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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1912)
N.-C-OS RATES r i THINGS POLITICAL, AT WASHINGTON ARE REASONABLE Old SHORTAGE IN FLOUR AND WHEAT .All parti of the world art now either Hying Pacific northeweat wheat or are Inquiring for It. From Vladlvoetork. Siberia to Liver Puvet sound down to Mexico and Commerce commission hss dismissed through that republic the call la com the complaint of the Nevada Railroad In for northweit train. .commission egslnat the Nevads-Csll- Ernest G. Walker. Washington eor respondent for the Sacramento Bee. haa the following to aav concerning the N.-C.-O. rate esse. Weahlngton. Feb. 8. The Interetate The demsnd today la the greatest ever known In thla section and onlv email amount of wheat, probably lese than l.UUOO.OOObuihela. are In all handa lA flit it Were this call for the cereal alone the nl.v factor, condltiona here would not be ao wild aa thev are. Not onlv la there the greatest foreign call for our wheat, but our flour la wanted ao bdlv bv the erlent that the trede there ie willing to order Ave month or more ahead In order to e-et It. There are ordera In the market today fur delivery the latter tsrt of May. Wltn all thla activity In wheat and lour the farmere are reaping beneflta aot dreamed of at the atart of the aea eon. Wheat pr!eee are advancing from 1 to 8 oenta a bushel almost every day. The market la ao wild at thla time that there la no telling what will happen ext. Homo even prediot tl wheat before the new gram ie ready for delivery. In any event If flour ordere continue to eome fur a few weeka aa lively aa they have done within the oast month, there will not be more than two-thirda nough wheat to till the call. In the miat of a'l the wild fluctua tions In the wheat and flour market. Mitsui A Co.. the Rothcbllda of Japan, have come to the front aa having com plete control of the altuatton. The firm atanda to make aeveral hundred thousand dollara on ita recent pure he see of wheat and flour In the I'aelflc north west aa a reault of the advanced prlcee alone. The Arm haa a local branch where affaire for the Pacific nor'hwest are directed. When the demand for flour no wheat began to come front the orient it waa found to the dismay of the local trade that the Mitsult comoanv bad a "corner on nine tentha of the freight room on all the steamers that were to leave Pacific northwest Dolnta for months to come. The firm la aaid by many to be merely part of the Japanese government which la aald to have accounted for Ita advance In for nation In recent veara aa when dutiea were to be remade and freight chart ca Changed. FISHER OPPOSES HOMESTEAD BILL Wexhinston. Feb. E.-While Secre tary Pinhor was before the House pub lic lands committee todav making an arirumont airainst the Borah-Jonea three-vear homestead bill. Senator Borah called up this very measure be fore the Senate and aecured la DrortiDt pasasge, without a diasenting vote. So thoroughly waa the Senate convinced br Senator Borah's recent speech that It passed the bill in a few minutes secretary r isnur ioia me House com- mitte that this bill would make it al together too easy for homesteaders to iet title to Dublio landa and he thought alao it would tend to induce fraud. At moat, be would reouire five euccesiiive years of cultivation and continuous resi dence on land for the last three vears. He said he might consent to chance in existing lawa permitting homestead era to be away from their lamia during the winter montha. but he aaid he would not favor a till giving them six months' leave of abaenoe each year. That, he aald. waa too much. Mr. FUhur aaid further he would favor giving homesteadcra on Government irrigation projects patents after five years cultivation, but would, aa a con dition, reauire them to cultivate one eight of their land the first year. two eights the aecond. and ao on, giving patent to no settler who, waa not cul tivating five-eights of his holdings at the end of five voara Patent undor these conditiona would not be absolute, the Government having a lien upon the land for all unpaid water charges. Secretary Fisher and Land Commiss ioner Dennett both stoutly objected to the Hawlev bill, which reauires the De partment of the Interior to furnish the aettler with copies of protests and special agents. Such a practise, thev declared, would aid settlera who were endeavoring to make fraudulent entriea bv giving them a chance to frame up a defense. Western members of the Houbo com mittee insisted that the present avatem ot secret reports works undue hardships on the settles, but Fisher and Dennett would not admit thla. Mr. FiBher did