The morning call., 1892-07-14
FLESH OF ONE AND FISH OF
ANOTHER.

The inhabitants Of this State are begin
ming to realize that 1t will not answer 20
permit railroads to collect one sum Of
money from one person or one company
and another sum from another person or
company under like circumstances for the
same service For instance. for the South
ern Cr Central Pacific Railroad Company to
demand from one person % or 80 per cent
more than it does from another is simply an
outrage, vet it is understood that policy of
this nature is pursued by the managers Of
the Southern Pacif, Railroad Company.
The Record Union, as CaifOr0iaus know,
is the tender Of that company, hence what
il says may be taken as authority. On
Monday, July Il, We find an editorial IL
the Record nion from which We copy The
following:
In another column viii be found an article
from The Iulare DItiy Register, IN which are
edtoriaiiy recited certain facts relative to
ch0lts made IN Tuiare 10 establish a cannery.
aud TO complaints made against tie railroad
company in connection herewith. OF TIE sup
position that the company had refused TO the
people Of rulare transportation facilities and
r2tes HAT would enable them 10 found and
maintain The ludusuY-tbat in short the trans
porjailon rat es gave tie fruit-grOwer OF Tulare
40 option but 10 send his fruit 10 san Francisco
30 be canned. unless be chose to dry it.
Tie article in question is exactly true in its
statements with single exception; no applica-
ton was made 10 the railroad authorities iu-
guiry develops, in tie year 1891 for facilities
that would enable cannery TO be established
. glare. Upon tie suppOsitiOn that an appli-
cation Lad been made and refused al the disap-
poiumeut refeue ed 10 was based. Many ano her
Ease OF complaint In this State has equally as
unstable foundation.
But The fact is that lhe first appeal to the
Southern Pacific Company IN The Tulare case
was made IN March Of this year, and not in 1891.
What then happened, II is learned, was that the
a2flc department OF The Southern Pacific Com
pany, having It's attention drawn 10 the inten.
tion to found tie proposed industry ia Tulare, at
once len 1t ali possible aid. The large vacant
shop al Tulare was offered free for the cannerv
works. Timothy Paige followed this up win
tie offer Of d subsidy OF $4,000, IN sums Of $1,000
year for i've years.
10 lufiher encourage the proposed industry
tie Southern Pacific Company offered to Trans
p0lt sugar 10 IulaIe ar the desirable rate OF 81
per ton, Tin cans al $50 per carload or So per ton;
pig lin al Sl2 per ton, and coal at S15 from
COaiiuga 10 Iuare OF course tbese concessions
and this spirit Of encouragement covered the
whole ground OF complaint. made The establish.
ment OF cannery al IUiaTe a certainty If the
people desired it, aud disclosed the fact that The
charges INDUCED IN mat the railroad was the
obstacle o the erection OF cannery were with
out particle OF foundation.
The CALL has no objection to concessions
being made to public interests-those which
If established will benefit the inhabitants OF
tie State. but it does object decidedly to four
or five men, who have the benefit Of our laws
and cur courts to protect themselves. and to
condemn our property, ho matter where il
may be located or to whom it may belong.
having the power to charge one man or one
company one price for services performed
by the railroad company, while it charges
another person or company perhaps 90 per
cent more. This changing Of prices for the
TRANSFORMATION Of commodities to different
individuals, companies or towns is what the
public complain Of One man has offers for
has freight Transportation which will enable
him 10 do a prosperous business, while
another, who will not sell himself BODY and
soul to the railroad company. will be charged
such eX0rbitant rates for transportation as
will prove ruinous. The kind of action
TO which reference is made seems TO control
the transaction OF much Of the business of
our great railroad company. 1t is what this
State cannot endure for much length Of time.
and 1t is what never should have been at
tempted, yet the Record Union speaks of il
as matter worthy of special credit. Com
mon carriers are required to treat all em-
poyers alike. Business cannot 90 on
smoothly until the railroad company changes
Its freight rates and treats all persons alike.