Show RAISE IN FREIGHT RATES Just when the demand for tor fair railroad rail road rates for Utah Ulah is la loudest our people r read that railroads throughout the tho country have determined to increase increase in in- crease freight charges from ten to I fifteen per cent But so 80 long as that is general there will not be so much complaint about It as will continue to be heard while Utah is discriminated against It is when the rates to and from this city and within the state arc are higher than the they should be higher than they aro elsewhere that our people complain When Then our merchants are not placed at u. u disadvantage compared with their competitors a thousand miles beyond tho the Utah lines tho they can pros pros- per pet The They can ean flourish They can I I make mako this the tho richest commercial center of the West All AU they ask Is that Utah men shall not pa pay more than ban fair rates And while they do donot donot donot not want those rates high the they do donot donot donot not fear tear that condition as ns they do llo tho discrimination in favor of their distant dis dis- taut tant competitors There Thero Is la probably not a n region on the continent so rich in products as this mountain country which looks to Salt Lake Lako a as its commercial center center- It originates more freight ht for Cor the Eastern market It receives more In supplies The railroads would be bo only serving their own o interests by giving a n. perfectly fair deal to Utah and let the city grow Let tho the region advance J If they find It good now they would had find It better under t the o sunlight of or fair freight rates rateb I Raise Halse thorn if it they thoy must bo be raised l But Dut dont don't discriminate against Salt Lake Lako against Utah |