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Show suffers as a consequence. ! Others state that the result of the November election, which was rontrary to the desires of the eastern capitalists, has frightened the large incorporated interests, in-terests, with a subsequent hesitation of investment. All agree that the financial fin-ancial conditions of the east are at the present time In a bad way and that the west is Just beginning to feel the depreslson In the Southern Taclfic shops the working force has been greatly reduced re-duced and several weeks ago tho hours were reduced from ten to eight, with a corresponding reduction in wages. It is suid that there is a possibility pos-sibility of the shops closing on Saturdays, Satur-days, the work week being cut to five days. oo TONNAGE IN OGDEN IS HEAVY While James .1. 11 ill, the great railroad rail-road magnate, openly states that the traffic of the great railways of Iho country is showing a decided slump, the local heads of the Harriman lines are mure discreet and decline to give out. any discouraging reports for publication. pub-lication. The Ogden freight department announced an-nounced this morning that the tiafflc handled through this city during the month of November, 1910, shows an appreciable increase over the movement move-ment of the same month of 19i'9 It is stated that while lo,409 tons of freight were handled through the local lo-cal offices last year, the past month shows thai 11,091 tons were handled. While the north and routh movement has been lightened considerably during dur-ing the past few weeks, east and west bcund Height has been sufficiently heavy to offset the deficit. The distinctly local 'traffic is claimed claim-ed to be very satisfactory. During the past month, an avcraco of 13o tons of freight have been shipped out of Ogden even day and an average of 5u tons have found their way into the local markets through the Harriman lines. It Is asserted that this is in excess of the tonnage of most former years. The through-freight is not considered consider-ed in the figures of tonnage handled through tho local offices. In such figures only the less-than-carload -lot traffic Is included or such carload lots as are transferred at the freight house from one ear to another. Of this freight it Is estimated that tho railroads rail-roads are now handling an average of 350 tons per day. Reports from other official sources are to the effect that the business of the Salt Lake division of the Harriman Harri-man lines Is exceedingly dull and that the prospects of the I niinediate future are gloomy. There is said to be a natural lull in the fmlt traffic at the present lime, The California orange shipment will not begin until alter the first of the year. Just now the only fruit movement Is that of the early oranges which amounts to but little in tonnage. Various causes are given for the slump In traffic by the local railroad officials. Some vow I hat the present pres-ent governmental activity against the national combines of capital has had its effect on the business of the conn-try conn-try at largo and that railroad traffic |