Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-31

HOW TO SAVE SOME DOLLARS.
Pointers on u Trip 10 O,naha-AIr.5
B,nieY Gives the Railroad Side
or the Proposition.

..Au, Instance of the Determinations
ipractised BY the railroads upon the
people of Utah." said w. S. Mccarthy,
secretary of the Salt Lake Commercial
club traffic bureau. this morning, while
discussing the situation as to passen-
ger and freight rates, is that ever3.
person buying through ticket from.
4 Salt Lake to Omaha loses at least $3.50.
on. tho DEAL That THIS is q fact can
easily be proven, and that the railroads
sAre the beneticiaries OF that S4.5o in
each instance when q through ticket Is
purchased will hardly be denied by the.
most expert rate man.
ut Is this way" continued MI. Nc.
+ CarthS. 1.-The distance from Salt Lake
to Omaha ISL ,o37 miles. The rate is. 500
Well, "a person wishing to go to Omaha
F can make his destination, over the
same road, for $3.50.
..The distance between Salt Lake and nd
Kilnball Neb.. which is the first station
+ Of any size over the Nebraska llne, IS
about $50 miles, and the fare Is $3.50.
The distance from Kinball to Omaha
lis 451 miles, and the fare, under the
Nebraska state law, is 2 cents per mile,
or $500, or attotal fare for the entire
distance of $3.50. 5.5'S
"Now, suppose that 1000 tickets TO
7 Omaha are sold out of Y tab TOR e)lnatla
every month, which does not%seefn to
me TO be an excessive number, the sum
& the travellers from this state Yolun taraly
contributes to tile Union Pacific Railroad
company amounts TO $4,000. OF S54,0
Eper annuir. If this is not discrinliila-.
ton. LIDO not understand what the term
means.
I'VE are not unreasonable" said MI.
Mccarthy. ",rhe Salt Lake business
5inenFarc the most reasonable set ofsmen
in the country. They want square
deal from the railroads, and nothing
more. 1t is ike a couple of netgllnors
having a dispute overa boundary line,
ftrhe man who thinks his land is being
Bencroached upon by his neigllborS is not
iwilling that his neighbof act as the
tsole judge in the determination OF the
Ownership of the strip in question. Just
SO With the business men. They DO
not wish the railroads to be the sole
Sar,iter OF justice in the ma tier II rates
freight and passenger. We are wiling
biased men In the country, and only
ask for Il square deal. -
THE RAILROAD SIDE.
When queried as to the existence OF
the above condition, Mr.. D. E. Burley,
general passenger agent of the Oregon
Short Line, said: I'VE do not deny
that the condition exists; everybody
who has the time and inclination TO
scan our tariff sheets, which are given
out publicly and filed with the
.ft1oNTo
2 will see that it exists, but it is not a
discrimination. 1t is a rate based on
three cents u mile for carrying pas
senser, and / want to state that pas
sengcrs cannot be carried for less than
three cents a mile, especially in the long
reaches and thinly settled districts OF
the west for less than this amount
without loss. There is no disciimina-
ton at all in the matter. and no at
tempt at discrimination. This rule OBJ
tains west of Chicago, To Missouri
river points.
1.-THE two-cesnt rate authorized by the
Nebraska state law is not recognized.
by the railroads, and the matter is yet
in the courts. The tariff will not be
changed until the courts of the state
declare the rate legal. We cannot
recognize a rate which has not been
declared constitutional; and during
to Omaha from Salt Lake City to
Omaha, cutting up his ticket, as stated.
".The rate charged by railroads is
largely governed by conditions exist
ing as to long and short haul, whether
the country through which the road
passes is tfickly or thtnly settled, and
4 conditions of competition. For in;
stance, the Union Pacific railroad Will
sell a ticket via its lines to same point
east. at the same price as some other
road will sell it for with much less
mileage. That Is a principle recognized
by ali roads. and is the equalization OF
rates to meet competition. The inter-
state commerce commission is cogni-
zant OF all these conditions, and the
question Of rates ON all roads is recog-
nized and governed by the commits
sion and tho laws OF the United
States"