The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-02-27

was a matter of speculation as to
why demagogic Durhamism did not dig
up the one member of the Spokane
Shippers association who voted to
support the railroad commission bill
and use him to contradict the other
81 members of the association.
1t happened Saturday night Mr.
]. A. Schiller's contribution APP
peared in the Spokesman Review yes
terday morning.
Although Mr.. Durham has persisted
In ignoring the vote of the Spokane
Shippers association and has re-
peatedly referred to his contention
that only five shippers could be found
to sign the protesting telegram to
Olympia, he has failed to acknowl-
edge that he has been unable to find
but ONE who is openly in favor of
a railroad commission
Surely there are others out of the
hundreds" who are supposed to fol-
low Durhamsm to its runous finish
number of enterprises in Spokane to
rally at least FIVE open supporters
of the railroad commission.
But only ONE has been produced
30 far.
Jacob A. Schiller is the one man
In Spokane who is slated for a MEM
bership of the railroad commission
In G,l 1,
that there are many business men Of
the city who believe he would be able
to give those coast members a merry
chase.
Mr.. Schiller cast the one vote in
the shippers meeting for railroad
commission. He is still voting and
working for that commission.
Mr.. Schiller will be voting and
working for the commission when
Durhamsm is in the crematory.
Every business man in Spokane
honors Mr.. Schiller for the courage
of his convictions. His is not POI
htical campaign. He is working for
what he believes is right, regardless
OF the handicap of Durhamism and
Mr.. Schiller as did The Press,
fought hard for a reduction of rates
so that Spokane jobbers could com.
pete in Spokane territory without re-
bates or special rates. He never fal,
tered when Durhamism helped to
bring about that Chicago meeting,
just as the fight was about to be
per cent" of winning that fight.
Failing in that fight Mr. Schiller
turned his attention to railroad
commission, honestly believing he
could accomplish some good in that
direction. With courage remarkable.
he waded through the mass of Dur
hamism, of petty politics, and did his
best to evolve an order out of dema-
gogic chaos.
But the little good he found was
buried In the mass of political evil
which surrounds the commission bill
Because OF this courageous up hill
battle Mr.. Schiller is given credit
Because OF this. too. he was induced
to write that statement in the
Spokesman Review, ostensibly sup
porting Durhamism.
But Mr.. Schiller, the man, and Mr..
Schiller. the Durhamite are two sepa-
rate and distinct people. Logic fails
when attempting to support the illog-
ical condition of Durhamism.
In his dictated interview in the
Spokesman Review yesterday Mr..
Schiller made several statements
which will not hold.
In the first place. Fred Mason is
not director of the Spokane Falls
Il Northern railway. AS a member
Of the Arm of Holley, Mason, Marks
g. Company and as member of the
local ass{ blation, he is certainly a
jobber. '"
A to rebates. that argument does
not hold since the ten per cent re-
duction brought about the cancella-
tion of certain contracts. But more
OF this later.
Mr.. Schiller's chief argument is
contained in this paragraph:
ANY intelligent shipper knows that
all rates from the east, where the
largest proportion of all necessar les
originate In the western classiilca-
tlon TO this point. are made up Of the
rate 20 the coast or terminals. plus
the local return rate from the Goa st
to this city. Hence IL follows that
II tho local return rate Is cut, II re-
duces the through rate at the same
time. TO reduce the distributing rate
Into Spokane and eastern Washington
by the railways would be deprivinG