Show H COULD MAKE S MAINTAIN HEADQUARTERS HERE Pacific ie Western tV estern Pac Pacific if ie and Salt Sail Salti i IRe e Route I Incorporated in This S State Slate lale l if jut it ie ies s C Comm omm iss ss ion W Would d Prove it ii Dee Declares ares I Interstate ale Commerce iss ion Agent ML r If Nhat a government agent says Salt alt Lake City not Omaha should be the headquarters of the then thel n l Pacific Salt alt Lake City not Los Angeles should be the headquarters of Salt Lake route Salt alt Lake City not San Francisco should be the headquarters of Pacific had the right kind of a public utilities commission the quarters of these three railroads WHICH ARE UTAH COR COR- would be In Salt Lake City T TAH AH should have a public utilities s commission composed business men and that such a commission would Pital away from the state but would rather invite capital I is the opinion of Fred K Butler special agent for the I i Commerce commission who arrived in Salt Lake yester- yester he purpose of making an appraisement of all an of the theof theof thes s of the Oregon Short Line in conformity with an act of I 1 passed assed two years ago discussing the question of a public utilities commission for J L Butler said f fah fh h needs such a commission but if the legislature passes ting one let Utah not make the mistake that some other I ive re made The commission should not be composed of 1 Such men have injured other states Let Utah rather t f and conservative public utilities bill and then let this lb Ro it that no radicals are na named ned as commissioners he he right kind of a commis- commis m the opinion that the head- head Uhe f he the Union Pacific the Salt L and the Western Pacific moved to Utah the state in ine inese He ese e three railroads are Inma Ina In- In 1 ii ma a forced the Southern Pa- Pa its headquarters in hj ill which it was incorporated impels the railroads that state to use the name 1 time cards issued in that thatah ah th could do the same as far of the roads in- in this state are concerned d. d IS S known throughout the theates theates ates as one of the most liberal m in its corporation laws I do doU dot at U t would be the part of wisie wis- wis wis- wis ie state to change these laws t for some years to come for treason reason that this state is still being a developed state i. i El l earned with surprise that twenty eight counties inre in I Iare are re not touched by a railroad ome rne sev seven en or eight more ha have hae e Lp 00 miles of railroad track known in the East I j It It is a wonderful state the thes the's s of which no man can even guess at Outside capital is needed to to- to I develop the resources of Utah It is for this reason that I say its corporation corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion laws should not be changed for forI some years rears at least at the s same me time timea a wise conservative public utilities I commission would not hurt the state state state- It would help It it When hen asked How about the interstate interstate interstate inter inter- state commission Mr r. Butler said In my opinion the time is not far distant distant distant dis dis- dis- dis tant when the power to regulate all traffic both intra and interstate willbe will willbe willbe be in charge of the interstate commission commission commission commis commis- sion but until that time does come I think it would be well for Utah to toh h have the tho kind of a public utilities commissIon commission com com- corn com mission as I hav have e suggested When asked his opinion about the coming election Mr Butler announced that he was for a high tariff on wool and sugar if for no other reason than that such a tariff would help many of the Western states He however exI expressed ex ex- I pressed the opinion that President Wilson Vilson would be re elected President Wilson Vilson is growing stronger ever every day he said Mr Butler will make male his headquarters in Salt Lake for several months I while he is engaged in the work worl of appraIsing appraising ap ap- ap- ap praising the properties of the Oregon Short Line |