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Show Governor Replies To Ogden Chamber Letter i j State's Interests Best Served By Preserving Present Pre-sent Rail Combination Until Question Is Finally Disposed of, Mabey Explains Governor Charles R. Mabey Saturday Satur-day replied to the Ogden chamber of! commerce, telling tne chamber why ihe authon.ed th'- attorney general to! I Interve ne in behalf of tne Southtru Pacific company ln the controversy between thai company and the Union Pacific fur the control of the Soulh-iern Soulh-iern Pacific. 1 Tho governor says the disruption of the Central Paclfli -Southern Pacific combination at this time would result, in injury to the stale of Utah. I The governor further .says that by urging that the existing combination b .'iitinued until such time as final ! disposition of the Central Paeiflo Is made no harm la done any parties. (lovornoi Mabey s letter will be, presented by Secretary Jesse S. Rich-; ards ' the directors of the Ogden chamber tomorrow. TEXT of L-STTBR. The text of tho letter "Jesae S. Richards, ' Secretary Ogden Chamber of Commerce. Com-merce. "Ogden, l.'tah "Dear sir: "This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter f October 31. Which was delivered to me bust Wednesday by Mr. f- r. ,i ;. Taylor, president of your lortfanizatlon. ' "As I Analyze your letter, two questions ques-tions an askod of mo a Why I have intervened in the Central Pacific In the name of the people of Utah," and 1 1,, my reasons for int r entton. "Answering the mst question: "Under "Un-der the law of this state, tho governor lis designated as the offli IfU .spokesman I for the state in matters between the j slate and the federal government or I Its agencies, and is given authority to speak through the attorney Reneral The interstate commerce act. under the amendments made by the trans-Iportation trans-Iportation net in L920, provides that in leases such as this, the governors ol 'interested stales shall be notified for i. the obvious purpose uf ,'iing them opportunity to take su h part In the proceedings ius the Interests of their States may require BBCONO yi i.si lUN ANSWERED "Answerim the second question. "The petition sets forth the reasons for Intervention) which are as follows: "The disruption of the existing system sys-tem of the Southern FuelMe i ompany would have at this time worked to tho prejudice of the state of Utah in thb f I n j. 1 grouplnc p'.m of the mt r&tate commerce commission, and weUld c-aus, uniieeeh.sary interruption and expense with no resulting b n-fit to the public, pending the final determination determi-nation of said grouping plan Such disruption would remove the existing competition between the present Southern Pa4 ifle syst. m and the Union Un-ion Pacific syptom on traffic handled between Utah and Los Angeles and between Utah and Portland territories. Such disruption would also unbalance the existing f-ansporlatlon situation In Utah and Inthe surrounding sections by affordinw opportunity tor another system to develop a position of monopolistic mon-opolistic an'. predominating strength: while, on tfeffi other hand the granting grant-ing of the awllcatlon of the Southern Pacific com lapy will rotain for Utah a strong tromsportatlon system, wetv-Ing wetv-Ing anl interested In developing the western marj'ets and territories, then by Insuring J'or the stale of Utah a competition of markets for its products prod-ucts and cf, service for the carriage thereof." I POLL NOT NEEDED. Had your board of governors reached reach-ed and announced an opinion and decision de-cision in this cqntroveray l should have given Is the. same thoughtful consideration con-sideration tlfcit I have given the entire matter before reaching a conclusion. I'nfoi UmaU.y, you did not give mo the benefit c7 your judgmen although 1 am udvlsjpi you hae been conald-- I (Contiuusjil ui Page ECloven CHAMBER GETS MABEY REPLY I (Continued From Page "no erlng this matter for some time. 1 did not then think, nor do I now think. It Incumbent upon the governor ofj the state to poll the numerous civic.) trade and commercial organizations throughout the state before acting In exigencies of this character, believing such organizations to be sufficiently alert to announce their position In vital matters in ample time for consideration con-sideration by the parties involved. I "On October 115th I received a letter let-ter dated at Washington, D. C . October Octo-ber 19. signed by Commissioner Meyer of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Commis-sion, inviting such representatives as Ithls state, through me, desired to I make in the Central Pacific controversy. controver-sy. By reason of the fact that one hearing upon this subject was scheduled sched-uled for November 4th It was necessary neces-sary that Utah's position bo promptly prompt-ly stated. "In my judgment, Irreparable in- position of tho state of Utah in thlH jury might come to the stale of Utah ' l; the hearlntr on November 4th should icsult in unfavorable action to the matter On tho other hand, no possible pos-sible harm can come to anyone if the status quo among the railroads is maintained until such time as tho In-terstato In-terstato Commerce Commission shall have announced its final findings in thjB matter of grouping all railroads .rving Utah, and until such time, as the railroads themselves have taken action Insuring a compliance with the plan of the commission. Personally and officially, I am unwilling to leave to chance tho protection of Utah's In-terest In-terest and would consider myself do-rellot do-rellot in my duty If I did so. It Is apparent ap-parent that to P'-rmit the withdrawal of Southern Pacific competition from this territory without the assurance of a satisfactory substitute Is an unnecessary un-necessary and dangerous experiment The application of the Southern Pacific company, which this state has intervened inter-vened to support will. If granted, maintain the present railroad relationship rela-tionship without prejudice to the right of the Interstate Commerce Commission Commis-sion to make a different disposition Of the Central Pacific property If lound necessary und'-r Its final plan of railroad consolidation. "You have asked me for my reasons rea-sons and I have stated them to you frankly. 1 had thought that the publication pub-lication of the petition of Intervention, which states upon its face the reasons for Intervention, was sufficient, but I am glad of the opportunity of lat i-Ifylng i-Ifylng this matter, as I bellevo this letter will do. "1 will leave to you the privilege of giving publicity to this communication. communica-tion. "Very Truly Yours. "CHARLES R. MABET, "Governor." Secretary Richards naid tonight the (i tter would be reftdrcd to the board Of directors at their regular meeting to be held next Monday 00 |