Show TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE the chamber of commerce of this city with one decisive movement upon the rail vaya ban accomplished more for the business bull new interests of the territory at large than perhaps anyone realizes realize the road broadi have been forced to deal with their patrons patroni on terms approach ing equity from schedules of freight age which in each and almost every case represented a large proportion of the value valoe of the goods imported and exported they have come down to reason reasonable ab Is profits profit and the people themselves are the gainers gainerd gai nera because they in the end had bad to pay it all having accomplished so BO much and thus thui shown its ita capability in the right direction when onoe once it takes taken hold of a thing in earnest why not proceed in that direction so BO long as aa there to IB a call for it ita labors jabon we of salt lake are still groaning under an excessive rate of freights for an article produced at home but which by its ita nature cannot be transported profitably other otherwise wise than by rat rail we refer to the duty on om coal which the railroad companies ex act from unwilling hands bands in thia city the rates are more grievous than any with which the chamber has baa yet dealt and are out of all proportion with any other line of business in which such companies are engaged there to is no legitimacy sey in the pronto profits realized any more than ix in any other form of enforced tri tribute but the roads have us at their mercy and and for years dehate we have been confronted with a realization of what such corpo corno rations will do when they got get the up un per hand band now let the chamber of commerce make its power for good felt once more by forcing or at a least causing cur transportation lines to accept of reasonable cum campens pens tion for services rende inaugurate a move for a competitive line if a more feasible plan does not nob present itself why not call a public meeting for the purpose of taking the initiative steps it in the matter such a gathering if called under the auspices of such a bo bobiy ay iy would mean business from the word go and would acquire Ina impetus and power as it went along we hope the chamber will act upon this thin BUZ aug gesti oo if it can again lead us out of the wilderness all hands hereabout as in duty uty bound will sound its praises far and wide besides which the individuals com posing it will share with the rest of us the benefits resulting from such action this latter consideration to Is no adnall matter as theyon they of course already know |