The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-18
Reduction That
Does Not Reduce

The lumbermen and newspapers In
the Puget Sound region, says the
Northwestern Lumberman, continue to
indulge great expectations from what
they consider 40-cent rate on ship
ments to eastern points. Evidently by
Eastern points they mean st. Paul.
Minneapolis and Missouri river mar
kets. They have 40-cent rate only on
| fir in straight lots, in cars Of $4,000
pounds minimum capacity. and not
that beyond the Mississippi To points
EAST of that dividing line the rate ON
FIR in cars Of $4,000 pounds minimum
capacity is so cents hundred, which
Is a reduction of 10 cents hundred on
Did rates. That is something, and may
encourage the shipment OF fir lumber.
But long fir timber shipments have
received no encouragement from the
new rates, because they require two or
more cars for transportation, on which
he old rate of 60 cents hundred Is
charged.
The trouble with the new rates is
that they do not reduce where re-
duction was most desired. The Pacific
roads are not well equipped with cars
Of $4,000 pounds minimum capacity, and
shippers will find It difficult to pro-
cure them this season. II they use cars
OF 10000 pounds minimum capacity
shippers will have to pay so cents q
hundred to points east of the Missis-
sippi. and so cents to Minneapolis and
st. Paul on straight car loads of fir
and the old rates on shingles. cedar and
spruce, the very kinds OF product for
which there is the greater demand
east of the mountains.
The managers Of the Pacific roads
would have done something pro-
nounced for the Washington lumber
and shingle trade IL they had made a
minimum rate on all kinds OF timber,
lumber and shingles in any kind Of
cars or multiple of cars AS the rates
have been determined they have got
the thing somewhat mixed. If there is
anything on which shippers desired
a reduction OF rates 1t was long timber,
for that is just the stun that Is want
ed this side the mountains for car stills,
bridge timbers. and various uses that
require sound. long and tough timber.
for which fir is admirably adapted. II
cannot be shipped extensively east of
the Mississippi river because the rate Is
so high as to be nearly prohibitlve. A
reduction OF rates on long fir timber
would have been to some useful pur-
pose. Also. shingie shippers wanted
considerable reduction OF rates. but
they did not get 1t. Neither did the
promoters Of the spruce and cedar
trade 1t is likely. however. that the
rates will again be revised so as to
more nearly conform to the exigencies
Of the coast business. As the rates are
now fixed they will be some stimulus TO
eastward shippers.
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