The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-02
Aftermath of the Recent Freight
Tariff Nee ting.
A TALK WITH MIR. SPROULE
HE OUTLINES THE POSITION OF
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
A High Compliment to President
Weber and the JODbers' Assoc
ciatiOn-In the Local Fie1d-The
Latest BY Wfre-General Notes.

At the Knutsford hotel last night, IN
reply to an inquiry as to the Southern
Pacific's attitude toward the jobbing
trade of Salt Lake, Mr.. Sproule ex-
pressed himself as extremely pleased
with the broad views and business
like attitude of the Jobbers' assocla-
ton with respect to the perplexlng
questions the railroads are graphing
at present. He took occasion to refer
to President Webber's address before
the railroad meeting at the knutsford
on Tuesday, as a masterpiece Oh It's
kind-clear, concise, admirable IN tone
and reasonable He remarked that
though he might as we'll have stayed
at home as far as tangible results ere
concerned he believes he can say tndt
the jobbers of Salt Lake and the
Southern Pacific now understand each
other better than ever before and in a
satisfactory way. He denies as stupid
the statement that the Southern IA
cific aims at any injury to Titan JOE
bling trade, and asks why the railroad
should try to MAIN that factor IN
Utah's trade which gives the carrier
the bulk of tonnage. For example,
take out of the tonnage carried into
Salt Lake that of which the jobbing
houses are the consigners, and how
much would remain for the carrier?
He thinks that what remains in
such event would scarcely be worth
much contention over. What the
heavy houses request is carload rates
on commodities they handle in car
loads, and their views it is believed
can generally be met in this respect,
FL fra ri
solid carloads of a given commodity
to one consignee with less expense
than a lot of small shipments to nu-
merous consignees. In such cases the
aim is to give the patron of the road
the benefit of the economy that results;
| that is, lower rate is shade for the car
! load There are In various cases var
ious factors that modify this principle,
but in a general way the rule holds
| good.
He expresses surprise at the idea that
the jobbing interest would be jeopar-
| died by goods reaching San Fran
cisco from the eastern seaboard at low
water rates and then being carried
| from San Francisco to Utah. This
would simply mean that Salt Lake has
another channel of transportation in
! addition to those already at her COM
mand, and consequently cheaper rates
! for transportation. The question is
Can she have transportation cheaper7
| If so, is that not what the Utah people
want, and can she have too many ways
j of getting the transportation so de-
sirable for a growing community? If
however, any freight reaches Utah ir
| this way, it can be so trifing In
amount as not to cut any figure in the
general results.
Having adjusted the Ogden tariff
! from San Francisco to fit the require
ments of the jobbing trade, the next
| question so far as that schedule is
concerned is to determine how to get
it put in effect to Salt Lake So far
| the Southern Pacific has not been sue
cessful in arranging with the roads
| from Ogden to Salt Lake to join then
in it. The Union Pacific will not ioir
In it at all and the Rio Grande Western
only on such conditions as the South
ern Pacific cannot accept, because ST
onerous and expensive as to make bus
mess in every way undesirable. S.
the bars are still up at Ogden. witt
the Southern Pacific still knocking fol-
admission to Salt Lake, but unable
to get here except on the terms theil
competitors propose