| Show HuttER t RING lAWS r SCARE RAY AWAY CAPITAl y In Opposing Utilities Measure Mea Mea- 5 sure e Porter Favors InS Inducements Inducements In In- S Not NotS S Threats H It It requires in inducement rather cr than deterring la laws s to bring brin capital in for tho development o of this thin sta state te do do- Glared dared N. N T T. Porter prominent irrigation irrigation tion project cap capitalist t in speaking t th the utilities bill bUl the senate judiciary committee last ui night ht Mr lr Porter saia said ho he was opposed oJ op posed pOll to a L L public utilities commil commission sion in 10 Utah b because he lie feared it ouM ham ham- iper cr railroad jun investments and that in turn would prevent ibl from froni investing in Utah I Open turns grins to capital was wa the thc policy volcy advocated by bv Mr Ir Porter wh who l i is heavily interested in rn th tho laud projects alon along 1110 tho Salt I ake in Iron county but buti i wh h jg- jg 1 n resident of DC Davis count county Nr Ir Porter said id ho did cUt not believe Utah re- re cl ci aD anything but IUt t good t treatment rea from froni its public service corporations corporation I particularly complimented the Salt Sat Lake for its treatment and assistance to o persons and ana concerns alon along its lines Jines Although this road naIl had never been profitable since sineo it was built he be said it nad Ad al cn endeavored eu to ti aid rather than rouge police its patron Mr Ir Pori Porter cr C ex- ex tho tIm opinion that public utilities t mi might bl 10 bo needed in the tho nr arger cr cC centers ter of It population pop but that n a new ew 1 country liko Utah should not cir cir- and capital so 0 o as aso o 0 scare them away ny and thus hamper ho settlement and ind lD development of lIC the tate Menace enaco to Prosperity Tho rho prominent speaker in to the Evans Jans ans measure was A After After- ev cy Waldemar Van Yan Cott representing h ho Denver er ni RiO Grando Grande railroad Mr Iran Ir Van an an Cott ott pronounced the measure a 1000 CC to tho the prosperity of public ico cr corporations and declared man many f tim tho provisions pro of the bill were post pos ively unjust Ho lIo seriously sl objected d to toc c commission of low Jow salaried taco men n and directing tho the affairs of ot whose property was wa worth lillions mions of dollars He lie also objected o 0 a provision in tb the bill bi which says ay hat liat the tho commission should not consider rules of evidence o before it ii Ti Tig rs most rost serious erious protest however was Wt lade against A tt r provision that where the tho te is a a 3 party to n a question uc ton tho the union of the proof must bo ho made by bybe he be ie other party I This is outrageous declared Mr 11 fan an Cott Cot It means that a L charge clargo by bv his c commission ion is equivalent to guilt guit oless di pro en by the defendants defendant's of or proof Tho The a attorney de- de flared lared the bill would wout give c throe three men ioro power than any nI American political n had ever had and anti because Utah ad not suffered from front public Fric ho be 10 said h ho did not see FCO I hy hy hr Utah should a year ar aror for or a n comm commission which would in his rl eliof lOf be dan dangerously crol l e experimental Is Unfair I Every Even that has been ben made mado I er objection hal I b this tu bill lill i is 15 01 on th the tho assumption that q lie to commission on to be bo appointed b by it I rill ilI i po bo 0 antagonistic to tho public pubic Ul il l cs es companies of tho state declared I I J. J Stewart chief crof I II pe ie measure at last lat ui nights night's ht 8 hearing If I That is ir not th the intent or the spirit I h f t the tho bill bi If I Vow OU ou st start t on tho the ago asumption as as- 1 that ti governor and alc the 1 nato are going oin to appoint men who ro antagonistic to the institutions of ofie oftie rj tie ie e state the contentions might bare hav I Come mo weight but I that you v u II mst U assume that tho governor o inor nd the se senate will vi name men inca who will wil o C competent and fair l Mr tr Stewart called tho attention of i Jut 10 iu judiciary icar committee to the tho fact ct that II id