Show RATE iRATE EVil IS WIDESPREAD SOlOMON SAYS Secretary of McDonald j Company Makes Attack on Railroads Opposing Equality Tariffs All AIl we nee need needs Is I equality and we wo will prosper said C. C F. F Solomen Solomon Solo Solo- mon men secretary of ot the J. J G. G McDonald McDonald McDonald Mc Mc- Donald Chocolate company In disI discussing discussing dis dis- dis- dis cussing Freight Rates and Their I I Relation to Business Prosperity at the weekly membership luncheon luncheon lunch lunch- eon at the chamber of ot commerce I today I Ve We e have no fight tight on with our local railroads railroads all all we are aro seeking is Is that we be not penalized be because because because be- be cause we wo reside In a section known I II I as Intermediate territory declared Mr Solomon In attacking efforts of ot the railroads to establish lower I schedules to the coast without corresponding corresponding corresponding cor cor- responding reductions on rates to Utah and the intermountain coun coun- try I coun A copy of a letter recently sent to business concerns of ot the region was was read by Mr Solomon It follows follows fol tol- fol- fol lows s S dl i l MR SOLOMONS SOLOMON'S LETTER Transcontinental railroads are arenow arenow arenow now seeking to charge more moro for tor forthe forthe the short haul Chicago to Utah than for the tho long haul to San Francisco If It they are successful about square miles of distributing distributing dis dis- territory will be lost to the west of ot us Twenty thousand are employed in Utah IK iro tn tim l manufacturing manufacturing manu manu- industries At a low estimate these with their families represent a a. population of about eighty thousand A reduction In distributing territory territory territory ter ter- of ot square miles now served by Utah will directly effect th these se eighty thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand people A great number will become unemployed That and the consequent detrimental effect on business will surely result in ina ina a L decreased population The purpose of ot this letter Is Isto isto to show how that the Industry which pays the discriminatory rate is isby isby isby by no means the only one ono Injured the lawyer the retailer the grocer the Jeweler the butcher the baker and the candlestick maker also suffer sutter a reduction in revenue through loss of ot patronage of ot those dependent upon lora fora for lor tora a livelihood I I Since all aU will be Injured all alII should share In the defense of ot this so evident a The Tho Chicago Association of ot Commerce Commerce Com Corn merce and the subscribers to the Chicago declaration of at principles principles' seek to annul t the tia e fourth section of ot the commerce act which provides provides provides pro pro- vides that no greater charge shall be made for a short haul than for fora a long haul except that In special special special cial cases after Investigation the commerce commission may grant carriers permission to make mako a higher charge for the short haul NINE MILLION SAVED Thanks to the men who wh originally originally nally started the Intermediate Rate association has been saved In Ut Uth li h In the past fourteen fourteen fourteen four four- teen years or saved for tor forthe forthe the shippers and consumers for every dollar contributed to the transportation fund Utah in the tho past five years ears has received a greater benefit than any other state In the union The 10 per cent reduction that was effective July 1 I 1922 was due largely to the activity of Govern Governor Gov Gov- Govern ern r r rCharles Charles R R. R Mabey together with the governors of ot six other states who selected H. H W. W Prick- Prick ett to handle the tho case In 1922 the tho theore ore rates were re reduced reduced reduced re- re from rom 10 to 50 60 per cent through tho the Instrumentality of ot the tho Traffic Service Bureau of ot Utah as assisted assisted assisted as- as by the tho Utah chapter of the American Mining congress In the same year hay and grain rates were cut 12 per cent locally and IG 16 3 3 2 per cent on movements to points east e-ast of ot Denver This constitutes a n saving of ot 8 cents a bushel on wheat or a total of ot to territory tributary to Salt Lake SOME REDUCTIONS I Mr 11 Solomon also told of ot the re reductions reductions re- re made In packing house re-I re products to California points as aswell aswell well weIl as on coal and canned goods The order of the commerce commission com corn mission In 1920 for tor Increase in rates of ot 35 per cent west of ot Chicago o was opposed by the chamber of ot com com- on page G. G 6 |