| Show THE POLICY or THE U P it R REVIn reviewed WED the divelo m 10 mineral m resources resources of Utah hW freights for ores and bullion jullion arS an imperatively de 1 thi the grea bulk of these theae pro boits naturally flows flow cu eastward and the union pacific railroad mainly holds in ID its it g arop the hc control of this iraq tr J T to 0 this giant monopoly i miners and aad in ining mining com allies everywhere must look 1 fot I wes i aa tin a i 04 g w work ork for relief lor for hope oj of success this thil road ba been 1 baili buil b jay ak ke granta of public llma domain in and ili by enor moua moos subsidies of bonds bonda athas cot co t the stockholders stockholder and owners of the road comparatively it may be said eaid literally nothing how flow te th 0 tit operations of orthis this great thoroughfare lias has fulfills d iad nd N ahing the aromise for which that immense government aid was granted gran ltd to wit wie development tad and loitering fostering of the vast mineral wealth of the f t continent bonti we propose again to examine that at the tariff of freight on ore ore anti and bull bullai fi ever over bt road has baa ban vac illein ill tin no ae well as onerous on onerous one irous rout all thip vw P 0 of r utah to h fr freigh e i g b t tt e epco ppe c i biilly a li y are actie The th e public p u b 1 1 c tre rb hardly b i r d 1 ady advised of the alie real effect and operation of rates which have ant recently belp es ca ani and are promulgated ag as the nil an between the be U davd the C CP P roads roada oui our miners nl mattani laidve for many been hoping for a aub lt intia reduction from the high rates made in in august katat abo whon a tariff I 1 of 1875 per onn 0 oread res end 28 on bullion vlao A imposed between ogden and owalla omaha on the of oC Novem November beri a new ucb eau Jef crates ratio as ta vor for all ores not exceeding as 0 boy v valtie 1 le per tonto 7 0 cent a at t P per r hundred equivalent to pr per carload car ear load E r beeding WO and assay value per ton 1 per hundred or pe pet chload cr load Tace exceeding eding a assay isla value per ton 1 81 1255 25 per aundrel hun hundred drel or 1250 per offload rr 4 t bior for all b base aso bullion not dot excecil ing assay value v per tona jact i I 1 bor 1200 per camoia loaia and not exceeding decoding assay amay value per hundred or per carload car load exceeding uses no per ton i 1 81 50 per aa or dr per sor carload carloa car loa load achar in ro le dieth on it cons of 2000 dounn each double rates on all amounts in C iceal of eleven tons ton ori any attayer for the railroad Rail roid company v lo 10 bo be isalt jale J I ale uka city and ta ism afian a y vald values es of arii oro ina and bullion to I 1 include include both gold and B silver allver and tile lead estimated RL at three andali ali per pound ore lor 1 bullion ot od greater camy value than llian MOW per ton cannot be freighted under thia ins tariff but must mils ll 11 bp subjected to Ili higher glier or express yates artes this schedule line lias been announced t si the response leemose to a general and oft repeated request of minera ana buni lacsa met men of utah for lower freights it I 1 Is ie however 0 ot of asking for forbregd bread and receiving a aric fur for a fah and receiving a see pint 1 lift de vedo f licese ar argent ferous galea galeata of utah and t to pro dace the largest aniual yield what is ia required is u not 0 only D ly a lr of fiel fraight gilts a n low logi grade oral but a corresponding reduction on 00 low ow krada a ja bullion bulli onal aln athe f b e stated bast canowa rd frocil the boi amity iby ate are in operation only a half dozen dozea refining works for separating silver from lead bullion one each at omaha chicag detroit newark and NW now kyork york with one nearly ready at t d a second injected led at chicago thero are in a cul aum bet ber of mines producing producing low grado ores which st t a reduced yet lair fair anil and remunerative tariff ak to the iha riAl railroad road company would by beine run into bullion supply ill all these te refining aning works but atul freights on bull 1 0 or aro so high u a tar to limit tha tho 0 lown lower grades and ana to ismar r age erection of Pm elting for furnaces naces at tile tiie mines kinei of the low grade rade ores none on can bo be shipped beyond omaha or chi ago gull ml only ten to ta fifteen tons per ditt day can be treated there now it if tb alie railroad company can freight ores it cents per hundred ori or I no 10 per car which they hero here propose to do and nd they would be the last to undertake it without a profit front assuredly they can freight base baso bullion nt at ilia mire rates As A a matter offart of fad fact bullion in bars ban cari can always alpe e freighted freight etl easier and nl th lhnn n ore in sacks I 1 there ta 19 mulli lias lahs lia s expense in handling and loading and the lie tik rif nf lose los in ease case of accident si by fire fi e ay by iy running binning off tile the track by smash ups iq ten fold ahr perhaps 9 twenty fold eiore on ore than on bu bullion lion so too loo cars it in abe lamp train one loaded d with ore another with illi bell conand the train precipitated through broken bridge or Iri into into a deep ravine or a stream of running water or the cars burned up mp in the or car or of bullion there cm can only he a logo ioa ot 0 a few in libat of ore the loss will probably bo per cent cant