service corporations had under ho 10 o bill bills tho the right of appeal to tho the uris urb from tH tie tho decisions of the corn com aol and that if error eror was mado made byS by S I ho commission there was wa o sion wa opportunity 1 n securing ample xe redress on tho Vie tart Kt urt of tb tho utilities hs Mr 11 Stewart said airl IP C was i not only Je designed i ec the provision of tho the E Evans Evann bill bi j ro protect tho int interests rest of thc tho public ut t. t also to protect to-protect the interests t of or the thc bUe blie utilities corporations themselves i nd stand between them and unjust tic dc- or prosecutions uton by tho the people of I ao n state l C. C E. E Young oun representing tho the Com Com- club of or American lork Fork spoke in favor faor cul of oC thu ln hu bill bi and urged that that the smaller communities of oC tb the state stat were verC strongly tron h. h in favor of it S. S S. S Jensen of the Ogden Packing company said mid he hc generally fa favored vore the passage 1 of oC the tho attract would bill as 35 n n a measure that tha rather bi titan than frighten away investments Un no basel based hi his ar argument on the theory that if manufacturers know kne that they would got ot fair air treatment in Utah the state would bo be attractive to th them m. m He Ito believed freight ht rates could bo be 10 made hotter bolter by tho the regulation of oC a commis- commis ion lon The Tho ho Manufacturers Manufacturers' Association of nf has passed a n rc resolution indorsing tho the bill bi It I i is it natural that tho railroads railroads rail rail- rai roads dont don't like liko Iko said paid Mr Jen Jensen cD c Now o wo make mako a a. n protest on some soma rate rato and amI wo we o are arc received courteously Later we get a a. letter saying aying the matter mattor has hai been een set inc investigated and m tb the rate found tu ti tf be lie a all right Then wo we O have bare no re reo re- re dress We c can do b nothing V V. S. S l. l p Poet Peet t anti and T 1 M. M 1 Hayes the Jatter latter lat lat- ter of tie the UI Utah h Copper company also alo opposed tho the bill bi a as did Harr Harry S. S Joseph oseph Mr r. r Hayes l the commission that the BD Garfield railroad would never have bavo been built buit if the bill bi hail had been Sn in operation at nt that time as it hal c precluded competition with the tho I D. D P. P J. J n 0 U. H. H 8 S. Joseph in opposing tho the bill bt was was called caled by by br Senator Frank Franic Evans J sponsor of ot the bill bi when ho lie quoted the tho of the governor in which h a n mC-asu mC strong protest was mado made against H freak strong legislation Senator Evans asked Jo Joseph if he bc took the public pub pub- lie lic utilities commission bill bi to be bo ono one lc of- of the tho I freak freak measures to which of Governor GOmor Spry protested Joseph sai said aia that flint ho bo so 50 understood and that John a member of tho the capitol commission ion h had also publicly expressed d- d tho the same opinion Senator Evans theu thel quoted from the themes mes message message- ng of Governor Go Spry 81 to the tho le leis legis legislature is- is lature laturo in 1009 a lengthy t IV argument in favor of a public utilities comm sion which concluded l h by declaring that in fairness R to all al th the people of tho state of Ut Utah Uth h the the creation of of- ofa a public utilities ties commission in this state should beno bo be bono bono tes no longer delayed T Ros M. M Beason ended cd tho the bill bi and showed instances 8 where ho believed such Mich a n commission could have hl C fI regulated intrastate freight ht rates He quoted f figure fig ure to show that railroad development in Utah in iii his opinion h had Iid c not kept pace lace with the bo increase in population of ot the thc state Another hearing on ou the tho measure will wm willbe willbe be 10 held next Dext Tuesday ni night ht as at 11 ii 1 o'clock last ni night ht the the judiciary committee commit ten tee had not flOt been able to hear all al who wished to discuss s tho the hi bill For or that rca reason on Senator Wight chairman of the committee announced an adjournment of oC the hearing bearing earin until Tuesday |
