THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, APRIL, 1.
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1CLE," The Dalles, Oregon.
IS THIS THE MILLENIVMT
A dispatch 6aya tHe saloon-keepers of
St. Joseph, Mo., have formed an organ
ization for the promotion of temperance.
It is known as the Liquor Dealer's Be
nevolent Association and its aims are:
"The promotion of temperance and the
good order of society by aiding in the
enforcement of all laws and ordinances.
regulating the manufacture and sale of
liquors ; to promote temperance in the
use of liquors, especially with those who
are addicted to the intemperate use
thereof ; to create and maintain a fund
for the relief and aid of the families of
' members, in case of death or disability,
and to unite fraternally the members of
the association so that their combined
efforts may be devoted to the purpose of
public usefulness and benevolence."
: The membership of the association - is
composed of the most influential saloon
keepers of St. Joseph.
- A Portland paper says : It is said that
Editor Jackspn is endeavoring to form a
stock company in this city with a capi
tal of $125,000, with which to start a
daily democratic journal at this place.
It is said he proposes to put in his plant
with which he now prints the Pendleton
East Oregonian, together with his abil
ity, at the rate of $50,000 worth of the
stock, and as the plant is probably not
worth $10,000 that leaves a good margin
for "ability." We might suggest that
there are plants in Portland which could
be purchased for less money. But, on
the whole, any inclination we might
have, to say anything mean about Jack
son is suppressed by a feeling of sym
pathy for his feelings after a few' week's
work among the democrats here. They
don't take much stock in democratic
dailies.
' The Times-Mountaineer reports that
favorite pet animal belonging to A.
Wall's Eight-mile menagerie, and named
after the editor of this journal, died sad
denly on the day of the late republican
primaries. Had this been indeed so,
- would only have proved the profound
sympathy of the whole brute creation
with the sorrows and adversities of the
truly good. It spoils the moral some
what to inform the Mountaineer that the
death of the poor little thing was
chronicled in this journal more than
week before the primaries were held,
The three-legged pig which Wall named
Middleton, but afterwards changed to
Michell, still lives because the wicked
never die.
A "genuine counterfeit" silver half
dollar has appeared which contains the
full weight of pure coin silver and is in
every respect equal to those coined at
the United States mints. This is a new
departure in counterfeiting but there is
money in, this scheme as 70 cents worth
of silver bullion makes a full weight
silver dollar. The counterfeiters are
simply doing what the silver miners
might do under, free coinage, with this
difference, that under. free coinage the
government would bear the expense of
making the coin.
The river and harbor bill reported to
the house calls 'for appropriations
amounting to $20,700,000 or about $300,
000 less than the bill passed by the
"billion dollar congress." The south
wants all the money it can get and to
that fact more than to any other per
haps we will owe, if we get it, a liberal
appropriaiion for the Columbia river,
But it woul4 be funny if we should have
another billion dollar congress, after all
mat has been said about the last one.
" The Portland Dispatch says : . Senator.
. Bill said: "Other political parties come
and go, but the democratic party is for
ever and ever." Some republicans take
exceptions to that statement and natur
ally say, "So is Hill." Democrats in
etinctivelv look higher and are hannv in
beincr able to resnond. "So is honvvn
cally incorrect. The original said bell,
- instead ot Jtuii.
The liberal appropriations included in
the bill reported by the committee on
rivers and harbors afford a pleasing
disappointment to those who believe
that the United States is too big a
country to be any. longer run on a ten
cent basis. False economy is as hateful
as extravagance and if a billion dollar
country needs a billion dollar congress
all that reason can demand is that the
appropriations be judiciously expended.
: The new judge of the ninth district,
B. S. Gilbert, over whose nomination the
president' so long hung fire,- took his
oath of office in the United States cir
cuit court at Portland today. -
Clans Spreckels has sold out his Phil
adelphia ' sugar refinery to the sugar
trust for the neat little sum of $7,000,000.
