| Show railroads are still fighting for higher As stated iea in these waw coulmas a wea a ago 0 the railroads are making a abys a de ter mined effort ia to appeal from sz the dee sion jaff of ife the public utilities com 23 mission which prevented them from 9 increasing rats rat 7 s on ore and coal 7 handled JU the state this week 92 representatives of the and the smelters afe asked the mining men to come into fe conference 7 2 for the az dis cassion 7 of this w a proposition but their request was is met with ww a flat refusal the i mine w owners however wey are arff pre wr paring esy to the railroads jaff in any fight faff ff ff which S may klaf be brought i about for the purpose jaff of increasing the freight vf on off ore iw it is question gaa of life or w death for the mining 2 industry ff ua and it does not seem reasonable to yaw suppose that the sis inter state com merce a commission jf Is going i to inter fere wv when the matter ryas being thresh w ed out ff before the state utilities com mission a few sw weeks ago 2 it was shown that freight rates have always is iff been unusually high in 7 utah and that SS such ff charges as the railroads have imposed elsw er have sw seriously inter jw y a with ff the progress of jaff the abw min ing industry 7 7 to have granted an in crease would have put practically all the utah mines with the wk excel iskiw of the utah copper out of 1 bust 7 mining musy men aes of utah 2 are iv not 7 an are anxious 17 0 see them prosper but it is 1 quite apparent as that ff the same adf old spirit wy is now dominating fa the various transportation aw jaw lines jf and that they aw are determined ff to w reach out for fe everything W in a sight with them it is not a question or of justice or equality they haie but little byis to say fy when is at f ff is called to the fact 7 that ore from wr utah har mines Is now standing s of w higher rates efey than those existing isy out side aw the state the same can be said of utah coal and it iasa appears that wise in stead of being forced to fight against an su advance in jais freight a rates the mine operators of this W state aff aff should lava be making an effort if to a bring w about s ajay reduction 0 in the rates i the figures alaf which W are available v show 0 that the net earnings sAfi per fv mile for the r pacific ry system are fully ww 40 per cent higher in utah than outside this state and the same con ditmon exists with reference wn to the other roads which are doing bust ness here there are other localities wasef no doubt wy where railroad rates have 7 always been too high AS and it Is for the purpose T of overcoming such an injustice as exists in utah that kuplic utilities commissions have been created and given the power to regulate matters which vilf seriously f feet the 1 jaff welfare of their states utah mining men cannot help but have a kindly feeling for the public utilities commission which sy has saved them aw at a most critical time and in a performing a is service to utah s great 2 iffa industry the commission ay has shown itself to be of benefit to the whole 7 fe state the people of utah fc want to see the mines in operation uffa and those 70 who have taken the trouble to fegy in vesti gate the matter know that ay what the railroads are asking for z is not only unjust but unreasonable the railroads have always exacted arfy a heavy toll in this state but the time Is coming when they must treat utah s industries as similar indus tries are treated in other fistey states the advance which they asked 5 for would have fw meant an additional ex aw pense of annually to one of the f big mines W of gintic tintic 70 and would 7 not only have robbed a the property of all profits but would have encore aar ed the closing of the mine every jaff property in the vv district would have been similarly affected 7 |
