Show IN WEALTH LONG LONGI I FOR MORE Bright Lexicon of Traffic Magnate T There Is AT NoI No Word Ord Enough Ugh I By E. E J. J David railroad earnings She 1 e most brilliant star in the of prosperitY pt nt higher tr Is twinkling Its way ler er in the o or colossal prof- prof by its side is a thing thinA K Th k of sordid gre greed reed d This thing bY the railroads as a It consists of great alken taken len from the people without turn and it therefore follows star tar will reach a certain height with one terrific rip through pirtY's ty's tys S sky come down to earth I lp mR and deada dead a limit to how far the gov- gov I p 1 will allow the star to soar nt ownership might decide to I IU U wT to the thc plane of rational I is S' S written u on the records of I n commerce commission I Ih i h Broad earnings for June are I jest st in history For more than v the star of prosperity l n ascending ascending- Into the heavens 1 r l' profits Huge dividends have haYe In id but despite the tremendous lpg g obtained the transportation japes s s seek ne considerably transportation more of ne l s mo money y OADS SEEK MORE Satisfied with present returns I ra roads are attempting to force on n which will bring them many manyI I dollars more moie a year revenue particularly true of Utah De- De Ea they have not rendered just Jus- Jus t h l people In the matter of ot ser ser- dt at they ther have charged rates ejr lier i out of proportion to what gb O they are trying to extract g alth The people of this state na make any ny more sacrifices I a a tremendous struggle and I lust st pr prevail pre ail over might the might the I gt f railroad corporations t Ith th a gluttony which Is as I Il I l marvel of the age as the stu- stu stu-I stu I they have heaped up at r r of graft I r rie this year total revenues of at I Jr oads with an income of more I amounted to 1 pared with in Juner June I Jr r r. r leaving leavin net operating reve- reve pf f an increase of oo over the corresponding j f f 1916 1 10 the pie he- he first six months this year ear rp oads 3 had total revenues of an increase of more over the first half halt e e this remarkable showing cats ts all ll records in railroad Ration the companies deem further line their vaults with withof of f the public They ask the I lily illy nilly to loose its purse I and cough up to them jo e C scale must be made to this species I Ton on Were it a fact tact that the were ore on the verge of bank- bank scarcely able to pay their I uld be he different It is how- how admitted fact that the rail- rail r rc growing richer and richer lorn jom om granting them more Ie people sho should ld demand that dis disgorge or e. e OlDS WHIP HAND I is- is ip in the position to demand railroads disgorge since the eight rates prevail here The Thead Theare ad are anxious to forestall any i for a reduction in rates by byor or 0 an increase declaring that sea cost e l cost of materials and labor Imperative that they should re- re cater reater revenue Eis- Eis 1 j pure bluff creased cost of materials and ands s more more than offset by the hugeS' hugeS huge irs S' S bringing about increased increased jn fn n operation particular application of the thel l g for an increase in rates deals le appeal for foi an advance of 15 Il ton E on the carriage of coal lIah tan h mines to Salt Lake Lale and othIn oth- oth In in s in the state This is sheer lt tery ry and is unpardonable The I application of the railroads is untenable untenable bl ble and absurd Utah shippers at present pay more for freight on coal than shippers in inI Minnesota and Montana They have I done so for years and the railroads have fleeced the people of this state to toan toan toan an extent that is staggering Millions 1 of dollars which should ha have ve gone Into the of industries have been sacrificed to the railroad god Against the application of the raIlroads railroads railroads rail raIl- roads the city of Salt Lake Lale and other Interests have filed flied a complaint with the the state public utilities commission The The complaint recites that the rat at present charged are too high and a reduction of 30 cents a ton is asked This would bring the freight rate on lump coal shipped from Carbon county county county coun coun- ty mines to Salt Lake down to a ton compared with the present rate of and the rate of a ton asked aske by the railroads The city and other interests must win in this fight put up in the common cause of human rights The railroads are loomed doomed in that no right thinking body like the public utilities commisSiOn commission commis commis- i sion sian will accede to their request To I accede to the request would be tantamount tantamount tantamount tanta tanta- mount to allowing wholesale robbery I of the people to be committed I |