hearing such arguments.
emanating from railroad source or inspired
by railroad men, that the Transconti-
mental Association is a good thing for Calf
fornia. 1t eQualiZes rates. they say. II
il were not for the TranscOntinental Asso-
citation one merchant would be getting a
big advantage over another IN the matter OF
freights, and the weakest men in the busi-
ness would go the wall.
"Is that believed?'
Eyes, sir; q good many people believe it,
but it is very fallacous. As proof of this
all YOU have got to do is to turn back 10 the
time of the rate war, six years ago, when
the Atlantic and Pacific broke up the
Transcontinental Association. You Will
see that rates were then down as low as
they could well co. and yet how many fall
ures resulted? 1t would be the making OF
California now If the same conditions could
prevail here for little while. OF course,
goods would be sold cheaper. There's no
denying that but would not the people
get the benefit And then, too, the
merchants would sell so much more
that they would make good profits. If the
Transcontiuental Association could be
broken up, il would bring down prices OF
goods and articles OF necessity to such a
| degree that there would be some lnducement
| for the immigrant to choose our State In
| stead of some other"
"But they have railroad pools elsewhere -
"Yes. but none Of them are half so grind
Ing as is the Transcontinental Associa-
tion."
On investigation, 1t was found that this
was true. Chicago Is TO certain extent
ti0ns of monopoly, and so is ST. Louis,
| Cleveland and Cincinnati, but they clog the
wheels of progress very little when COM
pared with that monster combination, the
| Transcontinental Association.
| So far as this coast IS concerned. the
| Transcontinental Association is made the
| creature of the Southern Pacific Company.
1t has been so for years.
HuntingtOn's company controls all the
| Pacific terminal points OF any great i'm
| pOTtance and can use wonderful leverage
! when il comes TO the point OF debating
policy to the Transcontlnental Association.
Aud yet on the face OF 1t that great
power is not visible.
Here are the names Of the partners In
! iniquity who are combined together to keep
| California behind in the race of progress
Atchison, Topeka and Santa te Railroad.
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad.
Canadian Pacific Railway.
Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific Railway.
Colorado Midland Railway.
Denver aud Rio Grande Railroad.
Great Northern Railway line.
Missouri Pacific Railway.
Northern Pacific Railroad.
Oregon and California RailroaA
Rio Grande Western Railway.
Southern California Railway.
Southern Pacific Company, Atlantic sys.
ten.
L u 4 IL
st. Louis and San Francisco Railway.
Texas and Pacific Railway.
Union Pacific system.
These lines form the great Transconti-
mental Association. They are, however, all
subject 10 the wishes OF the Southern Pa
cifjc company in the matter of making rates
on California freight. The rates being fully
twice as high as they should be and
five times as high as they would be
were the Transcontinenral Association to
20 TO pieces tomorrow, these lines are re-
sponsible for whatever disadvantage Cali
| fornia labors under in the matter of high
| rates.
III the merchant only knew it, 1t is not
merely the tariff figures that he has TO COM
plain of. There is q good deal besides.
Take the expenses of the Transcontinen-
| tai Association meeting.
They are very heavy. Who pays them?
Eighteen railroad companies send 20 or
| so representatives to a meeting in Chicago,
called for the PURPOSE of keeping up rates,
and nothing else 10 the world.
The very shrewdest and consequently the
| highest salaried men are sent. Often they
are absent from their Offices for two or three
weeks. Who pays for that?
Fares, of course. are free, but heavy Sim
| cidentals" are not. VINO pays for them?
Hotel bills OF big railroad men are some
| thing enormous. Who pays for them2
Long kilograms are sent-hundreds OF
them-fTom the meeting place TO the home
Offices. detailing everything that transpires
| If the rates are raised, there are hundreds of
agencies to be Informed at once by telegraph.
| Who paysP
| Then there is q commissioner at $4,000 a
year, a host of Office clerks, accountants.
! tariff-makers and typewriters-aIl to be
| paid by somebody. Who Is the somebody ?
During the eight years in which il has
been in active operation the expenses Of
| the Transcontinental Association have not
been less than $500, coo, ana by keeping it
alive the overland railroads have been in a
| position to buy off the competition of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company for
| S14, COG, 100.
Where does all this money come fromP
From the patient long suffering and
| badly abused shipper.
CALIFORNIA; share In this gigantic expense
! Is very great And. mind you, it must be
added to the high freight rates.
California pays for the Office rent OF the
| Transcontinental Association.
California pays E. p. Vining $4,000 a
year TO engineer the Transcontinental AS
/ ISOLATION.
California pays for the printing OF thou
sands OF high tariffs.
California pays j. e. Stubs enormous
expenses during his trips to the meeting
| places OF the Transcontinental Association
and while he is there.
California pays for all those thousands OF
kilograms telling how high the rates are
| going to be.
California pays all those big hotel bills.
If she had what the Transcontinental As