Show SALT LAKE AROUSED the cumber of commerce the the salt lake chamber of commerce is waking up A rousing meeting wae held on wednesday evening to protest against the discriminating conduct of the railroads against thie this territory Teni tory and the enthusiasm that prevailed ailed f bowed clearly that so something me ia going to bedone be done I 1 in in earnest ne t following ie is the report p pre sewed a ed b by v the lie committee commit teo on an railroad ruil road SALT LAKE crry CITY utah ta me ii president ident and board of trade gentt EMEN we ep your committee on railroads beg bog to submit for your consideration the following we find by careful investigation ot of tariff a sheets beets on all railroad lines running n i n into this city that it is practically C 1 impossible under tho the existing I 1 high I 1 i and discriminating rates for tors salt lt lake and ogden to ever hope to lie c come ome towns of jobbing importance to every point of the compass fr eights are against SO great Is h dif beca that c cost for goods sh chipped ippeI to idaho an and d adjacent territories from this city and Ogden ie is so preat great that it mould leave tho the merchant a profit for tho the ranie pame article articles either in san francisco ortland or omaha because of th alio exorbitant freight cl charges barges on oil all merchandise via salt lake to sub o 0 mit to this glaring and injustice ia Is to reduce our cities to the merest country villages and force the i lobbing abbi 1 1 J in cresta to some other rai in F 1 U herewith a tabu tabulated latoI statement sh otting ing how wo we are darf cn criminated against we would respect ct fully lilly buggea that possible tho the board td ortrude of trade induce all interests of the territory mining manufacturing mercantile and stock growing to act in n concert and appoint a committee lie the business of which shall boto bo to t try ry to divert the entire volume of freights freig hta I 1 over the railroad tho the rates of which are object objectionable ion able to the axa good interests of utah wo we desire to call your attention to paulea below sh differences against saat lake e to towns dortho north compared uh ith I 1 rI i omaha naba portland and Q in franciaco Fran cinco I 1 then follows olio is a bet list of eighteen towns toft us north of salt gait lake P show ing the I 1 aboa discrimination Ls crimination agai against t th tins 5 city ity 1 we bealo also deirl to call your atten 4 tion to the he outrage practiced on the commodity tariff tan iroler over 0 the le line of the denver ilio rio orande grande where wo we hae have 1 jobbing 0 1 b an g ter territory rn ry r rightfully i g I 1 i t f u i 1 Y belonging I 1 I 1 to bait lake the h 0 dem denver t r rate t on fish j b I 1 cann canned id goods and au ga r w ia 1 per per 0 pounds 9 while to salt lake it 1 is 1 28 the inter state law require tho the railroad company to laram deliver et at grand junction Jun clion at 1 a rate rat not greater t than h an denier denver which would be 1130 aso the rate from salt lake to grand junction is is 1 mailing making our rato rate via dilt lake LAI 1 TO which renders it impossible possible tor purchasers to buy in our center witheat actual low of 1 l 07 on each 10 pounds of fourth goods nor does the dis crimin 1 I tion end in in these articles ot of merchandise the miner mill null owner and smelter are I 1 in n the manner discriminated against on ore tho the valuation of chuh aich is not to exceed IDD per ton the rates from I 1 hailey failey to I 1 dis river pointe points is is 1 59 per ton ff per mile ditulo hile the same ores to bait salt lake 10 are charged 1 23 per ton per mile the eureka oree ores are shipped to missouri river points at ic per ton per mite mile while hile to bait lake it is we desire furt lier to call your OUT attention to the classification of bullion i the charge on bullion that does not elc exceed td per ton in value is is 18 while as we hao have shown aboe above on ores equally valuable the rate is is 1050 to denier denver f 1240 ia 40 to om omaha a ha and kansas aty city though the b bullion u ilion is is infinitely in fl bitely letter better freight and much less liable to loss the rate on oree ores from part park city to omaha is is 10 per ton or per ton rr per nulo mile while on the same ore to bait alt lake wo we are charged I 1 4 per 15 ton or 3 per ton per mile e also so call your our attention to the tile frice price charged for or coke 13 per ton to t ocal sm shelters elters va anile hile the tile boko o is ie delivered at ogden for 10 fo anent and leask e aik an adjustment on ona a fair basis e deot that the ioard board of trade a ie hold 9 meeting in which aery I 1 ranch branch of business shall bo be represented dented to protest against the manifest mani feet injustice which 4 ie is from every ever direction being inflicted upon us and to demand jug lice ice from the common carriera carriers that US s ron rom being a natural lutiness but iness center and after hating having unaided built up prosperous business points in crery every direction by the action of tha railroads all our natural advantages are being a neutralized and ne ie are becoming is isolated our merchants are discouraged cou raged and men desire to engage in in the manufactures which ft aich ought to be 11 exceedingly ee profitable because of M alio location and unparalleled natu ral aa advantages which attach to this region dare not take the risk of cioni competing in in the face of exorbitant rates in conclusion con clumon we beg be to eay say that in the opinion of your committee the present policy ie is as short sighted on the part of the tile roads ai a it is la hurtful to the prosperity r 0 of thia this region the struggle 91 seems tobe to bo to build up terminal points a thousand miles away when allen really ji were the to roada ads by just rates to permit this city and ogden to naturally expand as location and natural advantages advant agee and resources in indicate they would mould the traffic to mr far off terminal pointe would not be lew ened whilo hilo the tariff to and from this re gion would be increased imro ased in in the samo same proportion that the want wants of great cities exceed those of villages tl lgee W 11 II georoe A LOWE G F 1 CULKER JAMES GiEM isMa o rr per GAS G SI AS S another report was then read showing by statistics the iniquitous freight fei ditc itc cli bat argee hat utah had haj been subjected ij tt d to atah 1 I of tile report governor west est was called upon and addressed add the b 1 v i in n a rt boht r n 0 st betic encouraging 0 u raging manner i w i 11 i it r reference efe re ti c e to t the b e work A 0 rk the board had undertaken the committee eaid he lie who made the report have spoken the truth such a r report r t made six months ago would mould has done much harm but today to day II 11 will accomplish infinite good because abo busin cae men are united and awake wako t to 0 the situation I 1 know th there e re i is ft a chance to build up a great city here and I 1 wa wai glad that the committee had spoken of t lie wrongs of 06 don one railroad has haq already aul climbed except in in detail we e ask no advantage oer over other cities but this city must not be discriminated a against to build buildup up other places the U A it G has yielded leaded but the union pacific andi and the central pacific 1 fie have not and v we e insist upon having justice after listening lo 10 numerous other speeches of the same earnest and positive character the chamber adjourned tor for one week |