Farmers Sail Fight for Lower Great Northern Freight Rates
A Stevens County farmers column urges farmers to press the railroad commission and Great Northern to cut freight rates, arguing current charges add 32 percent more to costs than rival lines. It urges writing officials, shifting business, and uniting with the grange to force relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens County
Great Northern
Railroad Commission
Spokane
Jim Hill
Stevens
Freight rate discrimination against Colville exposed
The article presents a table showing freight rates from Spokane to Colville and other routes. It highlights an average 80 percent discrimination against Colville by the Great Northern and S F N and notes the same rate pattern across Stevens County, accusing the line of graft and indifference to local interests.
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Great Northern
Jnc
Jim
Commission
Palouse
Northern Pacific
Jim Hill
State Railroad Commission
Colville
Spokane
Marcus
Genesee Ida
Boundary
Nelson, B. C
Chewelah
Valley
Davenport
Northport
Kendrick
Ida
Colfax
Pullman
Moyers Falls
Moscow
Washington
Gpokane
G. N. Main NP
Athelass
Stevens County
Spokane Shippers Plan Fight for $2,000,000 Refund
Spokane shippers aim to recover $2 million excess freight paid over two years by Spokane and Inland Empire users on transcontinental railroads. The plan, led by HL M Stephens and backed by the Spokane Merchants Association, seeks ICC action and court appeals, inviting Intermountain communities to join.
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Spokane Shippers P
Spokane
Inland Empire
Interstate Commerce Commission
Spokane Merchants’ Association
Merchants’ Association
A. W. Doland
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Stephens
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Ae Yore
H. Co
Heart Trade
B. G. Rich, Jeweler
Stevens County Power & Light Co
Columbia
W. D. Myers
Ancy Stationery
Examiner Office
Frank Kostka
the Merchant’s
Ivan Faugsteed
Rickey
Colville Abstract Co
Red Top
Vogue
Kuppenheimer
Michael Stern & Co
Hanna Bros
J. C. Hanna
Just Publishes
G. & C. Merriam Co
Springfield
Mass
W. T. Harris
United States Commissioner of Education
Elgin, Waltham and Hamilton
Strauss the Watchmaker
Goetter’s Drug Store
Hotel
Will Dingle
D. H. Kimple
Colville Washington
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