The Oregonian of yesterday said:
Hugh Glenn, one of the democratic war
horses of Wasco county, came down
from Dalles City yesterday and announ
ced that the democrats would sweep the
county in June. "The republicans are
divided and the ' victory is ours, he
said. "We are talking of presenting
Judge Bennett's name ior the congress
ional nomination, but will not press bim
if Senator Raley, of. Umatilla, will ac
cept. Senator Kaley would run well."
We quote this paragraph for the sole
purpose of saying that if there is any
hope whatever of electing a democrat'
congressman from this district w s;n.
cerely hope the democrats rJi Wasco
county will "press" the ntr 0f Judge
Bennett. Senator Raljy 0f Umatilla, is
about as badly overestimated as any
man could well 'oe. A rich banker, of
very ordinary ability, he has never done
anything . manifest the least fitrifess for
thehin position to which his friends
worja advance him. If his name is
familiar to anybody through his connec
tion with what is known as the Rayley
bill, he is entitled to no credit- for his
fame. He simply introduced the bill in
the senate, as many believed at the time
for pure buncome, and was as much sur
prised, if not frightened,, as anybody
when republican senators and the gov
ernor's democratic friends passed it al
most unanimously. If Senator- Raley
.was sincere, he certainly did not get the
credit for it at the time, even' from his
brother senators and took its defeat with
all the nonchalance of a man wholly in
different as to what fate befel it. But
he had gained his object and got his re
ward. He had introduced a bill for a
$400,000 portage, and although it was
killed in the house, as he doubtless ex
pected it would be, still he had intro
duced it and that was glory enough.
The democratic party had better let Mr.
Raley continue his congenial work of
clipping government coupons, and since
some one must be nominated, put up
man they won't be ashamed of. .They
have such a man in Judge Bennett and if
a democrat is to be elected, which
more than doubtful, there is not a dem
ocrat in Eastern Oregon in whose hands
the interests of the masses would be
safer than in those of A. Si Bennett, of
this city. '
If pure democracy consists of the rule
of the majority there is no democracy in
the state of New York. The republican
majority in the state legislature has
been driven from power, not by the
suffrages of the people, but by theft, and
David B. Hill and his accomplices are
the men who did it. The evidence is
complete and the judgment of the com
mittee of the' bar association of fNew
York, seven of whom were democrats
and two republicans, leaves nothing to
be said in defense of the cold blooded
infamy by which the theft was accom
plished. Judge Maynard, of the- court
of appeals - intercepted the corrected
election returns from Duchess county
and the canvassers acted on fraudulent
returns that democratic conspirators
had sent on in advance. Certificates of
election were fssued on these fraudulent
returns and thus the democrats got con
trol of the legislature. Governor Hill
lewarded Maynard by making him
judge of the court of appeals, the highest
judicial position in the 'state. The bar
association resented the insult by
appointing a commltfee to examine into
the facts. The result is before the
people. Maynard has been severely
censured and a recommendation made
that he be removed from office. This is
all the committee could do and all that
ever will be done. Maynard could only
be removed by impeachment but the
legislature that his infamous act has
created will . never go to that extreme,
Meanwhile Tammany rules- in New
York and pure democracy is dead.
The Chronicle is. an independent
paper without either democratic or re
publican or any other party strings on
it. -It is entirely free to criticise any
andall parties, and it intends to do so as
often as it thinks they need criticism.
It is working not for party but for Wasco
county and the best interests of the In
land Empire. If it has to speak out
plainly betimes of men and measures it
does so, not to gratify an ungenerous
spite, bnt in behalf of what it believes
to be the people's interests. If to be in
dependent is to have no opinions of one's
own about anything or anybody, as some
seem to think, then the Chronicle is
not independent. True independence
rises above party, above personal or sel
fish considerations and advocates a pol
icy because it believes it to be right, add
that is the kind of a paper the Chroni
cle is.
