Show RAILROAD SIDE OF GOAL COAL RATES AA TES TESs S V Derrah Darrah of Rio RID Grande and J A Reeves of Short Line Talk I SOME IDEAS ARE CORRECTED find I for l lIh Irl for tor 5 10 r Ir r Ton Who I ii It 1111 I I Igli trIen of or Con I 7 Hit th well policy of ot tim tho Now News In giving both sides shies a ft fair Hearing In III nil con of ot Q public this requested K S V gen KEn general genera trill eral era freight m of or o tho tim Donor Denver Ma Hlo Grande Orando anti J A Heoe general tn freight of ot the to Oregon Line In to gIo flo tide lIle ot of tho pro present ent coul rule ratu rot controversy Tho The articles Hero cre to 10 hivo hlo been heln ed l 1 with the account ot of thu mutts meet meeting tried ing lug In the th Commercial club which up zip I but a I rush of ot Hint rout UT ler rendered ren thin this Mr and Mr orr Heeve responded and rind cent their In Thursday They riley tue 1110 given herewith tit Mil Jt lUilLY My Mr M fortunes urn cast t with thu Iwo 10 llo Im Iu of at o blair h with whom I 1 lutto lor over ur li II l eur mm trOd t I ti i d to tu no man In tn loyalty loyally tu lu thu Inu of OC my III opinion liy of ot alice zulU unu IU economy i J nave have U fl u IL modest horn In Sale uti arid and andIn In iii a Il t small way wa zitO u It property owner and Attn taxpayer l 1 am lIn personally limy cay till interested In lIelY public I or otherwise that thai nil inn lor jor tile or to 10 tile Ilio detriment 01 ot the of ut our OUI city elly stole and 1111 in III m my opinion thu tho 1111 au lo to tho tim was Willi u announced und I II red by b HUlKS meeting ut the thu th Commer Commercial cia cial club clu was u I knock at Utah no al SI and alid that It will Kill take years nt ot publicity lit labors bore to 10 or ur neutralize its cl cla it a Will nn announcement to 10 the tho world that Halt LUICI City anti and Utah aro are o pre lu freight lutes luten on coal coul shipments II and arat the in iii made mude ty by 10 a II majority ot tOo were ere ef et furta fUrtH to 10 this It was stated time anti and again n that various IIvo factories had boon been eon kept k away uway from Utah Ulah for tor tho Iho reason taut Hint they thuy tho could 0 2 not afford to lay puy ay 17 per ton Ion tot for fuel tuel and et ot the thu gentlemen n making or ut ot least leant e JIt a I major majority ity It II of ot thorn them well know knew that a I modern factory of ur any kind In these days of ot o economic operations would fad And a IL bra loca location lion tion accessible acce to the tho n tracks track rind would pay ln not to tl exceed 1110 a IL aton aton ton tun for tor Its it slack iback coat coal COlt ut at tho tire minus which white ailed lo to the tho freight tr rate rale of at Un per bier ton toll would make a u price of ot per lEr ton tOil on steam coal delivered ut ot their th lr vor doom doore The file call for to the mooting seems to have been Inspired for tor the purpose pf zt making a IL vicious attack on n tho the Denver ruo m Orando railroad UH n Its purpose purl ose Will was to consider Oppressive and ex cx freight mill on coal call anti nol not n IL 1 word contained therein as al a to what extent tile tho freight rat ral rate Is ii 8 for tor the price ot of coal nt at Utah points tho the worn pro Iro fU CI In their allegations that freight rates rale were too high bright not one of at them conceded that possibly the Cot cost of ot the tho expensive service Involved should be he considered Now ow let et us ua look Into this feature of et the cao To bring u a load loa of or domestic ome tc coal to Knit Halt Lake Inke City from tram thin the principal chipping hipping point Clear Creole It Itin ItIs in Is nl to lo haul nn no empty car cur from Salt tabt alt I City to thin the mine n IL dis distance Ounce tance of ot A portion of ot that haul is over a u Hil 4 per pur cent grade where It II requires two tee Rna and of oftener tenor three standard engines to 10 pull tho the train After Arter the car CUI la Is loaded It Is lit hauled to destination another muon over oer n u per bier cent grade for tor of ot the Ih the tho total distance the tho cur car lIr having traveled being 16 36 miles ROW Now No In view lOW of Jt the tho service er which so far tor ns nR I havo luno knowledge the tho expense of ot transportation tran of coat coal coalmer contor mer or any standard gauge railroad In inthe tho the United States Statis I 1 like to lo n turk k kIf If It the Ih freight rate should properly bo considered Io aill It If the Iho Din Den Dener vr er r ft Hit Itin Grande Orando rout road should bo be held hell responsible for tor the tho th tact fact that Ihal sacked coal In itt sold old delivered In Snit Halt abt Lake City for tOi 6 0 per ton lon tire tho meeting