The daily sentinel., 1907-01-10
CEOEGE KINDEL TALKS
The Champion Of Lower Freight
Rates for Colorado Heard in
Strong Address and
Chart Talk BY
Crowd.

In spite Of the faer that the meet
ing was arranged on a few hours
notice and that it could not ee ez-
tensIvely advertised, over a hund-
red prominent citizens OF the city
mainly business men, gathered at the
county court house last night to hear
what George J. Kindel. the big mat
tress manufacturer OF Denver who
has become famous for his fight for
more equitable freight rates for
Grand Junction and other Colorado
common points. had to say on the Wit
al subject
Mr.. Kindel spoke for over an hour
and the manner in which he handled
the freight rate question was both
clear and convincing and he held the
closest attention OF the crowd and 1t
was easy to see that the assembled
citizens were with George KindeI in
his fight
A great deal Of the facts dealt with
by the speaker last evening have been
published in one form OF another by
the local and Denver press, in nearly
every instance these facts being furn-
lshed the papers by Mr.. KindeI him
self.
He expressed himself as delighted
over the fact that the Grand juno
tion chamber Of Commerce had deter
mined to make a fight before the
interstate railroad commission for a
re-adjustment and a lowering OF the
rates. Push the fight. advises Mr..
KindeI, and Grand Junction is bound
TO win in the end.
Mr.. KlndeI declared and ably back
ed up his declaration with facts
that Grand Junction suffers from the
disadvantage Of the highest freight
rates imposed upon any town or city
in the country today. The apex Of
high and exorbitant freight rates IS
reached in Grand Junction" " declared
the speaker. ''and the fact IS well
known and commented upon through
out the state" He believes that the
people here are being robbed as a
result OF these rates and thinks it
remarkable that they have stood the
hold up rates this long. Grand
Junction, he clearly proved. is dis
crimlnated against. both through in
coming and outgoing freight ship
e ments.
BY a series of charts and tables OF
figures carefully arranged Mr.. Kin
del demonstrated in a clear manner
! the unfairness of the freight rates ex-
z isting between Grand Junction and
other points. In this manner he
= made a comparison Of the rates to
/ other points in the west. He showed
= where in many Instances Grand juno
tion could make money by having
eastern bought goods shipped from
, Chicago or New York to San Francis
, co and billed back to this city. the
, rate in that case would be lower than
/ II the goods came on a straight rate
? directly to this city. nearly every
r western point has a lower through
I rate than Grand Junction. These
I practical demonstrations were most
convincing and Mr. Kindel gave q
, great number of them.
Il In speaking Of the fight to be made
before the interstate railroad commits.
soin Mr.. Kindel stated that he would
be pleased If the Grand Junction case
could be brought up before the in
terstate railway commission when II
sits in Denver on January 21st tc
hear the evidence in suit against tbs
railways for better rates. that he haC
instituted However there is some
doubt as to whether the local cas-,
can be heard at that time.
What George Kindel don't know
about Colorado freight rates and il
fact about national rates, Is hard tC
tell. He is a veritable rate sheet ant
certainly no man in the west is bet
ter prepared to show how Grant
Junction is suffering from these ex
cess rates than Mr.. Kindel His ex
celient talk last night did much
toward strengthening the determine
tion of the Grand Junction citizens t.
have better treatment at the hand
of the railroads.
Mr.. Kindel was in the city on priv
ate business but agreed to address
meeting last night. He returned t,
| Denver this afternoon