Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-02-21
DISCRIM MINATION
AGAINST ABERDEEN IN RhIlRcAD
RATES ON GRAIN.
Chamber of Commerce Will Call At
tenfiOn of Railway Commission to
Injustice. Building of Roads Is
Urged. Buy Aberdeen Goods and
Boost Small LOCai Industries,

At the meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce Friday evening, |. p. CALI
son. of the Chehalis Produce COM
lpany called attention to a discrimin-
alton in railroad rates of the utmost
importance to Aberdeen and one that
has not been generally known. The
rate on grain to Aberdeen is fifty
cents per ton higher to Aberdeen
than it is to either Portland
or Seattle and Tacoma, although
Aberdeen is a water terminal
point. Mr.. Callison believes the
discrimination is made by the N.
P. railroad to avoid the expense of
providing grain terminals on Gravs
Harbor, as they are already provid-
ed with such equipment at the other
ports. There is now a large amount
of Washington and Oregon grain
shipped to California, for the hand
ling of which Aberdeen has many
advantages over either Portland, Sc
attle or Tacoma, and the transporta-
ton committee, when appointed,
should at once get busy with the
state railway commission on this
matter. Mr.. Callison has attempted
TO get the ear of the commission as
to this illegal discrimination, but
without effecting any result. An Of
fetal protest from the Chamber will
doubtless remedy the matter.
Secretary Powell reported 81 new
members since February "A.
The Olympia -Grays Harbor Canal
icOmpany asked the endorsement of
the Chamber to its plan OF connect
;,,c. l,D rfDr- e II,,, ,,lN u
Puget Sound, and the matter was re-
ferred to the rivers and harbors COM
mittee
A complaint made by the captain
of the British steamship Kilburn, of
the unnecessary delay of his vessel
in being towed from Aberdeen to the
sea recently, was referred to the
isamo committee.
Emil Scheuman complained OF the
ordinance, requiring license fee of
l$10o a year from secondhand deal
ers, which was referred to the COM
mittee on municipal affairs.
Geo. Makurath started the meet
ing on the way to inaugurate a
"Na6e in Aberdeen,' spirit that is
calculated to be of great aid in up
lbuilding local industries if followed
out. Mr.. Makurath showed that in
the cigar business alone, the num-
Der of men employed might be in
creased 0 fold by the use of the Alb
erdeen product, claiming that as
good cigars can be made in Aber-
den as anywhere on earth. He was
| followed by several others, among
whom was Railroad Agent Elder,
who said the records of the railroad,
express and pOstoffice would aston
| ish an investigator, as to the i'm
mense amount of money sent abroad
for articles that are sold and manu-
factured in Aberdeen, ard that could
be as cheaply obtained here 1t was
suggested that a Made in Aberdeen"
day be held in the near future, when
the manufactures of the city. as well
as goods on sale, be exhibited and
compared by consumers with like ar
ticles sent abroad for.
County Assessor H. II. Carter made
an interesting talk on the subject Of
| taxation, in the course of which he
announced a general raise in Cheha-
| lis county valuation this year. Sec
retary Powell brought up the matter
of building county roads. which is
| to be considered by the county COM
missoners today. and introduced the
following resolution. which was
unanimously adopted:
''To the Board of Commissioners,
Chehals County, Wash
'The Chamber of Commerce of
Aberdeen would again call your at
tention to the urgent necessity of
beginning at an early date and of
pulling to completion each of the
four road and bridge propositions as
outlined in its recent memorial. More
especially does this chamber call
your attention to the distribution of
the funds which you viii obtain
from the plans already adopted and
say that this chamber does not take
into consideration the fact that Alb
erdeen is in the second district, but
that those roads and bridges should
be completed each in its entirety un-
der the most equitable distribution
which your honorable body can de-
termine. We further state that we
will leave the matter OF extension
and repairs to the roads already con-
structed in district Nc. to your
honest judgment and discretion"