Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-01-26 | Page 10 | Freight Rates Held to be Justified by Commission

f FREIGHT EIGHT RUES RATES HElTO ED HELD TO TG BE JUSTIFIED BY COMMISSION Railroad Contentions in Class and Commodity Rates Are Upheld in Washington ashington W According to a n. decision of or the Interstate interstate Inter Inter- state comm commerce comm commission the tho proposed pro pro- po posed pored d new class dass and antl commodity rates from Ea Eastern t rn points 1 now go o 0 Into effect The The telegram tele-mm follows Washington P Proposed new class and commodity rates rales from Chicago Mississippi sippi and Missouri river points and aM Intermediate intermediate intermediate inter Inter- mediate territory to Utah and common points were declared today day t b ty y the Interstate interstate Inter inter- state commerce cummer-ce commission com I lon to be Justified Justi justi- Lcd fied on the showing made mado b by tho Union Pacific Missouri Pacific and other in interested In- In roads Some Sonic IO commodity rates ales I are arc affected b by this finding This tariff wati wail to take effect rr cl April 1 1 1914 but duo to the tho action of or the fic Cle bureau this advance ad In rates was wag sue sus A hearing of the tho case was held during July Jub The result of or that hearing is now no mado known In tho the decision of ot the traffic bureau burcal that the rates are arc Jus jus- tined It It means the tho sewing up of the state of or Utah ULah ml raid W. W S. S McCarthy vice president of or the tho t traffic bureau to to day If It the the telegram is Iii true which I find It hard to believe I It also means the closing of ot the Ogden rr gateway tC It moan means that It will cost moro moro- more to to ship chip goods to Utah au than to other points It js is the bh big bis- gost geat piece of or unjust discrimination th that thai l ha i over ever been peen pulled off orr In a a. defenseless community Several Se local traffic men of or Salt Lake I declined ed to discuss s the subject sa saying Ing that they must know knon further rc regarding the decision of ot the tho interstate commerce commission before thc they they- would express an opinion Many ny declined to believe that tho the decision was was' wasas as e represented m but all aim agreed d that it was of the greatest Import Import Im Inn- port to the whole state I