Show M 1 ff 1 f 4 S S u JA S S S f S T IZ 0 T. T H- H E. E EP P 4 r r I. I r tt i I.- I. BOP L. L E c S WHAT Till Tiu PI SAY SAYi S t J S i r- r i i el S c fini Hooper Utah Jan 12 12 n a few S S will lJ add I that I T am urn in 48 tS 48 accordIng to your our request t. t 1 I Success U C with y yOu U In ln Direction cllon I I S K to U o Stay in with It l Vours rc respectfully S 0 5 i. i 1 S L. L The T IC II Idea lilea a of this tills Orion Utah Jan 4 oj 4 1907 I. I S t. t In The rh railroad n petition to tho the u T Legislature I i. i t l-t congenial to my f feelS feel feel- tel fel- I S 11 People n companies have V 0 urel tirel charged the masses of oC the thenn on freJ freight ht Ana era The They have ha il- il unreasonable In thell theli really been heen nn J anti and u it It J I thoroughly thoro demonstrated road have that the railroad rail rail- t t rc have ha given free pass to th the state and our rep rep- received 5 S their frie- frie free pae IN from the railroad companies to l i to S 51 1 am of the S S that a railroad ion tho Oio would h he appointed by legis- legis a good thing for ho 2 tae Mate of Utah Seni S 'S nu m omo Jome Will al scratch more nn and d I will get et what hat J I cnn can I S f ot vote for rol ci tho ho the ire from G lel county on en the hack 10 slon S Yours S S S S Of A I Helper S S v i t I J I have l hc been n Spanish Pork Fork Utah Inn f ti 1007 11 S Iw k 1 i hn JIll ohi lI-h lI for or sc j. j I coal conI hU for IS U use p. p about nhom worth o riC coal I VC H h In hf S 1 S put mo me l hut In 1905 the Utah Fuel com company pan aw fi to J out of hu ln I anti th it iL II S S lii In lone 9 0 I by refusing to sell ell me oui 1111 0 5 5 5 5 I. I I J J have S S hall had 5 nit hut little coal conI arni Jn T J Jm S nm am t tan 12 2 my mr V f j. j miles t IURI I I this to 0 f S S J S simply show you vou OU that lint wo we arc aro for tho the want vint of Yours full S 5 5 5 J 1 S. S S fl Sr Spanish Fork Utah TrUl S 2 1007 S. S r have S I 1 had no idea iele-a of j m my letter loLler cr even Into print or 1 i would foWl j r mor fOCI ant and mailo It It ft more plain I S regret ever evor v r frying nn anything aho jt It It as 18 I fear ferr tho heavy y hand hallel of tin tin- 5 5 1 J i S Yours re pC Cu fully S f t S S r K 1 t S S S S S Salt all Lake ake City Utah Ulah Jan Jail S r G. G 1 1007 t it t 1 I I I 1 h heartily approve a of or your ur tur steps Ia taken to fi secure Ule from our railroads S r k Mich freight rel ht anti and pas rates pas cr as W wo ve aro tr ir entitled to without crim S S S j. j 0 f S Trust t that Ii you succeed In iii your for fOI th b betterment of or the com cent I. I as ai a whole S Respectfully 1 4 Y i. i S Annabella Ut Utah h. h Jan 1 12 19 1907 q H. H r I. I 5 ed t find nel of nr few fo 5 a n cw legal leal oters who vIn have ha volunteered their ir W S S Jt S am nhit It In III helping you OU with a n Just cause All II of or these are arc of oC this place j Yours Your truly S S SS S r nh Utah Jan 7 7 1 1007 1 Jt t r ro 2 matter I J taken return petition sl signed ned nB qu el We e aro plen pleased cd to see CC the up by yourselves os anti and S 5 are fil-e to see why thy railroads should 1 so so strenuously favor Tavor tho tire p policy lIc of or giving ih I special rates to favorite fa partle S and of ol bunding up certain anti and localities s a against l their competitor competitorS 5 S s' s s'S S re We know no of certain extreme In S S c cases s 's the past where the tho rate rale 10 to one ono firm ivr 5 wn was t tenth one nth the rate to 0 n another party parly We c have al also o met net cases case where I- I S the tho r regular rate late hast has hc been heen n charged b by the thc agent but auditors auditors' cheques havo have S. S been given Iven to cut the rate rale very ver materially j i S We however howe do 10 not expect any treatment from the rail f roads as nt lon long as every cry jud Judge e and legislator and as assessor travels tra on the courtesy of ot the