The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-11

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fore.
. But 1t wa. not with the intention
Of discussing this particular subjec
that We started out. We wish to re
fer m3re In particular to Low
freights on certain Utah productl
to be handled entirely within The
limits Of the Territory. There art
in existence throughout nearly al
parts of this Territory vast stores OF
mineral wealth that can not now be
utilized because at the present high
rates it would cost as much as could
be made out OF the ores to ship them
to the smelters. Or in case any profit
at all can be msde on them, it is so
small that few men would be will
ling to risk any capital in such an
uncertain enterprise. Now itseems
to US that by reducing rates
on low grade ores to a minimum, a
great amount of business could be
done that can not now be carried on
at all. Although the profits on each
car load of ore might not be so great
as it Is now, still the increased profit
from the increa' ed amount of traffic
would be not only great advantage
to the railroad company but also a
great benefit to the low grade mine
owners. It is a principle in political
economy, well supported by the best
authority, that the wise business
man should figure, it is true, to |
make as large profit as possible on
his investments, but this happy re
suit is not always accomplished by
spending as little as possible, and
making large margin Of profit on
a small outlay. More money may
be paid out in the form of expenses,
bat at the same time more money
comes in in the form of returns
which, though they be smaller than
before on any given amount of /
traffic, will, nevertheless, in the
aggregate, make mrch wider diff.
ference between profits and loss s
than before. II
This course on the part of our
railroad companies would undoubt- Il
sSly be the means of increasing
heir traffic to vast extent, not (
merely IN the amount of ore shipped, Ig
'ut in the amount of provisions, i
General merchandise, and too many v
'ther things to mention or think Of, g
which would be carried over the t.
Dads at the regular rates in or Ter g;
0 supply the vast number OF labor q
rs, who would thus be enabled to Fl
nd profitable employment. It a
GEMS to be that the railroad com> b
anies could even afford to shipl
uch ores at very small profit, or
ven no profit at all, for 8 time at
,ast, until those Industries are III
!irly on their feet and have Ii
passed the crisis of al
Iaking start. Whatever those in III
position to know may think of
lis proposition, we still sincerely of
3lieYs that it is worth con idering,
zen if it should result IN nothing fri
Sc. It is not likely that traffic VIII bu
; much improved during The pres tn
It s. ason from any extensive rail- to
ad building; in fact, the prospects tx
wv are that there will be no rail. stl
ads built at ell during the coming 1rl
ason. If any step of the kind y,
could be taken, it would sa'
} not only great benefit to the M
ilroads and the mine owners, but liz
the people in general, for reasons
lat are self evident.
We believe that 1t is well estab. .
Ihed, that ores some distance be- Il,
W the surface, where they have he
It been subjected to the disinte> fal
ating forces OF the atmosphere, ~
oW richer, and in this way many co
ines that are now considered tn
might be worked to ad. VI
ntage, and finally turn out to be ~ a.
great value. We believe this was re;
e case with the Mammoth
Inc Of TintIc, which at first was =
)rked only for copper. but as
eryone well knows, after some ex- s.
)ration come out not only Nam. B
,th in name, but a mammoth sz !.
iced SO far as high value and
antity Of ore are concerned. 1t is
ssible that there may be many
IRE such, but that fact can not be
unless some encourages D !
mt should be given to the owners :,
the form OF low fre'ghts, to open he
their prospects and show what is s syM