promise, however, to issue an order that all protests made bv special agents must be disposed of within a year. Fisher and Dennett alao pposed the proposal to allow appeals to the courts from decisions ot the Interior Depart ment in publio land cases. ' forms-Oregon railroad and the Sierra Valleva railway comoanv. Thla action waa based on a lone report on the esse bv Commlssionner Lane, who had charge of the Investigating the matter Two Important allegations were made by the complainant, via: that Reno Is d'acrlminated against because the rates from that oitv to aeveral points on the defendant's lines are higher than the joint rate from San Franrleco and 8se rameto received bv defendants, and that the local rates charged from Keno to points on defendant's tinea are un reasonable in and of themselves. Both of these contentions are rejected bv the Interstate commission. Commissioner Lane 'a report is very comprehensive. It embodies a man showing the railroada and territory in ouestlon and describes the traffic equa tion minutely. The Nevada-California- Oregon la a narrow guage connecting Reno. Nev.. and Alturas. Cal.. and Lakevlew. Or. It controla the Sierra Valley Ail road. This avatem connects with the Southern Pacific at Reno and with the Western Pacific at Clio and Dovle. Cal. Commissioner Lane re views the evidence presented in this case and preaenta tablee comparing the rates involved. He save it la very clear that the division of the through rate la practically beyond the control of the Nevaaa-California-Oregon railway, and further, that the joint rates are the re sult in no small part of the competitive conditions at Sacramento which ao not correspondingly affect the Reno local rates. The evidence showa two things, save Mr. Lane: "1. That the present iolnt tariff waa forced on the Southern Pacific and the Nevada-California-Oregon bv the advent of the Western Pacific which has already taken from the Nevada-California-Oregon moat ot ita business along ita Sierra line, and which, by auotlng low rates to Gerlacb. Nev.. haa secured the Eaaleville businesa and affords potential competition to other points in Surprise Vsllev which sre now reached bv teams from Al turas. rourthermore. the joint rates are lower because of the competition of the Shasta line of the Southern Pacific for the oualness at Adin and ttieter via Bartle. Disregarding the evidence offered to nreve water competition up the Sacramento river, we are forced to include the route from Sacramento to Nevada-California-Oregon points via Reno ia undoubtedly In competition with the Bsrtle route and with the Western Pacific via Dolve to all points on the Nevada-California-Oregon rail way. '2. the Nevada-California-Oregon railway must take what division of the through rate it can get from the Southern Pacific. Seventv-three per cent of the northbound tonnage of the Nevada California Oregon railway was. up to the time of the bearing, re ceived bv It from the Southern Pacific so aa to go by ita Shasta branch to Sis son. McCloud and Bartle. rather than bv the Nevaoa-Cnllfornla-Oregon rail way to Madeline. It would be to the advantage of the Southern Pacific to so route Its freight destined for the Adin- Bieber territory, since its mileage bv that route would be ao much greater. Onlv bv allowing the Southern Pacific to have the lion'a shsre of the division via Reno can the Nevada-California-Oregon railway, aecure this traffic at all. Mr. Lane reaches the conclusion that there are good reasons whv the through rate may be reasonably less than the combination rate via Reno and also whv the difference between the Nevada-California-Oregon local rate and that road's division of the through rate may be great without constituting undue I (Washington Correspondence) ' President Tsft hss notified President domes of Cuba tnat. unless a reign of mllltsrlsm can be averted there, the American Government will take charge of the laland. The National Board of Trade re ore-sentlng-orgsnlistions In all psrts of the country hss been in session at Washing ton. The Assoclstlon eneoursges busi ness men to interest themselves in pri maries and In publio Questions. It en dorsed one-cent letter postage. A convention has been In session in the Interest of Federal aid to good roada. In an address to the meat-packers. Senator Reed of Missouri condemned the Judge Gsry plan of Federal super vision of corporations aa "Plutocratic Socialism." Renresentative Henry of Texas has proposed a Constitutional amendment making the last Thursday of April, in- eteso of March 4, the dste for inaugu rating presidents snd vice-president. The charge thst persons connected ith the Steel Trust are endavoring to advance hia nomination for the pre- aidencv haa been called bv Col. Roose velt "Tom-foolerv." The recommendation of Postmaster- General Hitchcock that the Govern ment appraise, take over and operate the telegoarn companies has produced much discussion. The New York World hss suggested ironically that, for effi ciency, it might be better for the tele graph companies to operate the Postal Department. Chief PoatofTice Inspector Sharp re ports thst during 1911. 