| Show THAT RATE conference for many days last october a secret conference was carried on in the knutsford Kouts ford hotel of this city the people of the city and territory represented by salt lake business men formed one bide aide of the great gathering the railway kings of the country the other the question that brought them together was an important one it was waa nothing more nor lew less than that of unjust discrimination in the matter of utah railway freight rates rated the affair terminated in a compromise the public hoped that the settlement would be a just juat and a satis fac tory one but had bad no opportunity to judge for themselves until recently now that the new schedule of rates has gone into effect patrons of the railway discover that in some instances the compromise ban baa worked a hardship on them they never experienced nor dreamed drea meki of during the time they were being discriminated against and from which they sought relief in support of this statement the following to is given for consideration by the public A carload of glass weigh ing pounds was recently received in this city the old rate from the missouri river to salt lake was per hundred hundreds but under the corn compromise promise this rate was reduced to per hundred the manipulation in the reduction was a most clever one as the railways now receive a greater compensation than before under the old schedule common window glow glass came in sizes as large as am inches but the railway companies made the rate so that external measurements of eighty six united inches only could be benefited or say glass measuring inches all shipments in the car over these sizes are labeled at per pounds the result is that on the shipment in question the con signee paid more that be was compelled to under the old exorbitant rate he says that when he called the attention of the railway people to this fact he was answered as follows well you follows fellows asked for an amended schedule you yes we did 21 well youve got it you now this gentleman takes the stand that the citizens committee should not havo yielded to a compromise but that it should have dictated the terms and thus saved millions of money for utah yearly |
