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could not get along without Piso's Cure
for Consumption. 1t always cures.-Mrs z.
o. MoultOn, Needham, Mass, Oct. %, '94.
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In New. York society circuses are perma.
nently established and inherent features of
the clty's social life.
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There are a great many people who woult
like to trade their characters for their repu
tations, and vice versa.
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The murderer has to go through many
trials in this life. The jury generally disa-
grees and he has to start all over again.
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The records of Massachusetts are written
In an official ink especially made for the
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

"Hanson's Magic Corn Sa1ve."
Warranted to cure money refunded Ask your
druggist for It. Price 10 cents.
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Nothing in the range of modern farce
comedy seems to be quite as successful rs
the parlor Trilby party.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

II tho Baby is Quitting Teeth.
Be sure and use that old and wclltried remedy, MRs
wIxsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teethinr-
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The Dnglish government has a large noat
Ing debt. That's what q country with q
Iarge nAvy must expect
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The congressional session has arrived at
the juncture wherein tempers are lost with
alarming facility.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

A very heavy snow storm visited Gal
veston on the 14th.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-02

There are about 100, 900 Islands, large and
small scattered over the oceans. America
alone has $500 around Its coasts.
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1000 nUs. I,......o..s FER ACHE.
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it. But as it is, an on record as opposed
to IT,"
II don't know how can show that"
retorted Chairman La Rue; ''the condition
of the country demands this reduction. /
do not believe the railroad company will
dispute it."
And so it went on, and finally the dis
cussicn was disturbed by a speech from
Mr.. Briggs and Mr.. White of Fresno, who
talked boldly for the resolution.
Then Attorney Martin of the Southern
Pacific wished it understood that if re
port had been circulated that the railroad
company was behind this resolution, the
report was untrue.
Denis Kearney announced that when
the time should come he wanted to be
heard as to what effect this reduction
would have on the wage-earners employed
by the railroad. "You must base this re-
duction on labor" he said, sand l want to
be heard on the proposition that if you
reduce the profits of this corporation, you
cut down the wages of the labor it en-
ploys."
Mr.. Clark moved substitute to the reso-
luton that the rates on all commodities
be taken up, but his substitute was lost,
and the board agreed to meet this morning
at 10 o'clock and hear what the Southern
Pacific may have to say as to the reduction
of the grain schedule, and the meeting
stood adjourned.
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RALLY COMMISSIONERS MEET AND TALK

Commissioner from the Second District
NJ. R. Clark, Commissioner from the Third
District.
As attendants upon the proceedings, and
in behalf of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company. there were present W. c. Curtis,
assistant general manager; G. L. Lansing
controller; c. L. Smurr, general freight
agent, and ]. c. Martin, attorney.
Judge Lawler, Andrew J. Clunie and
Denis Kearney were also among the spec
tators.
Captain Roberts appeared in behalf of
the California Navigation Company and
Major ]. P. Harvey for the Sacramento
Transportation Company.
Fresno was represented by W. W. Phil
lips, E. W. Briggs and T. c. White. who
appeared as committee to present a
petition,
During the two weeks adjournment of
the board Secretary Newman has been in
receipt of mass of communications that
were presented to the board yesterday
after the reading and approval of the
record of the meeting of August IA. Only
those affecting the matter of reducing the
Southern Pacific freight rates, as contem-
plated by the resolution introduced by
Chairman La Rue at the last meeting,
were read and placed on file.
A communication from Stockton in
formed the board that the Stockton grange
!, ad Endorsed the resolution.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more. With
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system
dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all Drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will nos
accept any substitute if oferea
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could not vote for its adoption. Copies of this
resolution and the proceedings held upon that
day have been served upon the company
named in the resolution and this company
asked for time in which to prepare data show
ing that this order should not be enforced.
As Commissioner and basing my conclu-
sions upon thorough investigation of the
subject, believe that there are many reasons
to urge against the adoption of this measure.
The preamble to this order contains many
statements which are not borne out by the
facts OF the case, and the order, If adopted and
enforced, would certainly fail to accomplish
the results which have been so earnestly de-
sired by all who are directly interested in the
question of transportation in this State.
speak of the discrimination which exists on
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Additional Reductions New This Week.

