Show TELLS OF FIGHT H FOR JUST RIGHTS I W. W S. S McCarthy and H. H W. W Return fro from Denver Hearing Fighting tooth rind nail nan rOT for the preservation preservation pres pres- and nd development of oC Utah in industries In- In W. W S S. S McCarthy ice president l- l lent dent and H. H W. W manager of or ortho tho the traffic service ice bureau of ot Utah n returned rr- rr turned from tho the famous Denver rate case caso hearing which occupied three weeks week after being snowbound for tor three dR days In Wyoming on the return trip The D Denver rate rite case said upon his return today was waa fraught with the gravest possibilities to Utah and every eo effort was waa made to Impress upon the examiner of ot tho the Interstate commerce commission what the findings findIngs find find- Ings s of ot the commission would mean to this state slate I The question arises through h the tho hearing said as to whether Utah shall stand still go so backward or progress A community's prosperity rests on its freight rates Unless tho the nn rates rate tire are fair no community can pros proa- I aid saul that It was imperative e that there should be an nn equitable adjustment adjustment ad ad- of ot rates to all points In the tho past certain points had the advantage over competitors In better hetter rates He Re Rethought thought that tho the commission slon would or ordel order order or- or der del that th there re should be a blanket rate rote from all points we west t f ot nf t the Missouri ri river cr In fact said I look for a a. readjustments of or rates from all points west of the Missouri ouri said that Denver claimed that the present rates were discriminative discriminative native to Salt Lake Lale He Hc supplied many exhibits showing that tho the statement had hall no foundation foun thoroughly hb convincing convincing con con- every per person on present at the tho henri hearings Denver papers admitted that Ies rs McCarthy and had completely answered Denver's charge At the present time it was was' thought that there was an equitable rate rato system system tem tern in so far as aa a comparison between Salt SaIl Lake and ami Denver Is concerned But thought that th the day ay was dawning when whon there would be a blanket blanket blan blan- ket hot rate which provides pro a n flat char charge e elor for lor goods shipped from Sun San Francisco to Chicago o PIttsburg and New York This would mean explained that Salt Lake Jobbers r would be able ablo to send their goods half haIr way to tn Den Den- ver or half balt way to the tho Pacific coast on onDo ona ona a Do fair tair basis of ot trading It would eliminate nate nato other centers canters invading the legi mato mate trade territories of Salt Snit Lake The Importance of ot the hearing wa wu wa emphasized by in the tho statement state state- t te- te ment that manufacturing houses located lo at points where they could obtain tab ob- ob- ob tam tAin patronage half halt way to the next distributing point It would be bo useless for tor factories to locate here thought unless there Is la the assurance that all the tho trade trado that was wall rightfully th theirs Irs was provided in a atair fair territory If It factories could supply their own field and then invade the territory of ot other distributing points It would mean that the tho plants which should locate here hero would be established at other othet points where rates provided for tor a larger larg larg- or er field said lId ho he thought that the interstate commerce commission would take up the mountain intermountain rate CaM case cas with that of the Denver case He believed believed be be- be- be that it would be three months month before a no decision would bo be rendered bp the commission I |