The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-06
FIGHT FOR FAIR RATES
BY IDAHO LEGISLATURE
CALL FOR FAVOR
ABLE ACTION ON POlN-
DEXTER BILL.

Local business men will be interest
ed in the action taken by the legislat-
ure favoring the passage of a bill now
pending in congress, introduced by
Senator Poindexter, for the relief of
the west from unjust discrimination
in freight rates. This is an old griev
ance, one that has baffled all efforts
for relief through the interstate COM
merce commission, and which. is now
carried to congress in a final effort to
secure justice. The business interests
of the state will cordially commend
the action of the legislature in the
adoption of the following resolution:
Idaho a Sufferer.
Whereas, the people of the state of
Idaho have for many years in the past
nation in transcontinental railroad
freight rates because the transcOntin-
entail railroads have been permitted to
charge or assess higher rates upon
freight traffic originating in the east
ern portion of the United States, des-
tined for Idaho, than We're charged or
assessed upon freight traffic original
ing in the same territory and destin-
ed for the more distant cities on the
Pacific coast, such as Portland, Ore,
and have also been permitted to
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fic originating in the state of Idaho,
and consigned to the markets in the
eastern cities of the United States
than was charged on similar ship
ments from the more distant cities
and localities on the Pacific coast, and,
Whereas, said discriminatory and
preferential system Of freight charg-
ing has been defended upon tire the
DRY that the same was forced and
compelled because of the presence of
water competition at Portland and
ether Pacific coast terminal points and
such defense has been found to be
without merit, and,
Neither Just Nor Fair.
Whereas, said system of charging
higher freight rates for short haul
than is charged for longer haul can
not be predicated upon any principle
of just Or fair dealing to the people of
Idaho, and this intermountain coun-
try, and,
Whereas, the effect of said higher
charging for the short haul to and
from said less distant points has re-
development Of Idaho's industrial and
commercial prosperity, and in restrict
ing the states growth, population and
wealth, and,
Whereas, the methods now provid-
ed by law for obtaining relief from
such an unjust situation before the in
terstate commerce commission are
uncertain, exceedingly slow, expensive
and unsatisfactory, and,
whereas, there is now pending in
the United States senate a bill desig-
mated senate bill No. 313 introduced
by Senator Poindexter of the state OF
Washington, designed to prevent said
discriminatory and preferential sys.
tenn of freight rate charging witt
reference to long and short hauls, ant
designed to give some measure of re.
lief to the intermountain country;
Nov, therefore, be it resolved
That we, the house Of Representatives
of the state of Idaho, the senate con.
curing, do earnestly request and re-
commend that the above mentioned
bin be taken up and voted on at the
earliest possible date to the end tina
said bill may as soon as possible be
come law; and. be 1t further resolv
ed, that the senators and representa-
tives In congress from the state o
Idaho are requested to support sait
bill and work earnestly for its pass
age"