EVERYDAY SCHOOL SHOES, with Sole LIE ath
sizes to 1912, soc; former price. 81 %.
Sizes II to 2, 81: former price, 81 so.
Price these elsewhere and you VIII buy ours.
TON, with Rawhide Tips, sizes to 1912, re-
duced TO 81; former price, 81 IS.
$50 pairs PHIL HERBER LADIES' FRENCH
SLIPPERS. Black Bronze, stitched heels,
reduced to 81: former price So; all small sizes,
All our Ladies' So so and SO TAN BUTTON or
LACE SHOES are 81 S5.
All our Ladies' SO so and 81 HAND-SEWED,
TURNED and GOODYEAR WELT LACE or
BUTTON SHOES are now 81 40; less than
We are also selling LADIES' FINE DONGOLA
KID OXFORDS, with either pointed or square
toes and V-shaped patent-leather tips, for
$3.50
that are beauties in every way. The Kid ia
soft and pable. The soles hand-sewed'
and free from tacks or threads, and they
require no breaking in. They are well worth
So so.
j. & T. COUSINS LADIES' SIS STITCHED-HEEA
BOOTS Lace or Button Kid or Cloth Tops,
are now So rs.
A saving TO you of 81 rs on each and every pair.
400 pairs LAIRD, SCHOBER IL MITCHELL'S
FRENCH KID HAND-SEWED WALKING
BOOTS reduced to 81 so; former price ST so.
Great Bargain.
TOO pairs of the celebrated HANAN & SON
FRENCH CALF, GOODYEAR WELT. CON-
GRESS, BUTTON or LACE SHOES are re-
duced to 81: former price IS.
We are Sole Agents for Hanan & Son.
JOHNSON & MURPHY,S GENTS, SO HAND
SHOES are reduced to SIS to close them out.
We are headquarters for LADIES' and GENTSH
BICYCLE SHOES: our price 81 and 80 25-
Sold elsewhere at So.
1t would require entire newspaper
to enumerate all the great bargains Of
fered this week, but a look in our win
dows and a visit to our establishments
will prove that all we say is absolute
truth.
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MR.. LA RUE TALKS.
He Can See No Reason Why the
Southern Pacific Company
DISCrimtnateS,