622 persons were Indicted for mail order frauds. Of the 196 tried 184 were convicted. 12 acouitted. 177 iwait trial. 72 await grand-jurv action. 28 were arrested but not indicted. Hon. Oscar Underwood, chairman of the Hoove Committee upon Wava and Meana. insists upon more economy in public expenditures. The Lorimer investigstion haa been suspended because of illness of Attor ney Hsnecy. Lorimer's counsel. The Moss committee of the House hss exhonersted Dr. H. W. Wiley from charges ot conspiracy. The reported activity of men close to Geo. W. Perkins ot "U. S. Steel" for Southern delegatea gives credence to the report that Col. Roosevelt "will accept." WILL INTRODUCE NEW GAME BIRBS Klamath Pioneer Press: District Game Warden L. Alva Lewis, who baa juBt returned from the Rogue river country, where he met with the game wardens of that district and with State Game Warden Finlev. ststes that he baa made arrangements to get a num ber of Chinese pheasant eggs for thia country if the people can be found who will take the eggs and see that thev are hatched and cared for. He baa also aeoured assurance that a number of Bob White ausil will be given thia county this soring unless it ia found impossible to get them. The great trouble found in tne latter case ia gett ing the birds. Deoutv Lewia atatea that the Bob Whites have to be secured in the middle or eaatern atatea and shipped here. He thinka these will come from Tex :s and an effort ia now being made to get hold of aeveral dozen to be liberated in thia county. How to cure a cold la a question In whlct many ar In termed juit now Chamberlain's conga remedy has won Ita treat reputation and liuiuonw stla by Its remarkable euro ot cnlda ltcanalwayi be drjindid upon For aale by all dealcra discrimination against Reno, It ia i well reoognlzed principle, he aava that the through rste may properly be less than the sum of the local rates. land the fact that the business must be transferred from the standard to the narrow guage cara at Reno does not eliminate a proper differential. in dismissing thai part or the com plaint relating to the difference be tween the through rate and the local rate. Mr. Lane ssvs the aves should not be shut to the fact that "this dlff erence In the rstes is very prejudicial to the Interests of Reno. and. hereto fore, we are compelled to scrutinize oarefully the local rates of the Nevada- California-Oregon railway to determine whether thev are not In themselves un reasonable." In doing this, inuuirv Is desirable into the financial condition of the railroad. In thia connection Mr. Lane Quotes from the Nevada-California-Oregon railway's report to the Interstste com mission to show thst while it waa for merly prosperous during the Isst vear or two its ratea have been reduced. It has been forced to compete with the Western Pacific, its revenues have not increased in proportion to ita expenses. dividends hsve been reduced. In con cluding his report Mr. Lsne ssvs : "In view of this financial showing and of the manifest purpose of the road to reduce its rates to auit new condi tions, anv further reduction bv the commission at present seems unwar ranted, especially when we find that local ratea in Nevada on other email roads are on ao exceptionally high acale. "In conclusion it may be Pointed out that the real basis of the complaint is the fsct that Reno merchants find it Impossible to compete with Sacramento traders In markets which geographi cally mav be said to belong to Reno. Thla oomolaint haa much merit, but no reduction in the local ratea of the Nevada-California-Oregon railway can overcome the disadvantage under which Keno labora. The real difficulty lies In the transcontinental commodity rate to Reno. The commission haa oonsid- ered these in another proceeding. The relief therein proposed would enable Keno to get its share of the business along the line of the Nevada-California- Oregon railway, and no other action bv tne commission can have thia effect. Reference ia here made on the long and short haul Jnterniour.tan case. Now Is The Time To Subscribe For The if (The Largest Paper in Lake County) Has the largest circulation in the County. 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