The butter has exaded from "the por
ridge. The Times-Mountaineer comes
out last night in a bitter attact on Sena
tor Watkins. That's' right. Senator
Watkins is a bad man. He is the author
of the Cascade portage bill. He worked
so bard for the bill that it passed and
now the river is practically opened from
The Dalles to the sea. The railroad
hates Watkins, so does the Times-Mountaineer,
and so does every friend of the
railroad, including Moody and all his
tribe. -
Klamath Star. . The Salem Journal,
a much exhausted sister that staggers
along on campaign soup and subscrip
tion vegetables, is one of the only two
papers in Oregon actually cuddled by
Mt. Harry Miller, of Grants pass.
Hermann . Defends Himself Against
Pennoyer. . .
The following extract from a private
letter-to well known gentleman of this
city was not written for publication, but
seeing that it contains a clear, and, to
us, most satisfactory statement o
Hermann's position with -'regad
appropriations for the Zolnmhhi rier,
we nave asuea jw- nJaaion to rmblish it.
" abwZqtos, March 25, 1802.
TT .
You'
.rill see bv the teles-rams mv eood
luo jn arrangjng for the final comple
tion of the cascade locks. . I perceive
that Pennoyer is trying to charge me
with bad faith as to the portage road
I am willing to bear my part of the
responsibility. . The fact is. that I could
only obtain one appropriation for either
of those two projects, I must choose
whether I would retain the splendid
appropriation of $435,000 and to finish
the cascade locks 'by contract, or to
accept the sum of $431,000 for a portage
railroad and nothing for the cascade
locks. I chose the former alternative
since if had not and the house should
strike out the . portage allowance, we
should have nothing left for either of
the projects. Would this have been a
wise or even . business-like conduct?
The further fact is as I learn from more
thorough canvassing among members of
the house that there is an earnest antag
onism any portage railroad project by
the government. Many claim that our
committee has no jurisdiction over rail
roads, since these matters belong to the
committee on railroads and canals
differ from this view. Others claim
that it is contrary to the policy of the
government to engage in railroad opera
tions.' Others claim that the govern
ment should first finish the great work
at the cascade locks. The river and har
bor committe, except myself and prob
ably one more, are, I am satisfied,
solidly opposed to the portage road
project. This was shown on my motion
to appropriate $431,000 for a portage
road. They voted it down as against my
earnest and continuous appeals to have
this project recognized. Why should
Pennoyer say I was opposed to a portage
railroad in the face of my best efforts
for it. The efforts, every mem
ber of the committee will ver
ify. Whenever, however, I was told
that I must choose the alternative of a
portage road and suspended cascade
locks work, or a completed cascade locks,
and a postponed dalles improvement,
chose the completion of the locks, be'
lieving that in next congress we can ob
tain recognition for permanent works at
the dalles and Celilo rapids' and place
them under contract too. I believed it
my duty to stand on hat proposition,
and this I shall continue to do, until the
river and harbor bill becomes a law.
This is the course any business man
would take, and it is what the people of
eastern Oregon, I am sure, will endorse.
If I had only secured a small allowance
and no contract for cascade ' locks, I
should have been tempted to have ac
cepted the alternative of putting all in
the portage road project if I had any as
surance of success rather than wait
another fifteen years for the completion
of the cascade canal. But the proposal
Chairman Blanchard made to transfer
what I did get for the cascades, the com
mittee would not endorse, as the mem
bers, I have found, are. nearly unani
mous against a portage road. Nearly
every member will assert this over his
own signature. Equally averse are they
to make any allowance for the portage
project. They express the opinion ! that
the government should not engage in
railroad projects. Then why does Pen
noyer harp on Blanchard's proposition?
Mr. Blanchard knew that the committee
would never vote for such transfer, or
for any allowance for the portage rail
road. His offer was I think, more in
the spirit of a compliment to Pennoyer,
although he himself would vote for . it.