Chairman La Rue then spoke in support
of his resolution, and in answer to DR..
Stanton's position as follows:
assumed that the railroad company, or
whoever operated this road and fixed the
rates, changed them from time to time, and
did it with an eye single to the giving of the
people generally the same rates, comparatively
speaking, in all localities. They have cor
rected determinations in many instances In
many places they reduced the rates.
Ii the company's arrangement of rates were
fair to all sections of the State then tie gen.
eral reduction of Is per cent, or 10 per cent,
or any other per cent, could be made without
being unjust to any particular locality without
discriminating against any. Presuming that
the rates fixed were fair to each section of the
country and know no reason why they should
discriminate, there are several questions to be
taken into consideration when the reduction
of rates is contemplated on account OF the to-
biography of the country.
Dr. Stanton says there are many places from
which no grain is shipped where the railroad
made reduction OF 50 or So ton. From sta
tions where no grain is handled I took their
rate, as they have rate at those localities. But
in the great grain-growing country, Sacra-
mento. San Joaquin and Salinas valleys and
some other adjacent localities find, by a care
Iul comparison VI oil tue snippAHg points,
that the rates are about the same.
You may go to Fresno or stations In that
vicinity and you will find the rate compares
very favorably with the localities in the Sacra-
mento Valley. The country is about the same,
level and down grade. l noted all the reduc-
tions made between the different points. In
some localities there is reduction of from
to 20 per cent, in others from 80 cents to 50 or
So. But believing that the rates generally
throughout the State were not discriminating
one section against the other, g general reduc-
ton of ID per cent would be very reasonable
and Just. I believe this reduction ought to be
made / have gone all over the lines of the
principal points and noted the rate per ton per
mile that is charged, and / carried it out in
that resolution. 1 do not believe that the rail-
road company will even contend that Is per
cent reduction is unjust.
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the Pacific system of the Southern Pacific Com
pany. If the gentleman who presented this
resolution had arranged q schedule, as re-
ouired by the law which governs our actions,
these determinations would have been at once
apparent and it would not have required much
calculation to show that the charges in differ
ent localities range from OF to q rate exceed
ing 10 cents per mile. There may be reasons
advanced for these discriminative charges,
rience as a shipper, are entitled to due respect
and consideration; but, if reasons are not
forthcoming, and it is admitted that these dis
examinations exist then ask how it is possible
to regulate this condition by adopting such an
order as the gentleman proposes?
Would not schedule based upon general
reduction of Is per cent and excepting only
the seventy-one stations which are affected by
the proposed 20-per-cent reduction still main
tain these irregularities? If the Commissioner
is correct the reductions made have not been
general, and, consequently, should this order
be enforced, you would find the wheat-shipper
in one section of the country receiving a re-
duction of Is per cent on the rates of grain
tariff No. L, when another shipper has derived
a benefit OF about 80 per cent on the rates of
the same tariff. A comparison of the rates
from Dinuba to Port Costa and Salida to Stock
ton may serve as an illustration of this fact
Many OF the stations named in the resolution
as affected by 20-per-cent reduction show no
grain shipments either in 1888 or 1894, nota-
bly, on the Sacramento and Plaeerville branch
The same irregularities exist as to the rates,
and in some instances IL cents per ton per
mile is charged for transportation OF grain.
The horizontal reduction of 20 per cent
would not place these stations on an equal
footing.
For these reasons am opposed to the adop-
ton of this order and am certain that If the
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odd jobs. Much of this competition, the
letter says, is rendered by vessels from the
North Pacific Coast to Southern Cali
fornia ports. Returning empty they seek
San Luis Obispo County freights.
Concerning the grain rates from Salinas
Valley Mr.. Smurr's letter sums up the
matter by explaining that the trouble was
not that the interior rates were too high,
but that on the coast they were too low.
The railroad, he said. had the choice of
acting as it did or withdrawing from COM
petition.
W. W. Phillips, chairman of commit
tee sent by citizens of Fresno, presented a
petition signed by 120 interested citizens,
asking that the resolution of Chairman
La Rue presented at the last meeting be
adopted. Mr.. Phillips was asked to adj
dress the meeting, and said:
In asking for general reduction of Is per
cent on grain rates through our valley it is
we'll known that the farmers and wheat
producers of the State are fast going into bank
ruptcy. They will soon have to go out OF
business unless they obtain relief through this
board in this reduction. Only last December
the railroad company admitted by reduction
that the rates were too high, and we still think
they are charging too much.
The mass-m Getting that selected Mr.. Briggs,
Mr.. White and myself to appear before this
board was called by the Chamber of Commerce
of Fresno. We are not here to make any specific
argument as to the grain rates established
through the valley. We say only this-that
the burden has been very heavy for years past,
and that according to the present condition of
things We are entitled to some relief
1t is a well-known fact that the railroad COM
pany is not paying to-day taxes on half the
valuation that it was paying eight, nine or ten
years ago The assessed valuation OF 1894 was
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declare that he favored the reduction as a
fair and just one, he was ready and willing
to invite the railroad company to come in
and show if it could that it was not fair.
In the discussion rates and reductions
and Determinations were presented and
argued upon, and when the opposers of
the resolution saw that the chairman
was determined to have the issue put to a
proper test they endeavored to kill the
resolution by declaring that it was not
properly before the board, as it had not
been seconded. Chairman La Rue in
formed them that the mover of a resolu-
ton in q quasi judicial body had no more
occasion to await second to his action
than had an attorney il. a court of law.
''If we are going to make rate" said
DIR. Stanton, 'let us make rate that will
appear consistent
81 see many Determinations" echoed
Mr.. Clark, 'sand want to be posted as to
what they are. / think some reductions
ought to be made in some places, but l
want further information on some points"
And then they fell to discussing the
rates at particular points, and the more
they talked the more determined DR.. STAN
ton and Mr.. Clark appeared to oppose
the resolution. Then Dr.. Stanton de-
Tended his position by declaring that Mr..
La Rue had not submitted the resolution
to him nor consulted with him about it,
and Mr.. La Rue gave his reason and re-
minded DR.. Stanton that while he had
called on him in reference to business of
the board the doctor had never returned
the courtesy.
"If you could show me what bearing
this reduction has on the revenue of the
road" said DR.. Stanton, II will vote for
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then we are the judges as to what reduction
shall be. l am prepared to show by the tables
in that resolution that the reduction would
not be productive of good results. think
there are Determinations.
think we should give more relief to Salinas
Valley and TO San Joaquin Valley. Let US
make the reductions where they are necessary
Let US not make sweeping reduction in diff
ferent localities. In some cases no grain is
being shipped. From Homestead and Placer.
vile none was shipped in 1893 or 1894
am in favor of taking up the petition from
Gonzalez and Fresno. In the meantime If the
railroad company representatives want to
come in and make showing let them do so.
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Commissioner will go into the detail of a
schedule based on his order he will agree that
the facts are as l have presented them before
this commission. l am in favor of reduction
of the freight rates on all commodities where
these rates are unjust and unreasonable, but
as il is claimed that rates have been estab-
lished on a commercial basis and the reduction
of rates upon one commodity would seriously
affect the rates governing the movement OF an
other, to be consistent this commission should
give an impartisl hearing to all parties con-
cerned, and when q reduction is determined
upon, give the shipper of all commodities
affected by unjust rates the proper percentage
of said reductions; to determine this fact am
in favor Of changing the order of these pro-
ceedings and offer resolution to that effect.
The order of Commissioner La Rue, if
adopted by this commission, could not possibly
affect the movement of the grain crops this sea-
son.
Now word as to newspaper criticism.
have been censured by certain newspaper of
this City tor the reason that would not COM
nit myself to Commissioner La Rue's resolu-
ton. The public have been informed that my
vote upon the question will be the test of the
honesty of my future action in the commits
sion. shall perform my official duties regard
less of criticism and the annual report of this
commission for 1895 will furnish all the neces-
sary information as TO our proceedings during
the past year.
Speaking then in defense of his position
DR.. Stanton said:
If we are going to investigate this subject of
rates, it means not only the wheat rates, but a.
reduction on other commodities. The farmers
themselves cannot be benefited by this reduc-
ton unless the rates on other commodities are
also reduced where excessive. The only way
to accomplish this is by full investigation. If
the railroad company's position is correct let
them come in and prove it, Ii it is incorrect
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schedule the rate shall be reduced
twenty COY per cent from present rates,
to wit;
Lincoln, Ewing, Sheridan, wheatland, Reeds,
Rupert, Marysville. Raminez, Coombs, Honcut,
Palermo, Vancluse, Cox Lane, Villa Varona,
Oroville, Marritts, Mullen, Woodland. Curtis.
Knights, Chandler, Marcuse, Tudor, Oswald,
Rogues Spur, Yuba City, vacaville, Violet,
Hartleys, Allendale, Woliskill, Winters, Eiys,
Citrona, Madison, Esparto, Capay, Cadanassa,
Tancred, Jury, Amaranth, Guinda, Sauterne
Cashmere, Rumsey Homestead, New Ramona,
Perkins, Manlove, Mayhem, REUTERS, Mills,
Soudan, Salisbury, Natoma, Alder Creek, Orch
ard, Folsom, White Rock, Cothrins, Latrobe,
Flonellis, Bryant, Brandon, Dugan, Bennett,
Single Springs, Cummins Ell Dorado. Dia-
mond Springs and Placerville, and said rates
so amended, established and adopted shall be
the maximum rates allowed to be charged on
said Southern Pacific Company's Pacific sys-
tenn in California.
DR.. Stanton placed himself on record
Immediately after the consideration of
communications and the Fresno petitions
by offering the following statement of his
position:
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %, 1898.
AS Commissioner from the Second District
submit the following facts for the consider.
alton of this commission:
At the session held August Ia, 1895, the
Commissioner from the First District pre-
sented resolution having for its object re-
duction OF rates upon grain from all points in
California upon the Southern Pacific system.
The proposed reduction would be general cut
of Is per cent on rates published in grain
tariff No. 2 and subsequent amendments and
q reduction of 20 per cent on rates charged by
this company from sevent-yone stations north
of Port Costa and Sacramento. was not ac-
corded the privilege of examining this resolu-
ton prior to the meeting and consequently
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$4,000 per mile, whereas in 1884 it was ST. 600
per mile. There is no line of business in Cali
fornia to-day, in our judgment, that has not
suffered
We simply appear here to present this petit
ton and ask the board to adopt the resolution
of reduction. II is not as much as we think we
are entitled to, but we will take this small re-
duction as in the line of duty OF this board and
hope for better things in the future.
what was the former reduction referred
to by Mr.. Phillips?" asked DIR. Stanton.
Sixteen and half per cent" answered
Chairman La Rue. 'The rate was So 60,
and it is now So
81 am in favor of taking up the different
parts of the San Joaquin and Salinas
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THE COMMISSIONERS TALK.
Nearly Three Hours OF Discussion,
Ending Where 1t Began.

