The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-04-19
GET BETTER RATES
RAILleADS MEET the J0BBElS
HALF UAY.
Secoaa Conference % RorlloNd ne.
sults psuch esore Satisfactorily
Thsn sss1 oeea Aaticioeoe1-
Reductions Ia Az except vhs1
Clsss.

Portland. April 1S.-As rssalt a
the several confsrsncss betwesn rail.
road men repFsssnting the Hartman
system. the Great Northern and North
srn Pacific and the jobbsrs Of ths PA-
OHIO Northwest. concessions sEsatsr
than were anticipated have been made
TO the Coast jobbers. They announce
themselves, through ". A. Msazs, -
being fairly we'll satisfied with The
stand taken BY the railroads.
90 far - possible, with the szesp.
tion Of goods manufactured On the Pa.
oinc coast all commodity lots will. b
reduced, and for the distributioo from
the jobbing centen 10 inland points In
four Of the GLASSES some very favorable
concessions WeEo received.
No Seattle rsprsssntative Was a
hand ct the meeting yesterday, but
Mr.. Means met with the trafBo men
and consulted for three housu with
them. Al the end Of that time ~
meeting was over and Mr.. Nears gave
ont IN interview embodying the above.
After the meeting was held last wesk
the outlook for tho jobbing Interests
was blue indeed. The jobbefu now
frankly admit that they expected 10
meet with blank refusal on the part
Of the railroads to do anything for
them. They have therefore bseu
agreeably surprised.
Railroads Compromised.
Mr.. Mears told the representative
Of the three roads that rather than 40
Dept the proposals made last week
they would prefer 10 have conditions
remain - they were. He was told
that the railroads were prepared 10
meet the jobbers half way in the mat.
tar and arrange q compromise.
1T 10 quite evident" said Mr..
N ears, "tllat the railroads arc trying
to arrange their tariffs % they will
stand the scrutiny Of tho courts and
the railroad commissions. The roads
concerned have had some low commo-
dity rates for carload lots into the In.
terror. We asked them for some low
les than car load rates from distxibut-
ing points. We were informed that
they are DESTROYS Of abolishins % far
~ possible the commodity lots on all
goods except such goods a. arc manu-.
featured on this coast.
Cseiosd Lot Issue.
"Such articles - syrups, cereals,
paints, oils and other things that arc
manufactured on tho coast they will
still carry in carload lots 10 interior
points, thus showing desire 70 foster
the industries OF the far West. Other
articles. such - beans, sugar and
canned goods. will b placed In class
rates. We also requested that thses
30 . reduction In GLASS RATES, although
We hardly expeeted that our request
would b acoeded 10. In this respect
We were also surprised. for they made
. material reduction in class Satss for
goods OF the dTst, second, fourth and
fifth Glasses. Goods Of the third elias
will remain - they ase ct present On
the tariff schedule. The first cla0 con.
sists Of suoh goods - pianos, oahs and
carriages, while canned goods and
sugar arc In the 9th class.
1--WE have done very we'll indeed.
and l think tho jobbers Of Portland.
Seattle and Tacoms will have reason
to feel satisfied. In view OF the oondi.
tion Of Affairs. We cannot give out
moro conserving the meeting than has
already been stated, but IL sives assur-
ance OF . friendly feeling on the part
Of the railroads 70 our interssts."
SlSlcR exONeRATeo.