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272 HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC Lathrop to San Francisco was 82 miles, or more than eight times the distance to Stockton, but the price per ton for wheat was only $2.50, or about one quarter the price per ton per mile in the first instance. The price per ton from Lodi to Stockton was $1.40, and to San Francisco $2.50; but whereas the last- named sum was less than twice the former, the distance from Lodi to San Francisco was eight times as great as the distance to Stockton.® In addition to t...heir contention that mileage rates on ship- ments into Stockton compared unfavorably with rates on shipments into San Francisco, Stockton residents made the general charge that rates up the San Joaquin Valley were generally less than the rates down the valley. The rate from Stockton to Merced was said to be $6.80 per ton, but the rate from Merced to Stockton was $3.40. Stockton objected to forcing of the San Joaquin Valley to make San Francisco its market.* Interstate Commerce Decision Complaints similar to those voiced by Stockton were regis- tered by the people of Los Angeles.
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