The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

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Salt Lake jobbers have witnessed
regular revolution within the year just
| closed. All old landmarks were swept
away and new conditions were present
ed to bushes men; these make COM
parsons with former years worthless
both as to the volume Of bushes tran
sacted and the extent Of territory COW
e~od
These changed conditions are due in
great measure to the victory won from
the railroads in the matter of freight
rates by importers, jobbers and whole
salers working through the agency OF
the Commercial club The change took
place March Is, 1905. and so beneficial
were the results that ever since the
Salt Lake territory has been expanding
and the volume Of bushes increasing
by leaps and bounds Now the knights
| Of the Grip from this city work their
way east through Wyoming and under
sell competitors from Denver and other
eastern points as far as Rock Springs.
They overrun all of Idaho and even
extend their operations into eastern Or
gon, where they hold their own against
men representing Portland houses, and
big concerns in other ambitious north
western cities. Salt Lake drummers
now penetrate a good portion OF Mon
| tana. and are winning new territory
every day They beat back the repre-
sentatives of San Francisco houses in
northern Nevada. They are in hand
to-hand struggle with Los Angeles job
bers in the mining camps throughout
southern Nevada This struggle is the
result of the completion of the Salt
Lake route, throwing open vast ex-
| tent of virgin territory to the enter
prising merchants at both ends of the
line. This city was badly handicapped
! in this fight for business until the
adoption of the new schedule last
March. Since then Salt Lake shippers
have been on a plane of practical
equality and have been holding their
own magnificently.
Cheaper Machinery for Mines.
The good effects of the new freight
| schedule are also felt right at home
Under the old schedule mining mach
inery, for instance, was shipped from
Missouri river points through Salt Lake
to Butte, Montana, for s1.05 hundred
weight. If this machinery was unload
ed at Salt Lake. 500 miles short Of its
ultimate destination, the freight rate
was s1.25 a hundredweight. This dis
elimination in favor OF Butte was
based on the claim of part water-haul
| by way OF ST. Paul. 1t can be readily
seen that this discrimination was GER
tain to cut Salt Lake out of an extern
sive business to which the city seemed
rightly entitled. BY the change In rates
which went into effect last March Salt
Lake was given the same rate as Butte
on mining inachinery-S1.05 hundred
weight. AS result of this saving Of
20 cents on each hundred pounds of
mining machinery, which means saw
ing of $500 on each ton, it is now pos
sible to operate many lowgrade prop
critics that would otherwise be closed
down because of the high prices Of
mining machinery.
Agents From Abroad Driven Out.
There is still another great advant-
age that has come to Salt. Lake and the
territory Immediately surrounding it.
/ This is the fact that outside jObbers
have been shut out as never before. 1t
was no uncommon thing in the old days
| for jobbers from Missouri river points
to invade Salt Lake City itself and take
large orders here in spite of the best
| that local merchants could do. Now
| the railroads are convinced that 1t is to
their advantage. to protect jobbers here
just a s they are protected in other bus
mess centers farther east. This is
adding. to the volume of local business
and permit ting local merchants to reap
profits than heretofore went east.
| Good results from the securing CT