Show SHIPPERS MOVE FOR LOW LOV RATES Business Is Taken From Harriman Harriman Harriman Harri- Harri man by Routing to Salt Lake RATES STILL GOING UP Discrimination Against Utah Manufacturers in Shipment Shipment Ship Ship- ment of Bottles Wit While He officials of th the local railroad h have vo busy husy spreading reports of or I weeping reductions now being made matlo In freight rates to Utah they have o boon been quietly raising the tle rates on a row few Important Im Im- Im- Im articles of or frel freight ht including and glass class bottles In the tho case of bottles th the advance ance In rates was not sweeping as ns It Included only the tho bottles that are arc designed to contain liquids s classed n as necessities while the rate rato on bottles designed to contain beer whiskey and other remains re- re mains ns as before The Tho advance ad In this Instance has been more than 50 0 per percent ser cont cent as s the tl figure Jumped from 85 Si cents a hundred In carload lots to A decided protest st has been made by b local manufacturers of or extracts and tho the wholesale dru drug houses houles against this thin advance ad which affects them especially It was estimated b by a prominent shipper yesterday r that through the changes chanes made mode b by most of tho the merchants of or Salt Lake Lako In routing their freight ht from rom the tho East Easl to Salt Lake the Salt J Lake ako ake Route Houte treasury treasur Is receiving at least a month which formerly went to the Denver and Rio Illo Grande Practically llly all o of tho the carload freight that comes to the tho principal cities of or Utah b by rail all route Is routed Bur nur Colorado lington-Colorado Midland and San an Pedro In care caro of tho tiso Denver Den and Rio Grande Grando at Provo Prove which that l since the tho refusal of tho the Denver Den and Rio Hlo Grande and the tho Oregon Short Line to grant a reduction In the exorbitant freight ht rates on coal the tho Gould and Harriman lines get nothing out o of the haul of carload freight from flOm the East to Salt Lal Lake o excepting the short haul haulover haulover over o the Denver and Rio Hlo Grande Grando Irons from Grand Junction to Provo ret t Even ElU K cu On The last move mo on the tho part of or the shippers generally has been to order that their earn cars be transferred from the Denver and Rio Grande to the Salt Lake 0 Route at Provo for the remainder of or of the haul to Salt Lake Lalo and all of ot the cash paid for or this freight service er so goes s to the Salt J Lake ke Route noute treasury treasur When monthly settlements are made between en tho the railroads the Gould lines get their proportion from Grand Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion to Provo Instead of oC for tor the tho entire haul from o. o Buffalo or Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg which might be bc made entirely over o Gould lines On tho the other hand all all the Harriman Interests can r retain t ln of ot tho the estimated a month Is the portion represented by their share In Inthe inthe the Salt Sl l Lake ke Route which gets gels th the haul from Provo Prove to Salt Lake Ike This action acton of or shippers has stirred the tho local railroad officials to action acton which Indi cates ates- ates gret great concern concern and the they are aro using evel every means to regain the lost host patronage patronage patronage patron patron- age except the one means which will wil gain ln It It-by It by reducing the rate rato on coal In Utah Ulah I A high official of ot the tho Denver and Rio Grande called on the traffic man o of one of or the tho largest shippers In the West Yest seeking to Induce him him to abandon his recent practice of routing freight ht by bythe b bythe Ul the new now manner He was sas told that the only ly reason for tor the tho change was that the Denver end and Rio Grande had refused sed re J exorbitant rates on coal Ino L. L in Well 8 t But ut you people are arc rc not called on to fight the battles batles of or the people ho he said to the shipper r. r What difference does doeR It make to you ou what w we charge for tOI hipping coal He was wal told that the time had come when wIlen the big shippers of or tho the state Hutc realised realized real real- ob obligations as citizens to light tho the battles of or the people by every overy legitimate baltes means and the routing of freight was AS the most effective means and und In fact practically the on only weapon in the tle hands of ot the tho people to enforce their demands for tor fair treatment treat treat- ment from front the railroads within the tate state You Cou people use URe a few passes pass Os to en enable enable enable en- en able you to Keep up this Injustice and I you 01 use every evon- means mean in your sour our power to defeat detent th the will wi ot of of tho the people who seek relief Toie from present rates while we are aro simply using the tho to only means at our command to compel fair treatment said the shipper |