The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-28
Be a booster, not a knocker.
ECONOMY IN HANDLING WOOL

In the states of Washington, Ore
gon, California, Arizona, Nevada,
Utah and Idaho, we produce approx
mately 100000 pounds of wool.
In the past an insignificant quantity
of this wool has been shipped west
to the coast and thence by water to
Atlantic coast markets. Nearly all
of it has gone direct from the point
of production to the eastern markets
by rail. The reason for this was that
the rail rate to the coast was high,
and the steamship companies main
tanned a rather high rate on wool in
sacks. Then as there was no Panama
canal, all this wool had to go around
the Horn or cross the Isthmus,
consuming much time. Now condi-
tions are different, and wool growers
should take advantage of the change.
From San Francisco, Portland, or
Tacoma the rate on wool via the Pan
ANA canal to Boston, New York or
Philadelphia is As cents in bales or
so cents in sacks. Below we submit
a table showing the great saving to
be effected by baling our wool and
shipping to Portland, Oregon, and
thence by water to Boston. Pendle-
ton, Oregon, to Portland, Al cents;
Portland to Boston, As cents; total
80 cents. All rail, Pendleton to Bos-
ton, baled wool, $1.46. Saving, via
water route, "a cents. La Grande,
Oregon, to Portland. SIS cents; Port
land to Boston, As cents; total, ST.
90. La Grande to Boston, via rail,
s1,53. Saving, via water route, SO
cents. Huntington, Oregon, to Port
land, 81 cents; Portland to Boston,
As cents; total, $1.12. All rail route,
Huntington to Boston, $1.63. Saving
via water route, 81 cents, Vale, Ore
gon, to Portland 73 cents; Portland
to Boston, As cents; total s1.1S.
Vale to Boston, all rail, $1.73. Saw
ing, via water route, SIS cents. Cald-
we'll, Idaho, to Portland, 76 cents;
Portland to Boston, As cents; total
S1.21. Caldwell to Boston, all rail,
$1.71. Saving, via water route, so
cents. Mountain Home, Idaho, to
Portland, SO cents; Portland to Bos-
ton, As cents; total SIPS. All rail
rate, Mountain Home to Boston, ST.
$1.53. Saving, via water route, SO
cents. Pocatello, Idaho, to Portland,
Oregon, $1.01; Portland to Boston,
As cents, total $1.46. All rail rate
Pocatello to Boston, s1.54. Saving
via water route, 8 cents.
In this illustration we have used
the Oregon-Washington Railroad &
Navigation Company rates in Oregon
and the Oregon Short Line rates in
Idaho, but the same reduction in
rates will apply when used in con
nection with shipments from Nevada,
Southern Utah, and to a lesser degree
in Arizona. 1t will be noted that
from many stations a saving by ship
ping west of more than half a cent
per pound can be effected. In fact,
at every station where even a nickle
per hundred al be saved, the grower
should choose the water route, No
justification can be found for ship
ping a single pound of wool east
bound II a lower rate exists when it
moves west. The woolgrower who
would waste money by paying the
higher rate is not entitled to any con-
sideration. Wool will reach Boston
via the Canal probably in less time
than if shipped by the a"ll-rail route,
and it will reach there in better con
dition and weigh about 2 per cent
more. If the wool grower sells his
wool at the loading point, he must
of course in arriving at its value take
into consideration the freight to
market, for that is invariably paid
by the grower. When estimating