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I I MINING MEN J I rL fj q STRUCK HARD il ilI I I if 11 ii 5 rI iI j. j I Increase ce s in Freight eight Ra Rates es M Mon t J j on All Mining Machin Machinery ery From Chi Chicago ago go a-go I J jI jITen WOOL MEN CONTRIBUTE Ten Years Sees Big Advance in Rate for the Shipment of r the Clip to Boston Bosto S J JAN Jr AN AW EDITORIAL ER D i ANSWERED 1 T u Makes Make's CO 4 S Sing ing R Retort Vi ws oft S Evening Pap Paper r t I j Mining and smelting smelting- then men W who h 0 as a c class ss are ae d doing ng 1 I more for the of i Utah than any other are j forced to p pay y a h hundredweight hundredweight hun hun- n- n w for machinery machinery ma ma- chinery from Chicago to Salt Lake a e instead of 80 O cents a hundred which w. w was s charged T by the railroads for many inny m ny t years v f I St Strong rong c competition pe tt q tw t the th rate at r 13 at on of f transcontinental w olti t tnt nt I I roads was clamoring clamoring- for t the e business at the cent 80 rate and apparently making making- ing m money monet ne at it I Railroads in ip 1898 were fighting for or the wool business busi- busi I ness of Utah and carrying it from Salt Lake to Boston for 2 a a. hundredweight and giving what John D. D Rockefeller Rockefeller Rockefeller Rocke Rocke- feller calls drawbacks cutting down the rate to an I average of To Today ay the railroads charge forthe for forthe J the same service service service-an an actual advance of 61 cents j One year ago the railroads made a round trip passenger rate of 44 from Salt Lake to Chicago This year the I lowest round trip rate Tate from I Salt SaIt Lake to Chicago was h the railroads ads j 55 althou although would bring the Chicago Chiago S man luan to Salt Lake and take him back backover over the same lines for 44 An editorial defense of th the railroad freight rates tes which discriminate against the Industries of or Utah appearing appear appear- ing lug In last lasi nights night's Deseret News was the tho subject of ot Informal discussion among members of the traffic bureau of o the Salt Lake Commercial club ct b last night and the letter lotter of ot W. W S. S McCarthy secretary of ot the bureau was commended heartily The discussion between the Com Com- club freight bureau and tho the News was brought about by br an editorial edi ed- tonal In tho the afternoon paper la last t 0 1 Tue Tuesday day In which It was sought Boucht to Justify the freight rates which would allow tho the Commercial club building to be built In Sacramento for tor It less ss cost for tor t steel work alone than the tho Salt Lake business m men n will have have- j CU Continued IDU d. d on T Ten n. n 1 MINING MEN I STRUCK HARD BY RAILROADS Continued from front OD One to lo pay llY for tor carrying the structural steel from PIttsburg to Salt Lal Lake c. c Classed us as Misstatement In this editorial the News said that Sacramento would havo have to pay the freight to San Francisco plus tho the lo local lucal lu- lu cal cat rate rato from San Francisco to Sacramento Sacramento Sac Sac- a u. statement which tho the traffic traffic fic lie bureau pureau characterizes as o. o misstatement misstatement mis- mis statement of at fact The rhe News Newa editorial of ot Tuesday further urther said 1 As A As we have said there here is another side aide and In fairness s that hat should bo be stated too Railroad d rates ates hung constantly decreased with t the Increase of business and the decrease decrease de de- crease creaso will continue It is not many y years ears since a n. ticket to the Missouri Missour i river from here which now costs costa 30 was more marc than double that amoun amount t. t Freight ht rates have been lowered pro pro- As examples of ot those these decreases it In rates rites as alS business increased mem mom herd bers of or the tho traffic bureau cited th the e Instance of ot wool from Utah to Bos nos- ton which has hM boen been decreased decrease from to In the last few tew yea years and the tho rate rato on mining machinery which also has decreased from 80 30 cents to in the tho last few years calS Following i is lg the reply to tho the editorial edi- edi sent from flOm tho the bureau Salt Lake City Nov ov 19 19 1308 Editor Editor- Deseret Evening f News City Dear pear Sir In Sir In your issue of November 17 Is 13 tin nn editorial on railroad rates ratos which tho the Commercial Club Traffic Irame Bureau Bu- Bu lot reau feels should not bo ho permitted to lo pass unnoticed Inasmuch as It cons contains con con- s tome corno inaccuracies which you ou will wll doubtless be glad clad to correct by the tho publication of ot this letter The frel freight ht for Instance to Sacramento Sacra Sacra- mento monto Is tho freight to San ian Francisco with tho the rate from San Francisco to Sacramento adde added If Ir you ou will talc take the trouble to investigate In you OU will Qua fled that ull nil tho the transcontinental raton rates In effect to Sari San Francisco apply to Sacramento Sac Sac- ae- ae without any addition alJ Sacra acra- acra Is III a coast terminal See Hoe Transcontinental Freight ht Bureau We Westbound West West- t bound Tariff No o. o 1 G. 1 G. G Freight Hat states Increase i Further along you say it Is la no not many years since a a. ticket to tho the Missouri MIs- MIs river el from here which now nov costs no 30 30 was pas more moro than double that tha amount Freight rates have cave been lowered proportionately I dont don't know what you consider many years cars but t to tho tiro writers writer's knowledge tho the ticket rat rate rata between Missouri river el and arid Utah fo for Cor tho the pa past t 20 years has not nol exceeded 30 30 and tho the round trip rate rote for Eastern East East- ern cm points every overy summer for Cor je years pas past have 0 been ono one faro fare plus 2 2 2 or to th the