The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-13

0. the freight o. ths izlaza empire int9
PcrrIa-d
- sho= VIA. .-ran tttrr diverted
trade, Re sad fhst tee fact that #rzzli
Zee zas sxzc.s9 for laSpe-fGoa q zhez.
g. wasn1axton diverted thoEsznss % tc-s
q wheat from th- soszad 20 Portland last
year.
TIE se-s@@-cy 20 szar- surarswary avs
ard arti-rsErcad legislation cmrxsd East
ern capitalists 20 blacklist tbs state. and
50 k-Yz capita aTay. one i-stAree had
Gene u-err his personal o1ssrvats0n- =
rzost promising railway enterprise T.
western Washington. yhfch IS inte-Sed
70 open - valuable fi-rb@r ard mining
region. was about 70 sarx7lzh zrs die BE-
cause capitalists were afraid % invest
ron-v f. q state where fhey might -
Isgisztsd OFT % their rights
Dir. Tyler was aske6 why tire business
we1a16 90 % Portland. ard explained that
Ar. Cotton. who was a Portland raan.
ceui9 better answer the question.
Ar. Cotton Il answering the e-aestioa
saif that tie o. p 4 -. got - per cent.
OF the os=i5ss= last year eeca1se Of ths
fact that there wss a charge exacteA on
tha Sound for tire inspection OF rvaia IL
his road could ger AZ tire business Of ire
Inland empire II could staEd 4 Is peg ca-.
r@1pcfto1- The o.1c- roads wosfA Srat
the reduction OF the rates IN the BIZ 70
the bitter enc. as trey -~ere 80 1ow tha.
the roscs would be operated az a loss IN
der them
SIR. Cotton was asked II he really
thought that the cost OF Inspection OF
grain IN Washington diverted wheat TO
Portland, ard he replied that ne was sure
OF II II made a big difference Re xat1
10 wheat broker who vas handling SO .
GOO or $4,000 bushels in q season. where a
srnah tar L. levied on each ton for iFspec-
ffoa~
Dependent ON Railroads.
s. G. Grasscup. attorney for the North
EN- Pacific Railway Company. was the
iazt speaker. Among other things he SAD
taAi there were 10 90 men IN the e-np.ov
OF the railways OF The state and thew IN
turn had 5000 depending upon them for
support. This made a total OF ~ 90 or
10 por cent. OF the 40 GO inhabitants OF
the state. The interests os the railroads
were very great from whatever point
they might be viewed Justice and not
passion or within should be used in dealing
with the railroads. i was essential trat
an agreement be reached By which the
railways might I've and prosper Just as 10
was nscezmrv that the interests OF those
outside OF the railroads might aiSo i've
and prosper. II the rate on wheat raised
In Eastern Washington IS put down too
low the eeHcit W.T. be made up on the
t4ilEtI tueE Of W SktEFl W A&4Alf4t TOT VINO
ship their product 20 the east. He said
II would be submitted 20 the committee
that the railroads % washington have
been operated al loss for the past four
years and also that az present they are
being operated at q loss.
Mr.. 6rosscup spoke OF the difficulties OF
making tariff which. he said. could only
be made by those OF rare skill VINO had
passed lifetime In learning how 20 prop
cry perform the difficult task. and asked
how those who are unskIlled IN the bust
ness could ever hope 20 construct tarir
that would be just and equitable
Failure of a stupid joke
As an anti-cinax 10 the meeting. the
secretary read a resolution 20 the effect
that as the railways had been ruined oy
a gold standard and placed IN the hands OK
racsavers the hat Ia passed for their nene-
At II was such an iH-tined JOKE that u
met with only the dsspprovsl 1t deserved.
The meeting then adjourned.