Show ASKS SENATOR TO ASSIST IN RATE fIGHT a aGe Ge George eorge rg Kin Kindel l w JA A S Open Lettel tej to Utah Uta I r- r v Representative ta t iv 4 ALSO MSO WRITES WRITES' TO NEWS Chi Criticizes Criticises es Attitude of Salt Sal Lake Newspaper in Defending Defending Defending Defend Defend- ing Railroads ANXIOUS FOR I 4 i. i Denv Denver r I Interested Interested- n F I Struggle I for Existence of j I n Denver Nov 25 George 25 George J J. J i Kindel Cindel the freight rate expert I Iwho who vho recently delivered an address address ad ad- dress Iress before the business men I of f Salt L Lake ke i in which he said they hey verS er r mentally ment lly and physic 1 ally Iy lazy in iu permitting the dis- dis I cri mation which places Utah at t-a t a disadvantage in competing competing ing rig with other cities has addressed ad ad- I ad-I dressed an open letter to United States Senator Reed Smoot moot Mr Kindel suggests sugg-ests that the Western members of congress work vork ork for the amendment of the interstate commerce law lav so that hat tat the longer haul over theme the same me e lines es in the h same dire i i i t T n s ch rge gher in mills per ton per ban an the shorter haul within he Le longer i In a R public letter S Smoot naked ked the people of ot Utah h to write him ni suggestions fo for foi the betterment I of It the state Mr Kindel Indel suggests ts that he antI and hl his collea colleagues ues In hi congress from Din the trans Mississippi district I combine to Join In an un effort to 10 wipe out it the infamous arbitrary and Ira Ira- Inar mary clE classification line dine or of- of the I I Mississippi I Part Port of Mr lr Kindel's letter letter- to Senator Sea Sen I 1 ator alor or Smoot follows If ou our government g were to charge re Salt SaIl ut Lake City t 6 cents instead of lIt 2 2 cent at letter postage or charge charse Utah 0 ieL cent hl higher Import duties than an any other state you would undoubtedly undoubted un un- I doubted Iv question wh why under our flag Lg that over the brave and the free rec cc Utah should be so so discriminated against I Utah with Its illimitable re resources resources re- re sources and with fal fair rates would then en become a n. great cat manufacturing as wen well as a rich producing state and arid your our ur people would become come rich a awell as aswell well as Intelligent The Time An editorial buzz saw RW holds no terrors for or George He has bared his arms arias t to tl thc elbows and gone gono flo after th the Deseret Evening News of ot S 'S Stilt Salt lt Lake Luke which n asserted editorially editor editor- I lany that Mr Kindel made some mis- mis statements in Iii the address which he lie delivered before the th members of or the tue I Continued on mu Ls Tivo o u. u C A ASKS SENATOR TO TOS I II I ASSIST IN RATE FIGHT S Continued front from rom P ce our One hll Commercial club of Salt Lake Lako re ie 10 cc n In a no letter Jetter to the De Deseret eret News Mr l Kindel plasters tho the editor all nil over with freight tariff tics ties him In iii a bundle bundle- and deposits him in a corner behind the door And incidentally Mr 11 Kindel remarks that the e editor tor torIs Is talking through his hat link haL Of OC course coursO Mr h. h Kindel has yet ct to hear from tho the editor TIme Tho paper said We Pc believe bellevo the scale generally Il is the tho freight rate ate to tho tIm coa coast t plus pius the freight to the inland points from th the tho coast The freight for instance to Sacramento Is th freight to San Francisco with the rate front from San Fra Francisco to Sacramento added All of which is as clear cleat as a t mud fence to tho the ordinary reader Proofs of Statement I Mr Kindel had declared that freight could be b shipped from New NewYork NewYork I York to San Francisco and from fi there to Salt Lake Lale City at a a. Jower rote rate than It If shipped direct from Now New leYork York ork to Salt Lake And Ana in iii his Jotter otter he asserts that v very ery r thing and quotes quote tariffs to prove his statement Although h Sacramento js Is is 90 O miles east cast of or S San 1 Francisco Sacramento IsI is I given s1 the same terminal rates as fiS San SanI I Franci Francisco co and all other Pacific coast p points writes Mr 11 I If It that thatIs Is good policy r or practice for or the time lines to to pursue In the Sacramento case 90 much mlleS ea east t of the coast then wh why would it not be ie e a better practice and in keeping with common sense and Justice to give Salt Lake at least tIme the same samo rates since it is Ig nearl nearly miles east of San Francl Francisco co I The Kindel letter Jotter concludes with a challenge to debate debato this question Resolved that Salt Lake City should at least have as favorable commodity rates as Spokane Washington ton from front nIl All points east of the Mississippi i I 11 1 liver Iver Mr takes the affirmative and sa says f Now talk up or shut up S I I |