fleeting wax wait regaled with and alit compliments compliment directed nt at tho the former owners owner and a 1111 of ot tho ho IX I U H R 0 G raIl mil snarl load none nono of thu HI thought It of ot convenience consequence eon to inquire why In 11 their lung long of ot this property nt ILl u a time when every article or commodity entering Into tho thie construction tion operation und and maintenance of ot it II railroad was tas anywhere here from tram 2 25 to lo per er cent changer than now that It re remained fur for the tho present 11 I administration to reduce rl luce the freight rate on domestic coal from 12 URton 2 a ton Ion to lo 1 u II ton tog WHAT ROAD nOAD 18 1 DOI Xo No attempt having been Iwen male made to lo analyze the tho cost cout of ot service or ur the thu lair fair gIrls of or the HIM Ih current freight rates ruI tines doe the Denver Deiner Hlo lUo Railroad dc tic nerve cervo tho the It rec l od last night at ot the banns of t the th Suit City ClI club eluh ft freight eight bureau T Should It not nol bo be entitled to 10 tum consideration for tor what It II has done and anit Is 18 Joins for tOI our nur state lItal o It IL 1 I Is Isor of or course coun commonly common known that thai time Hie Western waz I ii projected and built by b Drover Denver l Hlo In iii Interests at Itt a n cost o t OCi 01 That company la is I expending tome sonic thing like one OliO and n a million dol dot lana larn in I n terminals ami amid the lilt hiril ii g of ut a arall passenger rall cr In in Knit Bait I lake iko ko City II that would hi t n a 1 credit lo to army uny lbs lla ll Ua Its monthly payroll timid lid the building of nde that will wili require rj un an ex cx expenditure of f over u tl million la Is laIn I In In n thin I is II no II danger donger so 1 Imminent no n peril so great Krent nn mimi to 10 justify the th Ih cAlling of f a n mis meeting m In Salt Fall ait Lake city to 10 o It reduction of ot Us Its necessary cm III mo zOO of or lt its 1111 principal tier tics tierA A As to tn the lit of ot coal oal rule rate lcd by b the II it IH Is HO so H nb ab emirl that It II IB lit not of or the Ihl rOt ron of ot ally any thinking business 8 turin It mean menn the tIre mines located l furthest farthest from trum u mi tom com common mon market muni pay a 1 higher rote than thian those thoro tho less lens I remote und mind If It that thai principle were ere In the making of ot other rater rales It would close dO every In limb It U would Mould mean the might rate from the Independent Coal oal oman mine Itt nt Helper must mut be bo higher than thun from front the Hie mines at it CurtiS acts that tIre the don coal oal near Price mut pay na In more mor than the tho mines mine nt ot r and It 1 should lie be that If tt this basis haiti nore out the tho mines nt nl Hill nih 1111 morn mo points i for or tn would ouli lately bo be driven out nf or I FIND U D MAlI TS WIl ty 11 some mention made of ot thu tho tact fact Unit tutu the time freight rates rain p the IIII sugar factories und alid tho the thoi i linnet leu of ot lair In 10 flint find nn markets for to or I their thIr products III In Mississippi t P and beyond why wh It riot not shron ii th it the 1111 of or our urine ibid markets In timid other territories why nn no to II tho trim fact tuel that hint the lime products lit of if our cement and companies compote In lit the tho markets of at Oregon Or mind on tho timo Pacific un nn rust why III In It a spirit of ot fairness was wn It not nol stated by hy the 1111 gentleman at am R with r the th hi nets fuels over CO GO COper GI GIrr GOper per rr cent of ut tIme on III to lanh used u c by 11 In i je Industrial who hn made no to proton t against tho time Current rates rt ho had no imo voice In III last nights meeting I 1 bravo no desire desirO to tn In n R newspaper controversy y cm if tire the subject nf ot coal or other freight Alo hut but you OU have asked for tor nn Rn at ex ox pr PI nf of my v In III regard In to tIme Iho iroNs held hl here hero last lut night aunt all amiI allI I hae giver given thi hint in to you ou us mis us lie I can caim In this Ihl brief tune In conclusion I 1 wish wi to 10 state male In cin em that thai th Ih Ire freight rules on suggested nt nl meeting girt uro le 1 s than limn the thu th cost coil costor or of Ion mill ii nI their enforce enforcement ment would woul 1 simply paralyze tho the s sery rv lee Ico and cripple l tile Ihl of ot the Iho Denver I A Hlo Itie Urn nolo unless It should bo be permitted to 10 recoup Us Its It lo losses en r from other sources than limn the nf ot coal MH MIt hI I 1 wa WI to attend the lit meeting Iatt la t night but bUI something of ot tint Ih proceedings Sir Ir seems to lo hav havo pretty nell noil the fluid