Show F SQUARE DEAL DEMANDED IN LOAL RATES Wr t tp 4 p A 1 z j 4 V 4 g I T 4 J I J I i I STEPHEN H ff BABCOCK Commissioner of Traffic Bureau Who Will Have Charge of the Battle for Lower Freight Freigh t Bates Rates on on CoaL I j TRAfFIC BUREAU MAKES AN MIL APPEAL TO PEOPLE Energetic Campaign Begun for forM Action by ext Utah Legislature M H t M u f 4 Stama a calculated 4 4 to 0 crystallize p lle sentiment in 4 4 an n upheaval t prevalent f ff f freight rates on coal the Com Corn 4 f mercial Club Traffic bureau yea r e 4 4 adopted resolution con condemnatory 4 4 of o railroads and dl 4 4 appealing to the people 4 4 4 Two tam facia brought out oat 4 4 at ot the Die and reflected In la Inthe Inthe 4 4 the resolution are that the raU rail 4 4 road freight rates on coal In Utah 4 4 are Ire higher thus than la ia any an other state tate 4 4 In the Ike Union that there Is L no DO 4 4 other state whose capital ban halS ha 4 1 4 uch Buch great rent deposits of coal no o 0 doMe close 4 4 at hand cual cuni costs costa so ao much 4 4 4 a n It does doea in n Salt Lake The 4 4 4 price of tit coat coal e In Iii every part of ot the 4 4 9 state ate In Ia attributable to the 4 4 Ive he freight 4 t 4 4 t 4 M M MM 9 MM 44 MM 44 t tT The T resolutions by the traffic bureau are Resolved that native coal in measureless quantities quantifies exists on the lines of ot o railroad within this state almost within sight of this city and our people are Justly en entitled entitled entitled titled to and must have it fur furnished furnished furnished for their use upon fair and reasonable terms That the railroad transportation rates rales ra es upon coal are grossly un unreasonable unreasonable unreasonable reasonable and excessive and should be properly reduced and REDUCED NOW To accomplish this reduction the emphatic aid and influence of ot every newspaper business man and individual of every class is earn earnestly earnestly earnestly estly invoked The welfare of every man woman and child chUd every manufacturing manufacturIng turing plant present and pros prospective prospective prospective the th Increase of payrolls and therefore of population and prosperity demands cheap coal and the high railroad rates MUST COMEDOWN COME DOWN Hear Trip Report The meeting was wag primarily called to hear bear the report of S H Babcock com corn commissioner commissioner missioner of the bureau tell the re result result sult suit of the trip taken by him to Wash J when he be appeared before the committee on the long and short haul proposition S H Love Loye also of the bureau accompanied Mr l Babcock east tast and his story of that trip also made an interesting feature of the meeting Yet Tet the most important part of the enthusiastic gathering was the matter mater of coal rates and prices the members of the bureau sharing sharin unanimously In Inthe Inthe Inthe the sentiment sentim ut that the rates are ax mt Continued on Page Two Tn SQUARE DEAL IS DEMANDED ON COAL FREIGHT RATES Continued From Page One Ose i and that drastic remedial ac ao action action tion must be taken at once Vast deposits of ot coal lie at the very Tery door of Salt Lake it was pointed out I and yet the wealth of the fuel has bas never operated to the benefit of the public because of ot the high freight rates that are maintained bg by y the rail railroads railroads roads Individual Instances o of purse wrecking bills for fuel were Introduced and the cases merely Illustrated the grievance of ot the individual they also reflected a general condition In which the thousands of householders In Utah are deeply vitally Interested The adoption o of the resolutions lotions strong as they are was merely a per perfunctory perfunctory perfunctory act in the commencement Of Ofa Ofa a campaign whose crisis will win come later senti sentiment sentiment sentiment In la the year By stirring public ment as the traffic bureau expects to todo todo todo do the plan of ot campaign contemplates lat S San celet an appeal to the people to elect only those public servants to the next legis legislature legislature lature who will win pledge themselves to support the enactment of a o law lawee ee which h will fix a maximum freight rate on on coal as well as other commodities It was stated at the meeting and with much emphasis that while the legislature of at Utah was given the pow power er under the constitution to t pass a n law fixing maximum freight rates only one legislative enactment was ever made under this authority and this law was so to the condi conditions that Its curative properties were actually nonexistent Want Public Sentiment ent The Commercial Club traffic tr bureau takes the attitude that In the hunt for big game there is only one way to fo bag bagit bagit it and that Is to stalk the game through public byways and corral and hogtie the quarry after engendering a strong sentiment among the people The constitution of the state is actually ac actually mandatory said Commissioner Babcock that th t the legislature shall shan pass laws fixing maximum freight rates That the legislature shall shan fix a maxi maximum maximum maximum mum freight rate which of course would Include coal Is evidenced by the high freight rate on that commodity from the mines Why there Is an abundance of fuel In Utah within short shoot haul of Salt Lake and other cities and yet the people are deprived of the benefit of proximity because of the exorbitant rates fixed by the railroads themselves The traffic bureau has no ncr set program pro program program gram In Its campaign for lower rates on coal but the movement is by means in embryo because of that fact The correspondence between Commis Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Babcock and T M 1 Schumacher cher then vice president of the Denver Rio Grande showed the condition of freight rates the great amount of f coal and apparent unfairness of charges charged made by the railroads This corres orres correspondence correspondence which brought out both sides sided of a vital controversy resulted in a are re refusal refusal by the Denver Rio Grande which carries most of the Utah coal to market to make any concessions In freight rates These letters formed a basis bases for the I argument before the bureau yesterday and will doubtless figure in the cam campaign campaign campaign that is to follow More Resolutions Resolution At a meeting oj of the board of directors rs of the Manufacturers association simi lar resolutions were adopted as fol lows Whereas the high prices of ot coal In this state are detrimental to the establishment of ot manufacturing industries In Industries IndustrIes and cripples every manu manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer who Is 19 already In business and makes It almost impossible to compete with manufacturers of other states who buy bu their fuel at almost half the price which Is charged in Utah Resolved that the Manufacturers Manufacturers Manufacturers association of Utah de demands demands mands mends lower coal rates which will benefit every man woman and child living in this state and pledge the aid of ot this association to see ee that goo men are sent to the tha legislature who will win enact laws to lower the coal rates In Utah |