Show sa A NUISANCE hie rhe inter state commerce law and ogden IB IS IT TAN AN AD VANTAGE ADVANTAGE moat most of our representative men mon say no Die crimIns rates gentlemen Gentle Gent lemin nun of tho the chamber of bf commerce there ia is plenty of work as loon as your 0 rg aniza ion into committees is effected you may turn the equart of your influence in the direction of the hard shelled railroads ogden has very little in the way of past special favors to thank the railroads for at least that is the opinion of d a number of our leading citizens now comes interstate tha commerce law lw with its long hau lits short haul baul and its hauling over the tha coals but hut not a haul that appears to bo be of much benefit to the junction city even if the railroad companies and more particularly the union pacific were disposed to interpret it fairly and abide by its provisions provia ions ogden business men generally have jabot a acra to say in favor of the new law nor odthe of the interpretation of it by the U P so far as the D E R G is CO concerned it seems to bo be disposed to do what arzan if can towards building up the country through which it passes and to distribute equally the benefits which flow to the public from a railroad which aims alms to treat every town along al edg it its 8 route I 1 with fairness an ogden HERALD reporter has spoken td a number of ogden business men and a few opinions are arp herewith presented mr david kay thinks the interstate commerce law ruinous it takes away trade and the new trade which may come to ogden under the provisions of the law is not I 1 a adequate dea uto to the loss under its pres present en t I 1 interpretation te rp elation eta tion by some of the 0 roads o ad it 1 is much more of a nuisance nuisance thaia an advantage ex mayor D H 11 pery peery it is ruinous mr william behar lenbach of the firm of the F J kiesel co considered the law a very good thing if honestly interpreted the long and short abod haul provision r requires e that the cost of transportation for a short distance shall not be more than for a longer distance for instance ina tance if a charge of 20 ii 4 made to haul ban 1 certain rood goods say 20 miles that 20 shall not be charged for hauling the same goods 10 miles As it ia at present goods are shipped from omaha to points in montana for the same price that they arc are shipped to ogden only this is a clear discrimination crimination die dinst against ogden and ono one about which local shippers are feel lug very sore mr D G nelson thinks that taken altogether there is very little difference to some points it costs more to chip ship but to others there is a reduction it is hard to tell how ever in mr nelsons estimations what the result will be and it may take several months before the effect fact can be thoroughly understood still another local merchant complains bitterly of t the he injustice of the rail railroad poad to towards wards ogden he ue by figures that a private individual lu in idaho can cau ship as mall bill of goods from omaha at a lower tate rate an ogden merchant can bring il it hex e and reship re ship it northward A railroad man says the interstate commerce law is of very little good if any tiny to ogden the U 1 P will help omaha against any other point which its roads touch and it is a fact that it will send goods to idaho and montana for the tamo price it will lay them down in ogden evi dently this is for the purpose of fighting ting the D R G for if the brov provisions inions of the interstate law were strictly observed the da it G would certainly capture come nome of the shipping to this point being equal throughout another gentleman connected with the railroads and who has given the subject careful attention is of the opinion that there will bo be no inter commerce law within six it is a nuisance and tho the railroads will not abide by its provisions local traffic too is crip crippled plea if a bill of goods is to be shipped from salt zako lake to logan it costs not a cent more than to ship it to ogden yet if 0 den purchasers with wish to bril bring goods from salt lake city they must pay a re regular ular tariff tariN there is a good big OD 9 on hand for somebody who can handle adle a big stick effectually |