Show f JI RATE NAil IS IMPENlNG Action of the Union Pacific Arouses the Rio Grande Western BABCOCKS PLAIN TALK Says the U P Move is a GrandStand Grand-Stand Play I PiLL Road Really anted < o Do I Tjslioc to Kali He Insets That the Rciluccd Rates Should Have Extended to Chicago and Been Made to Apply Both Wajs Business Busi-ness 31 en However Are Greatly Pleased Whit the U I Concessions Conces-sions Meeting uf the Jobbers Association Fred Simon Talks o The announcement in yesterdays Herald of the big cut made by the Union Pacific in connection with the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern North-ern in freight rates from the Missouri river to Utah to go into effect on Saturday created a great stir in business busi-ness and railway circles yesterday The Union Pacific headquarters were besieged all day by parties wishing information as to details and they all took occasion to compliment Mr Bancroft for his efforts in securing these concessions 4tb Of course it would be too much to ay that our business men are entirely en-tirely content with the new schedule They are greatly pleased with the relief granted arid do not hesitate to ay so but think it should extend further fur-ther They want to see something done to help the miners and smelters and then they want to see the rates lowered not only from the Missouri river but from Chicago LookJEj at it as a beginning however the peo pie generally are pleased The Jol l > ersf Association Members of the Jobbers association while pleased with the action taken asV4 > p in the right direction say it does 4 remedy the vital grievances have been contending against which they agaif ingThe traffic committee was in session a long time yesterday and after 6 oclock ing last evening issued I the follow To the Editor OL The Herald I The statements appearing tits morn I lug s papers sttements the application of Montana I Mon-tana common p oint rates on and alter lune 15 IS95 to ail Utah common points purportmu to emanate frsm prominent business men of Salt Lake city having tome to the notice of the tramc committee commit-tee of the Utah Joboers association this committee beg to say that so far as this association is concerned they were not present at any conference and know positively nothing about the meeting in any way The rt intimation to the Jobbers Job-bers association who represent the heavy shIppers of Utah of such conference was Ltah the articles appearing a above stated Ye tJh to say further that i has been lOlcofd by nearly n tht trtc men Jfthe city that should the Oregon Short ine Utah Northern railway be com p r tely severed from the Uiiion Pacific receiver appoint strm and a separate applnt ed that the Montana rates would inevitably inev-itably come to Utah not only from the Missoiri rner a announced by the Lnon I acific but from Mississippi river and hicago common points as well The association having been assured iV tlie freight otticlals of roads entering Utah that they would consult with us as to tahs interests ve naturally expected that no adjustment of rates would take place until we had an opportunity to present sent our grievances to the traffic mana pers of the interested lines because apart from the rates into Utah there are 2 lumber of local propositions which rc auiro careful consideration Utah mer f liants arc entitltj to such rates as will JTHP them all the territory which is un cuirsionably tributary to Salt Lake and Ofiden as distributing centers and no gder < rates should bo given to points outside of I tah which will allow others to enter the legitimate territory of the Utah jobbers job-bers The glaring discriminations heretofore juKj vow existing < n favor of all points as jiff nst Utah camot be remedied with thorough readjustment and without out a lrough eadjustmet itout V m per and full conference between the ailway people and the Utah merchants and manufacturer The Jobbers association appreciate the fort on the part of the Union Paclilc s stm and Mr Bancrott to partially relieve re-lieve the situation even at this late date and sincerely lit res that this is but a beginning be-ginning of the recognition of the rights that naturally belong to Utah YA deplore the delay in the settlement of tne receivership question and we sincerely sin-cerely trust that it necessary modifications modifica-tions will bo made looking to a speedy conclusion of this important matter > o < oncusin that the best Interests or Utah will oe sub ervei TRAFFIC COMMITTEE UTAH JOB TERS ASSOCIATION 5fr Balicock Views S H Babcock traffic manager of then the-n Grande Western left for Denver last night There is P whole lot behind the sim and it portend the y > h sfater ent may greatest freight rate war ever inaugurated inaugu-rated in Utah Will Meet the Cn lur Babcock was decidedly warm when seen by a Herald reporter yesterday yes-terday and expressed himself very emphatically on the situation We shall make just as low ratesas any f thpr road makes he said As I to this Union Pacific reduction it is tmly froi the Missouri river it is a jijjgardly I ltle concession and the t ion Pacific simply made a virtue of sslty and tried to magnify it into SPthing stupendous hoping thereby i5f create a favorable imnressiii with C thP public Its a mere bagatelle compared com-pared with whfct the independent receivership re-ceivership would have given us and in making it the Union Pacific acted a bitrarily ignoring the rules of the association and without even giving me notice I was done simply to get the applause of the people and make capital I have been working work-ing to get the rates down to 1 the Montana basis through from Chicago to Utah instead of the river and have the reduction in both directions direc-tions So far as we are concerned that shall he done yet if we have the power to do it and yet it is only what would have Inevitably have followed I an independent receivership This reduction re-duction has always been our position but we were simply powerless to bring it about Now if these people are so crealy interested in the salvation of Jealy Vby didnt they give such a rate g have followed the receiver hX 7 x r J ship Ve will meet every cut and go I lower if they want to This step should have been taken years ago and it was only held off through Union Pacific influence in-fluence I leave for Denver tonight I and we propose now to force them to make that rate from Chicago if we can get some line to join us Fred Simon Talks Fred Simon who started the great fight five years ago which resulted in a compromise and who has been working ever since whenever the opportunity op-portunity presented to secure lower rates was especially