Show LOWER COAT COAL PRICES It is a generally acknowledged fact act that the prices charged for for coal in Salt Lake and all allover over Utah are high much too high Such being the th case the traffic traffic bureau of at the Commercial club has inaugurated a IL movement to bring the coal prIces within the bounds of ot reason Details of t the plan of ac action action action tion have not been fully worked out auk the bureau having been engaged in preliminary work Vork work up to the present time The news that the Commercial club of ot Salt falt Lake Lak through gh its traffic bu bureau bureau reau reu is about to take ta t such action will willbe willbe be welcomed throughout ih the state The people have been e n patient p and longsuffering seeing no hope of ot relief re relief rem lief m l Now that the first step Is about to be taken those th se who have meekly submitted In times past may maybe be ex expected expected expected to get g t In behind b the traffic tramp bu bureau bureau bureau reau and push to the full f ll extent of ot their ability In connection with this commenda commendable a ble enterprise upon which the Commercial Com Commercial Commercial mercial club Is about to embark the tact fact ct has been brought to light that the n of the state of ot Utah con contains contains contains a provision making it manda mandatory mandatory mandatory tory upon the part of the legislature to fix maximum freight rates So far this provision has remained a dead letter The high freight rates being responsible for tor the exorbitant prices charged for f r coal it is plain to be seer seen that the people have the remedy rem dy in their own hands The is in favor of or the live and let live principle It ItIs Itis Is not inclined to run amuck upon any proposition in any direction It real realizes realizes realizes izes however that there is a limit to human patience as well as human endurance en endurance endurance durance and that the patience of ot the i people in the matter of coal prices has been exhausted that the time for tor ac action action action tion has arrived In the work undertaken by the traffic bureau there is this to be said The right must prevail If the rail railroads railroads roads will not listen to reason and give the ire people of ot Utah the coal they are compelled to use at fair prices then let the next legislature le do its duty under the constitution and fix the maximum rates to be pe charged within the boundaries of o the state st te |