East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-12-13

on the railroads.
In part the Journals position is outlined as follows:
The shippers and the various
enunclaton Of prinee which led the Interstate
% the responsibility, But does not follow that intermediate sommunies
ter eompon The two proposals have their origin distinctly df
en sources that blame for the acts of cannot by possible
Z" imaEimion be Mnsposed to the other
M But the same time Ineocv9e that the terminals should
e the advantage inherent to the eobshmentof competitive
the Instance Of the railroads No protesting similarly placed
Yet cannot be denied that the fundamental principle
involved the Columbia basin and the present are the
same The question at issue is whether railroad shall be
adjusted on equitable basis with primary consideration
the cost of service In the Columbia Portland argued
Tor that principle and won out The people of the interior
submit that the principle should apply also transcon
mental rates and that attitude they have truth logic upon
their side We also have the moral backing of the president of
the United States.
AS to who who brought the present suit it will be admitted
did So But noticeable that the large coast cities
doing all in their power to aid the railroads in their unjust
against the interior At all the c. hearings attorneys
from Portland San Francisco and other cities have ev
dence giving aid and comfort to the railroads The San Fran
CISCO attorney has been especially active
The Journal thinks Portland should not be blamed TAX
ing advantage of seeming selfish opportunity in this matter
That suggestion that principle nteeres with self interest
let principle go That is not good morality neither it good
business 1t would be better for Portland were the people of
tha city to base their attitude on the policy of He who
eth to his own hurt and changeth not That's the policy that
wins out in the end.
In the rate and in number of other cases just now
Portland putting the immediate welfare of the city above the
welfare of its territory 1t has strven to do this connection
with the Waula road but for this the journal to blame
that paper has favored the Eastern Oregon end in that con
oversy But the proposal for SO 600 state tax for the
Portland exposition is an attempt to work injustice upon the
state so that the city of Portland may profit thereby
Such policies the part of the metropolis based upon
the fundamental mistake that city can permanently develop
at of the region that feeds it. 1t the same sort of
mistake farmer would make he to rob his farm in order
to overdue the matter of having fine home with fine furnish
ngs farmer who will do such thing riding for fall and
the same thing applies to city, be that city large small
The correct policy for Portland would be to aid itself by
supporting the development of the Oregon country Here is
marvellous field for activity and the situation in Eastern Oregon
makes such policy especially desirable because this is the
great undeeoped region of the state There are vast possb
tiles here and the realization of those opportunities would add
permanently and substantially to the growth of Portland But
projects elicit but passive interest Portland or none at all
should get On the road subject lust at Portland an
abomnabe position In their ignorance many Portanders
think Pendeton is taking and petty attitude on he
Waua road subject If they knew their territory better they
would know that Pendeton is making fight for the true inter-
ess OF Eastern Oregon They would know that are resisting
an attempt at injustice to this whole region and that the
attitude of the Portland chamber of commerce on the road sub
iec has placed Portland in the position of mother who woud
let her children go in rags in order that she may have
feather with which to flout her social rival (Seattlel
The East Oregonan will make claim that the people here
are more unsesh than people elsewhere We are all of the
same clay The pon is that Portland unnfomed and is so
large and powerful compared with other the state that
1T has become ms0ent and mbearabe almost without knowing
it. Portland is in that plight and refuses to recognize il
They trying rob Eastern Oregon of our federal road oo
and in the rate question striving impose upon us the very
brand Of injustice against which Portland herself rebeed with
all her power Such policies work If Portland rs the
mother city of the state wishes to treat her children with insult
and neglect and would sare them that she herself may grow
tat the time will come when she will pay the price.