The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-04-14
Eszgz Will Sell Out if Hartman Wins

"a, Paul, Minn., April ll.-Presl-
SSssGat James J. Hill Of the Great
Ns@rthern railroad III an interview
-ssscazzrms his previous statement that
* ahe suit brought by the Hartman
yra4erests is successful he will retire
zaexz says.that if the Northern Pacific
7sagzsss into the hands of hostile in
-&..nests he has fought his last battle
zlr she northwest.
AL can say is already said in
@Dv testimony in the securities suit, +"
Ysr. Hit said. ''If the Hartman
I1eerests win it means just what l
%sS2ad then. either to fight or to sell
1Y0G TO them. 1 have fought my last
Hight for the northwest, and if l am
&fsraught face to face with another
es0naict I shall sell out and retire.
People forget that I am not COM
sailed to fight the northwest's
u2stles. I am getting to an age
SsVaaen [ feel that l am entitled to a
E-es4 What it will mean if interests
(which have always fought to secure
axgrip on the country we are trying
asg build up succeed in their purpose,
zSogone can figure out as well as [.
&5S would mean for US that we must
szSgElt another battle or sell out.
What [ said meant. We will sell.
North Dakota and Washington
sxssd other states have been friendly
esD us because they realize what
U12sse lines have done for them.
They have cheapened transportation
;azsd given facilities to communities
1ssat needed them. yet this we un-
azssrstand is in restraint of trade. If
~Se applied Union Pacific rates to the
&zgeat Northern it would mean an
Zaerease of $7,000,000 a year in our
e.@xnings. 1t would cost the North
west, for instance, $685.
zHsar to apply the same rates, yet
2Ts9p1e are hghtlng US,
Z have prospered, of course, yet
8 have given my labor for no more
etssssx1saa any stakeholder has received.
z wanted to get these lines in such
shape that no hostile interest could
9.5vach them for the sake of the loyal
Ssuves tors who have always aided me
sEnd remained my friends. Hemmed
E1 by hostile interests on the north
zxgad south, all that will be left to do
esrEu be to protect these men and sell.
L@sould sell, of course, if wished
I'D could command good price for
f@reat Northern, possibly $50.
The case is in the hands of the
Zikwyers. | believe we will win it,
gsst we are taking the usual chance of
lawsuit. We are fighting for an
equitable and just plan of distribu
F5son of the Northern Securitie.
,a2ssets. We will have a good case
::ssEsd the afidavits that will be filed
'-Ezesday will make remarkably good
leading. / do not want to try the
e1ase before the courts get chance.
These affidavits will show figures
esaocerning what the rataDle distri-
1Hsson plan means that demonstrate
taas position of Hartman and his
Ef-Iends.
1--WE have battled for new markets
<xsaa wider opportunities for the
gxeethwest. Let someone else take
snp She fight now. When the time
cranes that the northwest must
ELaue new markets these people will
%a-ssalize that it would have been a
sssaod plan to have let us alone in our
axStempt to get them. No more flour
zss going to Asia. Why? Because
qEG this same embarrassment. We
gsaalst publish our rates and give the
french. English, German and other
Interests chance merely to look at
a1aem and then mark under them and
zget the business. The 40 per cent.
tAour rate represented no profits to
KS. It didn't make a perceptible
Inference to our treasury, yet the
rails in our territory are shipping
zzD more flour to the Orient be-
saeause the government was unreas-.
vAaably exacting in it's rest rictions
ard forced the rate out.
Another Reduction.