Show better markets for uintah basin farmers now that tho the harrest nar rest days are ove over the dwain farmer wants to sell hla his surplus cops ne ine must have cash but lie he faces the obstacle of the aih hig h cost of transportation por tation from the basin to markets big to aasc b ills his piu du ducts which robs him ot of much of the tha fratrits tru its of his labor all who live ii I i ahe uintah basin understand that this transportation tax 1 as s a atry vc serious matter but it is well to explain the situation for the benefit of chase who do 10 u livo live here in case they should read this article the distance from the utah towns of the basi i to the new cst railroad tawa taw i price range from 55 to miles by a highway that cio cl oses a hl dign n mountain pass chich is snow clad much or of the year wili long steep grades on oil both an alternative ter native route towanda salt lake city affords advantage by reason of its graveled surface lesser g grades gades ades aid lowe pass that are offset by its greater length but little of the products of the basin are aitt consumed at these utah rall rail rhill points its the great bulk must be shipped from them to larar larr cen lers of population in vile the east or on the pacific coa coabe b t note well thera fore that the truc hage charges ale ae an ad lit lonal ional burden 0 01 a the uintah farmer the cost of ge to the he rall rail oad fiad eli equals lills the coot coat of the longer haul by lail to the geat cities so 0 the aaela bac iii farmer must pay ii a fiet tieng at its ate double that of fa banners in the intermountain inter mountain country in ordel dei to get his products to market this is indeed i a severe handicap and it keeps the dasin basin farmer from marketing many things wipes out most of his profits from other products pio ducts and leaves leavea him a lessened ma gln with a few things sach as butter fat noney honey beans and alfalfa saed sae 1 the limited space for this article preveat listing the dmn bilings s that could be raised here la in it the iasci nad no a laiI rOad ili LIL t suppose the bail 0 should pro pose to double d thu the rates on ail farm products pio plo ducts roni pom salt lake valley cache valley and idaho to the bis big maikels ets of the east and to double ahe rates on coill the ih ewt to 0 o these amas ai cas can call you lot amasino that the people of 0 these areas would cry out that tills its would ruin them weli that la is what he be tSi ts dont ident ci the uintah lasin does aiace the shrinkage e of the population of we dasi i as ad shown by the 1930 census over that of 1920 the th everywhere presence of abandoned abando neu farms and homes the eident lack of well being rf of the failers who remain all point to the existence of dlly ally wro ig ag the lack of a through rai railroad ja the inin cipal tiring thing auses s this condition here no good would be accomplished by telling this thia if it were not possible to provide a readdy i but it is possible and the remedy lies in your hands to a great extent farmer of f uintah bahia in following articles article 3 in this paper we will try to lo show abis IV wa aun ain to be constructive construct we no destructive thu the railroad situation is i s q quite uit e different 11 affer ent froni from what it used to lo be birte ent irom from nhat it will le Is tomo now and your opportunity to get a railroad through in the easi das 1 1 lives in fleeting today alone watch tire the next issue of this paper for ahe he article railroad rall aad regulation in 1930 |