| Show I UTAH'S WELFARE IS INVOLVED j At tile the meeting of ot the Hie Utah Ulah Man on I da ia C r I Solomon second vIce spoke in denunciation of oth I the The which are ar the trade ot of the tb intermountain tern territory tory by laboring for tor the th right of tho Interstate commerce I Islon slon to the tha long lone and nd short horth haul ul clause claus ot of the act I the commission operates operate Mr Sol So SolI SollOmon I omon mon said Utah's Industrial and busIness future depends upon the tho of ot lower freight rates rites by the tIie passage of the th GoodIng bill now nowlia Un the th house houi of ot representatives Tit and note of o the opposition fit The railroads he lie said salt Fearful of ot their to defeat the Gooding bill transcontinental railroads c called to their support the th great treat ChIcago chamber of ot com coot commerce merce the Illinois Manufacturers n with its 2700 members almost all of whom hom solicit the trade of 01 the tb 7 people oho ho shill be irreparably Injured by the s of o their selfish effort to help the transcontinental carriers to io Lo our detriment 1 This part of the west now fully 1 ho how hoo harmful has ha been rhe ih constant manell of the th 1 to make possible a sard of the lOng lone and short abort haul clause Business men will tell OU I they have had repeated experiences I f crippled Industry due to the fear If I that some day the transcontinental railroads by CID lag more fa rates to tin the Pacific coast make manufacturing and sobbing jobbing In this region almost Impossible The Interior must throw off oft this flits nIghtmare and the one way wayby wayby wayby by which to do that I Is to get con congress congress gress to 10 pass par the Gooding bill de deD D Ing to the th Interstate ce commIssIon the tb right night to mutilate the long lone and short haul baul law The Intermediate Rate Rat Ion jon 1 10 western estern states has bas Issued a catechism on this bub j ct from which the tir folio follow InE Ing Is faken What hat Is the Gooding Bill DillA A AIt It It is Senate Senale Bill Dill 2327 passed by the tb United States senate last lay sy by the th o ote of 01 51 i to 23 On I one senator est oest of the lb Mississippi rh nt er en voted It Who ho Is opposing the tho th Gooding U A- A The A-The The western transcontinental reachIng Pacific coast terminals Why hy ale aie they opposing the th Good Bill DIll l A Because v A Because It Is I a measure to strengthen the fourth section of ol the lh e Act and so pre Servo shIp competition coast to poast through service tho the Panama canal cacal The Th Gooding Bill prohibits railroads from rom aging aging destructive late late wars upon ships at at Pacific coast terminals and recouping thelt losses by charging higher and dis rates to tho Interior 1 How much tonnage have havo he lh he 3 estein transcontinental railroads now as compared with the a Records A-Records A Record Record o ot the th Interstate commerce show that If the railroads had taken every very ton tonof tonof tonof of revenue freight carried through the tho Panama canal by coast to toast roast boats during 1923 they have bave Increased their th lr own tonnage 4 21 per centI cent I Why do th the tho railroads want thIs thil 1 per cent So A A So they will 11 have hav a 8 loo per percent cent ent monopoly of ot the th transportation tion busIness of the tb west Of what hat servIce are ar the boats and the th Panama canal to the tb peo- peo people pie of tho the Pacific northwest AThe A The Th Panama canal boats are ar TinB aring apples appl and other fruits canned salmon and other canned goods lumber wool hides bides ore ores anc and andis is ther product of the th Pacific north Dorth northwest est to tho the markets of the th Allan 11 iTo loat If It It bad had not been for forI forthe forthe foi I the Panama canal boats boat during the th ci serious car shortages of ot 1919 1920 1020 and 1922 1 22 many millions of 01 dollars of north northwest est products would not have hav been marketed What is the th authority for tor sayIng that the th he railroads railroad want ant to destroy boat competition through the th Pan Panama Panama Panama ama canal At A-At A At a conference ot of shippers and railroad officials at Salt Lake City Henry freight trat ftc fie manager of o the Northern Pa- Pa Pacific Pa Pacific railroad In response to 10 II a III I question askIng his opinion of the benefit of ot the th Panama canal said We would it all be better oft off today it If somebody tilled filled It In P H Burnham representative of ot the Great Groat Northern rail railway a ay concurred I In that opinion What III w ill be b the th effect ot of o pass passage age of ot the th Gooding Bill Passage A-Passage A Punt of the th GoodIng Dill Bill will n e com corn commerce merce through the th Panama canal I relle e the western estern InterIor I country of the th burdensome threat of of discrimination In freIght rates III live give us lasting peace pac and a firm foundation on Ol which to build a aI I greater west 00 I |
