The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
.DOLANO
IS ASKED
QUERIES
DETERMINED STAND FOR
RATES MADE ~ COM.
MlTTEE.
ANSWER TO LETTERS
HOW ABOUT YOUR REDUCTIONS
IN FREIGHT RATES ON
DRUGS, Mr.. DoLAND.
ANSWER TO LETTERS


With smash and bang which
will echo and echo about the city,
and set the railroads to figuring
hard again, the men holdino out
for terminal rates In the Mliwaulsee
and North Coast franchises re-en-
tered the lists against the men
working for the entrance cf the
roads without terminal rates.
Some very pointed and pertinent
questions are asked 4. ~. ooland,
one Of the biggest and eldest lob
bers, and the whole si4uatlon 10
lined up from the viewpoint 81 the
fiehters for terminal rates. Fol-
towing are the rather sensationai
letters:
SPOKANE, April 2.--Mr. A. w.
Doland-Dear Sir: Since you are
chairman Of the citizens commit
tee and are taking an active part In
asking the council to recede from
its position on the terminal rate
and common user clauses, and you
so frequently refer to- the promi-
nent part you have taken in the
fight for terminal rates before the
interstate commerce commission,
We desire to ask you the following
questions: 49,,
/. Did not, in January. 1905, the
Hartman lines, at your request and
solicitation, reduce the rate on
drugs from $2.12 per hundred to
$3.50?
2. Did not this reduction by the
Hartman lines force the Hill lines
to make similar reduction In your
favor?
8. Does not this prove that one
railroad can itself grant reduced
rates and force other roads to meet
that reduction?
4. Have you not since that time
given the Hartman lines by far the
greatest portion Of your freight
shipments?
s. Have you not frequently
stated that J. c. Stubbs, traffic d.
rector of the Hartman system,
gave you his personal assurance
that you would be protected In
your rates and territory at all
times.
6. What would be the effect
upon that agreement for you to
come out openly in support of the
terminal rate provision in the
provision in the franchise?
Z. Is it not true that, by reason OF
the existing schedule Of rates on
drugs your position Is more advan-
tageous than that of any other job
ber in this city?
s. Do not your travelling men. by
reason Of your favored position, OBJ
tain orders from cities further dis
tant than those of any other Spo-
kane jobber?
9. Is 1t not true that the COM
munity of interest between the
North Coast. Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul and Hartman systems Ia
very close?
10. Is there any truth In the ru-
NOR that the North Coast railroad
is to become part and parcel OF the
Hartman system?
PEOPLES TERMINAL RATE
COMMITTEE.
BY B. l.. Gordon, Chairman.
Answer to open letter Of Mr.. A.
w. Doland. president of the "citi-
zens' committee" cometimes called
railroad committee" addressed 10
the union wage earners OF Spo-
kane"
To the Public: The advocates OF
the railroad plan have but two ar
guments in favor Of permitting the
railroads to do what they desire to
do. regardless of the rights OF the
people. One of them is that the
word of the railroad officials must
be accepted as conclusive upon
everything concerning which those
officials speak and the other Ia the
expenditure of some money In this
community.
1t must be apparent to everyone
that the amount OF money which
the railroads can or will spend IN
the construction Of their road In ]
the county of Spokane Is a mere !
bagatelle. compared to what the
railroads propose to exact from the
people Of this county In excessive
freight rates. The railroads expect
to take out many dollars for every
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