Show A SPAT FROM MOAB MOAB grand GO co utah dec 16 1895 I 1 would like to have a little spat apat with you in regard to trade salt bait lake IS to utah what denver la is to colorado a general depot as the people got get their supplies sup piles from there now there bas bac been a conspiracy there with the merchants chants here bore to compel the be people here to trade with the merchants merchant here bills have been sent ant from here bore to salt lake merchants and the answer cornea comes back you can buy as cheap of so eo and se eo 0 now if your merchants merchant knew what was waa for their rood good they would try and hold all the trade they oan can as aa a good deal of the trade tirade goes east there is a party here that sends to st louis for his hie iron and wagon timber he pays freight per hundred bundred the freight from salt lake is ie 86 cents to 1 could that not be from salt bait lake where they get it in carload jots jote they can buy cheaper than a man can that only buys buya a I 1 mill emill lot flotat at a time it has bag be come the custom of all farmers farmen that can to buy their supplies at wholesale if your city meroba try to compel our people to buy at retail stores they are going to lose loae a good deal of trade will have to cell as low as they can as the country people trade at different places and when they meet what did so BO and so cost coat youa you where they can get things the chead obeah est there is where they will trade 1 I know parties here who send to chicago for a box of coffee now in regard to fruit boxed I 1 am shipping fruit in boxes bobee that came from oregon to grand junction colorado 1 paid 29 freight from grand junction to thompson on boxes after paying ton ten cents apices for them thom there and these theae are knocked down boxes it hats has become customary with railroads rail roada to charge all they can make a party pay it is not what can we haul it for out what can we make him pay so with the express companies respectfully 0 W WARNER |