Tacoma Manufacturers Fight Rail Freight Discrimination
Local business owners urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to intervene against unfavorable rail rates.
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The Tacoma Manufacturers' association last evening adopted resolutions relative to the power of the Interstate Commerce commission. In brief, the resolutions urge that the Interstate Commerce commission use its power in fixing common point rates to prevent the discrimination of rates against any one city on account of its favorable or unfavorable location. The Tacoma manufacturers have been considerably handicapped, as the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railway companies have made rates on water and land which discriminate against them and are contrary to the interstate commerce law.
“The Tacoma manufacturers have been considerably handicapped, as the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railway companies have made rates on water and land which discriminate against them.”
Tacoma's long history as a logistics and manufacturing hub is defined by its battle for fair rail access. This 1904 dispute over freight rates is the historical precursor to modern tensions surrounding the Port of Tacoma's expansion and its impacts on local industry and regional logistics monopolies.
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