Now since the great cascade canal will
be completed and no longer appear in
the river and harbor bill, had we not
better Unite all efforts for the commence
ment of a great permanent work to over
come the dalles and Celilo rapids? At
last the nation recognizes the policy and
business principle of finishing the great
works by contract. After this victory
in the case of the cascade locks, why
should we expend any more time to ob'
tain only a temporary work at the dalles
which will only be used as an argument
against us for the permanent work, just
as Pennoyer used the cascade portage
road against a present - appropriation
there. Now you know the exact situation
Every assertion here made can be sub
stantiated by democrats and republi
cans of the committee alike. What I
did, I regard as of supreme importance
to the entire (Joiumbia river valley, to
have changed it a particle, would have
subjected me to the severest condemna
tion of every citizen ot uregon, ana irom
none more than the people of Eastern
Oregon, Eastern Washington and Idaho,
who have so long suffered from the op
pressive tax on transportation, until
they have become heartsick and hope
less in the long waiting for the hour of
relief. We have overcome the perils
and obstacles of the Columbia river bar,
and now we shall soon pass safely
through the next great obstacle at the
cascades, and reach the wharves of the
The Dalles city on a free and unob
structed river from the high seas. Let
us now move forward to overcome the
third great ' difficulty. Let us demand
for it the aid of the government in a
permanent and enduring work,, and
with unity harmony of effort and perse
verance, endeavor to secure its accom
plishment in the earliest possible period
of time. . Your Friend,
- Binges Hermann. ' j
TOKENS OF ifltlOR DAY
Addresses rrom Hon. E. B. McElroy,
State" Snperintenaent
THE EXCELLENCE - OF TEACHING.
Tree Planting, Literary Exercises and
Music " Recommended
REMOVE THE BRIAR . THICKETS,
Decorate the
. Make
Bleak nd Barren Wall
all - Surrounding
Cheerful. . . "
Friday next will be Arbor day in Ore'
egon, and bearing upon the beautiful
side of the subject, Supt. Troy Shelly is
fn receipt of the following communica
tion from the Hon. E. B. McElroy
State Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion :
Dear Sib: In compliance with the
law relative to Arbor Day, the first
general circular was issued by direction
of the State Board bf Education March
30, 1889. - The second circular pro
gramme was issued to school officers
March 19, 1890. The third programme
was published and distributed March
11, 1891. Sufficient numbers- of these
circulars are sent out each year to
County, and City Superintendents to
supply each school with at least one
copy.
If climatic conditions are such that it
may be thought best to plant trees prior
or subsequent' to the second Friday in
April, the trees to be dedicated may be
selected and planted at any time during
the months of March or April that may
be thought most suitable and beneficial
for the life and growth of the same
The formal dedicatory exercises relative
to the trees thus planted can be given on
Arbor .Day.
Where impracticable to plant trees;
shrubs, vines or flowers may be substi
tuted. A .flower bed may be laid out,
and vines set in or seeds planted. If
brier thickets, chaparral, or other an'
derbrush surround the school-bouse or
school-ground, such unsightly objects
may be cleared away. The barren and
bleak walls of many school-houses may
be decorated and made more cheerful
In .brief, the exercises on Arbor Day
should not be confined to tree planting
alone, but may well include any mater
ial improvement that will tend to make
the school surroundings more attractive
and healthful and impress upon the
minds of the children the idea of the
beautiful as well ae the useful.
The question, of the preservation of
our remaining forests, and subsidiary to
that, the planting of trees, has been
deemed so important by thoughtful men,
that the law-makers of a number of our
states have been led to set apart by stat
utory enactment a day in each year to
be devoted to such exercises as may tend
to arouse public interest in the subject,
and particularly on the part of the youth
in attendance at school.
