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Show Ism wight on freight tariffs Utah Industries Ready to Contest Discriminatory Rates From East. A flat rate of 60 cents per hundred for all freight shipped overseas lias, recently been granted by the United States railroad rail-road administration. ' According' to information infor-mation issued by A. C Rees. secretary of the Utah Associated Industries, this hag been done to encournere trndc "with foreign countries. Mr. Kecs also states that in competition for oriental trade this rate gives the eastern manufacturer, with his lower cost of production, a decided de-cided advantage over Utah manufacturers. manufactur-ers. A Pennsylvania steel manufacturer cm ship from his factory to iSeaule or San Francisco at the. same freight rate as the Utah manufacturer, Mr. Rees points out. To overcome this advantage of the eastern manufacturer over the Utah manufacturer. w Utah Associated Industries has appealed to the commission commis-sion in San Francisco which has charge of freight rates in this division to put this rate on a pro rata basis. If the association succeeds in having-this having-this change made a great victory will be pained for Utah industries, it is stated. Although Utah exports to foreign countries coun-tries are large, they should increase under un-der a belter freight rate. At present Utah sugar machinery is sent to Cuba, fr-otuh America. Hawaii and the Philippines; Philip-pines; Utah candy to Australia; Utah tile to South America, and steel and iron products of the state to Japan. To discuss the requirements of foreign markets and the policies that should govern gov-ern America's national foreign trade, the sixth national foreign trade convention has been called to meet at the Congress hotel, Chicago, April The prob- lems that confront the industries of the United Sta res are spoken of as follows by James H. Farrell, chairman of this convention: "The abrupt termination of the war in I Europe has brought the United States , suddenly face to face with certain qucs- i tions of grave corn-em to American for- ! eign trade and industry. 'Now, as never before. the United States must rely upon foreign trade to I make certain the full employment of labor la-bor and provide investment for capital; to stabilize industry and fnwent diiur- I bance of dfmrsiic conditions: to insure the permanent retention and operation I of our new merchant vessels under the American f iag; to maintain prosperity among American producers and to forestall fore-stall any retrogression from the high standards thai h;. ve b-en itohieved. "To give consi ru''ttve consideration to the needs of American trad- enterprise In this emergtiH-y. ihr iaii-!.al foreign trade convention has b' e:i called. "This is a call to act The opportunity oppor-tunity is at hand. A preat forvign trad is ours, if we only proceed with energy upon lines of sound policy. A great carrying car-rying trade under our flag is ours, if we only make it possible to operate our ships in competition with those of other nations. na-tions. T |