The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-02

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He testified the present grouplng
Of freight ratss ~ applied to East.
ern Warrington districts. 10 Port.
land and Sound terminals vas the
best system for . fAvosAbIs growth
Of the young communities. He said
Washington wAs juss beginning It's
development and the present parity
of rates should not b disturbed
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corhaiey sAid that Oregon. u any.
thing. had an advantage over Wash.
ington In n number Of respects ~
far a. natural resources were con.
cerned and that the failure Of Orc
gon to step ahead was not due TO
poor freight rates but 10 the lack
Of initiative on the part Of tbs Orc
son citizens and business men.
Oregon has more standing tim
bcr than Warrington he said. yet
the largest mills are In Seattle. We
have the biggest milk condenssrtcs
In the world. yet the Wtiiamstfe
valley. II anything. IL a mors fav-
orahie dairying locality"
Corbaiey said that Seattle had
500. ooo. 900 invested In manufactur.
Ing plants a. compared to 80. 900 900
In Portland.
Attorney J. N. Teal. crussexanin.
ing Corbaicy. tried to show that
Oregon timber producers had been
choked out because OF poorer rates
than those of Washington
John c. Lawrence. grain grower
for nearly 80 years IT Garfield. OBJ
jected to . change In wheat rates
between the Pajouse counties and
Sound and Portland terminals be
cause Of what he termed the CON
fusson which would result He said
he felt tho present rates were the
best for the farmers.
A. b. Cross. secretary Of the
Farmers Union of Eastern Wash
ington. who had been called ~ a
witness for Seattle. was not called
TO the stand after tho commission
and Portland interests allowed 10
20 on record the statement that
Cross would testify tho union. Al a
whole, was opposed to a ratio rcduo
ton.
J. 3. Goldsmith, OF Schwabacher
Grocery company Of Seattle. was
called To the stand His testimony
favored the present rate parity.
r. G. McCrosky. . Palouse wheat
grower. operating $500 acres. testi-
fled Friday n discriminatory wheat
rate from sections bordering Garfield
would practically ruin tho Northern
Pacific as n wheat carrier. He said
that the immense wheat warehouses
would become empty barns while tho
storage houses OF the Oregon q n q
Washington line would become con-
gestcd. He said that a reduced rate
favoring Portland would throw the
wheat industry in a chaotic condition
and would probably reduce the price
Of wheat. In all. he said he favored
tho existing scale
Would Narrow Market
f. J. Donecn. an Oaksdaie ware
house operator. testified the wheat
growers thruout tho wheat section
Of Washington were anxious that the
existing rates continue. He pointed
out that diffcrential rate would
remove the competitive angle n d
that the growers would be thrown on
the mercy Of n single market
]. s. Kiemgard. Pullman far
mer. substantiatcd Doneen's test.
mony.
o. ID. Fisher. vice president Of the
Fisher FIGURING mills, testified that
his company operated n -four mill in
Seattle valued Mt nearly $4,000. 900,
including holdings. and that this had