Railroad Companies Yours vr very truly I t S. S O Ogden Ogdon Utah Jan 8 8 1907 SS S Cl I 1 heartily endorse th the movement and hope that we will b. b I successful In getting a commission if Ie there thero is nn anything I can do 10 to he holli r tho lull bill command me mc Yours Your t truly l S S S S. S S I Utah Jan 13 13 1907 Beyond all nH question such a l commission is nece necessary r In every eQ state stat SS and without them the Im Interstate commission will lIl bo ho ahl duO able to produce only only'S S 'S partial results result S I 5 M My I particular purpose in writing you ou Is to give a pointer which has hns t r perhaps not been brought to your attention Already T I have observed 1 S S 'S that tha some are a avoiding the annual pass pas que question by hy sending trip I tickets to those who have lul heretofore had annuals animals This i is 1 of or course e. e an anS S S H oC ot the law which should hould receive e attention anti and publicity S r f Another thing which should be considered by local commission is th the theS S S cot tl conditions of or some Iome of ot the roadbeds In th the state They rhey are an such si H Invite Ite k disaster f r and make had bad accidents a a. certainty s sooner r or 01 later I S Xo No other great reat country countr In the world tda today will tolerate such uch conditions I S as fiS are arc found In most of th the Iho public 1 service l i e corporations of tho the United State States z Th The Railroads are e especially In the just at present and antI every ery patriotic citizen should l uphold effort fort which looks J ever every toward rC reform Something especially be Jm dono to in bring the attention of oC the people pee peo l. l 5 55 pie Ie to the 1 legislature I In theIr the deliberation on hit DID measure you Oll will doubt doubt- Jt h O hH vo Introduced d It lt must boo jo sod io l to th tho ohanio Ung Cl th im rou KH t t r clI r I t pa n irl ri rJ ir b b- b 5 w S 11 oll nr an ti trIp IP Ip i t to tut erd rN riV the n This rIlls In Hi j 10 addition lo th the 1 pair for themselves vc as u R. R w well 11 os ns tIr r rB and their S ni D 1 W Suo cn to yo your r t 5 5 5 n the tho above we have h many otI er an and thousands i s or Of of signatures from o every count county In tho the state tato l S The efforts of or this Ibis a association have hao bc been n endorsed l S b by byS by- by S The Utah n of Labor representing the tho entire labor interests S of or Utah L The rhe Retail nut Butchers her Grocers Grocers' a association representing S over ono one hun bun dred 11 and antI fin fifty of or the Merchants I of oC the tho state stale The rie association J IS S S Ih The Lire c. c Merchants Merchants' association of oC Utah S' S S'S S Ogden n Real noal Instate as association and anel man many others I r I Ii i VII T Tin P HS S. SAY SY Y S. S From Front The Tho Mountain Inter Republican Sept 21 1 l OG I S B Beyond ond question this Is a matter mattor which will receive the attention of or S 5 5 the next session of oC the legislature The experience of other states stales 10 together I with ith the f records of conditions there thine before nn anti and after the enactment of ot a 55 read commission sion law will vilI he be secured anti and in the light fight of till all the facts acl the r representatives e of lh the people of oC Utah will vilt tale talc such action as may seem scent e m to trl tOi r. r i- i S. S S l best t for all nil the Interests of oC state slate F S Utah u stands tOIl today a at the of ot a a. splendid re c I If th the cr creation crea crea- S S r ion tion of such cuch a commission shall shull promise material benefits ts for the thC f who are aie HC now iio la lael largely el nt It the merc mercy of or transportation comp companies with IS which the they fio ln business then h 11 It is a move mow that should h bo be taken talen Anti And AntiS fl S S without doubt on such a showing It Il Is a move mo that thai will vill be lie taken ON r I r S From Flom