Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-01-07 | Page 3 | Railroads Blamed for Mining Slump

I I RAILROADS BLAMED IFOR j II I FOR MINING SLUMP SLUM i PROVO Jan 7 7 At the Rotary luncheon luncheon lunch lunch- eon Friday afternoon Preston G. G Peterson Peterson Peterson Peter- Peter I son spoke on the tile mining situation to- to I day clay Mr lr Peterson said in part that freight h rates are too high and must I I Iback hir i come down o erf If mining 1 oln in Utah Is t to get back to normal The railroads are throttling the mining industry of Utah and andall andall andall j all of ot the Intermountain region he as asI as- as Labor he said is practically back to normal but freight rates are sapping the lifeblood from a very es essential essential essential es- es industry