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Show rrliiiiimii)! Report of the Real Estate Committee Investigating Freight Sates to Salt Lake. A TRANS -CCNTIKFNTAL FICTION j j How Utah Is Made to Fay A Committee ; Appoiuted to Act The Hour of Meeting Changed, At the close of the call meeting of tho real estate exchange this morning a general meeting was! held. President Lett called the meeting to order. About fifty members mem-bers were present. It was decided lo change the lime of the call incethig to lo.o.la. in. instead of lUtO a., iu. as heretofore been tin' rule. On motion the Fourth of July bill was referred to theexeciilive board. On motion of Mr. Waitllaud. ihe exchange ex-change recommended lo the executive board that ihe Fourth of July bills lie paid. Mr. Whitehead presented tho report of the special railroad committee, which was read and adopted. It was as follows: fol-lows: Salt Lakk (in, July 10. Mr, President:-1' poit examination we tied the trunk lines entering lids city bind our merchants lo the rules and conditions of the western classiliea-lion classiliea-lion which are adopted by all Hunk lines wet of Chicago and at tho smne time they act iu connection with the Southern Pacific railroad and sixteen other western lines, nil of whom act iu conjunction w ith their eastern connections connec-tions and loriu what they choose to call the "Trans continental association," which makes commodity rates lo the "Paeilie coHst terminals," and "Inter-mediate "Inter-mediate points." As we understand Ihe roles aud conditions con-ditions of every olasiliealion adopted by a number oi' roads, are such as to conform with the "Interstate commerce law," the intention of which Is to show partiality to none and favor to all. It seems to lis the spirit and intention bf. the law has been broken by this association associa-tion by inakif g special rales on all articles ar-ticles manufactured In ihu east that are needed on the Paeilie seaboard, and placing them under what they choose to call "terminal commodity rales."' The rates on these ariicles'riiu from ihirtetn to thirty-lhren per ecut more to Salt Lake than do the tales on the same articles from the same shipping point to San Francisco, It would seem from the "Tratis eoiitineii-tal eoiitineii-tal association" that a commodity for the Paeilie coast is uot a commodity for Utah. The tariff sheet gotten out by this association as-sociation under date of June, lKtlO, consists con-sists of 60 pages, two of which are devoted de-voted to "intermediate" commodity rales and the other 57 pages aro ile7o-ted ile7o-ted to "Pueillo coast terminal rales," and on those two pages but 23 articles aro quoted, and ol this number all but cranberries, lemons, oat meal, nils, packing house products and railway equipments and locomotives are produced pro-duced here. The two latter articles aro used only by ihe roads themselves, leaving but live articles that are needed by the trade, two of which are higher, oiie the same and two lower limit the rate, according to tho western classiliea! classili-ea! ions. It would seem that the few articles named in this "commodity sheet" are inserted merely for a blind to it "revised". "re-vised". or "special" rales for the Paeilie coast, to satisfy tho demands of the people of (hosts stales who have always al-ways at heart the Interests of their beautiful and growing country. It need not be claimed on the ground of an old water rale that these roads are compelled to make their terminal rales lower than their "intermediate rales" in order to meet competition, aud by so doing lose money, for such is not the'easo. First, they do not need the water rate, and second, they do not lose money, as the bulk of their business is through freight, and the I'nion Paeitie's net profits, according to their printed reports, re-ports, are something simply gigantic, and every man who has ever been connected con-nected with the administration of that road has become a many times millionaire. million-aire. These roads can be operated for less than 'i'y per cent In advance id the cost of operating tho roads cast of the Missouri river, and they demand and get over 70 per cent of the money received for shipments from this Miut to tho Atlantic At-lantic seaboard, and likewise in the same proportion on tho merchandise coining to this country. We would respectfully recommend that you appoint a coiiiniiltee of three to act in conjunction with a similar committee from the chamber of commerce com-merce and that you instruct your secretary secre-tary to request the chamber to apolnl such a committee and the two act as one and decide on some plan of proee. dure to get our freight rales reduced, ami so report to their respective bodies. J. W. NVlim.HKAD. Jr., chairman. On motion of Judge Colbiiru, the president appointed a committee of three, consisting of Judge Colbvni. 'Judge Bowman. 'and Mr. Whitehead, to I confer w ith a like oiniliiit lee from Ihe chamber of unuiereo to take some t nieiis iu regard to this question. |