Show WISHES A fAIR RATE Request Is Made That the Passenger Pas Pas- Rates Rates From Prom Salt Lake City to Important Cities o othe on the Coast Be Reduced FlEA IS SUPPORTED BY BYAN BYAN AN ABLE ARGUMENT t Refusal of the Railroads Will Be Only the Campaign Campaign Campaign Cam Cam- That Will Be Bo Boa a Revelation Revelation Reve Reve- lation Says Mr Babcock I PROVO PEOPLE WILL HELP Passenger rates whereby the railroads discriminate directly against Utah tJ tah are the subject of letters which were sent yesterday by the Commercial Corn Com mercial club Traffic Bureau to D. D E. E Burley general passenger passenger passenger pas pas- agent of the Oregon Short Line and Fred A. A Wann general passenger agent of the Salt Lake route S. S H. H Babcock traffic manager manager manager mana mana- ger of the local bureau quotes passenger rates from Butte Butts to Portland at cents a mile and from I Spokane to Portland at cents a mile and compares these with the rates from Salt Lake to Los Angeles Angele San Francisco and Portland which are 3 cents a mile to Portland cents a mile to toan San an E. E Francisco cp and n 4 cent t Ilhes Jt tV e- e a ISiH e l r s from Salt Lake to important cit cities es on the Pacific coast be reduced I to 2 21 2 cents a mile in this In In- P in-P We Ve Vear ar are arc not even ven asking stanco for or as low a rate as the raIlroads rail rail- I j I roods roads give to Butte and Spokane people peo poo- pIe but we believe that tho the people of II Utah are at least entitled to a n rate of two and one half cents a mile to th the thern Coast Said Mr Babcock yesterday We Ve have hove mailed these letters letter to the th- i general passenger agents of the lines Unes running to the tho Coast following our I gener general l purpose of ot making formal requests re re- re I quests to the tho proper officials for tor fair I treatment nt to Utah Ulah shall These and other requests we make moke from lime time to time Ume and ample op- op will be given to the railroads to comply with these requests Refusal Refusal Re Re- on the part of the railroads to consider these will not end the matter Rather it will only be the beginning of oC another line lino of campaign that will result In an overhauling Of and passenger rates that will wUl be a revelation I Lion tion to the people of the state as well as to the railroads Lct Letter Cr to Burley Hurley I The letter to D D. E. E Burley general passenger agent of of the Oregon Short Line f follows follows- D. D E. E Burley General Passenger Agent Oregon Short Line Lake City Utah Dear Sir No Sir No district In Inthe Inthe inthe the entire Inter mountain region of this country bas baa through Its greater population and unequaled features of I great Interest giving It world wide repute re reo re- re attracted and aDd now attraCt is so great and le Is a volume of passenger passenger ger Iter to n all the railway lines Jines serving cr ln iler it as this in which Ogden Salt Luke ke CH City and Provo are situated Ni Nt district In the tue entire mountain Inter-mountain re region ro- ro gion elon Ion Is reasonably entitled to equally equay liberal consideration from the railway lines but re has toe been so stead steadily 11 oppressed and discriminated against by hy h high hh r rates rale te of passenger traffic as this The Tho following statement of first class na fares will serve to Illustrate Illus illus- But Butte Butta to to Portland ml miles ea 2270 10 46 6 cents a mile Spokane to I Portland U miles 11 1120 20 cents a Q mile I The tore foregoing rates voluntarily made b bj by the c carriers are arc re considered Continued on Page light I I UTAH TAll WISHES FAI FAIR RATE l I Yum IIRI lagl Ul tI- tI ample but those assessed against Utah the old oldest cst In settlement the lie most populous and with wih the greatest volume of oC If traffic deserving of oC all 01 other dis Us the tho most generous consideration IH is li treated as follows Salt Sal Lako City to 0 Portland miles mies 2700 3 cents Cit per mUt mile Salt Lako City to San Francisco Fran Fran- cisco miles mies cents permie per 1101 mile mie Salt Luke Lake City to to Los Ls Angeles miles malIce mies cents per mile mie It H Is usually held hold desirable that usual passenger passenger pas pas- traffic should bo lie Io reasonably en encouraged en- en coura ed rather than unreasonably re ro- ro Reasonable ra rates tea tos het between wem Utah and Pacific coast const cities would de develop de clop closer commercial and social re re re- lations and thereby enlarge tho tim volume of traffic This and the other important tant Utah cities arc are near Dear to Lo the tho coast and their people should be encouraged to frequently go o there an anti and not corn com coo coo- by hy excessive transportation rates to sta stay away It I Is In seeking nothing unreasonable to desire rates at least as aR low as ure are freely given hen b by the tho Northern Pacific and Great Greot Northern railways people living along those lines lne In Montana and other intermediate Intermediate Inter Inter- mediate territory The rates for tor Utah people hou should Id never have rat been higher Uta but lower This bureau largely representing the commercial interests and the tho people peo peo- pie of ot Ogden Salt Lake City and Provo and on their behalf respectfully but earnestly earnesty appeals for the early stab stab- l of a rate rale of two and half cents en to and from Portland hal Oregon making the tho rate R for Salt Lake City 0 U I LV anI and from San Francisco making the rate uto for tor Salt Sal Lake Cf City 2060 with wih uch such differentials tat for tor Ogden and Provo In both instances as ns ma may bo be reason reason- able ible Further appeal is 19 also made that when reduced tourist or other rates iro aro established between tho Missouri ls rl river r and Denver Donver on the te east antI and Portland and San Francisco on the west Utah should Invariably be bo similarly simi simi- treated with a fair Call differential lower Very trul truly yours ours S. S H. H BABCOCK Commissioner on Traffic Comparisons of rates rales in iii the letter i to F. F A. A Wann general pac passenger leter I In n agent ant of ot the Salt Lake route are the th E same mo as a In tho letter loter to Mr Ir B. B Durl Burley of the Oregon Short Lino Line The Thc requests re requests re- re quests in the letter leler to the Salt Lake Route officials however are arc that the rate between Salt Sal Lake and Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles gobs be reduced to two an and one half one one-hul cents a mile mUe Member of the Commercial club traffic Bureau received encouraging reports report from tram Provo yesterday on the work worl of tho the committee appointed at the meeting hel held at the time Provo Commercial Commercial Com Corn mercial club Ve Wednesday nes u night night This committee consists of or L. L O. O Taft TaC F. F D. D p. p F. F Pierpont Alex HedqUist Hed- Hed Hedquist qUist and George Startup The Tho purposes purposes pur pur- ur- ur poses POSs of the traffic bureau were outIno outino outline out- out line ino Ino b by S. S H. H Babcock Stephen II H. Love ove an and W. W S. S McCarthy before l a largo large gathering of ot business men at the he Provo club an and the Salt J Lake ke men were vere assured of tho the hearty support of or Provo business men in the movement move move- ment mont to compel the railroads s to grant Utah business nees men a fair fall show in gant the tho matter mater of rates |