Show UTAH RAILROAD POLICY The time is speedily approaching when hen Utah must decide upon a railroad rail ran road road policy which will give it the th maxim maximum um of service ce t to provide for facilitating the great development that must inevitably ensue with huge steel pl plants in its midst E. E Creed pr president of the Columbia Steel company and heavily interested with with Pacific Pacific coast and Utah capitalists in the building up of or f a stupendous s Industry in Utah calling for the development of tho the raw r resources sources in Iron and Carbon counties and for tho the establishment at another point in the state of a abig a abig abig big steel man manufacturing plant stat states I that actual development will rest in ina a large larg meas measure lre on the transportation transportation tion that is furnished We Ve are heartily in accord with he sentim sentiments expressed by Mr Creed He is a big man in the commercial corn com coJI- coJI mercial and industrial world and has studied those factors factors which make male for a greater count country y He He ha has largely helped in the establishment of payroll communities such as It Is proposed to establish in Utah and therefore anything that he lie might say sayan on the transportation question questions is' is s entitled to consideration In effect Mr Creed says that It would be poor business Iso so far its as Utah Is concerned concern d for Pacific and the Central Pacific Hues lines Huesto huesto to be separated If this tIlls was effected effect effect- ed cd he lie says there thero would be hut but one through line to the Pacific coast coast coast- the Union Pacific which Pacific which has been striving to obtain the control of the Central Pacific notwithstanding t the e announced plan of tho the Interstate commerce commission that mat the Southern Pacific and the Central Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- cHic shaH shall remain as a unit in tho cou country's railroad system With Wilh only one through lIn line to the coast competition would cease to ex ex- ex- ex let Utah shippers shippers would d bo be at th the mercy of th the ono one line which in thE thE- absence of other transportation would be able to dictate Competition CompaU- CompaU Lion tion lia has always proved a healthy factor In business and particularly particular In in- railroad operation Thus It Je lB t that Utah must fight tooth L and ana nall nail any movement nas for its object t the domination of f lit Ih commerce by one ohe one li Uno lino o. o Furthermore Utah Interests ar are naturally wrapped up with those orthe or or- orthe th the Pacific coast The coast coast It Is fact tact Is becoming mo more c and nd more Utah's logical mark markets market t. t We mur mur mus' nurse and develop It for self benefi fo for as as the years pass it naturally fol Col follows follows fol- fol lows that the market will wUl expand The Tho Southern Pacific furnishes z s transportation system that can gin gite the connecting link hinl between the products products- of Utah and the markets o othe of the Pacific coast To fa destroy thit link wo we venture to assert would be he harmful If tr not disastrous or even or-even even suicidal l to the best Interests of Utah It It- therefore behooves us In this great day of competition to see seo that competition Is not removed In rail rail- a. i r t roads seeking Utah patronage We will be ho doing the best bost thing for or ourselves our our- selves and ald future generations b bj by studying the question here involved and acting as our conscience nce dictates It Is apparent that under lder the circumstances as hers here recited it would seem nothing l le lethan lew than foolish to adopt a movement or express a sentiment which would give the the control of or transportation to one one don dominating force n |