Show HELP TRAFFIC C BUREAU commercial redemption of utah discrimination by railroads keeping utah back and the traffic bureau is fighting forstate for state the commercial club traffic bureau of salt lake city has taken up the work of Fe luring better freight rates for utah fron from all points they have gone ino the situation thoroughly and investigation has proved that utah is up against a hard proposition in t the he matter of rates so keen has the matter become that the traffic bureau has appealed to the railroads lor for an adjustment of rate sections of ca country west of utah get better rates than does this tate pacific coast cities can get goods hauled by the railroads irom from all eastern points at less per hundred pounds than this state can get the distance may be hundreds of miles giester iet the freight charges arc less and it is reported that in some instances a carload of goods can pass through utah and travel to the coast and back to utah and then cost less than when it shipped direct to utah then again goods from the coast can be sent east cheaper than they can be shipped into utah cities even eien though this state is close to california it is discriminated against to an alarm arg extent and the commercial clubs in the state all aie urged to cooperate in securing an of this dis crimination S H babcock is commissioner of traffic for the traffic bureau and he be is an expert on freight schedules he has spent much time in securing data of the rates on artous anous commodities and he has short n up the discrimination di in a manner which has been a revelation to the people of utah who never until now nov under stood why the manufacturing indus tries of this state are paralyzed it is the duty of every commercial club ami alad body in the state to assist in the good work of the traffic bureau that energetic body hab haa sent out the foll following address which is cheerfully given space pace in this issue salt lake city alt reb feb 3 1909 to the people of utah after careful t consideration and biorn a full knowledge of the injustice of existing conditions in which the commercial welfare elfare NN of the state is involved an appeal for lelita has been prepared and forwarded to the aiesi dents of the railway companies most concerned in the fici fi eight and passenger transportation of utah this appeal requests nothing to which the people of this state ar are not equitably and lawfully lav fully anti entitled aled but which in the most part has always been denied it asks for the construction st of such a fair foundation fo foi ll 11 the rates of transportation as will justly aid in the growth and pros penti of the cities of the state and the encouragement of all the indus tries within its borders so that the laboring man mechanic farmer barmer manufacturer and merchant may feel and know that whatever whit ever he eats pro ducci manufactures or sells are all supplied produced and handled upon A d basis of reasonable equality with ill other sections of the coL country A beginning for better things must occur sometime and Rome somehow how this bureau has undertaken to promote its to catry loyal citizen to tome come forward in its support no aid is expected or will come from the of the great trusts of the east nor from any local interests controlled bi those trusts for they abo y hive have many and mysterious ways far apart from your own through which to accomplish their purposes As a measure of great help belP fullness in this cause and following the example of nearly a all I 1 of the other state the legislature at its present session should enact d 1 just public service law and you are re asked to urge such antior upon your respective representatives senta tives every effort will be made by the railway and other corporation po ration ioni to prevent such an enact mert and their representatives are already engaged to that end it may readily be known who such depre anti tives are for no others will approach you in its opposition until this question of transportation is settled and settled right it should and will stand the paramount issue for the good of the whole people and he who does the most in ita sc ac campli dirolf alt will deserve the greI greatest test measure of reward at the hancq of a commercially redeemed state commercial club traffic bureau CHARLES A QUIGLEY Freil dent WILLIAMS WILLIAM 3 MCCARTHY secretary |