The school exercises should be varied
from year to year," so that an interest
once excited among pupils may not flag
from monotony. The purpose of such
exercise is two fold : fl) To call atten
tion to the immense influence of trees on
climatic conditions, and thus on all the
earth's productions, and (2) to cultivate
in children a love for nature in all her
various forms, especially for trees, shrubs
and flowers. . To carry forward the lat
ter object, the children should be en
couraged to plant trees about their school
grounds and their homes, and connec
ted with this, to cultivate flowers and
ornamental plants. Next to a famil
iarity with good books, an acquaintance
thus formed with nature will tend most
to the development of a'refined and noble
character. A school house 'surrounded
by fine trees, the spaces between being
filled with well cared for flower beds,
speaks well for the community in which
it is found. '
The planting of trees on Arbor Day
should be accompanied by literary ex
ercises of a high character, not neglecting
to give music a prominent place. The
naming of trees for authors and other
illustrious persons, the pupils giving at
the same time a sketch of their lives,
has been found to lend additional in'
terest to the ceremonies of the day. .
In celebrating the day, superintendents
and teachers are advised to call to their
aid persons that are not immediately
connected with their schools, but are
practically acquainted with the best ways
of planting trees, and capable, either by
speaking or writing, of impressing citi
zens and pupils with the purpose for
which the day is set apart. . -
Arbor Day has already proved to be
an efficient educational agent in this
state in several particulars :
1. A greater appreciation of the value
of trees has been awakened among all
classes children, teachers, parents, and
people in general. . . -
2. The day has been observed by very
many schools, the pupils and parents
uniting in a programme of special exer
cises consisting of tree planting, . speak
ing and singing. .
3. Greater interest and co-operation
on the part of parents have been secured
by this half-holiday.
4. School children have been en
couraged by their parents and teachers
to improve and beautify the school
grounds and to care for the school prop
erty in general.
5. Special attention has been called
to the extensive and destructive . fires
that annually sweep large areas of the
finest forests in the world situate in the
Coast mountains and Cascade range, and
in the Blue mountain in Eastern Oregon,
6. Many excellent reports of the ob
eervance of Arbor Day, last year, have
been received from principals and
teachers of our public schools. Some of
these reports indicate that special and
valuable resultsliave been secured in the
organization of local clubs for the pre'
eervation and extension of our forests,
It is hoped that the law in reference
to Arbor Day may be complied with until
every school district. in the state shall
take part therein. .
A supply of printed programmes will
be sent to each Superindent this week,
jounty ana city superintendents are
earnestly requested to supply each school
under their charge (at the earliest prac
ticable day) with at least one copy, and,
it is suggested here, also, that all Super
intendents issue special circular letters
to their teachers relative to this important
work. - Very respectfully yours,
E. B. McElroy,
State Supt. Public Instruction
i
MARKET REVIEW.
Thursday, March 81, 1892.
The season is so well advanced that the
stagnation in business has vanished and
the usual activity is noticed in all branch
es of trade in every direction. 'Large
stocks of merchandise are on hand, and
dealers are pleased with the inauguration
of a brisk season, which is more than
satisfactory,- thus far. There is a reali
zauon oi more business man was ex
perienced at the corresponding period of
last year. The prices of merchandise is
unchanged. -
In groceries, sugar has not declined as
was expected, but on the contrary is
firm, owing to the sale of the Sprickles
sugar interests in the east to the Trusts,
and consequently cheaper goods are not
anticipated an v ways- soon. Coffee is
firm at former quotations. Other lines
are in good stock, and prices remain
without change.
Freight rates by the D. P. and A.
Nav. Co., of last falls schedule, are un
changed. Nptwithstanding the reports
being circulated that they were higher
and that the Regulator was sold out to
the U. P. railroad company, which is
absolutely false in every particular, our
people, one and all, are unqualifiedly
hearty In the support of the peoples
line, and are receiving large freight
shipments and have immense stock on
hand.
The wool market is still slumbering
and bids fair to show less activity for
sometime, owing to the depressed con
dition of the eastern markets. A San
Francisco dispatch of the 29th inst., gives
no encouraging information to our wool
growers as the following indicates. There
is no quotation for wool, because at the
time being the market has not developed
and character. Some Nevada wools,
shorn at and near Reno ' have been sold
there at 14c to 14oc, which prices are so
far regarded as high, though last year
the same wools sold at the same points
for more money. The latest news from
Boston is not encouraging to present
buying and therefore local dealers ex
press apathy and indifference, in fact,
they take no special interest in wool.
