The daily sentinel., 1906-03-16


Conmerce- Re1u1nI1E 10 Grand
JuneiiOn he said uorhilg about this
protest 10 any one as he desired no
no-arisfy ard FOR The 1rs- time made
The fae1 public las night Evidently
the natter vas taken up By the com
: mission AZ once 9TH the general
freight agents OF the Midland and D
J a r c. and these gentlemen address
ed Lengthy letters 70 the commission
+. stating their side of the case Some
I very Interesting and feE startling as
sertiOns were made ID these letters
! Copies Of these letters Eere sent 10
Mr. Hhons and be read them lasr
night T1ese letters promised that
4 an early reduction Wuuld be made in
I the rates and this reduction came q
feE dass aso- The lerrsrs stated thar
T no protest had Influenced the road 10
make any reductions
M Rhone spoke for about twenty
T minutes deFofins most Of his time
I 20 the freight rate question lie was
given the closest attention He was
I Very fair in his statements
I j. n Samplfner followed nj
Khons IN a spirited talk he declared
that before ztzekinz fhe corporations
I and trusts away from home the emall-
sr. bat no less Injurious combines
A. home should b. dealt with He
declared that a trust strong and dom
[ mating. regulated The lumber bust
nes ln the city and valley. this trust
{ being com posed Of and supported by
the local dealers The same he said
was true Of the grocery business, as
! seriing that the grocery houses Of the
city had formed a trust and as a re-
suit of these Two trusts much trade
that really belonged 10 Grand June
zion had been driven away in the last
Z few years owing 10 the fact that
under the Trust regulations grocery
. hOuses and lumber houses had sprung
up Al The little towns Of the valley.
and under the influence and diree-
tiOn Of the trust and as d result the
people Of the Plateau valley and other
sections who used TO come in great
numbers 70 this city no longer found
II TO be 10 their profit 10 come here
10 trade Mr. Sampliner made many
charges and in nearly every case
backed uD his charges with evidence
tending to prove their fruthfuiness.
. He declared that the monthly pay roll
Of The railroad helped business here
ss much or more than any thing else
Mr. Sampliner's address was one OF
the strongest OF the evening.
G. j. Carpenter made short ad-
dress upon Grand Junction as a job
hing center He was followed By
Capt J. A Lyons both gentlemen
made interesting and sensible talks
an the subject giving many details
and figures TO back their assertions
Both looked with favor upon Grand
Junction as jobbing center
Mr. A X. Sampliner addressed the
meeting on the freight rate question.
Mr. Sampliner thought that the op-
position TO the railroads and the talk
of forcing the railroad into giving
better rates was too severe and rather
rash. wanting TO know what authority
Mr.. Rhone had 10 file protest with the
interstate commission as represent
atIve OF the Chamber of Commerce.
declaring that Mr.. Rhone had not
been authorized to make such a pro
test. He then stated that he had
resolution which he wished 10 Of
fer later in the evening Later on
the resolution was brought up again
by Mr.. Sampliner. he was allowed to
read IL. The resolution was quite
lengthy, II stated that the Chamber
of Commerce membership depricat-
ed the effort made at this time to
force the railroad TO give better rat
es and provided that a committee be
appointed TO confer with the traffic
and freight managers on the question.
The chairman sustained point OF
order raised by Mr. Carnahan that
the resolution was out of order at
this meeting. Then followed a gener-
al and lively debate. Messrs. Carna-
han and Sampliner had a lively bot
friendly tilt. and Messrs. Carnahan
and O'Boyle iiguratively mixed" +" the 1
shafts OF repartee that passed be-
tween Mr.. Carnahan and Mr. O'Boyle /
created a world OF amusement. w. 1
+, White, j. a. Lyons, C. j. Car
penter. J; T. Harris and John F.
Moore tok part in this particular |
discussion and things were pretty /
warm for a time. George Smith I
made an excellent talk just preced- I
ing this debate. He declared that
the freight rate question was not I
the most vital question and he nam
ed over several problems to be solv- /
ed that were just as important Mr. 4
smith 5 address was one of the best
of the evening
The freight question was handled
from every standpoint and il was
the source OF discussion for nearly
two hours.
The subject The High Line Canal.
Where do We Stand2" was the
last number of the program and IL
was much regretted that there was
so little time 10 discuss this subject
Judge {. +. Caswell had concented to-
open upon this subject and his talk 4
on that and other matters connected
with the uphuilding and future grow
IN was among the. very best efforts
OF the evening. Judge Casweil did
not oonhne himslf to n discussion
OF the High Line canal proposition
alone He stated that the gentlemen
present We're about as well informed |
upon the progress that had been |
made in the forwarding of thar great
work as he was and therefore he |
would not enter largely into H. He
rapidly reviewed things which in his
Judgment were for the upbnilding OF |
the city and valley. He was entirely
optimistic upon the eity's future. He /
proclaimed that SO soon as the High
line canal was built We would short
~ thereafter witness our population !
doubled and trebled He thought
all the talk about the railroad freight 4
rate question aud what influence II 4
had upon us was balderdash. He
salu that so soon as we We're ready for
fednced rates they would come in
The natural evolution from town 10
a city Mr., Caswell said he heliev-
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