Show I Rate Increases Will Cost Utah Shippers Million Utah shippers will pay in excels of more per annum in freight tariffs as a result of emergency charges authorized by bythe bythe bythe the interstate commerce in Washington Saturday I That was the comment of Ernest D. D Salm SaIm secretary of the Utah Citizens' Citizens Rate association when apprised of the decision I Approximately per annum was saved Utah shippers shippers ship ship- pers however when the commission at the same time denied application by the railroads for lor a horizontal rate rat increase Mr Salm Saim said I The increase sought approximated 10 per cent although there I were many exceptions listed Had the commission approved the additional cost to shippers in this state and ultimately to the public would have amounted to Had the flat increase been granted it would have been a permanent permanent per per- manent raise not a temporary one rs s is allowed b the emergency char charges es the assoc association at on secretary also pointed out Mr Salm said that the emergency charges would not be effective effective I tive on intrastate shipments at least leat for the time being A large I bulk of basic commodities used in Utah are produced within the I state sta te he said Pointing to coal as an example Mr Salm SaInt said that 90 per cent of of all coal used in Utah is produced in Carbon county There is a strong possibility h however veyer that interstate rates may maybe maybe be applied also to intrastate shipments he added Continued on Pate Pace e Two RATE INCREASES COST MILLION Continued from Paso Para One An application for allowance of ol rates within the state similar to those granted by the Interstate Commerce commission at present before the thc Utah State Public Utilities com corn mission It was filed some time ago but held in abeyance pending the federal fed eral decision Should the Utah body reject the application railroads would have the J p- p Rate Table How emergency charges will probably affect representative commodity commodity com corn rates is shown in the following following fol fol- fol lowing table The first column lists commodities and typical shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping points the second the present present pres pres- ent rate rte per hundred pounds and the third the thc estimated new rate Exact tables are not riot yet et available here General commodities From N New w York From Chicago Automobiles From Detroit Cotton piece goods From New York Sugar From t 1 Missouri river 84 86 86 Structural iron and steel From Pittsburgh Canned goods From Pacific coast 49 Wool To Boston 34 Petroleum products From California o. o 73 73 74 To Boise H 1 51 52 t r I f right of appeal to the federal transportation trans group A notable s saving for p ahns re re resulted re- re suited from ex exemption from emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency charges chares of ot a long list of farm products These included grain grain products rice ha hay straw cotton cotton cotton cotton cot cot- ton seed citrus fruits fresh ve vege vegetables tables dr dry beans and peas cattle sheep hogs hoss milk lumber white potatoes potatoes po po- certain fresh fruits and fertil ertil |