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I er to Insure Fair T Treat Treat- reat n me F From Railroads i i IJ d. d S P Public U bl- bl IC t t f. f f A v. v am aman 4 e At 1 11 an n effort off any railroad railroad lei legislation and are telling stories that that e old tales to many the Commercial club Traffic Traffic fic Bureau i his hiS issued a bulletin containing containing- some information that it belie es the people of Utah should know now When te famous bill passed the legislature in about forty-eight forty hours and gave the Union Pacific railroad corn com ri to issue bonds to the extent of the railroad lobbyists allowed the legislators to believe that the greater part palt of the money was va to be spent in n Utah It was wasu u used ed however in the purchase of the Southern Pacific rail rail- road Hir Hirelings of the railroads maintain today that this his notorious bill lull had no effect other than to c codify the existing railroad laws Two wh when n it was va proposed d to co condemn the old depots of the railroad companies the lobbyists got busy with witha vitha a report that if the legislature le passed pass any bills affecting railroads and giving the people of Utah fair treatment in matters where railroads were concerned that the old depots would be allowed to stand and new structures would not voul not be erected In view of ot these facts and also because because be be- cause of similar st stories rles that are arc now ben beng told b by the lobbyists In the legislature and the followIng following follow follow- In ing facts are presented J by the traffic bureau v These arc facts the bulletin says that the people ought to know That all nil local mattes matters are aro subject to legislative ul reg-ul regulAtion but the railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads through the the ous activitIes activities ties tics of paid lobbyists have Ilave successfully prevented any anything of or Con consequence beInS' beInS being being be be- ing InS enacted to that end That tho the Public Service measure Introduced by Senator Carl Can L Badger If Ir enacted Into law will afford a 0 direct power not now existing for br adjustIng these sc matters within t th the t state and a great help heip In the tr treatment b by nee ton or otherwise of 4 r larger matters mattera Interstate If in r R Ith the superior superior supe supe- supe- supe nor representatives of or tho great tr U rough rouSh railway and tad o on b behalf JJ of the state That no Over ovo built without tho country first bl en thoroughly examined and the I of the construction from an earnings 8 of or vl vie Clearly clary demon demon- Capital Interest iD r demand th this before before- s financing new con That not one mile mIo of railroad wa was I ever built as a t tr Of ot sentiment towards any Individual Community territory Prospective c c 5 are ae or alone considered i That Tt when i a am- am territory can nn Im I'm- Us its as to to earnings n toad w will al- al ways bo thora-t.- thora b tl are being r tl ti 1 Sought by capital That Thai tho the ot of f lobbyists say fade with win ant 0 of aay tho the adjournment the tho tUre legisla- legisla That Tat tho the traffic r T. T r t o of ot m h are art already fully ti tn the thc exist exist- In Ins r IJO and nn any w nV-w cont conduction contemplate win n y occur r of ot what hat may or may not do That It If all the a were actually ac- ac built bum within the stat sUte t asi b s orom proto H Is d b by corporation 10 since ht hot and nl be besan ProvIded ro v Idea the did What they Wanted anted ant d. d there would nov no let such an in labyrinth of oC tracks throughout hout th the state tnt that thet not ant land lanti enough TiU h would remain unoccupied th them m upon which to ras rAIse by Grain aln to feed a 0 Jov government mule Th That t If It nil all t the of millions that goinG to b arc are always be s nt b by the railroads for tor Improvements and andI which unfailingly appear during le e sessions ever eer came true what a a. wondrous thing It would be for or the I state But Dut alas alas' as regularly as the I legislature adjourns these stories do doI I likewise and are aro beard board no more until I another session I I t That railroad Improvements only when conditions of the property Imperatively demand that they shall and never oth otherwise rw sc Instead of ot the railroads railroads rail Tall roads contemplating additional construction construction con con- interests connected with them arc are constantly trying to prevent the road from b ing built Into the tho state It Is Js slowly coming westward west cst ward ard In spite of their opposition and when completed will form torm the 51 short ort Lake Lako line between Denver und Salt SaIl City Its route Is through the Vernal district of this state That every mile of ur eXl existing Ung railroads rail rall roads within this stat state could be p paralleled per par r- r and reproduced for Cor an average one hul one the amount cost far I less s than of ot stocks and ana bot ds per vr milo of oC those roads roade are suffering under under un un- fTh That t the people der dor the support of that h heavy e-a e V capital capital- outrageouslY outrageously out out- FreIght r rates rate's Cs Cee are service high for tho the limited and must come down lown Local cal performed far too are property other rates on be revised Tho time high hl-h an and should rates b bd mado freight when the people low enough to I keep ep Just with teaMs property tho the from hauling d away that ct has long lone pa passed still prevails 4 expect or want That nil all th the people of ot condition affairs affair 1 i Iii a iii In railway state should be The mutual fairness to prow grow and the an opportunity reasonable cost cOlt The people veople to live It at no longer Into Int railroads should shard shar'S of ot the Ue their char charK the lions lion's and about everything everything every every- value o of their crops produce or ne need d. d thing else the people have railroad That the Interests for or orall entrusted d wit with our bi boen blen en and what have havo all aU these many maul years unto us us' us thC they not done dono should now That our own own people trial and to this It least t ono one bo be given at n majestic mountains moun moun- round about these heads In Jn tame will nod their mighty m satisfied approval |