Th The Tho Mountain Inter Republican Oct 1 a IS R t c S We believe that thai much of oC the 1111 cnn can be he obviated II by a a. wise i t and andt pi r. r S t exercise x I e of tire power of the Ito state tat and we w. hellev the tho S 'S S session of the legislature will take talt the action In lit th the JIl matter the thes s i fundamental law of or the th stole state at 11 Its 11 hands S SSt St j A q From the LI II Republican Nov No 1 17 17 7 1 1901 What this thiM stan stan- needs Is a commission made moel up of or about P. P three men tuon who do tie not nol carp care a n jl jigger about politics who will tint not work for fo I i c partisan n hilt butt an r P eye ye single to the tho welfare of or tl the tho pen poo- r Jio of if f Utah and we Wl vt RII suggest Jt in nil all candor to urn tilt next Je legislature that hat It Itt t r S S creato MUch a commission lolI and put 1111 it to work vori voriS S A J S Other Othier f states slates lat have o th them rind and they h do W well Jl NO Nt n state has hns been Ilen ruined by ity u U. railroad commissions commission's ions ion's work wI anti and the roads i rUIl tin trains ami pa pay 1 5 5 tic mis Iowa 10 Nfl ra ka Kansas lInne l Minnesota ota antI and se eral others haveS have o S on last host column I Read every word of this It concerns you The necessity for a commission is plainly demonstrated by the keen antagonism of the r railroads oads and their subsidized press We are making j this fight light for the people Get into line and let your represent representative tive understand that Utah demands a Railroad Commission S S'S S t t'S S What th the tho S rs Su Suj C Continued 1 I brought tho recalcitrant and purse proud officials to time and It i. i Is 11 very cr nearly If it not tulle quite limo time for Utah to get gt bus busy and demand return an something In In- In S Tho contains a provision pro directing that uniform S rates shall be established but hut y as M yet yol ol no political part party has had the to nerve c carry out that t pro I lon The are ate In S complete control this winter there ther Is Js no senator to elect there need be bc no political f 1 Jimmying and we wo om rr ct expect to some at the hands of ot the the party ii If the do 10 people not flOt get Jit III it there is to be he J a kick made anti and j of or the tho procession either we not net going oln to bo ho h at nt the tail end 1 S w t J rom Prom Tho The Inter Mountain Republican Nov No A railroad commission would Insure a Q reasonable rate to the the tran- tran S j n companies would give the people a a. a rate the they could 1111 Ia pay JI and would s I o In t n vastly Increase the business of tho the railroads of the state stata that ho would they make more money than they do tin no now non Railroad companies companie In states where the i. i commissions have c been heen In operation prove e t that statement to be he truo true It ft I Is a step t p In 10 tho the r right direction direction in in in tho the direction taken by tho the older ohler t 1 states tal Th The Tho quicker It I Is adopted In Ii Utah the tho b hOtter better it will be Ito for 01 or our people In th thin tho Ir and anel in the tho There will he be M no tie confiscation callon OF OP the railroads There r must bo ho 11 no confiscation BY the railroads From Front lh Tho Inter Mountain Republican Nov 29 29 1 OC Anti And If lr f there were a n commission slon tho stales stale's development nl would bo to S th s. s so M ll by Jy the tho freedom the railroads railroad could give that in ten ears this years A would bo hI tho pr producing garden and the he market and tho the distributing for or the whole T region Klon between bet tho tile anti and the tho western point slopes of oC the Sierra Ne Neva Nedas' Nedas das das' S Some home Inte and anti some ome city Is going to take talce that S place If It Il bo ho not Utah and Salt Lake it will be he some mc other S l The Tue one po vor that can veto or vitalize tho the movement mo I