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Show 1 BUSINESS MEN i MAKE PROTEST t , Vleet With City Comml6oioners to Protest Against Conditions Which Allow Al-low Salt Lake to Profit by Ogden's Rigid Enforcement of Early k-,, Closing Ordinance Sam Browning Makes Reply. K mH The time of tho city board of corn el JM missioncrs was taken up this fore- HI noon by a committee of businessmen v in an informal consideration of the I alleged discrimination against Ogden 1 - and In favor of Salt Lake in the clos ing hours of saloons. No definite r conclusion was reached, but assur ance was given by the board that the "' matter would receive due considera te tlon In a formal way at 5ome other 3 time i The business men on the committee ' were A. R. Heywood, Dr H 31. Rowe, J. W. Abbott, .1. S. Carver, Arthur Kuhn, Fred W. Herrington, D A. Smyth, J. H. Thomas, Samuel Thomas, H. Mack, I. N. Pierce. P. Halev, A. T. Wright, Dan Ensign and S. H. ' , Browne, most of whom addressed the commissioners regarding the better business interests of the city and the bad effects of the 9 o'clock closing hour. Tho gentlemen stated to tho . board that they did not appear before the commission antagonizing the city administration, but merely as representatives repre-sentatives of the business interests ' -: Df Ogden and the taxpayers in the municipality, asking a correction of wrong which they claimed prevails. Thoae who addrcssod the commls-lioners commls-lioners called the attention of the s - ooard to the fact that business con-i con-i ( ditions In the city are not what they should be and that they are not what they have been in the past, due, In a measure, according to their view, to the discrimination in favor of Salt Lake In the matter of closing places here Intoxicating liquors are sold. They stated that Salt Lake virtually keeps an open city, the saloons not closing until 12 o'clock, while the Ogden Og-den places close at 9 o'clock. Many people who formerly resided in Ogden, they stated, have to Salt Lake to live, and many of the traveling people who would otherwise stop off In Ogden to attend to business affairs, pass on to the capital city because they were given more freedom there than In Ogden. Og-den. The committee stated that they have always been ready to do all In their power for the advancement of the city and that they are paying heavy taxes for the upbuilding and uplift of tho municipality which entitles en-titles them to the right o't petition for redress or grievances and for the betterment bet-terment of the city as a whole It was pointed opt that the officials of the Salt Lake &. Ogden railway company, seeing the advantage to be gained, has Inaugurated a special rate of 25 cents to Lacoon each night at 7 o'clock Salt Lake businessmen had also taken it upon themsehes to get the best possible rate to their city for Ogden people, that they might go there evenings and spend their monev for the upbuilding of that place, which moans that thousands of dollars are daily being spent in the state capital that naturally should be expended in Ogden. It was also said that rentals in the city have materially decreased and that many vacant houses are to be found that were notvacant a year ago. J. S. Carver said he knew of a number num-ber of men who heretofore made Ogden Og-den headquarters for the education of their children who had moved to Sa'.t Lake, giving as a reason that the city administration there, was more liberal. lib-eral. These were all customers of his In former days. Dr Rowe, Arthur Kuhn and others of the committee stated that it is certain cer-tain that one drawback with business in Ogden is the early closing boms maintained by the present administration adminis-tration and they thought the board of commissioners 6hould bring about a change It was urged that there bo no discrimination between the two cities cit-ies In the matter of closing hours and that unless Salt Lake shall agree Co a 9 o'clock closing hour that Ogden shall adopt the 12 o'clock hour. Mayor Fell stated that he could readily see that Ogden is being discriminated dis-criminated against in the matter of closing the saloons and that he appreciated ap-preciated tho fact that ll la damaging to the business Interests. He Bald that he thought there should bo no such discrimination and that the closing clos-ing hours should be the same In Ogden Og-den "as in Salt Lake, whatever hour that might be. Commissioner T. Samuel Browning stated that it occurred to him that Jf Ogden's commercial welfare depended on transients or other people who do not care to live in a. city where they cannot get something to drink after 9 o'clock the city is In a bad wa-. "They nre not the people who build up communities," he said, "and I cannot can-not see why the city administration should give them more than passing consideration." Commissioner J C Nye stated that ho would like -to act in accordance with the wishes or the people and that if there was any way by which the people could be heard on the question he would feel that he had some guidance. guid-ance. It Is slated that some time ago a petition signed by fully 90 per cent of the business interests or the city was filed with the board asking that the hour of closing of saloons be changed from 9 to 12 o'clock, it having hav-ing remained on the files since that tune In connection with the petition tnc ''.ink committee of the city presented pre-sented the commissioners with a pamphlet entitled "The Tale of Two rPimi8' .iKlv,?s facts "Sardlng dls. crimination in favor of Salt Lake. ii'"""."!ti. i Neither tho petition nor the pnmphlot was referred to today and it Is likely that they will havo no bearing In the case until official action is takon. The commission adjourned its regular regu-lar meeting today to glv the business men's commlttoe a i Informal hearing oo |