The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-10

Among wheat shippers on the Sound
she belief is almost unanimous that this
city and Tacoma are not getting their
ehsre Of the grain shipped from the fetns
OF Eastern Washington, and the state
snent has been made that not more than
one-fOuFfh Of the amount snipped 10 tAtet
points last year - coming 70 inc Souho
This season. According 20 the dealers,
there Is but one reason for this great re-
dnction and that is the open and bare
Paced discrimination Of the Oregon Rail-
way 4 Navigation Company IN iaFoT OF
Portland shippers. II Is claimed that II
can be prove3 that the receiver OF tills
company, who - an appointec Of tl'
United States court, Il paying rebates on
wheat shipped 10 Portland, and, as a re-
suit. the warehouses Of the .. k. q ,.
Co In the Pal0use are piled 20 the roof
with wheat platforms hundreds or feet
long are covered thirty sacks high with
grain sacks, and freight cars are used
for storage purpose while on the North
ern Pacific the warehouses have room 10
spare.
eli anybody having the interests Of the
Sound twin cities at heart" said a prom
inent Seattle shipper yesterday. 'anouid
devote q little time and research To the
movement OF the wheat crop in this state
NJ would not be surprised at the query
o. t. whether Seattle and Tacoma had
Hegn HypUuffZeG anu NfAAEtu anu ron
dcred inseusible % what was going on In
this connection he could readily ascer-
Tain that the discrimination OF the ore
gon Railway a. Navigation Company In
favor OF Portland had resulted Ia the dis
fribuiion 0f tho quantity Of wheat already
brought TO the railroad tracks IN the pro-
portion % about - per cent. In the ware
houses OF that road. II about = per canf
in the warehouses Of the Northern Pa
cifie He would find that OF this small
share apparently secured 10 the Northern
Pacific. a large percentage when shipped
was routed 10 Portland via Wallula. re-
eulting In the fact that the Sound today
IS not receiving 40 per cent. of the wheat
she did last year. While even then the same
state OF affairs existed. but not ln such
marked degree.
Eloquent Facts I'm PaIouse.
1T IS necessary, In order 10 have an
Intelligent understanding % the case. thar
one should be informed as 20 the methods
adopted ia the country when the crops are
moving rapidly. as they have been during
the last sixty days. II rarely happens
that a farmer sells his wheat as ne hauls
81 IN 20 the warehouse He prefers 10 ac-
cumulate q block In town and then offer Il
for sale. and the warehouse man who or
fers the best Inducements secures she CON
1rol of the wheat \ trip through the Pa
louise country today woald surprise any
sued by the oregon Railway and Navg8-
sion Company the las, Eve years. every
year being more aggravated Take the
towns n Pullman. Garfield. Oakesdale and
Moscow as example competitive points on
the two roads IN question. The ware
houses on the Oregon Railway sni Navl-
CATION route are piled ~ the roof tenn
porary platforms hundreds 81 feet long.
are piled thirty sacks high. while box ears
on the side tracks are used for storage
on the other road tho warehouses have
abundant room and - spare II is not
that the dealers on the one road are less
active than on the other. ar shlt pilS-
llshed rates Of freight favor one as against
the other. The reasons are patsnt %
everybody a al familiar with the hauaing
az grain, and q - common TAX in me
country. The whole proposition w1s la.f
hare io the public last season when the
Walls WsEa county farmers Appended 70
the interstate commerce commission r1r
relief in the matter ~ FIRE. ght rates and
when T. was proved beyond nera4ventlre
that the Oregon Railway AMI Navigation
Company, g read In the hands az the J-ut-
Tel states courts. scattered hr1tIrss. as
f}vors % any leader ou Us i.nr Who v4S
close mouihel 1u3 WHO would pull wneat
from the Northern rfe9c. ana rs con-
Eequenre from the Sagnl cties ma divert
S; ,n por,hnd
''it f. a known ftct thlt ihls matter vvas
lad before the NOT sheru P4r.ar Rtlreff
Company and 'tE ol receivers whsle fhov
were on che sound on ara fuv.-t.a-.trsr
tour several months ago Uu. ir-tslG or
adopting measures FOR urevrut.ur trr
abuse. they have allowed i; o. ao -.nsattf
II A more aEEr7ya.ei form thsu st-~ ae-
1orf. ana wrrc -hpr PARTIES II tn. lf4I
thev could nof havr shown more snathy
Khan thcy dli ,h's fllL
TIE Que-tinu to g." Dealt WIth.