Show I Favored Sections INTERMOUNTAIN points suffer a distinct handicap handicap handicap han- han rates Development Develop Develop- in the making of freight ment in this section is retarded by reason of penalties penalties penalties pen pen- inflicted for forthe the benefit of competing points For For instance in the proposed revision of freight rates it is planned to make the rate on on steel from Pittsburg to Utah points 1665 per hundredweight hundredweight hundredweight hun hun- in carload lots Under the same schedule California points miles farther west will enjoy a rat rate of per hundredweight hundred hundred- weight weigh Every car of steel that comes conies to Utah will cost cost the ultimate purchaser more mare more th than n more than it would cost the California patron if the car were to continue on to the Pacific coast The The Utah patron pays approximately 1332 I freight on a carload of steel while the California b builder ilder gets the same material through for The same discrimination applies on hundreds of other commodities and offers a trade bulwark to California business interests at the expense expense of oft t tji the e inte intermountain mountain country I Every consumer as well as every jobber in inthe inthe the intermountain territory suffers as a result of this repression The Utah jobbers' jobbers and manufacturers manufacturers' manufacturers manufacturers' manufacturers manufacturers' manu manu- territory is restricted by re reason son of higher hight high high- t er costs of production Freight is essentially a apart 1 part of the cost of any finished article When one te territory pays more for less service from the railroads it is bound to do one of two things Either it must reduce the cost of the other elements elements elements ele ele- ele- ele ments of production or it must narrow its operating operating operating oper oper- field to the point where the railroad handicap handicap handicap handi handi- cap is overcome i The consumer is vitally affected since the railroad discrimination imposes a a handicap on his his efforts efforts' It costs him more to establish and operate a home not because he g gets ts additional quality or service but because the railroads are enabled to charge more for for fora a a short haul than they do for a long haul If it is possible for a railroad to haul products to the Pacific coast for fora a given rate it if would seem to be only fair to charge at least no more for hauling to intermediate intermediate intermediate diate points The railroads are not to be ask asked d to to render service at a loss If no money is lost on the California haul too much money is made on the Utah haul hau If money is lost on the California haul the rate should be raised for it is manifestly unfair to ask one locality to finance the losses incurred in rendering service to another territory Utah's progress is bound to be slow stow as long as this discrimination discrimination dis dis- discrimination crimination exists We cannot develop Utah and andI I fin finance nce the of California Freight r rate te discriminations should be wiped out and and all intermountain interests should work to this end We are but endeavoring to lift ourselves by our bootstraps wh when n we seek to develop the states state's r resources sources while the di oas penalize us for the advantages adv given to California and the Pacific coast |