Show SHOUlD KNOW KNO SAYS BENTON Criticises Ancient Idea of off f Munroe l That Newspapers News News- 5 p papers pers Should Not J Know Railroads Railroads' o i H il Business I A I v Col r. r A. A Denton Benton general agent of tho t tho p passenger sen er department of ot tim UlO Denser Den DenS ser or cr Rio Grande Grando railroad takes tion lon to tt cro credited to J. J A. A Munroe vice president in tn char charge e of traffic of oi tho the Union Pacific system with re regard ard to the closing of oC the U Ogden Ogdon gate ato way Mr Ir sa lie ho docs does not believe e the closing of gat y wv will vill harm Utah or Salt Lako in Anya Any riny way wax albe The closing dos clos s. s ing of the gateway 13 a business on the part of tho tie Union Pacific which Ln has rails mils all an the way way rom tho the Missouri river to I th the tho territory affected lid Ito il It there is a logical reason why tho the Union Pacific should turn over oer to the Rio mo Grande more than one half tho the business business busi hui ne ness tho Denver f Rio Hio Grande Grando bein being i u 1 competing line 11 He lie sa f Eo s no nn othor other business busi busi- ness Jess in the world would T do such uch a thing s 's Argument Mr r. r says s the subject will bo be threshed out itt in detail the inter inter- tato commerce commission which will give h- h finn final derision decision in the tho matter HeFa's lie He says pays nothing can cau he bo gained gaine l by fighting through the newspapers and that the then n whole hole subject t wil will bo be determined determine according according ac cording to railroad practices Colonel Denton Benton takes t exception to tho the statements U by MI Mr on a number nf of Joints points II I note the Hie remarks of Mr It Colonel Benton says say that the closing of tho the O Ogden den gateway is nothing hi ilL more micro than a bu business iness move o on tho i ait of the tho Union Pacific and they thov do lo not nit that the tho D. D n It G. G shall shuh larrr earry 0 0 o per jer cent o of the Y Yellowstone lies lies' lII 4 L l wonder if h he has forgotten tho the fact that the time Denver Rio Grande Grando is shrinking 10 iO per Ir er vomit vent of its revenue re in in bringing this business through Salt 81 Lahe and amid turning tho the same samo over o to the tho Harriman lines thereby competing with the tho Burlington au and t the hf Missouri Pacific 7 If the tho gateway g is Io the they will not 4 tarr 20 U er centS cent of the tho business and not Z o j per cent enl of the business will come cometo to Salt Lake Ie Surely the Hardman lines hues have no cinch ou en this this- business and their competitors com corn com I arc are just just- justas t. t as bright and active as 18 the they Has Old Idea Mr Munroe Munroe's s 's remark that nothing can be Jr gained b by 1 fighting this matter through h tho press is absurd Docs Does ho he think for a moment that the Ilie American press can be ue muzzled f The day when trusts and corporations controlled all nfl the tho new newspapers pI Jers has Ilai passed The American Ameri Amen can press 1 IP is for tho the public educating them on all nfl matters of public interest 1 and importance and molding the public opinion and cauin canning the tho public to act for tor the best interest of all Tho The people of the thc United States are intelligent and they look to the newspaper for food for thou thought ht Tho The people of Utah Idaho and Montana aro are in this class and no corporation corporation corporation cor cor- can dictate to thorn them or tell them how they shall travel Should the tho Union Pacific close the tho gateway it will hear from the tho in a way that will willi i cause ause them to re regret ret its action achon There fi Us is a h higher court coart than the tho interstate 1 I commerce commerce commission and there are state state Ie legislatures that w will look after niter tho peoples people's interests Th They y are up to date and are looking after tho the best interests in in crests of ot their own people The peo pee I of tho the West are not asleep but are federation It contains man many and Mr Munroe and tho the Union system will learn it |