field 1101 ns os far ns nit there Is anything to t b hf mJ uhl nt lit this time by hy tile tho railroads The h I 1 n It II O n 1 Is I of ot course cour the tho line primarily concerned l and time the 0 O H L C and amid U I companion only n a secondary Inter Interest lIt est We e of ot should houM dislike to see flee ee rates rales established here her which wo we could Pint not to meet for tor our much iong rr hauls and which must mUI I shut coal shippers on our line lino out OUI of ot tho the Utah Ulah market except In so tar far tarI n I mu people would bOY In a It higher price for tor Wyoming coal It H in is unlikely they would woul J do 10 except In times of ot coal shortage which uro tire the very tl times time our ur Wyoming producer would not bo In seek reek Ing nl tho the Utah because they would 1110 th their Mr regular eu tomer el who would naturally demand limit they th bo he taken Inken care fit of first nr t This Thill aspect et of ot thu swatter mutter Iter serves to tn illustrate tho the principle of railroad rate making Our Dur gates nrc based primarily on what whal the tho producer needs to him bin In to tho market That Is lit tho the polio policy that till stimulates production not only of ut roil coal but bill of ot cement lime brick plaster salt canned goods nod vinegar ln ore oro and bullion 1 anti n a great many other Industries I 1 might name tho the agricultural horti horticultural cultural and stock railing musing Industries that Hint He lbs II under aurl 1101 lack hack of ot It nil zill Tho The railroad needs producers for or customers no so does tho the merchant aria and enl iraI estate man Tho Time producers prosperity Is JIt the foundation of ot all nil prosperity rHy am awl It III Is a IL I mistake to 10 think that we WI do lie not tol have hav that thai In view anti do 10 tb nil 11 wu LO tun vim to strengthen that thai four foun foundation dation till I wits surprised d to 10 rend ren that hint It IL had lind beug he 11 stated tilted that dozens of man inin plan In had closed cloI down lown I r never nOer heard of ot It II und arid doubt If It the gen Ren gentlemen those statements could 1111 name the to mo NWe their thel AH tn M fur far as fUI wo we mire are nr concerned wo we 11 know that flint new plants idan Is are a re continually mm on open opening Ing InK up UI antI and we WO butte huo nut not learned of ot any which have hn ol lI foo of price of ot coal COllI oai or any nil other thir teacon on Now Sow coat coal used by hi 11 Industries In lit I steam coat email The Tho industrIes are aro located 1 on un tracks where they mile have hao no nil ten in Imul and un they the her buy hu slack coul comil by lo time the carload I 1 understand un at JS U 3 per jer ton Ion or under It Is I unfair to 10 carload nr coal In eastern a lem with lump hi horn III I coal cULI price Illicit delivered to 10 family here litre Whether wil wll wilfully fully tull or not It Is lii misleading It II Is I not nol fair to 10 tho thin city or the tho state any allY anymore moro more than to In it tilt the and we WI dont like hiko Ilk to 10 see lire such Much go 10 nut porno of or this Ihl Missouri and Iowa coal COIl that thaI wait wag mentioned dUCK not compare comparo ton tin for ton with Utah Ulah coal It If It II could be tic until had hero buy iou Ill It W o tried that In bIn la laho ho lio a n tow few years ago during a n coal short age aen nil lIven I en at mit that time iron thin tho people le me fused fitted to 1 ly tine tho eastern coni It II could he had frail much choAl cheaper er Ir than Utah or 01 Wyoming oai It II was vas of or poorer and they like bike It II WHO Wilt MARKS MAKIS f r do 10 not think the th price of ot coal to families hero here unusual or unreasonable It 11 Is la malo up ur ui its A follows tullo Uno price 5 Ii Dealer for or handling and WI delivering 75 It K sacked racked M TM cents extra That Is tIm thu handling In the tho city elty costs ns nit n much muchas as nit the freight rate rale From June Juno IS 15 1 to 10 AUK Aug 15 IS tho the mire are milkIng a 1 summer rate of ot tl StO 10 In tho the hope llOpe of ot Inducing an nn accumulation of It coal for tor winter use Ull I 1 understand tho the dealers denier will w pass this thin concession cance lon along alone to the consumer I 1 also LIo that the tho mines mine will mak some concession during tire tho same period Irlo l but have hao not learned 1 whether they cnn can do ro so Thi robs of lit tho D P itt II n O 0 I nr nN flee about cent p per T r ton per r mile I 1 am nm quite sure uro that road O cannot live on such uch rules rates and I 1 am ama very ry eor certain tain tam It If they made them the 0 O H R L Land and U n r I 1 could not meet t them for tor our longer r distances 11 |