The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-12
Utah Will Be Greatly Benefited
by Prospective Cut in
Freight Charges.
BUREAU C0NVENES TODAY
TRANs-MISSoURI FREIGHT ASSo-
CATION WILL TAKE ACTION.

hotel in Denver. 1t is expected that
final action will be taken at this meet
ing on the reduction of freight rates
between the Missouri river. Mississippi
river and Chicago territories and Utah.
While local railroad men declare that
nothing absolutely certain can be pre-
dlcted about the reduction itself. they
are confident that Utah common points
VIII be placed upon the same basis as
Montana common points. and that the
rates viii be substantially as given in
The Herald yesterday. With minor de-
tails perfected the interstate commerce
commission will be notified, and within
sixty days the new rates will probably
be in force
Present rate sheets in force in Utah
show how Important the proposed re-
duction is and what it means for Utah.
with the adoption of the lower freight
rates Utahs commercial and industrial
opportunities are greatly multiplied A
cut OF 3 to 80 cents on every 100 pounds
OF freight will mean an appreciable
difference i'm shipping bills paid by
Utah merchants and jobbers. The good
to be done by the reduction is not con-
hned To any one commodity nor to any
one class of commodities. There are
ten classes of freight and scores of spe-
tlii community CidSSlIlCdllOllS. All
classes of freight and a long list of
commodities figure i'm the cut.
After Varied Commodities.
Lumber rates from Missouri river
points TO Utah common points will be
cut 10 cents per 100 pounds. Stationery
when shipped to Utah from Missouri
river points will be reduced by a sim
liar amount i'm transportation charges
3,
tween them are hundreds Of commodi-
ties which are necessities in everyday
life Machinery and machines, brick
food stuffs, clothing, almost everything
needed in a rapidly growing territory
comes under the new rates. Big and
small producers Will be able to bring
everything needed in manufactures at
less cost than before. Material needed
to build homes and furnish them can
be brought from eastern markets at d
similar reduction in the cost of ship
ping. Food stuffs and clothing come
under the new rates. This all means
a natural reduction i'm the cost of pro-
curing these supplies
Business houses can be esta blished
where they were prohibited hereto
fore by shipping costs.
Salt Lake gains doubly by the adop-
ton of the new freight rate schedule
All supplies COMING III from Lne east
will be laid down here at prices not
possible before. Similar rates are not
forthcoming from railroads operating
between Utah common points and the
coast because of long hauls and the
natural excessive cost of operation.
Thus the western edge of the territory
affected by the trans Missouri reduc-
ton is the western state line Of Utah.
Necessities Are Cheapened.
Local railroad men agree to q man
that the Montana rates now i'm force
W.: be made the maximum for Utah.
Applying this to the ten different
classes OF freight il can be seen that
nearly every industry ard commercial
business gets .he benefit as well as
the consumers who draw upon the re-
source of supplies. A reduction of APP
prOximately 10 cents is predicted on
first-class freight. This includes dry
goods, certain kinds hardware, groce-
ries. household goods, vehicles. machin-
cry and machines, fresh meats, cotton
pieces. shoes and boots. clothing. drugs.
electric supplies mot machinery, fur
niture. pianos and musical instruments,
millinery, firearms, cigars. cigarettes.
sporting goods, automobiles and bicy-
cles. nuts, organs and powder
Under class 2, on which a reduction
OF ~ cents Will De Ildue, are DlCluQeu
eggs. certain kinds of hardware, earth
enware. cereals. confectionery, stone
ware, liquors. butter paints, varnishes.
lime. tobacco and countless other sup
plies ian small or great demand. The
present rate on third-clasS freight is
81 30 per 100 pounds (the rating always
applies to 100 pound lots). but the new
schedule Will cut nearly 20 cents from
present figures. Among scores of ar
ticles listed under this class are hams
and bacon. crackers, agricultural i'm
plements. nursery stock (trees, etc),
oils. furniture i'm carload lots butter in
carload lots. beer, dressed poultry, nuts
in carload lots, printing and wrapping
paper. bottles. powder in carload lots
and burlap bags. The Montana rate
on fourth-closs freight per 100 pounds
is S1.35 the present Utah rate S1.43, a
difference of S cents. Fourth-class
sugar, soap, iron and steel, lumber and
iron pipe.
Important Reductions Made.
The fifth-class freight rate between
Missouri Mississippi and Chicago
points and Montana points is s1.13, to
Utah points SL1S. Under the heading
of fifth-class, which applies to carload
lots only, is listed the following COM
>.
Canned goods. liquors. fresh meats.
ellis, crackers. soap. beer. iron pipe and
wrapping and printing paper.
All lettered classes apply TO carload
lots A difference of cents now ex-
lists between Utah ana Montana rates.
Class A includes agricultural imple-
snents, mining machinery, vehicles. en-
gines and similar supplies. Glasses b.
G, u and + apply 20 carload lots. Glass
3 comprises, among other freight.
household goods and nursery stock. The
Montana rate on freight listed under
class 3 is 3 cents lower than the Utah
rate. cents lower than the rate on
freight listed under class c, 15Ik cents
cheaper than the Utah rate on freight
listed under class d. and II cents lower
than the Utah rate on Gloss e freight
Paints and lime shipped this way come
under class G. and brick under class r
A reduction of cents per 100 pounds
is made by the new schedule on emil
grants moveables. Pig iron under the
new ruling has been reduced to SO a
ton This reduction will be welcomed