The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28
LOCAL FREIGHT RATES.
Unique Situation Owing to the Rail
and Water Cut.

IN Yesterdays Tribune appeared an
article purporting to give the facts as
to the rate situation as brought about
through the Star Union line penn
sylvania company announcing an all
rail rate on the basis of the rates
governing the rail and water lines
from Seaboard territory. That paper
also contended that a rate war was on
hand. and that a certain line in con-
junction with the Star Union had in
augurated the cut in rates. all of which
was foreign TO the facts governing then
and now.
The Herald of the same date gave
the cold facts, i. e.. that the Star Union
line had agreed TO withdraw the rate.
which would leave the rates on a.
stable basis. This has been done by
that line, brought about mainly or al
together by the transmiSsouri lines
protesting against joining in the rate.
Anent all this is a story directly con-
corning Utah jobbers, and they will.
IN consequence. be largely the gamers
for very short time, or until the early
death. legally, of the new tariffs to be
withdrawn.
SANTA FE AND MALLORY LINES.
The Santa Fe and Mallory lines have
put in a tariff from seaboard to Utah
common points that. technically
speaking, IS no cut as it is no more
nor less than recognition Of estab-
lished differential rates. as against the
Rll-rail rates These lines do not call
ii a cut in rates, but the Utah buyer
can bring in his goods from sea board
for just 43 cents per hundred cheaper,
on first-class, than he could previous
" even by the rail and water lines
low tariff. For instance, the first class
rate per hundred from seal board points
TO Utah. all-rail. was S5.77. The rail
the Star Union made the all-rail ratef
at the latter figure. a reduction of 4S
cents per hundred on first-class. That /
42 cents was the recognized diEerential /
allowed. and the Mallory steamship /
and Santa Fe lines make their new
tariff read s2.91 on first-class, and cor /
responding reductions down the class +
scale in connection it must be said 1
that such tariff will be short-lived. /
illasmuch as it is put in 70 Offset the I
period given over to the Star Union 4
lines new and experimental tariff. /
Right here is where the Utah buyer
can get in and load up in the short
tine before it is withdrawn.
UTAH LINES OPPOSE IT.
1t can be authoritatively said that
the Utah lines have refused to join in
a 5arif protecting the Gulf differen-
tials and to cate no other lines than
- route mentioned nave put IN rates
utah common points. This does not
edean that they did not desire to. On
tee contrary, they very much desired
f. The Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf
Is strictly a gulf road and was the
first to put in the new tariff to Colo
rado common points and all south in
its territory, and is BACKED to a finish
by its rail connections on the south.
II also held out for the Utah traffic,
but was denied by the Utah lines,
that have been in tur3 criticised by
some of the jobbeis. OF course, not all
the jobbers criticise. as a few OF them
have stocked up heavily and are not
7esirous of seeing goods come into the
market that have the advantage of 43
,en.s per hundred in the selling. This
feeling is bu. natural {
DiFFERENTGALS MUST BE MAIN
TANNED !
As the years have gone by the rail I
md water Ines have secured new con ]
SESSIONS in the way OF increased differ t