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Show !j FORTUNATE UTAH j u! Tho folio mg from tho Hallway i i j Ag0 Gnzetto of November 13 is per- j I tlncnt, and la hi marked contrast to ' I coiulltloiiB in Utah: H ' "Tho Hallroad Commission ot B ' '" ! ' Georgia, realizing tho present sort- Ious financial predicament of tho rallroadB, has written n lotter to tho Southern Hallway to tho effect that In view of tho material do- . crcano in the rccnues ot carriers the commission until tho present f financial depression Is relieved, ' will not Impose on nny of tho roads i any expenditures for new stations, ' J warehouses, terminal facilities, etc. k jjg except such as are absolutely nec- ', I essnry." For a h ng tlmo tho railroads havo been lilt hard, the result being that i in man) cases concessions have been necessary In order to keep them sol- it vent. Georgia Is but ono Instanco I t wherein action ot this hind has bo- ( como necessary. It Is too bad that ' conditions should bo such that tho ! ' railroads cannot go on making their usual improvements and providing . ' facilities for tho accommodation ot f their patrons, and Utah who has not M ' 'j been hit so hard, should consider her- H Cri ! self fortunate in this particular. IV Hero In Utah tho financial depres- I lon has not boon bo marked. Sena- HI tor Smoot, mado the statement dur- H li. , Ing tho recent campaign that Utah H li j was in tho best condition financially H ff M J of any stato In tho union, and In H j j koeplng with this statement. tho rail- HI ; i, roads In our stato havo gono on look- HJ 1 " Ing nftcr bustnoss and tho welfare m Ik of their patrons In a masterly way. 1 I ', Tnko Cacho county for Instunr-o. B, Notwithstanding conditions tho Ore- Hj'. I I gon Short Lino has given us the best i L ' sorvlco wo havo over had a tlmo H card literally beyond tho extreme H I ' hopes of nny ot our citizens a few H years ago. This company is also H I ' spending money on station facilities, H I as In tho caso of Merrill Spur, and 11 j otherwise looking after tho concnl- 11 i ence of our pcoplo. In fact nothing 11 ! that wo havo asked tor has been do- HU uled, and the administration of Mr. V Culvlu seems to be a literal tultllmont B' of tho scriptural saying "Ask and yo Hn shall rccolve." all And right hero It will bo well for aaj all conservative citizens to reflect mi and dctermiiiu as to whether or not vS the railroads afo not entitled to a BS rest In tho public eye nt least, who- Hi thcr or not It is not about tlmo to HHk hay to law making bodies that rearion Hfta dictates that the railroads bo left Hj alone for n wlillo and ccaso making Har them tho football of tho whims nnd HJL' fancies ot men endowed with a lit- HbE tlo temporary authority. Monitors HHj of the Utah legislature should think HB' twlco boforo thoy speak and voto Hfj once In tho matter ot sweeping rail- HBj road legislation. No man elected to HH tho legislature for tho first time and Hff the avorago citizen olocted for the HH; second tlmo Is lu a position to bo a HBj law unto himself In this regard, and HH members should therefore canvass Hbb tho situation tlioroiulily beforo voting HH for measures that may hamper rail- HBj roads, and put a needless and usoless K expenso upon tho people. Hft , We firmly believe that after the HJ situation has been thoroughly can- HB vnBsed the vordlct will be that In HHl Utah tho railroads have kept faith HHr with tho peoplo, and as tar as they HBji are concorncd the legislature may HHl Just aa well adjourn and go homo and HM thus save the stato ttfmsands of dol- HHj |