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Show FREIGHT TARIFFS. k Claim Tbal There are Two Sides to the Discrimination Story. AS TO WI.MlOll (iUSS ItATKS. Complatnli hr HI. Jor, .il'oorl, (Irocerii on IMali Holes. ltliat Hccrclar; I.oro ajs. The recent direct and nmphatlo charges against the railways In the matter of freight discrimination ogalnst Utah as compare 1 with her western neighbor has caused considerable consid-erable discussion tho last day or two. Theroaro thoso who declare that the railways am unjustly accused, and that rellectlona hnvu been cast on the cltl-trm' cltl-trm' commlttoo of tho freight rates conference held here hit fall. In conversation with n Nhwb reporter today, Mr. H. It. Lovo who was eeo-rstary eeo-rstary of tho conference executive committed and Is now freight receiving manager of 'A. (' M. I. aald: "I notice that some 'one has Uen raying that every concession made at the lata (night conference waa Immediately Imme-diately ollret by raising the rate on some other ouinmudlty. Now this Is net true; 1 tauuot find one studio stu-dio article In the Low tarlll thathaa hocn raised slnco that conference. con-ference. Tlio rato on window glaa has been cited aa having been raised. The facts are, that the cl&Mlflcatlou hat not been changed at all. except respecting lesilbau S'Jxotl llghU wlilch takes lu all ordinary sizes. This Is provided for In the commodity tarlu taking a rata from tho Missouri river of $1.00 ier hundred In atrnlght car lots, nud a mixed car shipment would simply cost the same aa It did before tha conference con-ference If any one has been charged f43.V0 a oiro morn than under tha old rato It la his own fault nud not the fault of the tarlll. "Another merchant want somo ono to tell him 'what tptolllo ndvantan was gained by tha conference?' That luistlon simply shows tuiit ho either knew little or tha tarllTa that ware in effect before thu coulerenco or that he knowa loss now, for outside ol the commodities com-modities that warn added lo the Trans--MlrsourlTarlir 135 II, the local rates to luta trlbulory to Unit Lake wero cutdown ou an average of about!) per cent, lower than the followlnj arbitrages which existed against us wero almost entirely romovod, which I think ought to be worth something! I ?! l'!vlcli-lJ'il"!K H IjihOTLILlLl PratoT ... ; nMt) )!lsjil il 1hlll II SI B H,. I ll'n U'lJ'tJ I'. V. Jonelloa.. ii " !"!'. u i .0 M rrko fli7'lllln7irJl llraml Juiiclloo.... i l iuuoi l'j (ills Jl Ktebl .... 7i 17.il 11 II l u l 1 I) JuaIi. Monml. flits. 'Ml icr.no hum. r. rravii. iunii;lii Min.itii si i: r- n j 40 a it a kvsnioo7..'!'.'.l!ll. ti i ii pi tiji P ii n lisn. ....... -. I St ft' .'ill 11 Willi 1'orstillo u x.' ' v I! II nra.il 14 llaller ' HitMuil Ilia tluuDissnlloui J un uli-li Itllll To show you that the labors of the commlttcn km appreciated on tho Missouri river, If not lu Halt Lake you can publish these letters which seak for themsnlvM, Ilia first of which was written from HI. Joe, Mo., to J, A. Monroe, freight tralllo manager at Omaha, by H. M, Ad.lt, general freight agent of the HI. Joo Sl (1. 