The wheat market is ' sluggish and is
devoid of interest. The quantities in
first hands, reported from the interior,
has nearly all been sold and passed out
oi their hands and - been shipped to
points for export. Prides have grad
ually declined contrary to the expecta
tions of many, and the large visible
supply reported on hand in eastern
grain centers, has tended to lower prices
considerable.
The crop reports from South Aus
tralia, New Zealand and New South
Wales, speaks for itself in the following :
Mail advices from Australia, says the
Northwestern Miller, estimate the wheat
crop in South Australia, at 7,500,000
bushels, and the surplus for export at
512,500 quarters, against 1,130,000 quar
ters actually shipped in 1891. The
Victorian crop was estimated at 13,387,
000 bushels, leaving a surplus bf about
700,000 quarters, or rather less than last
year's actual export. The Newealand
crop promised to be fully up to the aver
age, but in New South Wales the yield
was 3,960,000, leaving a deficiency to be
imported from the other colonies of
485,000 quarters. This means that Aus
tralasia will not have more, than half as
much as she had last year to spare for
export. . In the Argentine, on the other
hand, the surplus is now said to be
equal to last year's, for, though the yield
per acre is small, there was a very
largely increased area.
In our own market prices -are un
changed, although it is doubtful if more
than 75 cents', per bushel could be
realized for prime milling wheat.
Hay, oats and . barley remains at
former quotations. Potatoes are not
quite as plentiful as last week, but there
is no change.in prices. Eggs are a little
scarce, but for all of that prices in Port
land do not warrant more than 12 to
14 cents per dozen.
A general complaint ef a scarcity of
mill feed is noticed, but the former
quotations are maintained.
Wheat We quote 75 to 80 cents
per bushel. - Seed wheat finds ready sale
at $1.00 per bushel, -Corn in sacks $1.20
$1.25 per 100 lbs.
Oats The oat market is in good sup
ply with a limited demand. We quote-,
1.20 cents to $1.25 per cental. f
Barley The barley supply is fairly
food with a limited inquiry. Brewing
1.00" per cental. Feed barley at 80
to 90 cents per cental. "
Floub Local brands wholesale, $4.25
per barrel at the mills $4.75 retail.
Millstuffb Wequote bran at $20.00
per ton. Retail $1.00 per 100 Bs.
Shorts and middlings, $22.50$25.00
per ton.
Hay Timothy hay is in good supply
at quotations $15.00 to $16.00. Wheat
hay is quoted at 12.50$13.00 per ton,
and scarce, baled. Wild hay is quo
ted at $12.0013.00 per ton. Alfalfa
$12.00 baled. Oat hay $13.00.
Potatoks Abundant at 60 to 60
cents a sack and demand limited.
Buttkb We quote Al .40. 65 cents
per roll, and more plentifull.
Eggs Are not coming in freely and the
market strong, we quote 12 to 14 cents.
Pouxtby Old fowls are in better sup
ply at $4.00 to per dozen.
Hides Prime dry hides are quoted at
:06 per pound. Culls .0405. Green .02"
.03. Salt .03).04. Sheep pelts
1.00 to $1.75 j butchered, 75 to cents;
bear skins $6 to $8 ; coyote .60 ; mink 60
cents each ; martin $1.00 ; beaver, $1.75
3.00 per lb.; otter, $2.005.00 each
for Al ; coon, .30 each ; badger, .25 each ;
fisher, $2.50 to $4.00 each; Bed Fox,
$10.00; Dilon gray, $25.00; Black Fox,
$25.00; Polecat, $.25; Wildcat, $.50;
Hedghog, $1.00 to $3.00. .
Beef Beef on foot clean and prime
02, ordinary and firm.
Mutton Choice weathers $3.25; 4)4
per lb in carcas.
