Show OCR FREIGHT IMSE local dealers discover Disc that the U P is discriminating against them logan merchants pay per pounds for freight more kors than salt sal like lake A protest sent la in some of our merchants and business men a are re awakening to the fact that they are being bein discriminated against by the union pacific railway company in the matter of freights it is becoming he evident that while the merchants slid and jobbers of ogden and salt lake are receiving their freight from chicago at the rate for first class of panties in logan for the same amount bioni the sime same place must pity pay the railroad company and with the other classes of freight the same in proportion tn in fourth class the difference is 7 cents As long ago vs as july tur THE JOURN L called the attention of the logan merchants to this very point land abid a reporter iut ervie ed a number berof of ting that they v ere discriminated against that was tile the first intimation they had that they were paying more for frk foght ight than the salt lake and 0 oj din merchants mei chants THE of july 20 contained d the follow following ng through the efforts of I 1 of ogden and salt lake city logan lagan has been knocked from the utah common point list lov by the union pacific and a tiou tion of 20 cents a hundred on first I 1 I 1 bt mj 1 X wel 01 u I 1 this has the he effect of forcin our small dialers dealers to buy from the 0 ogden and silt salt as well well I 1 i as injuring wholesale importers to the extent of the difference it seems to be logan Pt fate to be kicked I 1 i and cuffed about by the railroad 1 I 1 what does the chamber of commerce think of thi until 1 l wednesday list last nothing was done in legard to the matter but out oui dealers like a certain well scale dealer of aling bin hampton N Y continued to pay the fi eight but Wednes wednesday dav the discrimination against our logan people became so apparent to sonia some I 1 of our merchants that an organized kick was instituted and the chamber of commerce took the matter epand up and forwarded a communication to the authorities of the union requesting that the I 1 unjust discrimination be removed and that logan be restored to her common point rates rate it is 13 generally believed thai the union pacific knocked logan from the common point list at the urgent solicitation of the job beta beis of larger cities in order that our merchants might be compelled to trade with them if the union pacific authorities have any disposition to heat their loup end patrons with fairness which in ia view of recent past events seems reasonable to a sume they nill see eee that this difficulty is adjusted and that logan is given a common point icino rate as before with salt lake ake ogden and provo |