Northwest History. Foundries, Freaks and Oddities, Freight Rates, Fuel, Furs, Gambling, Game. Agriculture.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1937
• Subjects: J. W. Shepard; Lewiston Graingrowers Inc.; Pacific northwest; Spokane; Lewiston; Walla Walla; Dayton; wheat prices; threatened increase; intercoastal steamship rate; June; middle western mills; Washington D. C.; Washington; Oregon; Idaho; Interstate Commerce Commissioner; Aitchison; Portland; south Atlantic; Gulf ports; Seattle; July; Pettengill Bill; Tri-State Wheat Transportation council; Canadian competition; Inland Empire; Pacific American ports; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th Century; United States > Foundries; Freaks and Oddities; Freight Rates; Fuel; Furs; Gambling; Game > 20th Century; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/167049

Farmers Pinched By Higher Freight Rates. Farmers Pinched By Higher Freight Rates. J. W. Shepard, manager of Lewiston Graingrowers, Inc., reports that wheat growers of the Pacific northwest are alarmed by the proposed increase in maritime and rail rates on wheat and flour. The Graingrowers, Inc., is...