Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1906-08-31 | Page 2 | Extortion is Alleged

EXTORTION IS ALLEGED porto rican fruit growers appeal to executive council san ran juan P R the boito rico fruit growers Or owera assof littlon has bar up scaled to tile the executive council the proposed new freight tariff of 0 the ican railroad company will ill become effective in novem tier liep the association claims that an rn aBaRe amounting to from to per cent over oner the present rate would mould be b ruinous to the development of the fruit industry the traverses trave raea of acres of pi aliu napple apple and orange himli aiom which the first shipments were maile made this oar lar un gler the heinis of the tha companas comp anys fran frail chise the power to 0 o alx fl rates is a vested in the executive cauncil