Hogs Live heavy, .05. Dressed
.06. . . ,
Country bacon in round lots .10.
-Lard 5 cans .12U; I0B
401b .08.09&.
Lumber The supply is fairly good.
We quote No. 1 flooring and rustic
$26.00. No. 2 do. $21.00. No. 3 do
$16.50. Rough lumber $9. to $12. No.
1 cedar shingles $2.50$2.60. Lath $2.85. '
Lime $1.65$1.75 per bbl. Cement -$4.50
per bbl.
- . staple groceries.
Coffee Costa Rica is quoted at 23
cents by the sack ;
Sugars Chinese in 1001b mats, Dry
Granulated, $6.J; Extra C, 5 cents
C, 5 cents.
American sugars Dry Granulated in
barrels or sacks, 65 cents ; Extra C, in
do., 5J4 cents ; C, h cents.
Sugars in 301b boxes are - quoted :
Golden C $1.80; Extra .C. $2.10: Drv
Granulated $2.25.
Sybup $2.25 to $2.75 can, kegs 1.90
to $2.00 keg.
Rick Japan -rice. 6i&il4 cents: Is
land rice, 7 cents.
Beans Small white, 4)5 cents;
Pink, 44)6 cents by the 100&8.
Stock Salt Is quoted at $17.60 per
ton. Liverpool, 50 tb -sack, -70 cents
100 Ibsack, $1.25; 2001b sack, $2.25.
Apples 1.2ot$1.75 box and scarce.
Vegetables Cabbage, turnips, carroti""-
and onions, lJi cent per pound.
Clearly a Discrimination.
The Chronicle, is no alarmist. If it
warns the people that their interests are
threatened by the Union Pacific, and
that that corporation will move heaven
and earth to cruBh the people's boats
and keep the river closed, it is because .
it believes these things to be trne, it had ' '
almost said knows them to he true;
While the friends of the Union Pacific
in this city, are assiduously spreading
the lying report that the directors of the
people's boats are negotiating for their
sale to the railroad, that company is try
ing"by every means fair, and foul, to '
crush them out of existence. The fol
lowing letter addressed to a Goldendale
merchant, and a fac simile of one, we
are told, that has been sent, to every
other merchant in that town, has been
handed us for publication. It 'says as
plainly as words can do it, that if the
Goldendale shippers are not satisfied
with these rates, the Union Pacific will
make rates to suit them. The rates of-
fered are below the railroad rates on the
same class of goods from Portland to The
Dalles, and ten cents a hundred less
than from Portland to Grant, when one
reckqns the teaming charge of 35 cents
from Grant to Goldendale. "Hitherto
the Goldendale' merchants have stood
manfully by the Regulator. Their own
interests, as well as the interests of the
county from which they receive their
support demand that they should not be
allured from' this allegiance. The peo
ple's boats forced concessions from the
old monopoly that have put thousands
of dollars in the people's pockets. To
accebt this new allurement would be
treason and death. .
Form 1519.
Union Pacific 6ystem, General Freight Dep't. .
Portland, March 18, 1892.
Messrs. , Goldendale, Wash.
Gentlemen We have decided to pub
lish' the following rates from Portland
to Goldendale via Grants :
First class, 75 cts. 2d 75 cts. 3d 75 cts.
4th 75 cts. 5th 75 .cts. A 70 cts. salt 60 cts. .
per 100 lbs, subject to western classifica
tion. '
These figures are based on the teaming
charge of 35 cents per 100 lbs. from
Grants the railroad company accepting .
balance of through rates as their propor
tion up to Grants.
The company not responsible for the
maintenance of a 35 cent teaming
charge.
In making these rates we consider
that they are sufficiently low to warrant
merchants in Goldendale shipping all
their business via Grants, . and I trust
that they will see fit to do so. In case
we have misjudged the situation, and
our rates are still to high to warrant you
in giving us your business, we will be
pleased to hear from you.
i ours ATuiy,
B. Campbell.