Show UTAH DEVELOPMENT CHECKED THROUGH UNFAIR RATES Brief Filed With Interstate Commerce Commission Asks Relief 1 That the growth and development of or the Intermountain territory has b been n retarded and commerce in this thin section much curtailed through h the the operation of or unfair rates which give gi points east and antI west vest heavy Y advantage is the purport purport purport pur pur- port of ot a brief with Ith the interstate commerce commission by the tho traffic service bureau of ot Utah in which Is reviewed the tho testimony given I en at the rate hearing henring hero last October The TIme brief which was prepared by Hal W. W general Jeneral manager for forthe forthe forthe the traffic bureau calls attention to tho the testimony given by J J. J F. F Townsend Townsend Townsend Town- Town send traffic manager t for r tho the National Tube company In reply to a question a a. as to whether he could give Ive any good reason as to why the rate should bo be lower to San Francisco than to Salt Sail Lak Lake I His reply was wag there was no reason Only that they have got you I In the brief the traffic bureau says The people of ot the intermountain territory ter ter- I will never bo be satisfied until their rates are adjusted on a fair tall and nondiscriminatory nondiscriminatory non- non discriminatory discrIminator basis and H IT I is iq our be belIet belief belief be- be lief lIet that only by applying pa Pacific coast terminal rates or lower the m maximum at the thc Interior can this problem be he sol solved soled ed NATURAL CENTER It is pointed out to the commission that Salt Lake Is now and nd always has been the natural distributing center for the tn territory but hut because of or the high rates to this point while lower rates prevail at Denver and tho the Pacific coast points dealers in these theRe places have havo the advantage and extend their business over the territory which naturally belongs to Salt Lake kc and Ogden The Tho concluding paragraph paragraph paragraph para para- graph of the brief says I Long b before tore the advent of ot the tho Pacific Pa Pa- Ia railroads there thero was established in thi one of ot the tho ver very first outposts outposts out out- posts of or civilization From here were distributed largo large quantities of or goods to all the region within a radius of ot miles of Salt Lake CIt City When th the tho railroads came they found these business conditions well They did not make them however however how how- hoW hoW- I ever eyer they were given e cr every encouragement encouragement encouragement i by the time people of Utah When Whenever Whenever I ever over the they wanted anything that was of ot material benefit to them it was I theirs for the asking Oppressive legislation legislation legis legs I lation and amid other alleged evils that carriers generally complain of has not I been their lot In Utah Uth Probably no other state In the union has has' hasa a. a tax ta lens le levy levyas as ns light on railroad property as it is here UNDER UTAH LAWS LAW v For good and sufficient reasons several of ot these carriers have havo been In Incorporated Incorporated incorporated In- In under Ut Utah h laws On theother theother the tho other hand these transcontinental carriers carriers carriers car car- have C shown little or no appreciation tion of the generosity g here detailed Wo We o insist that it would be asking askin- too much of ot tho the people of ot Utah to require them to longer tolerate the tho unjust transportation burdens upon them b by bythe bytho the tho continuance of ot the present rate adjustment The rate adjustment sought b by the time traffic bureau will place jobbers' jobbers in Salt Lake and Utah on a par at least with those of ot Denver an and San FrancI Francisco Fran I cI cisco co Under the existing rates Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver jobbers extend their business to within miles of ot Salt Lake while San Francisco jobbers cover practically practical practical- I ly the entire state of ot Nevada b by reason reason rea rca son of ot more favorable rates to the Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- coast and on the back haul The result of ot the operation of ot these rates has been to greatly curt curtail 11 the business of or Utah jobbing concerns and manufacturing plants rates rate from here making It impossible to compete with Denver and the Pacific coast establishments Hundreds o of thousands of dollars annually have been lost to tho the business interests of or i Utah b by re reason of ot the discriminatory freight rates it is said |