The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-21
RATES FAVOR
UTAH PACKERS
Feeders Will Benefit by Local
Plant.
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J. c. LEkRY GIVES FIGURES
EXPECTATION IS MONEY WILL
BE READY IN TEN DAYS.
J. C. LEARY GIVES FIGURES


endorsement of prominent business
men of this city. but several Of these
have publicly declared their intention
of supporting ;he movement by sub
srribing for packing house stock.
other promises Of subscriptions made
privately TO members of the Real Is
tate association appointed TO urge the
erection Of the packing house JuSuu9S
yhe belief that the necessary capital
viii be secured within ten days
According TO member of the com
1nsttee. ground viii be broken for the
new plant By the middle Of August
since the project was first taken up p5
The Real Estate association. ueEolla-
lions looking toward the absorption ot
local killers, big and small, an the
proposed movement. have been on
foot. Tt is expected that within a few
days an agreement viii be arrived al.
3nsurinE a nucleus for the enterprise
and skilled conduct of future business
such favorable issue would mean
concentra ton Of means and Efforts al
she outset for tie accomplishment OF
Ihe purpose of the movement
Facilities Needed in West.
Concerning the packing house pro
5ecJ, J. G. LeaTy yesterday said
The continuance OF the strike
among the employees of Swift. Armour
=. and s, Morris. Cudahy and the
National emphasizes the need OF the
" est Of Il distribution Of facilities Tor
preparing and preserving the meat
supply of the country which VIII as
tribute the receipts of live animals
between "a larger number of markets
La the situation now stands TIE east
An live stock markets are pTaclIcally
fI-5k UD and western StOchmeu Suut
out fFrom marketing until one side or
rr-e =,
has taken: while consumers here ana
elsewhere viii not only put up with
the Inconvenience the struggle coca
sious but viii likewise put up Tor
every dollar OF its cost in the increased
price they VIII pay FOR packing mouse
products for A coming twelve months
81 longer period.
Tariffs From Salt Lake.
AT the instigadon of interested men
Of means in sympathy With the work
OF the committee study OF farms
showing rates on Eve stock from terri
tory which viii provide supplies OF
cattle. sheep. hogs and lambs, largely
in excess of any estimates OF the mar
Eets needs made by the most enthuSi-
Bstic OF its supporters has been COM
vfeted This scrutiny of the rates IN
question discIOseS The fact that with q
Few exceptions the rates into salt Lake
from the feeding districts of the Sldte
are lower by from ten TO twenty uVl-
lars per car than those prevailing I'D
tile territory tributary 10 Denver ana
from which that market draws. lt9
supplies.
The bulk of the supplies required here
for some years viii be drawn from
region about salt Lake on an average
rate of $50 per car, as against a SO
average for the Denver market, ana one
Of S45 for. those on the Missouri river
HaF
feeding districts, including Utah, san
pete ana Sewer valleys on the south,
anu Salt Lake. Davis and Weber coun-
tics Bear river and Cache on the
north. are nearer to Salt Lake than
similar districts OF Colorado. with one
Or two exceptions. are TO Denver.
Rates From West and South.
our TooeIe county feeders can mar
keu their fat stuff on 50 rate in salt
Lake without concessions from the
present charges; and clear on to
The southern limits of the state ship
pers can reach the home market under
existing tariffs at figures of cost rang
ing from So at Oasis and $40 at NIL
ford. 10 SIS at Nevada, the state line.
Factory feeders at Lehi get 81
Kate. and the Utah valley ones a go
one, while the Nephi and Rush valley
producers pay from $50 TO $50. As
against these charges to Salt Lake. the
rates to the Missouri river markets
range from $3.50 to SI55 and from 500
10 Sl20, approximately. TO Denver.
The rates TO salt lake from Denver
& Rio Grandc points in Saupete county
are So per car. from Ssiiua, S39. from
Richheld and EIsiuore. S42 and S43. re-
EpectiVely. and from MaTysvaIe. So
Thistle Junction and Heber take a $50
rate, and the latter is the center OF d
big feeding district
Charges From the North.
ION the north the Short Line max
imum rate from Bear River valley
points is So. from Cache valley and
stations to the Idaho line, SIS. and east
ON the Short Line as far as Grange.
So. Shippers from ReXburg and st. An
thony can market at salt Lake for $50
and $50 per car. and from any point
south of Butte at a maximum Of So.
The rate from Idaho Falls is S45. from
American Falls and the Snake river
feeding district $40: from Shoshone.
SCI. HALEY branch points, $40 and So
and the highest of Boise valley points.
ESo
The river rates from all these ship
ping places Is double the maximum
rate named 10 salt Lake. approximate
~, and those 10 Denver are but SO 10
$50 less than river figures
These figures. in The scope Of pro-
cucinS country they cover. should re-
move all doubt OF securing supplies OF
animals on the hoof for the proposed
plant under comparatively favOrinC
transportation rates, and the inquiry oe
the committee into the question Of dis
srlbutiVe rates on the products Of the
packing plant establishes that the pre-
Nailing class rates 10 points this market
j. likely TO supply within the first five
S-ears of its distribution are abundant
~ protective of the local operators. II
no concessions are secured as a result
Of an increase of business.
Comparison of Finished Product.
The rates from the big river plants
- Salt Lake now on fresh meat. ex-
elusive Of the refrigerating charge, -
sl.40 per hundred and on mixed ship
5nents Sis and cOnsignments OF this
sort can only be distributed from this
center by adding the local.
Therefore. the products of the local
liant could be distributed over the
state 10 the points named at the fol-
lowing figures of cost Bingham. TO
cents; Ogden and Park City, 20 cents;
Provo. % cents: Tintic. 30 cents. as
against the Missouri river rate OF $40
10 salt Lake. plus the local quoted.
The Salt Lake output could go into ali
Idaho points at an average Of about >
cents per hundred pounds, and into
Butte on S0-cent rate.
The quotatio made are sufficient
10 show that local esta blishment
would not labor under considerable
HisadFantages in the matter Of rates