Show l M vP r FIGhT SENATOR A AJ ASKS J I C fn FOR UTAH AM f FROM OM RAIL WAY Letter etter to Director General GeneralI Hines Points Out Rank I Discrimination and and Demands Demands Demands De De- mands Change in Rates JOHN OLIN S. S sew secretary clary of or orthe JOliN J the Utah association asbo- asbo received a letter today from Senator William II Kingin King icing in which winch he lie states he lie has hab Pl protested protested pro pro- tested strongly to Walker D D. Hines di director director director di- di rector general of the United States railroad administration against the discrimination in rates on Iron and steel against Utah and in or favor of or orI Ea Eastern tern manufacturers I Sena Senator tor King says I received a a. communication from rom the time Utah Iron and Steel company concerning the action of th the railroad ad administration in fixing arate u a urata rate rata for Cor and Iron to bo be shipped for Cor expo t to the Pacific coast It Is clear that this action If Jr n not t modified and if It carried Into effect w would uld seriously injure anti and steel works corks In Utah Coloia o and ami ho tiro Intermountain re region lon STRONG PROTEST I I ha Have ha ve strongly prot protested agal against st t tI an army any discrimination against our sect section n. n I The matter is receiving recel consideration now at the hands of the railroad ad administration ad- ad ministration 1 am Inclosing a copy o otho of tho ho letter which 1 I sent to Mr 11 Mines HincH I dealing generally general with the question of or rates I will be glad to r receive i any I suggestion from you jou ou and will be hc glad gladI I I to protect In any anya a way possible e the InI In- In j I I ter of oC the people of or Utah i Senator Kings King's letter to the director general of oC railroads is not only an emphatic emphatic emphatic em em- I protest against ar discrimination In Iron and steel sleet rates late but contains In brief brier a summing up of or the till Injustice of the whole situation as concerns unjust un unjust unjust un- un just rates for Cor intermountain mountain territory SENATORS SENATOR'S LETTER Tho The letter follows Collow Dear Mr lr Director GeneralI General I 1 have ha received protests protects from persons persons per per- sons ong engaged in the lion iron and steel business In Utah against t the export rate of oC 60 cents per her hundred wel weight ht on l' l Pacific Iron and ond steel products lo to coa coast t ports As I 1 understand the matter matter matter mat mat- ter the plan la Js to make mike a uniform flat fiat rate rale on of Iron and steel to lo the thc Pacific coast without regard lo to dl distance 01 o I other mileage mIlN the rate being limited to iron and steel for foi export I The operators in Utah are situated 1 at comparatively great rat distances distances' from rom the sources of or raw law material which greatly reatty increases time trie co coat cast of lIC transportation tation They would naturally ha c a t liUla advantage In in Iii the Pacific ports because of oC being able to get set their theil products products prod prod- to the ports 0 at t a a. lower ra rate lo t than hall mills situated at al greater distances from the Pacific coast It seems to me that the firms in Utah arc aio entitled to the natural a vantage advantage which their situation situation situation sit sit- gives Jives them hem with respect to Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- ports UNFAIR POLICY It ha has never er been seriously IY proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed that lint tho the thore re Western manufacturer and producer should ha c his product carried to tu the Atlantic seaboard at lit the same rate rote paid b by tho the producer in the the- Ohio valley If Ir the tho West Test should propose propose propose pro pro- pose a policy of this kind It would not be entertained for Cor a moment Wo Yo are aie Continued on page pago S Sl WILSON INSISTS ON OI SPEED AT CONFERENCE Delays May Cause U. U S. S Delegates to Withdraw From Paris ParisI I Continued from ago L 1 threaten to create prolonged delays which the to president and anel American del delegation del del- hallon are aio not willing I to accept WI WILSON LSON IS FI FIRM RM Tho president was described as standing firm In his determination determination to tomake tomake tomake make no further concessions There Is iM little doubt that the presidents president's Eland fland has been mado made known to 10 the tho theother theother other members of or tho the council but his Illness ho has lias not personally conferred with any of them except Colonel House President Wilsons orders that tho ho United States Statts transport George WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- In ington lon proceed Immediately to a French port pon have arouse aroused much comment comment comment com com- ment here hero and arc are even eyen construed by some officials as preliminary to 10 a de- de de determined e- e move mo to force an agreement at an carl early date h by tho peace confer confer- ence nee PRESIDENT MAY DEPART The Thc summoning of oC the George Washington will place the president In such a position It Is Js pointed out that ho cannot bo be embarrassed b by having ha to walt wait for Cor the tho transport should the tho time limo como when he might wish owing to failure allure of or the peace delegates to agree or OJ unwarranted dela delay In findIng finding find find- Ing Inh a settlement of oC the tho peace question to withdraw from tho discussions dlf The belief belld I is common that thai President Wilson ton will not hesitate to to take definite definite definite nite action If a deadlock is actually reached Q 0 Th The Temps Tempt publishes the tho following statement Contrary to certain statements In Inthe Inthe Inthe the German press and circulated In turn b by other othel foreign forein newspapers we vc bell believe eve tho the French government o Is not putting forward an any annexationist claim either olther openly avowed a or covert to 10 an any t territory Inhabited by Germans German This refers particularly particular to the regions lying het between tho ho boundaries of or 1871 1571 and 1814 VIEWS FANTASTIC Tho The views of President Wilsons Wilson's at attitude attitude t I of oC French claims before the peace conference put forth Corth by certain American circles arc declared I by th the Matin to be entirely fantastic President President President dent Wilson liMn the tho says is conscientiously con con- studying tho the final details of oC the preliminary peace The Tho Petit Parisien comments In much tho the tame same vein ein emphatically denying that there thero are arc d differences between tet the French And American an delegations especially financial questions ns fiS has haa been declared The Paris Palis newspapers newspaper a as n whole re reiterate reiterate re- re iterate the view that it will bo ho several everal days before the work of oC the tho conference vigil bo completed In lu such away a way that I peace ma may be simultaneous with German Germany Germany Ger Ger- I man many and her allies The They predict that the meeting In Iner er Versailles probably will take tale place within fifteen or twenty days however According to Lc Ie Journal the tho plan for fora a 1 buffer state at nt the mouth of the theIs Vistula Vistula Vis Vis- i tula has been abandoned the handing over o of Danzig to the Poles to be probably probably prou- prou ably the thc course a adopted AGREEMENT REPORTED Tho The Echo de Paris says it Is able to state tate that tho the solution of the r reparations reparations p ra- ra tons question reached by tho the conference confer conter- ence provides for or complete reparation tion The Tho plan it adds acids calls call for tho the annual meeting of oC nn an com com- mission to decide upon tI the C sum that I Germany German f shall hall pay 11 tho the following year eal It It Jt Is believed this new newspaper also states stales that thal Geneva Gene has haq been hen definitely cho chosen en as the tho seat Beal of tho the society of oC nations The Thc plan for a I triumphal parade In Paris along the Champs Champ F apparently has been Hen abandoned It sa says s SHIP TO SAIL I 11 WASHINGTON 8 ln In In April an announcing announcing an- an toda today that thai tho the presidential I transport George Washington would i isail I I sail from New ew York for Brest Friday Frida instead pf QC next Monday the tho date originally nail nally fixed for her departure AssIstant Assistant Assistant Assist AssIst- ant Secretary noo Roosevelt dl disclosed that tell teh change chango had been made as ns the re result result re- re sult sull of a cablegram yesterday from Crom Admiral Benson Denson at Paris I when the tho hip ship coup could sail I |