The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-12-23
SHIPPERS SENTIMENTS.

The following extracts show the senti-
ments OF Inland Empire shippers with
respect To the Regulator line and the
river route. The names of the writer's
are purposely omitted, as it is part and
parcel of the policy" of the system"
to punish shipper when they find
out that such shipper has attempted to
protect his personal Bank account by
practicing the economy of shipping by
the cheapest route. This il strict yio-
lation of q. 2. r. rules They want all
the money for the freight that the goods
will stand, for the system" These
comments read as follows:
No. l says: "They (the U. P. r. Co..
don't seem to like us to ship this way,
but we are not married to them. 1t
pays to ship via your line, even though
handicapped by portage and transfer. y
No. 2 says: 'They hold our goods
from one to two weeks, in order to force
us to snip all rail-
No. says: Their latest dodge is to
hold our goods, to compel us to ship
through them; but we order ahead.
They threaten to reduce our service, if
our merchants patronize your line. 1t
is matter OF dollars and cents to US.
We have saved nearly $20O.OO by ship
ping through you. They can drive US
farther away, but never nearer, by-their
presenC methods"
No. says: I'VE can assure you that
we are highly pleased with our first deal
with your company. The goods came
through III fine shape, and we are gamers
by several dollars through water trans
portaGion."
No. says: "We have saved over
nine dollars ON one shipment of dry
goods"
The list might be indefinitely ex-
tended but the above is sufficient to
show the increased and wide spread
sentiment OF Inland Empire shippers,
respecting the advantages accruing to
business by the use OF the facilities af-
forded the public by utilizing the steam
ers of The Dalles, Portland ana Astoria
Navigation company; and the state
portage railway; ON the Columbia river,
between this city and Portland. A SEN
timent which is sei-in posed, from pecu-
piary motives, and which is even more
richly deserving of recognition than the
bestow ais of patronage attest. 1t was
not expected, by the projectors of the
Regulator Line, that they w3dld amass
q fortune by their investments, but they
have The proud satisfaction of knowing
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benefits upon the commerce OF the Inland
Empire, and 1t is satisfying to them to
realize that their efforts have been
1neasuraGly appreciated, and they can
look hopeful to the future for proper
regard of their enterprise when the pub
lie generally fully understand the situa-
tion. The fullness OF this understan nd
ing is coming; surely and certainly ;
even though it be tardy in some
quarters.
1t appears to be necessary for the
country press to take hand in the
mortgage tax question, and indebted
ness clause of our assessment laws, and
decide the matter, as the Portland
chamber of commerce. have done
nothing but quarrel over the subject.
and ii an assemblyman wanted any
light it would be very dim, coming from
that source. The CHRONICLE voices
public expression i'll this division of the
state when it says the people are almost
q unit in favor of the repeal of both
clauses. If the interior press will take
the subject up and discuss 1t from the
popular standpoint, it will not be diff
cult for the average legislator to under
stand that the people are heartily sick
and tired of permitting Portland infiu-
ences to provide themselves with law
suited to personal conveniences for
avoiding the payment of their just pro-
portion of the st tie taxes. which the un-
sophisticated and honest plebian is
afraid to adopt for fear OF getting term
in the penitentiary for perjury. This is
just about the long and short of it, and
THE CHRoNJcLE so plainly stated the
matter when the board of equalization
was in The Dalles, that Mr.. Wingate. a
member of the board, admitted the
truthfulness of the prop sition.