Show THE HEADERS of the article in Sundays edition of THE HERALD headed tC The Railroads learned that at a late meeting of the New i York Chamber of Commerce tables J were presented showing that rates charged by the railroads for transporting trans-porting freight from New York for one hundred pounds were To Ban Francisco 5225 to Salt Lake 3 495 j to Ogden 8465 to Dillon M T 8345 These rates were in force previous to the late cut When we reflect that San Francisco is nearly 900 miles beyond Ogden and Dillon is 400 miles farther far-ther than the last named city the conviction is forced upon us that a railroad cannot be a Very good friend to Utah that will charge for freight to Salt Lake 70 cents more than twice what it does for carrying it to San Francisco At the 225 through rate the railroads rail-roads made money hence for hauling haul-ing over 800 miles less distance and charging 4 95 they must have made at least S3 clear profit on every hundred pounds of freight brought r here and taxed this community that I much more than they did the people of San Francisco These may be ugly figures for the railroads to contemplate bat they are theirs and not ours |