Ii Is the rail rall- roads They will not do it voluntarIly That would bo be asking something more nore than human nature usually concedes Rut But with a commission ion the tho state would 1 be he enriched and and- the and the general and anti magnificent prosperity prosper railroads would flo nourish flourish rih In the era of a 0 What will the tite representatives in the tho Ic legislature i lat latre re do S 5 From tho the Utah State Stalo Journal nee Dec 20 O 1906 Anti And nel not Vilh lan the ar arguments the they make malc which would Bound I Inel nearly as well as they would If it they hal hail been offered 1 U by Mr fr lr him him- solf h we think the people of or this state believe in a a railroad commission slon S Santi anti and feel to that pray the legislature will constitute constitute- one to out nut the con constitution nn and 1 the tho statutes party carry Bf cuu- cuu in iii order to calr carry cairy out those l JHo ion a must ho bo cr created having the tho power and the authority to perform specific acts nets From the Utah State Stat Journal Dec 21 l. l 1906 Until the lature legislature enacts tho the constitution cons Into statute with nile ade quate penalties for violation the thc provisions therein are worthless for tor while the constitution provides ldes a method of protection It requires a statute tt to provide lelo a vehicle for or carrying that method Into effect From Irow th the tho Tribune Dec 20 29 29 1106 Copied from rom the Provo Inquirer S The opposition ilion lo to n ii railroad law h by some of the Salt Lake papers papers papers-Is Is 5 5 th the tho more moie astonishing wh i It Il is Js remembered that some of or the men roan who ho r are aro now no opposing the papers a law to regulate railroad rates and ancl ral traffic frame l f the constitution of or the state which makes It manela mandatory manda manda- tory upon the legislature lature to such a 3 law In t. t S From the Richfield Record Jan 10 10 19 1907 i 0 s It I seems to u us that It is s up to the the- railroad companies o be he 0 doing dIng something and antI that mighty quick luick The Thc people aro are not nol In a a. humor humor- to tko take chances of or two t years moro morn of oC such I treatment as the they have received el In the tho I past before or er legislative les session 1 is held Railroad charges chanes in this tills state are ore extortionate and nc accommodations and service ser abominable and rind If Ir the he companies companes show chow no disposition to make chan changes es for tho the better heller thon then the tIre people must 21 I recourse to harsh methods I From tho the News os Jan 14 1 1907 1 The have e always been treated with ci great reat consideration The They ma may not have hn nD any more than thai the they are arc entitled t te 19 yet yet- It Is w well lJ known and arid the manag management m nl of oC the J i know Inow better helter than r. r y else Ire e. e that in Utah th they have havo not been under the hie necessity e lt of or spending nn anyone on large sums of oC mone money In order to obtain fair alt t. They h have ye n. n as a a. rule rulo ob obtained all kinds of valuable conces concessions s Ions lons without money and ond without with with- out price 5 5 1 1 WHAT T rim Tim TIlE n. n co Ens or OF OTHERS STATES SAY Y I Frankfort r I Icy Ky Jan 1 12 1007 We Yc are arc of or the opinion that our c commission Ilon I it is a Q success cc C c. C C. C McChord rd S Chairman S 1 Austin tin un Tex J Jan n. n 12 lZ 12 S We P the iho r railroad Uro i commission ml sio C of ot r Texas n a as s. s n n. vf very vory great grent benefit y to thiN anil It tt Is lf 0 r c l by hy th people generally S S t I 1 14 J J. J Storey S 5 Chairman mn r V S S 'S rt- rt r'S i I. I S l St tI Patti n Minn 11 t tw 0 hen t or or th this R W tute w 1 1 i t I I cy I. I 0 V rf I 1 f J J I J i S Has Ha been ben conceit conceded r 1 1 by bih both bOlh t companies i and nad 0 the people r ns as al ahu l lol iry lb 10 for tor the |