Show BETTER RATES ARE SECURED plaster company gets rate to seattle interstate inter state commission is appealed to and railroad company gets a jolt much has been written ritten as to to freight rites in utah and there has been some complaints on this brinch of the railroad about discrimination il though oil steps haie hae been taken take to get an ndji adjustment ament of the rates aich which prevail here chiefa because there Is ib no corn ailion tit ion of for the bub business irles of this district the greatest enterprise in this valley is the jumbo plater plaster company compan at sigurd the have been compelled to submit to local tariff schedules for the shipment of their product into the northwest north west territory and this is a territory which uses more of gypsum than almost an ni other of the districts in the west the plaster company was as promised a rate to that territory last march and acain in april but buc through ome mall manipulation the rates were never granted the company had orders for the north west vest which they were unable to fill as the local freight tariff was as nothing short of prohibitory I 1 orders bere coming coining arvi the plaster company was liqing acin money by the toss joss of the trade and this was due to t discrimination in rates judge chidester the president of the company tom pany nade several traer to suit lake in fact tie fie aas on cm the mad wAs neier his duties as district edge fadge V 0 jid permit hm him tock at lie he was woi ing for a more favorable rate for the plaster product lettang into sont could get rates to various cu nd d lowr in tl a but seattle was for bOrien territory ahw condit condition tan was macht in evory every way to be but without avail and in the meantime the plaster indus indue try arv was wae suffering because of unjust aarli when judge chide tor ter ew that all his efforts effort wone were fruit 1 atif t iff imf rrell A his hie it to the ie e j beal 1 method f gaining relief he sent a strow letter to the into inte stafe commerce comm iamon arid and such huch was the defect of the lutter letter that he heim dimmed latal word thit tile the commis rion bion would w tat tal e c up alb grievance at onte once the commission evidently has list rione none of ditc itc potency as word wis hecei cc recent Jl from ern i pacific railway company a company coni pini that wac IE the bleck in the matter of gaung a fair rate rae for plaster SLIP alip melts leiis sat sa ing that the fahed for j I 1 wold wo ld be glinted I 1 lais was followed hi tab letter leter let er from the general freight deportment of th D R G hour join F cleester Lla CL dester Riah Helt sit 01 ill dear sir repin to 3 ion oll of tie the 1101 dinst with regard tu to lie of pl istar ri q ar loads from ian sigurd uth to se dt 1 e wash band the northern pacific ry BY i 1 cluid I 1 n irvng refu refused to ito jon join us in rate in III this to advice that hat U ne e ire ewt j ht jn in of letter fatum it um gilr M r J I 1 13 bairle genta I 1 1 fight agent northern B cited st paul june ath that trey tiey will join jam us in proposed rate ra te ard while tile the din dimtson of rat fate e Is IE not lot satish satisfactory bictory to this corr company vany ve ac will proceed to havo tioff making it effe effective etile at the earliest possible legal date it will not be for aou ou to pursue the matter further with the later state commerce yours truly S V derrah A G F A rhe fhe moral of this is hole thing is that the inter commerce a on oil is ie tl place to go for of freight discrimination abe plas tot tn company kompany will now be able to dou ble their output and this will mean just that much more for this valley A few jolts from thu the inter commission seems to take the arrogance out of most of the rail road companies and the chances are that the commission could adjust the whole matter of rate discrimination against utah |