Missouri river to Chicago During tho the past put summer note the decline decline de- de cline they were to the Missouri river rive 40 HO to Chicago 53 S a decline In th the purchasers purchaser's ors or's bank Lank account of ot 53 n s In Jn ono one case 1060 ase ln in the other tte other and and added to this tho the purchaser at the tb points point where it was necessary to havo have his ticket validated paid 5 25 cents cent per ticket for the protection of the tho J railroad rail rall- road rond company against the ticket scalp or cr whom with the tho assistance of th the j public U cryan servants til they several years a ago aso o drove out of or business rates r have havo been lowered proportionately proportionate Let us its see Ten years curs ago the tariff rato rata on pIpe from Pittsburg to Utah common points was Wa 91 cents per pet cwt but Lut the actual rate rato paid by all shippers averaged about 70 cents rodn Today W we Live pay Hl another r decline In the shippers shipper's bank halll account of oS 12 cents cent per cwt ct or 01 on a n. minImum minimum min min- carIn curIn CUt cur In 1898 the tariff rate on wool all rail Utah common points to Boston was Vas 52 32 per cwt and find It was actually charged for from that down to toa a about lW probably averaging Today It la is 2 another 13 another r similar decline decline de cline of 63 cents per pel cwt curt or lG pOt per minimum car and anil these are by y no means tho only Instances that might night be bo cited S' S plu Reduction Railroads will call can your our attention to tho swooping 1 reductions made In November or 1906 when class cines rates now applying to Utah common points were ero put In effect first-class first from Chicago being lowered ll from to 29 and proportionately proportionate through tho the classes S. S but will neglect to tell you ou that the lower scale was waD for years e ra applied on freight hauled through Salt Lake to Butte while tho the tariff to Salt Lake remained at the the- higher r figure It isor la is laor or la le it fair Calr to presume that this condition was due to that patient bearer bearor of railroad burdens water t competition com corn PC petition The Commercial Club Traffic Bureau Bu Bu- reau reau under who whoso o auspices George Georgo J. J i Kindel delivered the tho address which I brought brough t out your editorial expression was waa formed after most moat careful consid consid- by a t. t committee composed of business men familiar lr with existing rate conditions men who vho have havo time nUll anil time a again heard tho the other side and Calr fairly considered It t. t All that Is de dp do- sired In is a square deal for tor each ach manufacturer manu manu- Jobber retailer and consumer from flom cr c every railroad and In our efforts to lo obtain It we f fool ol that wo we aro entitled to the Jo loyal al support of or every Cery cUt cUt- zen Izen of or tho the community and of every I newspaper Yours respectfully W lOW S. S Secretary of tho the Commercial Club Traffic Bureau 11 Error In connection with this reply the tho News yesterday esterday sal said that Mr Ir McCarthy's McCarthys Illustration of at freight ht rates on iron which have havo been beon advanced front from 80 cents to tp was hardly Mir fair Inasmuch as the tho 80 cent rate ret was WaR made by tho the railroads in tho the nature of or a donation to the builders of or the old Utah Copper plant plant- It was brought out In lust last nights night's discussion discussion dis dis- dis that after anol the rate wag restored restored re stored to the normal basl basis It was brou brought ht back to 80 SO cents again by the competition for the business s of or the Golden Gate Gale mill at Mercur The Tho contract for tOl tho the erection of this mill was let to A. A M. M Gillott of or Minneapolis Min Min- I neapolis and every railroad In the i transcontinental systems went rent after Mr Ir Gillett GUIett fa for 1 this business Mr Gillett Gil- Gil Gillett lett simply said raid Tho The railroad that makes me nn an cent 80 rate gets tho the business and stood pat Then Theft it was that the Rock Island and tho the Gould lines JInes finally camo came down to the cent 80 rate rato again and for tor about tire five years tho the roads loads were in to strong competition competition competition com com- petition for tor this class of at business and making money handling It at SO 80 cents from Chicago to Salt Lake Then It was put up to 1 fj and later after determined protests on the tho part u of t shippers It was reduced to Its present pres pre present ent basis which however is above o S 1 1 As I a general proposition the rates on mining ruining machinery from Chicago to Butte Butto were wert lower Jower than to Salt Luke Lake although the tho Butte freight was as hauled hauled haul haul- ed through h Salt Lake Time Tho Deseret News in Its defense of ot tho the railroads said last night that I I It was not pertinent to make mako comI com- com I I between secret an and proba- proba I bly unlawful rates and tho the legally published rates prevailing today i Commenting on th this s a 0 member of at tho the j bureau said rold 1 We Wo believe It certainly is 19 pertinent 4 to make comparisons between tho time actual cost of ot transportation today and the tho actual cost coat of at transportation a 0 few tow years ago and it is by these I 1 comparisons to a largo Jargo extent that I we have established our ou case of at un unjust un- un just jUf t dl discrimination on the part of or un-I un tho the railroads against Salt Lake W. W r S. S McCarthy secretary of the Commercial club traffic bureau lId Bald last night that ho could make mako no definite statement regarding tho the comment comment com com- ment of tho the News on his letter but ho he Intimated that he would reply to lo it with another letter in the tho near neal fu fu- fu ture |