The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-04


Lane is to come To Reno in very
short time TO hear the complaints of
the Nevada merchants against the
discrimination and Illegal charge on
freight shipped from eastern termin-
ais.
II will be remembered that the
merchants of Nevada presented
memorial 10 the state railroad com
mission as a foundation for an official
request from that commission to the
interstate commerce commission to
hold session in this city and hear
the complaints of Nevada merchants.
This petition was considered by the
state commission as a matter of
T form. and the letter of transmission
To the interstate commission carried
/ the endorsement and invitation of the
state commission in addition to the
original memorial of the merchants.
Franklin Lane, the Pacific coast
representative on the commission, Is
/ about to come TO this city to hold the
session prayed for and the testimony
is being arranged for that session.
simultaneously with the knowledge
that Lane is coming. is declaration
from the Jobbers' association of San
Francisco, that any change in existing
conditions will rob them of about
100000 worth of trade annually
This figgure is put forth by some per-
son who Is not cognizant with the real
figures, for the trade of Reno alone
is worth more than that sum an
nually, and the trade of all the mer-
chants in points affected by the pres
a4fl - Of
amounts of more than 10,00O.000
annually.
The San Francisco iobbers. an as
ISOLATION. have throttled trade in
every place tributary TO San Fran
cisco for years through the inability
of any other organization to COM
mand notice from the interstate com
MERGE commission or the Southern
Pacific railroad. The common car
rier now assesses against all freight
shipped to Nevada from eastern
points the through rate to San Fran
cisco from the east, plus the local
rate from San Francisco 10 Nevada
points. This double rate Is about
SIPS per 100 in excess of the rate
from the east and is simply a tax on
Nevada merchants TO prevent them
from importing from the east and TO
compel them to buy in San Francisco.
The only relief has been in cases
where manufacturers back east are
able 10 cut prices TO cover the $l.2S
back haul and thus take the business /
from San Francisco. In some special |
lines only can this be done, not in I
any staples, and the result has been I
that the railroad company has grab I
bed off nearly two-thirds of all the /
money paid for hauling by Nevada /
merchants, no matter where the ship I
ment originated.
To illustrate how far this can be /
carried it is only necessary to cite an I
instance wherein machinery was |
shipped from New York to a point in |
this state. The freight was consign- f
ed by water from New York to Gal T
weston. by rail from there to San (
Francisco and from San Francisco
to the Nevada points The shipment .
was in transit from New York To Gal
weston . days from Galveston TO
San Francisco ! / days, and the rate +
from New York TO San Francisco was
FPS. From San Francisco to the Ne
vada point the shipment consumed T
% days and freight charges were I
S25S.
On all staples shipped from the T
east TO this state, such as hams and ,
packing house products. sugar. flour, /
all the food staples and furniture. to +
say nothing of clothing and manufac- |
tured products, Nevada pays the /
freight rate TO San Francisco and I
local less than carload rate from |
San Francisco to the Nevada destina~ |
ton. The railroad company does not |
even have the grace to bunch ship /
ments and charge the carload rate
back over the Sierras. but makes all
shipments at less than carload. local
rates. unless the shipment is an orig
inal carload.
II is an actual fact that shipments
of carload lots have been hauled
from an eastern point over the Cen
trail Pacific line to Reno and despite
the protest. and the willingness of the
Reno consignee to pay the full, de-
manded back haul rate, the company
has refused to set out the car and
has hauled 1t to San Francisco and
back intact, while the shipped con-
sumed himself in impatience waiting
for his goods
1t is against such things as this
that Reno and Nevada protests and
Commissioner Lane will hear lot
of testimony as TO unfairness of back
haul charge and the discrimination
1 going on against Nevada and Nevada
interests.
+ The Reno Commercial club held a
meeting last night to take action and
to pass suitable resolutions in the
matter.
There was a full discussion of the
matter before adjournment and there
will be another meeting tonight.
Several phases of the whole sub
iect were discussed last night notably
the effect the change, If made, would |
have on this city. on the state and
the surrounding points.
1t is a matter of record that where !
terminal points have been created
/ the district served by that point has
prohted more than the city to which |
the terminal rates. Wara aytandaJ |