Deseret Evening News | 1908-12-05 | Page 1 | Senator Smoot on Rate Fight

Assures Kindel He Will Try to Rectify Wrongs to Anyone IS GLAD TO BE INFORMED Denver crl With Utah Senator on Question of Equitable Special to the Denver Dec 6 George T has received a letter from Senator Heed of Utah thanking him for hla information regarding unfair railroad rates contained In a letter to Iho Utah senator Senator Smoot says In his Mr Kindel 1 thank you sincerely for calling my attention to this matter and I sincere sincerely ly hope that the people of the west will express their views on all public questions J assure you it will me great pleasure to do whatever 1 can to rectify wrong to anyone Mr letter was as follows In reply to your kind favor o Nov 27 I wish to say that the Interstate law In the fourth section ot the act already provides That the not bu charged high higher er than the longer In the aggregate un under der similar circumstances and con conditions But this law is constantly be being ing violated with and with the acquiescence of interstate com commerce merce commission I would sug suggest gest IB that tho amended fur further ther emphatic to road the longer haul shall not b charged higher in per ton mile than haul within the longer To illustrate will mall you under cove my briet In caso casoNo No on page 22 and from you observe that St Louis 01 river is thc division lino the West It ia here were the eastern of and the western you will from St I have shown on the map In mills per ton per mile decreases In all di directions with distance except In the west It increases until Grand Junction You will also serve the table In the corner shows rates prevailing from New York Is 10 mills itis S mills and as It pro proceeds on further under tho commodity to San it is again 16 mills News you on an ot mine the irate on rubber boota to is far norio quick Utah and this section suggest your influence commerce i my case what avail ls commerce com commission mission to the people so after called tr by the railroads to towards wards J continue to submit to a commercial division of this country at atthe the Mississippi river which advances and from to per ent to of the Inter transcontinental territory might as well our for a division ot government which must inevitably follow if present handicap of our section Is per persisted In of Nevada Idaho Wash I hope will soon insist upon getting justice If at any you could be beof of assistance In furnishing you with data I will bo BO free as to my readiness to give I may livable