The morning call., 1893-06-18
KILLING TRADE.
The Monopoly Is Still
at 1t.
DELAYING OREGON FREIGHT
The Oregon and California Rosa T.
Discriminating Against This Citv.
ST. Paul and Chicago Favored.
TRADE.
Monopoly
at 1t.
DELAYING OREGON FREIGHT

The Southern Pacific Company still ner-
s.-.s in delaying the shipments sent n
Southern Oregon over the lines of the Ore
eu Pacific Railroad Company.
la letter received from Ashland nv
merchant Of San Francisco, attention is
called TO the fact that it takes nearly ,,vo
weeks TO get goods from San Francisco
ever The lines of the opposition comnanv
wien The latter has 10 transfer to the
u0pOy.
-a reply to question whether this
-'stement Is true, General Agent d. r
Vaughn of the Oregon Pacific said vester-
aay that he was sorry to say that the rail.
-ai people did appear to be delaying the
Oregon Paciic's freight.
As far as goods on the Oregon Pacific
system are concerned, the competing com
p1ny can handle shipments with as mueh
ana IN some cases more promptitude than
.Hf Southern Pacific Railroad
lFE CALL has already directed the at
;agti0n Of San francisco merchants IN ,ba
>.Ithern PHclhc'S attempt to down a com
leatoT which Is doing more for San Fra
-Sto, ana IS III position to continue its
good work, than any other competitive
-le terminating at this city.
Local merchants are determined not IN
oa bu!idozed. however. Judging from the
au unt OF freight transported bv the
Oregon Pac1c Railroad.
Ar. aughn is authority for the state
u-nt that he steamer willamette Valley is
caITY'ns one-ihlrd more freight northward
90 Tie past Tour months than she did dur
ing any previous period Of this or last wear.
4uiS merchandise represented by the
one-thTd increase in the Willamette Val
ley's cargoes is the result of cheap trans
p1rtation and is equivalent to many thou
f- Nf doll L., bn
Wholesale merchants.
south OF Eugene the Greg on Pacific Com
ptry IS forced to transfer to she Southern
Pacific Railroad. Mr.. Vaughan SAYS that
l.- monopoly Will not prepay charges on
is billed to the Oregon Pacific, although
after company prepays bills for the
Oregon ami California.
ile comreung company's officials fur
tEeT state that the Oregon and California
= utnern Pacihc) fails at times to turn
goods over to It's competitor, but takes
them over lis own line, The mononoiv's
game IS a barefaced attempt to squeeze
san Francisco in favor of st. Paul, Chicago
anu other Eastern points, not to mention
Inrt.au
Having bled California for all it is worth
tie Southern Pacific is trying to pinch
Oregon, commencing on the States most
fertile valley, the Willamette
II huntington il Co. could oust opposi-
tlu from the Willamette Valley then that
section Of the country would find itself
confronted with very serious problem,
w. the ousting of the Southern Pa~itic.
Ihe case OF the San Joaquin Valley of
California and the Willamette Valley Of
Oregon are about parallel. By years of
SuccessfuTpOlltlcat cOnniVing and land-grab-
biug the san Joaquin has been left at the
mercy or the monopoly. The Willamette
Valley has been kept from trading with
markets toward which its commerce natur-
ally flows. Oregon aud California can
shake hands on this and argue that fellow
feeling should make US wondrous Kind.
Much was expected of the Oregon and
- C5kfOrnia when it was first spoken of py
rs NTners. 1t was thought that Northern
NeHornia would be developed by 1t and
.-4 San Francisco would increase her re-
tai and lOObing trade by virtue of the
new territory opened up by common car
Isr.
What has been the result of the build
i.E Of this line?
The answer is that this city's trade with
Northern California and Southern Oregon
has steadily been going backward ever
sllce the day the Oregon and California
line was completed.
II Is said that the manufacturing inter-
ests Of California are menaced Oh account
OF the high price of fuel. In Northern
California there are coal mines which re-
main undeveloped because this same Ore
R1n and California road, which is discrim-
mating In favor of ST. Paul and Chicagn,
viii not carry it to a market. as the South
err Pacific Company is grabbing all the
coal ana timber lands in the State, expect
ing some day to reap therefrom millions
upon millions OF the peoples money.
The monOpQly wants San Francisco mer-
chants to pay the costs of operating The
Oregon and California road over that 300
miles of worthless wastes between Shasta
and Ashland. Yes, San Francisco is pay
Ing high freights tu stand off the com
pany's losses by this 300 miles of non-pay-
ing road so that the St. Paul and Chicago
merchants can have an opportunity to
come in and undersell our local dealers.
Competition in the north must be main
tanned or else San Francisco will find her
self entirely without trade in that direc-
ton.
he interstate commerce law regulates
the grievances complained of by the Ore
gon Pacific. Shipments for Ashland and
points nGTth Should reach their destiHa-
Ii via the Oregon Pacific in about five
days.
lhe matter of delayed shipments has
been brought before the interstate cem-
merce commission. Merchants of San
Francisco through the Traffic Association
and the League of Progress should see
that remedy is coming.