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Show ; r 1 if :: tt I This State Should Not Join Hands With I I Arizona to Detour Freight and Passengers I . via El Paso . and Tucson. 1 it :::: c?,-. , ffP:t IT e acon certain representative citi-; citi-; :: ; 11 zens can be considered truly representative, Utah has climbed into Arizona's band wagon, i::: A glance at the map shows that the interests of : :: : Mi these two states in the Central Pacific ; Case .... .v cannot be identical. If dissolution hurts : :: : . 'i Arizona it helps Utah. Yet we have the unus- :::: ual spectacle of men speeding- to Washing-ton ;;! ' from Salt Lake, to align this state on the side ;; t of Arizona and New Mexico, both of which states have declared through state officers !:: ' their conviction that a separation of the Cen- Ji: tral Pacific from the Southern Pacific would ''!;; give Salt Lake and Ogden train loads of freight :: and passengers which at present are going through El Paso and Tucson. WITNESSETH: ; , ; SOmrHERNPACIFIC LINES ijjj VJ w1" a"'9 V ' M: X . 7, 0Oa' ? IS I gressg 1 1 "THE ONE HUNDRICD PER-CENT ROUTE" This map clearly shows the "One Hundred Percent Koute" of the Southern Pacific, over which ' the Southern Pacific instructs its asents to obta'n routing wherever possible. Every bit of traffic. .. that could pass over the Central Pacific lino through Utah, but which passes over tho "One Hundred Per-cent Route" through Arizona, represents a distinct loss to this state. ',',', J "At the Sn Francisco meeting on June 19. 1922, of Public Service Commissioners, Ariiona'i representatives were smothered with telegrams stating that if the Southern Pacific was divested of the Central Pacific the vast tonnage now carried along the J southern line would vanish." (Nevada State Journal, June 23, 1922.) . - !!!! M 'New Mexico might lose all of California freight, if they dissolve the Central ' " nl 8outhern Pacifle,' said Corporation Commissioner Hugh Williams in discussing the I ',) action of the New Mexican Commission. 'This stote would lose by the deal. It would .... os all the California freight coming now from tho Central Pacific which would go ' " ' to the Union Pacific.'" (Santa Fe, N. M., New Mexican, June 22, 1923.) ... ! J Chambers of Commerce of Arizona and New Mexico might . ;;;; well congratulate them8elves that certain citizens of Utah are ; :: I taking steps to insure that Phoenix, Tucson and El Paso will ;;;; continue to get business which rightfully belongs to Salt Lake and Ogden. .. .. A vote to uphold the Supreme Court's decision is a vote for Utah. A vote to nullify it is a vote for Arizona, New Mex-: ; ;: ; ico and Texas. This, in effect, is what the Supreme Court of the ! ' United States determined, for the decision said the proof was ; ; ample that the southern route of the Southern Pacific was giv- ! t en preference as a result of which the Southern Pacific got the ''' Svhole loaf," whereas a shipment via Ogden gave them only J;!; "half a loaf." . - );'.', Efforts put forth to maintain the Southern Pacific's half-hearted ' participation in Utah's affairs are a tremendous help to Arizona and ; ;x New Mexico, , . . . ! ::; It is paradoxical that Snlt Lake and El Paso should both be work- ; ing for the Southern Pacific. One of them is going to suffer a dis- : advantage. Wbicht When the Union Pacific acquires the Central Pacific the Union Pacific t', will have the same incentive to route freight and passengers through Utah j; ; that the Southern Pacific now has for routing them through Arizona an4 j; ; New Mexico. ; The only point on which all parties to this controversy avo agreed is. t that the present situation is unsatisfactory. The Southern Pacific haa ; attempted to remedy it by glittering promises. The Union Pacific ia X; ; spending millions of dollars to develop its territory and will apply tho ' X-' same forward-looking policies to the Central Pacific. ' ' If the Ogden line is to compete on equal terms with the El Paso Lino, J I every link in the chain from San Francisco through Ogden and Omaha to to Chicago, must work with an eye single to the promotion of this routo. . J:: With the western end of this route in the hands of a line which works actively against it, the needed support is impossible and the Supremo Court of the United States so found. i' If a firm in San Francisco has a shipment for New York, the South- ! era Pacific tries to send it via Galveston and its steamship hues ; failing in that, the Southern Pacific would try to move it via New Orleans and '-' rail lines east, or if that wore impossible, then via El Paso and the Rock ! Island. Only in case they could not get it any other way wou!,l they route :' ' it through Utah. More freight and passenger business moving through Utah means more men employed for maintenance and operation, larger shops and offices, greater purchasing power in local territory, more tour- Joists, Jo-ists, more homes and more people to clothe and feed. ''' The Union Pacific is endeavoring to remind tho people of Utah V-'y and tho Intevmountain country of its purposes, policies and accomplish- ments. It would be interesting to seo a list of things tho Southern Pacify has promised to do for Utah since tho Supremo Court's decision ;;; of Way 29, 1922. To know what they have done would bo equally enlightening. !! What the Union Pacific has done it will continue to do assist the communities along its lines to grow and prosper. It is a matter of record that no line has ever come under the control of the Union Pacific which has not been improved in facilities and service to the public. 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