pleased To a Herald reporter he said The new tariff if it is permanent will be one of the greatest boons that has come to Salt Lake and Utah in many years and secures without a struggle what the transportation bureau and chamber cham-ber of commerce fought so hard for four years ago When on the verge of victory then we were defeated by the shrewdet combination of railwaymen railway-men that ever gathered here I means a reduction of 20 per cent on incoming freights and if the railroads will now make favorable concessions on outgoing freights i will make this city what providence destined it to bethe greatest commercial centre of the intermountain region the only city properly situated for that purpose pur-pose I what is started in behalf of commerce holds good with respect to I the mining and smelting interests and if a united effort is made by the business I busi-ness men representing the various interests in-terests this city will have a population popula-tion of 100000 at the expiration of five years and they will all find ready employment in the various channels of manufacturing mining smelting and commercial branches Relic of the Old Fight Mr Simon has been for years a leader in the fight for lower rates and he has an immense amount of data on the subject One souvenir which he has preserved preserv-ed is the circular letter to freight and passenger agents issued on December 15 1890 and i is particularly interesting interest-ing at this time In it is given the rates then in force on many classes of freight from the river to Salt Lake with the concessions asked To this is added for the purpose of comparison compar-ison the reduced rates announced yesterday morning from which it will be seen that the average of the concessions con-cessions is as large as asked for at that time tme The circular is as follows Some time ago the board of directors of the chamber of commerce appointed ot doing a committee for the purpose tho necessary work to obtain such concessions con-cessions from the different railway companies com-panies a would aid in giving this city such advantages in freight and passenger rates as it was entitled to by virtue of its location as a center of business rite committee have as investigated such points commitee under its observation and not only a caml considered the points in favor of on1 city and territory but also has en ci avored to bp just with the different railway companies When it is taken into consideration that since the lirst railway entered the city over twenty years ago only very slight reductions have been made in freight rates and i when it is taken into further consider tion that within the last four years this city alone has doubled its population and trebled us business with the railway companies centering here i Is not asking too much to request that freight rates be reduced instead of being advanced in order to place Salt Late city on a par with other distributing points Therefore acting with the authority ot the cham actn v the Transportation bu ber of commerce rrsporton reau bel unanimously requests that in the readjustment I re-adjustment of rates for 1SS1 the trans Missouri tariffs be reduced to the following fol-lowing basis from the Missouri river to Salt Lake city viz I ej 1 0 a II t t II i d II I t Ii r II ii n I p 4 t t I F r I p II I I I j c t I i i c I p i i P 2 P r 1 l r t Ii < C t I 4 I I ti I P i p II II I 1 11 il j i ji 1 I < c i I c I II I I I IiI I Ii I Ii i I 3 i 1 O II We also ask that passenger rates from January 1 1891 or such other reasonable anuat can be agreed upon be as follows fol-lows viz Missouri river to Salt Lake city and return 475f fare one way Sfc Denver to Salt Lake city and return re-turn 30 one way 2 Lead vie to Salt Lake city and return 325 one way 20 Grand Junction to Salt Lake city and return 320 one way 518 ci furthermore ask that mileage books be issued for one thousand miles good through such different territories a the various systems centering here may aous including Utah Idaho Montana Wyoming and Colorado at the rate of 2V cents per mile Such books to be good only for the party in whose name the same is made out The hardships imposed upon this mercantile mer-cantile community in the past in this respect have been very great making it almost impossible for the wholesale houses to send out their traveling agents Ito any part of the states cast or west of us Wo also ask that the freight rate from this point to Leadville be calculated upon SO per cent of the rate both ways between Denver and Salt Lake city In regard to local rates from Salt Lake city the committee desires that such an adustment of tariffs may be made a will encourage the distribution of merchandise mer-chandise and manufactured products to the surrounding territories In order to I secure a commodity distributing rate which will enable Salt Lake city to become be-come not only a wholesale hut a large manufacturing point the rate from Salt Lake city to surrounding towns should be so adjusted that the less than a carload rate from Missouri river to any loc > l point within a given radius should not be less than the car load rate to Salt I Lake city with the local rate added from Salt Lake city to such point While this necessitates a reduction in local tariffs a commodity rate which will create a large distributng center for tho intermountain inter-mountain states and territories will ultimately I ulti-mately Increase the production and consequently i sequently the revenues of the railway 1 lines handling such traihc Having in view the mutual welfare of the community and of the transportation I companies the chamber of commerce urgently ur-gently requests the cooperation of the railway lines entering Utah In the development de-velopment and expansion of our manufactures manufac-tures mining agricultural and commercial commer-cial interests Salt Lake city Is devoting Continued on Page 31 j BIG RATE WAR IS IMPENDNG Continued from Page 1 its energies to the growth and increase of the many industries and products which this intermountain region contains con-tains in such vast extent and variety MO encourage immigration and population and to stimulate local travel and activity passenger rates both from the Missouri river to Salt Lake city as well as rates upon mileage booKs for commercial mpn who travel from the wholesale houses of this city ought to be reduced to more nearly a level with rates east of the Missouri Mis-souri river To such railroad lines a will grant the concessions asked for the businessmen business-men of Salt Lake city pledge their support sup-port and patronage FRED SIMON W C B Commissioner ALLEN Chairman |