Show COAL TARIFFS ARE COMPARED Increased Rates Might light Wreck Sugar Industry Says Witness I Comparisons ons of coal rates rate In Imi effect in Utah and neighboring states con con- the greater part pare of oC yesterdays yesterday's hearing of the tue freight rate case now on before the state state public u utilities com corn mission These rates were offered In evidence by hy the tire protestants against t the applications ns ot of Utah railroads for permission to Increase coal tariffs In Iii Utah Durin During the time da day Stephen If hi Lo Love traffic manager of or time tile Utah Idaho Sugar compan presented a statement of oC coal used lI-etl by hy the Interests he lie represents rep rep- resents Last Saturday Mr 11 Love Lo of offered offered of- of a statement nt on this subject that of tons otis of ot coal used b by his concerns con con- cerns during the year Utah furnished tons tonN while the tho remaining came caine from Wyoming Yesterdays Yesterday's re report re- re port was a revision rc of or the time statement made previously and that of or tho ho total amount used I tons came from Crom Wyoming coal fields while U ah mines supplies tons tom Factories operating south of or Salt alt Lake Lale he lie said salil use used tons in all and amid of this total Utah mines supplies tons Mr 11 Love Tove produced tariffs w showed that California pays pay only 5 G cents per hundredweight more than Utah on sugar lI to the Chlea Chicago o The rhe rate nato between Utah and Chicago Is 43 41 cents while from C California point it is 18 48 cents He also added adde that Ihal Colorados Colorado's rates are arc much better than IHahn Utah's and amid charged that railroads s op operating operating op op- crating In iii Utah and Colorado are arc displaying ills ills- playing greater reater Interest In Imi Colorado Colora o products than tho they aro are In iii Utah's Among the time first witnesses examined yesterday was as H H. W. W manager mann man moan n ager er of ot tho tue Utah traffic service bureau who Intro introduced ced evidence e tending to prove pro that while hUo Utah roa roads s are aro asking ask ask- ItI lug ing an nn Increase of freight rates for Cor the hauling of or coal conJ in Utah the they are handling Kant hand I ling hug fuel tuel between Wyoming and Utah mines nn and points In Montana at a I lower tariff than Montana roads char charge e for a similar distance This Thin testimony was intended to show that the request for an increase of 01 rates in Utah is wholly unjustified E L' G. G representing the Peoples People's Sugar company compan warned a against an increase of ot coal rates ratos at this tills time declaring such an Increase as time tho railroads ask would fix a hardship hardship hard hard- ship on the tho sU sugar ar business that would be he difficult to overcome o I 0 I 1 I |