Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-10
COALvILLE TO THE FORE.


The Coalvllle board Of trade l. ally,
to the situation nni starts Ia upon IN,
coal problem early enough In tho SEA.
son to enable tue people to gain some
benefit from IL proposltions before
winter IL actually upon them. Tho
address which appeared In our columns
Yesterday has the right ring to H..
The matter docs not relate to
a speculation Or 10 any other
transaction By means Of which
some person Or n llmitoi number OF
porsons are to gain ut tho expense Of
al Others, but just the reverse Of that
10 enable the many 10 resist the unjust
oucfoachments Of the few.
The first statement OF tho addtoss IL
ono that We can all understand and
subscribe to without Teproaoh. We
know what It is 10 be Ia the power Of
combine that gathors IN uncarnsd
collars from patient aud long suffer.
Ing people. Ia truth coal combine
In this community IL one Of the most
uniustihablo and foundallonless con.
Germs Of the kind on earth, 10.
cause the article to which It 70.
lalos Is altogether inexhaus,lblo by
the hand Of man aud 10 spp,rn.
ted from the consumers by but
one chain OF easily travorsod noun.
lainf. Yet Ills not even an open score,
because VOL understood aud self.evl.
dent fact that the rates which
nave boeu exlorted from tho people
Tor their coal have b,en unserupulou,ly |
excessive, that At forty per cent less |
a Handsome margin Of PROFIT would |
have boon lon.
The NEws does not believe I'm thu
sonselcts hostility which 10 many peo.
pie engage In regarding railroads. They
both have their rights aud their
wrongs, and every honest effort
should be In the direction OF
tho ono and breaking
down the other. The roads are entitled
to make money; they were constructed
lorthai purpcse; but they have no hight
70 be the roverse Of what they prom.
SEQ they would be when they occupied
ne peoples land with their tracks.
Ihey come among oommunilie.
'slon'ibly as arbilrators Of high and
discriminating tariffs, by making i'm.
'orlors and buyers moro nearly eaual
han formerly. What a revulslon ia
'rotuced by taking advantage OF the
ltcossity for themselves and their
erviees which they create In coming,
nd by reason Of the former m ,thods
conveyance bclug unable 10 compete
'ith them, put In force the most
xlreme ami Objectionable phase OF
o'called proieolloul This they surely
% when their rates are just a little
over than wagons and teams can do
be work for 90 rs cfTyclually TO
eeIs out competition, AMI charslng
verylhing In sight up to that polnt
hen their necessities, their situation
nd recognizsd legitimate methods DO
ot Justify such charge! Itisa clear
ase Of killing the goose to get all the
olden eggs ut once, the result being
hat the people, or many Of them, are
ow accepting Of the little extra OK.
ente Of teaming ana encouraging all
rejected enterprises looking to cutting
u the golden eggs altogether
a similar proposition to that now I
iaie wos oxtenslvely dlsous,et I'm 5
lcse columns and elsewhere last win. I
~ ltis TO be- approved of ami prac. !
cally encouraged II any kind Of salts {
'e1ory guarantee can DO given that d
hen the proposed connection is made 2
10 new carriers will not be seduced Z
tho old aud the community nnd q
self worse of than bs'orc. HAVING Y
doubt that INT, will be provi led ir, q
10 NEWS again adds iis enforcement Il
I'd oongratulaies the Cualyllle pe5. a
O on their timely action. y