The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-07-08

OfRanlLallOnS anu every
agency in the state should unite IN
firm insistenee that the Southern
Pacific system be kept intact. In
this way shall we best serve the
public interest.
Mr.. Fulton also pointed out to
his auditors the fact that in the
matter of freight rates the policy
of the Southern Pacific has been 70
establish such rates as would best
serve to protect the various shipping
centers along the lire of the rail
road together with their own re-
spective portions of territory ad-
iacent, to the extent that it would
be almost Impossible for a merchant
of one district to compete seecess~
fully with and deprive another
merchant of the traae thai he might
reasonably be expected to regard
as his own in his particular territory
of development.
Along with other things thae
point was brought out that the
logical shipping port for Nevada
points was San Francisco and thence
eastward by way Of the Panama
Canal rather than by an all land
freight transshipment. This could
not exist if any railroad other than
the Southern Pacific should gam
control of the Central Pacific. He
also pointed out that the Central
Pacific under other management
than that Of the Southern Pacific
would be under Q phase Of absentee
control BY those who were not and
could not be eonversant with Ne
vada conditions and possibilities.
This could not be the case if the
control Of the railroads be permitted
TO remain as at present and the
present control would react to the
advantage Of Nevada and cur own
local community.
Altogether, Mr.. Fulton presented
the cause of the railroad 50 ably
and clearly that he undoubtedly
won many friends for himself and
his company.
Following the talk Of Mr.. Fulton,
the committee appointed by che
president of the Chamber Of Com
meree offered the following set of
resolutions which were unanimously
accepted and adopted:
The Resolutions
Whereas, the Supreme Court of
the United States, by decree under
the Sherman Antitrust Act, has
ordered that the Central Pacific
Southern Pacific Railroads be placed
under separate ownership, and
Whereas, The Central Pacific and
the Southern Pacific railroads have
been operated as a single system
for a great number OF years, with
extensions to their various lines be-
ing built INTERCHANGEABLE by either
company, ard the two companies
being one in fact, alothough two
in one name. and
Whereas, we, the members OF
the Humboldt County Chamber o.
Commerce, located at Winnemucca,
Nevada, believe that the separation
of the two companies viii entail
many hardships and Inconvenience
TO the shippers and the general
public of this section, and
Whereas, we believe that the
element of competition at present
afforded by the presence of the
Central Pacific under its present
management and the Western Pa
cifc in this terriotry viii be re-
tarded, rathen than stimulated,
should the Central Pacific railroad
be sold to or become affiliated with
any other railroad system now ex-
tant, and
Whereas, while fully respecting
the authority and decision of the
Supreme Court of the United
States, we believe that the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, under
the Transportation Act of 1920,
has full power, consistent with the
decision of the Supreme Court, in
the public interest, to authorize the
operation of these two roads as
unit, therefore, be it