I VIGOnS PROTEST IS I IDE AGIST HATES H.J l! Commercial Club Traffic Bu-I Bu-I jj'j reau Makes Objections to h I Proposed Increase. Jj'j WIRES TO COMMISSION j ' J New Tariffs Are Alleged to b j:j Be Both Exorbitant and j Discriminatory, t ' ' I ; ' The Commercial club traffic bureau I yesterday wired to llio intorstato com- ' i mcrcc commission a vigorous protest ! t , against the advances in freight rates " " t proposed by tho new tariffs of the trans-f trans-f , ( Missouri Hues for Salt Lake, Ogdon and j Utah common points. Tho now tariffs ; ' ' wore filed a fv days ago with tho interstate in-terstate commnrcc commission and t reached tho traffic- bureau yesterday. Tho now rates are an advance of from f to lo per cent both in class rates and T 1 commodities. ' Tho iraffic bureau in its wiro to the interstate commerce commission asks that operation under these rates bo suspended by order of the commission 4 ' until such tinio as a henrine- may bo hold i lo inquire into the advisability of per , mittiiiff the increases. , ' Should tho intorstato commorco com-i com-i , ( mission act favorably on tho request of ' i the traffic bureau, representatives of the bureau will probably go to Washington Wash-ington to attend f.be hearing on tho rates and to urgo that they are cxhorbitaut and discriminatory. "Local officers of . tho traffic bureau arc of the opinion j that tho commission will grant a sus-1 sus-1 pension of tho application of tho now ' ,; rates and will hold that the burden of I proof will rest with the railroads to I show that the advance in rates is ncccs-l ncccs-l nary, t 1 Preparing a Petition, i j In tho absonco of a protest the now 4 rates would become effective April 1. ! ' The action of the traffic commission f in opposition to the advance it is be-. be-. lievcu, will prevent the rates trom going 4 into effect at thai. time. A formal petition peti-tion will bo prepared in a few days , bv the traffic bureau and forwarded to tie commission and this petition will make a formal request for a hearing, - riiumerating the grounds on which the bureau makes its stand. Tho wire for-warded for-warded to the interstate commerce com-( com-( mission bv the officers of the traffic 1 1 bureau follows' J Wc arc just nd vised of the filing Willi you of trnns-MlKHourl tarlfT, twenty H. I. C. C. number two hun- dred eighty-seven, making very inn - 1 terlal advance tn class rates as well ; as in Hie ratns on commodities com- ' i prising the most Important volume of ' lonnngo moving Into Utah. Tlic nd- i va lives, willed, as wo understand, ap ply only to this state, wo are satls-'l satls-'l fled are unjustltlable. unreasonable g and discriminatory, and. therefore, we appeal to you to suspend the application applica-tion of this tnrlft until hearing on i petition which we shall preparo as quickly uh possible and present for I i your consideration. COMMERCIAL CbUB TRAFFIC i BUREAU. S. H. Love, President. - , V. S. McCarthy, Secretary. j S. H. Love's Opinion. ,u - i President Stephen M. Love of the traf- tic bureau Is of the opinion that the Inter- atatc commerce commission will take a I stand In opposition to any Increase in freight rates on tho part of the railroads. I He said ho did not believe that the rail- i roads would be able to show that any ln- crease was warranted. He said: ' ,' My prediction Is that the annual reports of thc Union Pacific and the j Denver & Rio Grande railroads will ' i show a marked increase In tho earn- fy W lugs or the roads, and at tho same time the percentage expended for op-j op-j crating expenses will be shown to be , leas l.ian for Inst year. Recently the Jl J trafilc director of thc Union Pacific declared that the road was In better , condition than ever before In its hls- , lory, and that Us earnings were show- ill Ing a steady and substantial In- crease. A report of the business of ' thc Denver &. Rio Grande recently ' made public shows that road to be In 4 a prosperous condition. Says It Is Serious. I ! It w'll be practically impossible for the shippers of Salt Lake to com-i com-i J"-'t with the eastern manufacturers I , if the new rates are to become ef- , fcctlve. Coming on top of the an- I ' ticlpatcd water competition by way of i the Panama canal, any Increase In I 1 ICC'-?U,' rates must -prove serious for Utah jobbers. I am unablo to understand un-derstand the attitude of the railroads, i It Is certainly to the advantage of ! thc steam lines to build up thc in- ' land cities, which cannot bo done so Ions as prohibitory freight rates arc ' charged. While the new rates are a decided I Increase over the rates now In ef- feet and over the rates which tho railroad companies volunteered to J grant at a recent meeting of their f i 1 traffic representatives. It does not 'I' reach nearly tho rates In effect up until the time thc traffic bureau won Its case before tho Interstate com- merce commission a few years ago and obtained sweeping rate reductions. reduc-tions. There nro some reductions provided for In the new tariff, but they are not of great consequence and the amount of tho cln3s on which thc re- 1 ' ductlon Is mnde is limited. I1; Will Investigate. Special to The Tribune. BOISE, Idaho, Murch 5. The public utilities commission of this state has called upon tho Interstate commerce com-mls'sion com-mls'sion to conduct an Investigation Into i thc freight rates charged on conl by the . Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific railroads from the Wyoming mines to I Idaho points, which arc declared to be unfairly high and should be lowered. , The attorney general Is Instructed to bring thc complaint iof the commission before thc Interstate cpmmerce commission. commis-sion. The public utilities commission has I no Jurisdiction over Interstate rates, con trolling only lntrustate rates.