Show P FREIGHT ahlff m NO A PAYERS P aaa A YER DEMAND MA N RA K N aak A ea AW jr LM FREIGHTS EIGHTS JA HIGH utah pays higher freight rates than any state in the union war mar to con tibie until unta concessions auire made war has been started in several of the cities in utah against the railroads rall roade for discriminating in freight rates it la is elated stated by th tho who are fai rilar with the rates charged by the railroads rail roada in thia this elate state and other states in the country that utah is 13 not being considered comi dared in the proper light compared with her sister tales states Ac according cordin tato to the reports given out by the e traffic of salt lake city millions of dollars are paid id bt by utah people to the railroads 9 in n freight prices which are 4 4 4 4 4 some jonte time ago an organization was which ia Is known as the com club traffic bureau the pur is of thia this organization is a not to fight fr f r better rates in any particular local t but ut for or the interests inte of the entire state late already tiona have een n sent sent out to the leading shippers n the different counties count lea asking for as mi stance in carry a iz on the work of ob expected that itt leveral several of the people in lit carbon county anty will join in the work for better rates iti BUREAU toworu to WORK FAIRLY it it Is not the purpose of this cominis mon to be antagonistic to the railroads it Is a not their purpose to hinder in any way ay the work of donst construction ruction of new aads 1 beang contemplated by the rail rall babot ad ayt it ahall shall be their purpose to red cavor in fn a fair and legitimate man er or to obtain for utah a rate in freight aich will at least bo be as reasonable as ass granted the pacific coast TOO MUCH it is estimated that three million dol r per ear car ia in paid by the people of uh ah for freight than is paid by calif ania for the sama amount of conage his will probably be better explained teat bat the rates from chicago points to an in francisco california id from 25 to 26 percent per cent cheaper than to rtuh and tah i is nearly miles nearer chicago lan an california if the commercial lab of salt lake city were to build heir new building in spokane the teel tool for their building would cost over less than it will in salt lake and at t this iamo same steel ii is shipped through tib in state another sample of echor ant freight rates ra tea is ex in the net act that if the wool men who found it canary some time ago to ahia their ool to boston paid more in freight rates than would have been nece eairy had they shipped it from the pacific coast according to the rail rall road authority their rates ir re made to compete with water rates ret et orly 5 per cent of the breight ia Is hipped on the water route leaving 95 r cent for the railroads RAILROADS ABB ann X MONEY NEY MAKERS it lt ta U aleo also argued that the railroads annot mot the freight in thia this country with nit an extra harge and yet in accordance with a aport given out by the inter state commerce mmerle commission the U P 0 N and ard the 0 S L has the argast earning capacity for ahe he nu num m er r of mileson any corpo alion of a the knitel i TAFT petitioned the th a work of this traffic bureau will a a benefit to the entire state already a petition signed by freight rate payers has been sent to PreaS resident dent taft in an effort to obtain ba he attention of the federal authorities in the meteor this petition itt tion was signed by of the prom prominent nent men of carbon county who arc interested in the mutter matter of freight rate rates in tho the near future it may be a matter to be taken up by the commercial club of this city thia this being a shipping point for thousands of people any reduction accomplished by the efforts of the commercial club in this regard will be a benefit not only to shippers and those who receive freight but to people in lit general in as much as a portion of the price which they pay for the necessaries saries of life at this timo go to the railroads as f freight while it ie is not conte contended filed bat that tin thi railroads r bould not have a re amount it to the ship ping of goods it Is sst not thought that people in utah should be made to pay more than any oher other state in the union the ork of the organization will be watched with considerable interest |