Show WELFARE IS threatened that welfare la Is threatened is shown in an edito editorial riall ai learing recently in the deseret news regarding the effort that is being made by certain capitalistic interests to nullity nullify ther the decision of the supreme court ordering the separation in ownership and control of 0 the central pacific and southern pacific railroads Kall roads the editorial follows the eagerness with which public utilities officials and businessmen generally of southern california arizona new mexico and other sections ot of the southern part of the country are fighting against the separation of the central pacific railroad from the southern pacific indicates unmistakably that the commercial interests of those sections have much to gain from the grouping of 0 railroads which they desire and is it at all plausible that this ga gain I 1 n referred to could be accomplished complis hed except at the loss ot commercial interests in sections further north one of the states further north is utah it seems self evident and inevitable that it if the southern sections prevail in the railroad controversy tro versy that has arisen it must be at cost to the more northerly communities muni ties among which utah must be counted the bu business interests of utah therefore could not be blamed if they entered the tight fight tor for a grouping that would mean the routing of traffic both passenger passenger and freight over lines that come into their territory indeed it Is surprising sing that the commercial and industrial interests of tills this state hive have not baken taken up the miter matter tar far more vigorously than has bee been n done up to the present time in a recent decision the united states supreme court ordered the separation in ownership and control of the central pacific and the southern pacific the central pacific is that line extending from ogden to san francisco with its various branches and feeders the southern pacific has a southern route extending down the pacific coast across southern california arizona new mexico and texas to gulf of mexico ports the mileage of this route far exceeds that of the central pacific which joins join the union pacific at ogden now while it Is true that a shipper may and is indeed expected to specify the routing ot of his consignment it is ii clearly evident that the employees of a system can in various ways and by various methods determine over which route the consignment shall go and it would be no less than human tor for them even unconsciously without premeditation to favor the line tor for which they are working nothing less could be expected irrespective ot of rity and honesty ot the railroad boffl c bials ais and the men whom they employ briefly therefore and without camouflaging laging the situation it could be expected that with the central pacific joined to the southern Southe rii pacific and its great network of 0 mileage across the south bouth a preponderance ot of shipments would bo be deflected over the southern route rather than sent directly across the country by way of ogden and the union pacific this it is self evident means loss of traffic loss of tourist trade and a measure of retardation for the section of 0 country in which utah Is included there is no desire on the part of the people of utah to see anything come that would be to the disadvantage of transportation in general and the de velo of the entire country but they do insist that they be given a 1 fair and equal opportunity in the matter of railroad facilities and privileges so that their own cities and towns can be built up and encouraged in common with other communities in the intermountain section of the west |