1. It. Ii. nnd which was tuluoiiueutly relorrod to Mr. i:ccleaof the Onion I'aollluliithls cllyi IicarSlrt Tho wholosalo grocora hsro coinpUlu verr bitterly of tbo uommndlty ratoi oil cunued goods to Utah common piilnts as hliown In tmns-MUviiirl tarlll 13.111. Thoy claim thul they aro being dltcrlmlnated ngnlnot In futor of Utah Jobbers; that It it lmosslblo for them to aen to tbo relation now In that Territory. Not being personally l.inilllur wltli tho clreuiustancos which resulleil hi Ibcso rstea 1 havu not Iwmi able In otror siicli tnfouuallon tir nbow these people any way out or tho illMciiUy. Aa a matter of Inforliiatlou to you and In tho bono of ubtalnlng eomo knowledge for myself and for tho iiouellt of our puo-plo puo-plo hero I rospoclfully report lo jou as 1 receive It. Tho following Is n ropy of a lettor received re-ceived by Mr. McKiiddeu, secretary of tho Trans-Mlisourl uHsoclallou from tho Kavo tic McUord Mercautllo com-puny: Doar Kir It has born our Intention for somo thno to tiring toyotir notice tlio In-Jiullco In-Jiullco nud Injury done to tbo MWitoiirl river Jobbing Interests In the lisuliig and publishing of thn 'Traus-Mlsoiirl Jf.lnt 1'rolgbt "Ivirltr No. 135. It," applying to Iri'lglitfroui Clilcago, Mississippi rlvor nnd Missouri river to commou points lu Uinli. It would seem tons Hint tbo Intorosts of tho Missouri river Jobbora hao boon entirely lo.t eight of by tlio trnns-MIs-Hourl linos In their endeavor to arrange tho tarlirinlho Interest ofu fow Jobbing housea III Malt I.ake City. That certain cnmiuotllty rales aro In-cquttublo In-cquttublo and llnust stands without Haying. Hay-ing. All priH'Odcucn sihmiis to hnvo been Ignored, uud a tarllf adopted to meet Urn demands of n fow Jobbers iKallut nil ru'allera nnd consiliuors In Ulah. U'n refer particularly lo tlio commodity rates on bscon, corn, uvstera and tuitis. Tboro are others thai wo might call attention to, but these will seno our purpose. That roiall merchants lu Utah should bo reiiulred lo par U rsnti per liundreil more lu lo.iJlng half acirnr canned beans und a half car of canned corn than he should pay on loadoga stralghtc-irof elihcr, Is to us ridiculous. The goods nro nil tlio ssmo value, tho cost nud expense o' handling to the railroad rail-road company Is tlio same, and tho rato certainly ought to lie tho same, Tltosamo applies to oysters anil poas and wo are Just Informod that, taking eireot on themh Hist., tho ra'o on straight eurlunds of beans, com, oysters nnd pens from Xow Orleans lo Utah common points would be cl.tlo. 'lhat such a rate should bo iiiiulo in apply from Now Orleans Or-leans on those couiinitditlcs Is a great surprlxo to us. Oitutido of oysiors nnd pons tboro would bo nono to move, as iionoof (hose goods nro pnekod at Now OrleAiis.OI cou rsotheromiiy be somo com log from hcabosril, biiinonoof them nro packed there. Wo do not n,k for any better bet-ter rates than tho Malt l,nko people or any of nur cumpoliiors havo, Inn un do ask to bo put on tho satuo imsls and footing foot-ing as nil of our neighbors and comp II-tors. II-tors. tVo havo been working up this Irailo lu Utah for years, have been at considerable oxponso, and lira now Incurring Incur-ring largo ex poiiso In order to hold our trndo there, butvro Mill have to withdraw fiom that Territory uncH no can havo I tho protection wo feel wo uro entitled to, wo wnuld thank you very much if you will kindly advlio us what can bo douo, and what vnu can do to bring about a consideration of tlio Missouri lllver Job-tiers' Job-tiers' Interests, Yours triilv .Slgnod Navi. A Mci'oim Men, Co. "No," continual Mr. love, "If there Is discrimination existing against Halt Iishentthe present time, tbo best way lo da Is to call another commlttoo together and let them fight It tut with the railway peopleand not ,lo so much talking, and casting uf n flections on the men who havo done something for tho tobbsrs of our city. Hallway tarlOt are a good deal like our Clly Council not very consistent nnd 1 don't think a tarlll srhedule could be male that would tult everybody. |