of the whole aud and may be a total loss tho the company evidently makes this discrimination crimInation Bis charging this ganiron tariff on ballion simply because it line the power W t do so in its bassia cation fur for oilier commodities ait it tras trans a tan at no a thin than a too ton of iron safes gores a ton of baars ca castings or copper botn than a ton tf cf iron casting i hundred pounds of wort ri orah wore more than a dollar per pound at the ibo gains rate as a hue but dred coundi or of lampblack an assayer ialo bo be salt or may be named darned at any ny pointon point on the road rad who will determine term itle tho assay value of pro pre by samples from iron one tenth of each shipment when cari arrive arrie laden with oros they must be witched switched olt off and detained from three larce days to a week for this operation 4 feces necessitating tatina the of the entire load the selection of every tenth sack Back hauling to sam gambling ling works ie reba re ba and re loading reloading in ia tho the car 3 work fully what would an apsay bo be worth 7 an and J what a bid for what in c e for favoritism and 8 twiddling s are ed hero here set eel up by the company both on the part of shippers chipper and of the it will bi be demoralizing in tin an unusual degree in 10 seasons of e crowded ro adea business allio illio te shi shippers r will fill be earliest served who offer the most plethoric bribes and fees and who must mast pay even the actual cost and expenses this labor anil and delay it I 1 n 0 only y putting on tho lant to b break P crik our low loir grado grad 0 miners backs backa and adain adding immensely to th the 0 weight borne batu by the higher grades i i the fa fr i lead under uder talis assay value alne is ia to be tho game in ia br ore as in ia bullion ballion three and a ai half cents per pound now to reduce lead in oie ore to bullion bu llon costs in an ate avera rage goof or one and a half cents per pound 0 o or 4 30 per ton and in such a reduction redaction there is ia a loss also of 15 to 25 per cent in all sales of our ores ore lead of leas eso wan 30 pir per cent is not aal considered by bi the purchaser anais and is not dot accounted or paid for its in i the market keti values alnes this freight tariff makes no allowance for these tin an dro ro gives by asay sixty four ounces of dilver per toaland ton isna 25 per awot lead and this is an uncommon grado grade here aiho tho laic aina ot of the tbt silver will till us ps per ton ion sa 71 4 lead lct lit at 3 12 1 2 cc cibu all 17 50 total abuy 21 24 ereie or eie 8 i per ton additional freight from ogden to omaha aha by reason of the lead yet in la neither the markets or of europe or america is im tha hajn enhanced enhanced thereby 1 i 1 1 the assay nine of bullion at salt sail take city is not thereal value of bullion lion rod aud any scale of prices offered for milling ores will show this discrepancy i in nevada on tile the line linc of the C 1 P richad for ili as fallows ful lows roil pr boom nr ct fay or M pr ton too 01 1 iiii CS A aio 1 CA 77 1 I aw 83 pa and 3 c r respond res ing d n co wiil be found 0 on n ores shipped to eurple this new tariff of freights rather than a decline do cline is an adva advance ace along the whole line hy rates of august lastort la storo fron from the emme emma mine mine could be freighted at abdul si dercar per car this oila OM asea assaying ying about ISO one ounces c cs silver end and 40 per cent lc le adwill give a value by railroad rule of silver of lead 23 29 total per ton according to new dittes r this isi isa subjected subject od to bojt ii tare tar iff of pl pee cir car au an increase of M ca 50 fb for every carload carl oaI owl sent over the road t every consideration I 1 or of justice led to the W government a and n allia iho 0 1 poo people 1 whose liberal gifts have made mada me this road of cevelo development ni nt i and 0 tile mining ap territories borics as well the and profits of alle corn com pany require a lower rands and a uniform tariff of freight glit on both ore and bullion tho the main production of utah is is taxed at th the tre greshold of its only exit and mining Jindu stry is paralyzed im ia its earliest struggles let let tile the rait rail roads give to these outward freights a rate little above cost coit and they will add an incentive to tenfold increase 0 inward freights ai hundred furnaces will be put pill in 0 operation i on I 1 at the mines ten thousand inyim and a will bo be added to the numer burnor prospectors already here machio cry mills and will be freighted hither by the hundred tool where now maw only ten tea have averone capitalists visitors vini tors and men acri for all business en terp rises will the e nger fares in a single season abut but under this last proposition of appointing a railroad ussa yo to pus pas upon ila tle the value of every marba oro ore all and bullion tile the way is opened lor for interminable fraud tho the railroad assayer will everywhere be accused of injustice and cito iliou and the shir pera be induced to dece deception eption an ounce bunco of silver ort ori a f few ew pounds of lead will often turn tur the 0 scale ale and add to the bill 60 per car on all his big ore the very principle is ia wron wrong and a odious As well might the railroad Hail road ad ad company n 11 appoint 1 0 01 1 an 1 inspector of car vio aud charge c each 11 r sc c cording to the amount of hie hia or him hia revenue tax |
