Show IS IN that utah s welfare is threatened Is shown in an editorial appearing re bently in the deseret news regarding the effort that Is being made by certain capitalistic interests to nullity nullify the decision of the supreme court ordering the separation in ownership and control of the central pacific and southern pacific railroads the editorial follows the eagerness with which public utilities officials and business men generally of southern california arizona new mexico and other sec riots of the southern part of the country are fighting against the separation of the central pacific railroad from the southern pacific indicates unmistakably that the commercial inte interests resti of those sections have touch much to gain from the grouping of railroads which they desire and is it at all plausible that this gain re fatted to could be accomplished except at lit the loss of commercial inter ests la in sections further north one of the states further north Is utah it seems self evident and inevitable that if the southern sections prevail in the railroad controversy that hns lits arisen it must be at cost to more t northerly communities among which utah must be counted the tile bust business interests of utah therefore 6 could not be blamed if they enter the fight for a grouping that would mean the routing of traffic passenger and freight over lines that come into their territory indeed it Is surprising that the commercial and indus trial interests of this state have not taken up the matter tar far more vigorously than has been done up to the present time in a recent decision the united states supreme court ordered the separation in ownership and control of the central pacific and the south era ern pacific the central pacific Is that line extending from ogden to ban san francisco with its various 0 branches and feeders the southern pacific has a southern route extending down the pacific coast across southern california arizona new e mexico and texas to gulf of mexico ports the mileage of this route for exceeds that of the central pacific which joins the union pacific at ogden now while it is true that a shipper may and Is indeed expected to specify the routing of his consignment it Is clearly evident that the employees of a system can in various ways and by various methods determine over which route the consign ment merit shall go and it would be no less than human for them even unconsciously without premeditation to favor the line for which they are working nothing less could be expected irrespective of the integrity and honesty of the railroad officials and arid the men whon they employ 10 briefly therefore and without camouflaging the situation it could be expected that with the central pacific joined to the southern pacific and its great network of mileage across the south a preponderance derence of shipments would be deflected over the southern route rather than seat sent directly across the country by way ot at ogden and the union pacific this it Is self evi lent dent means loss of tourist trade and a measure of retardation for the section ot of cour country itry la in which utah Is included there Is no desire on the part ot of the people of utah to see at anything thing done that would be to the disadvantage of 0 transportation in general and arid the development bathe entire country but they do insist that they be given a air fair and equal opportunity in the matter of railroad facilities and privileges leges eo to that their own cities 4 but ahoi towns can be built up and en on in common with other earn in unities in the intermountain section of tha the west ausa miss 1 lilts snow miss maurine whipple and mrs una gray enter stilled their school class the ath primary at the home of miss bliss banow tuesday afternoon A jolly good tims time was had |