Show I RAILROADS HURT UTAH I I RATES z t.-z 4 4 KEEP DO j I 1 POPULATION i Excessive Rates on Raw f r. r S. S r M Material atena I Force F T L orce Purchase P ase of Finished Product IT Jr BARS SKILLED LABOR LADOR I Utah tah Concerns Can Not Hire I Expert Workmen on i j T St Steel el for This Reason L M MUST ST BUY FINISHED WORK f r Interest J. J I st iii in ill s SIt Salt fi Lake Lake Traffic yi 5 Bureau Is I Increasing t Hour by Hour j I Utah U t all all' at aj thee the t 1 le present time is probably using more structural tui tural l steel according ng to its population than any ny other state in the Union and yet more than 90 per cent of this I steel comes conies to Utah in in absolutely absolutely I finished condition I Every piece is riveted and fitted and every hole ls is drilled and finished Utah concerns can not hire a single man in this state to work on structural steel simply because because be be- I Ic I c cause use th the railroads with v th- th jh their t u unjust j s freight rat rates s vi 4 J not S r irm a permit I T 18 1 man l i. A who j j V r iD tY j 1 t. t I e i work TJ The r railroads deliver this thIs' body ay loW blow to the industrial l 4 gJ w of th the state oy y saying say say- i ing You may ship r 1 t tural t ral steel ready to erect t j tr your buildings dings for f r 92 cents Chicago ago points If you riA i. i want to ship the iron or steel gt just j st as s it comes comes from the p mills as merchant bar or rod ii A i iron and then fashion it for Jar t your your buildings n with men men f r. r who earn their money oney a arid and d spend it in Utah it will cost you a hund hundred d. d to bring fJ the r rV raw V from j 1 Chicago No competitive iye water rate t or OD other xo s enters enter into g this rat rate It is simply a case of the rai railroads roadS telling g the It people of he ot te that they must first pay py the railroads 1 c. c Aa Ia royalty of lot 17 cents aitA a a. itA 4 hundred pounds pounds on every I fr piece of lr iron iron- li they th y want to r bri bring to Utah if they want t to bring skilled sk iron workers b 1 here t to do the wo work k and increase increase increase in- in crease the population of the desirable class state with a of skilled laborers t of I. I jT G f 1 1 Lake Lake- c v l in 11 i the Salt b clu club traffic bureau which began be- be fr- fr in hi Salt few large laige shippers gan ti a f. f 4 Lake Lae kEl Is e rapidly In a mo move move- e- e 53 fe few months V mont moitt that within the next nest I every mer- mer wl will will- Include practically Utah larg larger or small FJ Fight bt of Vital VHal Interest t which h the traffic hureau is y rhe hC of e r rates tes for Utah zor tor just jg is ot vital Int rest n not l to th the i C un U Page To 10 HIGH HIGH RATES RATES KEEP DOWN POPULATION Continued from front luge One large shippers of the tho state but suc- suc cess which is sure to follow fonow tho efforts effort o of the bureau will mean added prosperity prosperity pros pros- for every individual in the time state First it was the wholesaler who was Interested In ill the movement then thell the ther r retailer taller fell in Iii line Une Bankers Dankers of the cl arc showing interest in nn and 1 real roul estate men and the grocers of ot the city arc are already beginning to realize what just freight rates rates' will mean In increasing their theil trade as well weB a as relieving them of at the actual burden of or excessive rates which is shared by W wholesaler lel retailer and consumer in Utah The active members of the traffic bureau in citing the rate of oC 92 2 1 cents from Chicago to Salt Lake on finished structural steel and 1 10 for foi bar iron flon are demonstrating to the tho business s men of tho the state just where hero heroIt It strikes the business of ot Utah hard hard- est eat t. t If H u U. rule rate on omm bar bam Iron were i introduced for Tor Utah there would be he a UtI or rOl tOO skilled Iron ers Cl'S in Snit Salt Lake Lako Ia Then hell of or Im laborers in the tIme 1 Eu East iM t to prepare the time for the house buildings s amid time the new C Commercial club ciui building mul for the lime tuo 0 pas pas- I b benner ner station station- in lit Salt SnIt Lake Utah m mechanic would do the work ork anti and their r families he be helping ulon alons tho limo h in 11 10 idea lIet One of the basic principles oC or railroad rail rall- road rOMI r rates as they are aro understood by members of or tho the traille bureau Is Es 8 that the thc freight rate for tor a ton of ot raw material material ma ma- should be less than the tho rate on tho the finished product This principle IB Imi understood to be established for tor the I purpose of ot encouraging manufacturer manufacturers i in various parts of or the count country but hut L for Ulah Utah the railroads reverse th the principle If It a man wants to get a arate t rate of 92 02 I 2 1 cents on a piece of oC iron t tor or steel he must mum have It trimmed an and I finished b by an Ea Eastern tern workman I If It C ho wants to give this job to his neigh neigh- hoc bor hero here In Imi Salt Sail I Lake ho must pa pay r tho the rate for Cor bringing the tho tame same i iron to Salt Lake Lal-e. 1 At Il was this argument that added two u more to the already aheady Imposing list Ms of or members In the Commercial club bureau last week and it is tho the argument that will bring dozens more tore into tho bureau who are arc not them them- solves classed with the large shippers It If If by br bringing about reasonable t adjustments of ot freight rates for Utah Utah-i we can ean Increase the general business of or the state 10 p per r cent we will in In- In cr crease t aS the prosperity of ot tho whole state Mate Just that much said a member mem mom ber of tho the traffic bureau last night Take TalO the time bankers of ot I the state fo tom tor Instance If It the time business of ot Utah 5 Is i increased cased 10 per cr cent through tho cf ct- ct forts Torts of ot the time traffic bureau the bank ank deposits ant amid general ban banking fuS' fuS business s o 0 the he state tate will increase proportion Now what bank hanl In Salt Lake would not Join the traffic bureau If its management know that the tho business oC or the time would be bo Increased just that much A Men en ut at Work orl orlI I el notice that the wool men of or Utah are working ir ln In a united effort to pre pre- vomit vent an any reduction of the tariff on wool Time The railroads charge chargo time the wool men of or Utah a tariff of oC f ovel every year ear for the lie privilege of or doing business This Item ought t to be worth worthy o of consideration for Cor the wool men mon O ot course as al a c cla class they are arc making money hut but I dont don't believe thc they nrc so prosperous that thal they hwy can cami afford lo to pa pay a n year rear more for tor havInk hav hay Ink ing their wool wool carried to Boston than tIme the California wo l grower growel pays pas to have Hav It haul d nearly 1000 miles farther n Utah wool growers need this Just u as much as E E. E I II Harriman Harri- Harri man mami or George Georgc Gould n needs heeds it If It Utah can cun save this money o el every citiZen citizen citizen citi citi- zen zen of 01 the tho state will be he |