| Show 1 RAILROAD EATES the west is and with rood cause too against the high passenger rates on our railroads through borne evil motives for we can hardly believe it isdore for gain the rates are theowest thun in the kastern Kt stern if the hiffa rates have been fiade for gain we thinKa mistake has been made from tho very act that stich tend to keep away custom instead of increasing the same it is possible the passenger tariff so high that none can afford to ride by raj while on the other hand a rate can be charged fairly within the reach of all which will tend to increase passenger traffic on a road take for example the 2 rate from provo to salt lake if that were cut down to 1 who will deny that danble the traffic between the two cities would not be secured it is quite evident that this would be the case the cheap postage system gives also a fine illustration of the principle that cheap rates increase traffic before KOLAND HILL brought about the penny postage in the united kingdom the mail system of england was very defective and expensive few could afford to mail the government had to largely bear the expense of the mails no wonder there were many who believed beli oved the cut in postage rate would increase the burden of the government not so however for the cheap postage brought about an increased amount of mail matter and instead of the government having larger deficits to make good the postal system paid for itself after the first year further evidence is given in a merchants business sales on a small margi may seem ruinous to a business but it increases trade and the many small profits soon make up forthe lack of larger ones it gives the public satisfaction also and a merchant with the good will of the people is bound to prosper likewise in the ci ae of the railroads they are public highways and depend entirely on the good will of the people for support the more traffic they gain the more resources they have to draw on we think there is no questioning the fact that low passenger rates and low freight rates are con to the increase in creaso of patronage of course rates shoula not be below the actual expenses of the road in the section where the iron horse runs but we maintain that they should be within the reach of all conr present railroad rates are too high there is no question about that |
