Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-03
IMPORTANT 10 WESTERN sTOcxatS.



Denver Republican, Instructions
have been ittuoi TO an western agents
OF the Union Pacific railway 10 cnn-
nlier nonVor terminal point Tor the
critlo bufiucas u the West. or, AZ ne
order states. 80 consider Denver th'
gateway for The cattle business trihs.
acted west Of Denver The order n
considered ono ~ Importance 90 TINS
city w. cattle center ana 10 the cat-
tlr men ~ the West
Before the present order was issued
ogden wac tho terminal point Tor
Western cattle ana All cattle men dom
business through tho Denver market
declared they had q grievance chars.
ing that they were being diHcrlminnted
aHlirst. Several Instances ~ the own
erH 81 cattle bringing stock 90 this
market. and then being forced o. 80
o. the river. although having excellent
opportunities 90 sell here. were brought
tn the attention III the National live
STOCK association An organized rnurt
months was made to remedy the az
fnir.nni yesterday morning z, l.hurna,
the freight agent Of the Union Pacific
at thu Denver stock yards. received In
rtrurtluna making Denver the cattle
gateway ~ the West
Under tho previous rulings ~ the
tplnn Pacific railway u was impossible
Tor Western cattle man coming Into
the Denver market tn sell his cattle nt
this Iolnt Ia Boz shipped gut ~ Denver
ON some line other than the Union IA
cinc An act " this kind upon the
part Of the cattle owner would nudity
the contract which the railroad made
o. haul hIH rattle ~ the river ana ln.
ntend of proratiuE tho freight rate a.
Denver which was new destination,
The lppN rate was almost Hs HrrHt uH
the through rate tu tho river and when
thr local rate from Denver tn the feed
inr grounds NJ the buyer was added. "
Increased the price of transportation 90
q . extent making trading 10 Denver
T'is system used by the Union
Incihc was q protective measure and
lhe road argued that VI tho man Wns
forced because NJ high rates 10 stay
with the road IN which the cattle orr.
rinatcd, the road would get the hsnrnt
Of Icing haul, Whereas n h. was az.
lrNed 10 stop his cattle ut Denver and
SO on, over some other road. the road
with which the cattle originated would
loar certain amount ~ business which
was Practically under iH control
This theory held good Tor many years
aud the railroad forced the chtii. %. "A
10 carry their cattle a. tho river and It,
more the Denver market, hat cumpDt-
ton and the growing lmplrituu. or
Denver az q market have changed tho
conditions The decision of the rlIIrHld
90 change iiH attitude toward tho Don.
Yer market ID cunHldrrrd uf mrai Im-
pnriance by Denver cattle men. aH 10
mennH the recognition ut this cltv hy
one nf the largest railroads and ono
that commands large part Of enc clt.
tle trade ~ the states lying west uf
Colorado
Tho loss which the Union Pacific sus.
tained hy not settling the business Out
OF pgnNrr has been gIUatly uVtrhil-
nncUd hy The loss ln uut making Don.
Yer q terminus point Tho cattle mon
shipping East wanted ,hIurv 90 rru
on the Denver market aud us they
could not have that opportunity over
tho Union luClhC they switched their
phtlnnnEg Wherever possible 90 other
lines THIS decreased thr revenues OF
the company to such Jn extent that
was forced tu enter Tho hulinrAs ON
the same basis nH other roads Tor
which Denver was terminal point
When ogden WAS the terminal point
OF the Union Pacific cattle men were
forced 10 decide nt that point where
they Intended hnlng their cattle lf
they were billed 20 the river they could
not b. sold ln Denver ana sent nut
from this city 20 a point along un-
other lime without n large Increase ln
IN freight charges n they were billed
direct 90 Denver and tho man when
ne arrived hNf fnund lnni ne could nor
Htll HE cattle and was forced o. carry
them on 10 the river. hr would then
have 10 pay two rates. one from Og-
den TO Denver ANA another from Don.
yer % the river and che two rates
would Ho far exceed the one thriugh
rate that the shipper usually loS
money.
win Denver ns the terminal point
~ the ROAD, un agreement is entered
into hy the shipper and The road where
by the shipprr tan atnp Ills cattlr hsr,
and N he has the opportunity Goo SOIL
IN this city to "a feeder living on another
line he has that privilege and does not
have 90 pay Tor 10 aH formerly Before
this rule wont into eject the man ship
ping into the Denver yards over the