The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-05-16
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administration of the Southern Pacific
is the most Benign that has been in con-
troll of that road since it first linked east
with west. President Hartman has not
adopted THE public damned" for his op-
Grating motto. He has tried to dev lop
the business of his road by developing
the country through which it runs. We
believe the railroad is entitled to tn Sc
words of fairness.
"But the fact remains that Reno issuf-
faring. that the whole state of Nevada
is suffering. because of freight rates
which are on their very fact unjust. The
d aler in Sacramento buys a carload Of
hardware in some eastern point of mon
ufacture. He pays for hauling that hard
ware 10 Sacramento anG no further.
The dealer in Reno pays for a similar
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ing it to Sacramento and hack again. It
is cut out here. But the freight bill Is
the rate charged the Sacramento man
plus the rate for hauling the car from
Sacramento to Reno. Railroad men will
scott and sneer as they read this, and
they well say that all this is superb
oial. and tina there are ten thousand
things that enter into the makingof rates
Probably there are. But Their are rail-
road men 0. who agree that these
same ten thousand things are LARGELY
the outgrowth Of an egregious system
md earnestly hope that the complex sys-
tenn of classification. which ia itself $
both creator aad creature Of fraud. could
Sc aone away wish. Superficial or not,
the fact remains that Reno and all e
rest Of thue stat IS SUFFERING from these
discriminating rates.
THE business men Of Reno well know
thai when they undertake the fight for
better things form the railroad they win
have working against them the power
full interests of san Francisco and of
Sacramento wholesalers. The wheleeal-
ers of these two places will fight to re-
tain the clutch which they have had
on this state for years. They know that
as soon as Nevada Is given a terminal
point h will lose the place as a mar
ket for their goods because wholesale
houses wall be opened here as soon as the
rates are made equable. Soft is no t only
a natural opposition of the railroad that
is to be overcome. but also the opposition
Of powerful interests that nave grown
fat because Nevada was irreparabiy in
their clutches.
believe the fight should be made. IT will
take time and take money. But the
game is worth the candle. A clug. an or
ganization should be formed. Its mem
bers should be recruited from the whole
state. for the interests of the whole state
are identical in this matter. Call it the
Terminal Club. or anythingn you please
hut let it's object be obtaining OF a ter
minal rates for some place in the state.
There is not a single man inn cvada
who has at heart the welfare of the ssate
who would not be proud and glad to join
such an organization and to do what
fact that failure has been encoutersd in
he could to accomplishin it's object. The
the past should not make US faint OF
heart today, and and all the tortoriousdu
try which the railroad might weave abb
out its clains should not obscure the is
sue. With painstaking care. with an un-
swerving fidility Of purpose. with a will.
ingness to labor for months and years
If need be. the movement should be strt-
ed. Nevada is a different state than It