The remainder of the afternoon was de-
voted principally to discussion between
Chairman La Rue and DR.. Stanton, in
which Mr.. Clark occasionally had word
to say, as to what should be done with the
resolution, both DR.. Stanton and Mr..
Clark declaring they would not vote for it
as it stood.
Chairman La Rue finally succeeded in
making them understand that the resolu-
ton was presented with the view OF put
ting the issue of the necessity for reduc-
ton in a shape that it could be discussed.
He said that while he did not hesitate to
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DR.. STANTON TALKS.
Reasons Why There Should Not Be
a Horizontal Reduction.

Horizontal Reduction.
The point at issue and which this meet
ing was called to discuss is found in the
following clause of Chairman La Rue's
resolution. presented at the last meeting
OF the board:
A general reduction from the present
rates of fifteen (15l per cent of each and
every rate charged between any and all
points or stations named in said tariff or
schedule is hereby made except that
b between the folIowing-named stations
and all points named in said tariff or
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FOR THE REDUCTION.

communications Urging the Cut In
the Grain Rates.
1t was only half-past when the meeting
was called to order, owing to the late arri-
val of DR.. Stanton. Secretary Newman
called the roll, and it was answered by
Chairman H. M. La Rue, Commissioner
from the First District; James I. Stanton
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Valleys" said DR.. Stanton, "and giving
each what we shall consider fair" And
thus the discussion upon the resolution of
Chairman La Rue was opened up.