Salt Lake Herald | 1891-04-19 | Page 2 | The Alton Officials Cheerful

The Alton Officials Cheerful CHICAGO April ISThe Alton officials are very cheerful They assert the trunk line boycott is working admirably and that business was never better A prominent official of another western road commenting comment-ing on the situation said he had asserted from the first that the boycott was the best thing that bould have happened for the Alton Thousands of people to whose American Ideas the word boycott is repugnant pugnant will sacrifice their convenience if need be to give tho Alton business and certainly ticket agents outside the forbidden forbid-den territory will do all in their power to help the Alton I the fight Is kept up long it is likely to result in a bitter rate war The Alton is bound to protect its business and may not long be able to do it without slashing rates