Show A FRIENDLY CHAT a monroe tilia with ur the ogden of yesterday afternoon fie manager monroe of the union pa due rifle earne to ogden ile hovag was met a by b a delegation legAtion dc from the Cli chamber amber of commerce knitli a ila a coudle and vt wall phom n of the business portion of the junction Junt tion city in the evening nn an informal in lonu session of the chamber ft was as convened to enter tain clr monroe and mr keeler ho him with facts and figured fig many of lie the prominent merchants and professional inen linen of this city were a ere present 1 I 1 1 ml 1 kall 11 4 A A in the course of the meeting sidney si d ney stevens and a 10 d william van dy dle ke suggested th bat a t a living rate of freight should bo be given div en for utah barley which is is highly valued by eastern brewers for the superior color imparted by it to beer sir mr monroe what U hat quantity of barley could you control at oden ogden it if you had a good rate air stevens to vens one thousand carloads sir monroe tilie matter ahall receive attention mr john A boyle royle made an exi exposition it on of the tile trouble brought u upon pon wholesale e sale furniture dealers by unfair rates he lie paid mr monroe we ae have ha ye worked or k ed hard liero le for or ard twelve eare car s and lly ct wo we are ke kept t forever poor nor by the chorbi exorbitant t alt d demands u of the railway all goes to enrich them and y a affords fro rl is ua us a paupers pittance we e aim ain to do a jd jobbing 0 business through tile north orth an and North northwest let lot me g give ive i you ouan an ills instance tance of how low we me are treated irom from the kiver river to ogden the rate is is sa y from the iziver iv cr to biker baker C city ty a thousand miles further on the rate ig 1 from ogden to baler baker the rate is is IGO 1 CO isow now what ell chance ance have ai we e to do business up in in that coultry coup try mr Ifor monroe there must be something w rong wrong about those figures mr stevens beis e lust just whit we complain of theres so something anohin wrong about all the railway alg figure laughter 1 the tile discrimination in in passenger rates to and from park city made in in favor of salt lake was discussed discus wd mr monroe elated stated that this was out of his domain but he lie promised that no advantage should bo be accorded to bait salt lake over ogden in in freight rates whatever concession conche the raila rail ay L made to salt lit lake in in competition with th the wagon traffic between bait salt lake like and park city should also bo be accorded to ogden A full exposure was made 0 the in injustice perpetrated against ogden in the proposed division of exclusive territory and probably ogden will secure her er rights it is is hoped that a rate of 35 cents may bo be obtained for potatoes from ral ogden 01 to chicago at present lie rates are such that ogden ins has to 1 pell I her potatoes at 25 2 cents per bunar hundred ed lops than greeley oricle pets gets tor for her pota potatoes ili in norderto order to compete with ith the latter point for trade at the river but ho tile proposed prop rite rate to chicago would open up nil another r market for ogden and enable her ter to give ghe tho tile fa cancers a allying living rate for potatoes I 1 major silva imitated that ogden bent sent out more freight frei glit than bait salt ike lake and mawr ma or I 1 eccles cles added that ogden shipped 11 e more produce than all other points in utah combined the discussion was a a most earnest one ono but was withal K ithal entirely cordial busi business men showed the obligations wind the railroads ome to the importance and enterprise of this city they stated that fair freight frei glit rates for exportations would not only ai aid I 1 t lie mercantile interests but would largely largely iacre ase the productions irod u chions of tit 1 country for shian shipment ent over the ra railways days mr kr monroe realizes eg there those f facts ac I 1 g an and egoak very bonsi sensibly bly and fairly of hie his purpose e toward tow ard oden ogden at the tile conclusion of t lie mecum mec t tm I 1 ng se several vera I 1 merchants appeared hopeful of heinl improvement in in the junctions shipping business |