Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-03

| Ifitis urged, A. 10 often has been, thai
interior territory was neglected In
favor Of eastern OF western t-fminsis,
/ IL may also b. Justly said thst the IN.
menss tfanscontinenta trafiiu al fifsI
commanJeI the eutite 90 rt- Of the
lines TO handIs IL, while at the came
time the almost uuinbAbiied country
through which they ran oftrrei no
local business and II could not be
created until the slow process Of tim
made possible tue settlement aud
civilization Of that which 10 the
memory " young men Was thought L.
be correctly termed" rho Great Ameri-
ca Des r."
The auv, MT Of another line into the
Territory tpr1leuied, built, controlled
aud olefstsd by lnr.sighted western
msf }, tfaversiug from east TO weet the
most fertile valleys and forming au
important link In another trauto ntin.
uptsl Z ute, iuAugufated At aggressive
policy which m,Tked a new era Ia tue
development Of our RESOURCES AID
afforded tue advantages OF oompstitiou
20 necessary TO prosperous communiti,t.
ruoy neither asked nor received lahu
gTanis or subsidies, but Invested their
capital In an enterprise winch wa.
extra hazardous from the very nature
Of the county ~ benefited, ami *.
peciing only the faif returns on tn. Il
money which their treatment Il the
localities they served meritsd and To
which they were Justly entitled.
Has tue attention OF tue two prlnol.
pal llues tOwArd the varied and often
cuttl citing interests IN the Territory
Deeu characterize ny that degree "
e nsliefatiOn inst 10 shown other com.
muuitles similarly situated by their
common caffiOfs2 IL II maintained
that II has. Conditions VIII en- con.
tnbute 10 the Advancement 0f cities
ATE not always controlled by the rail.
roads engaged In the transp lrtation Of
iheir uatiic. Other clliss more iavOf-
ably situated geggfApbioa,ly with REL
efonce 10 the m ifkgts Of thu w0rlJ,
naviug more productive territory tfibu-
iafy ~ them, anu populated with 40
entsrprting element, often draw the
business OF large areas 10 their dOOfs,
aud railroads Afo frequently attracted
by their growth.
Sluce the advent Of railway compe.
titi0D In the Territory, Nj least one OF
tho lines hiss never ceased its syste.
matte, Intelligent, attractive AnI eE.
pensivr advertisement OF Utah. What
assistance has Salt Lake City given In
tots meiituf Gus wotk2
A. regards tue eKoTbitance In
ifelght RATS an the reported advances
made, let them he trsstsd ~ invss,lga.
lion proves them ~ be. AZ the con.
eft noe Of railway Tepfesentatives aud
tue Chamber OF COmnercr hell In this
city In October, 1892, u was snowu by
comparison VI the tarifia that tue class
rates between salt Like City A.u
points IN the Sewer anu BAnpete VAL
leys, In a apafsely settled, mOuniHiuous
cuu utry, were ~ low and IN some in-
stances lower, than the rate, charged
IN some portions Of Kansas anu
Nebfa.ka ~ tnickly populated Agr.
cultural dislflct TOT the came distance,
wnere rates are regulated by state laws
and where tue cost OF railway con.
stfuctlon ~ materially I-ss. These r.les
nave boon still iurthsr reduced, ~
noticed recently ia mOrning payer.
W.thin n year the rates on ore from
EutoRa u thu Utah smeIters have
been reduced 80 l.3 per cent, while n
substantial reduction followed from
Is nigh IN, anu these rates remain. Tue
r.les ON wool anu live stOuk from
olnts la the Territory have not been
AivsDcei, but tho tsr,i rates simply
restored rom the very low SPECIAL rates
whicn the railroads gsvs last June Auu
unuef whioh THESE commodities were
moved. Too sheep mvu could only
oulain nominal advances Oh their wool
duTing tue summer And were uuabl,
at that time To realize on their We hers
winch IA former Yeas were s0ld afof
-htafiug anu traiied to easteTn Iced.
log grounds. The Ovefsl0ukud ranges
wOulu not support them, the banks
we're Freezing gtUwtr, On their vblIg,.
lions, while tue market Tor wv vi.
Ofued no rellrl, aud theie men wef,
absolutely compel eli 10 force their
sueoD on the market regardless OF tue
prlct, to satisfy tue demands VI the
bank; anu tnty we're moved Al the
| wsst fa e. ever maus out oi Utau,
being sl7lb Ices than tho est b. sntd
tstln on every CT That was shipped.
10 assert tuat tue railway teprs,snta.
tivos dli not know tue existing coudi-
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