Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-05
.KISDEL's LETTER.

I'm reply to your kind favor OF Nov.
! 81, / Wish to say that the interstate
| commerce law in the fourth section of
| the act already provides. That the
shorter haul shall not be charged high
er than the longer IN the aggregate IN
der similar circumstances and con-
iitions! But this law is constantly be-
ing violated with impunity and with
the acQuiescence of the interstate com
MERGE commission. What l would sug-
Gest Is, that the law be amended fur.
Their to make 1t more emphatic to read:
That the longer haul shall not be
charged higher in mills per ton per
mile than the shorter haul within the
longer. TO illustrate, will mail you
under separate cover my brief in case
No. 951, which shows map on page 70.
and from which you will observe. that
st. Louis or Mississippl river line is
the arbitrary commercial division line
between the east and the west. 1t Is
here were the eastern or so-called Of
fetal classification ends and where the
western classification begins. You will
notice that from st. Louis, as l have
shown on the map. the rate In mills
per ton per mile decreases IN all d.
rections with distance except in the
west, where 1t increases until Grand
Junction Is reached. You will also OBJ
serve the table In the corner shows
the rates prevailing from New York
to ST. Louis is 16 mills, while to Grand
Juncstion it is 3G mills, and as it pro-
ceeds on further under the commodity
tariffs to San Francisco it is again 16
mills.
| The News" that mailed you on
Monday containing an article of mine
! shows that The rate on rubber boots
from Roston to Sacramento is Sl.So
4 less thtnsi IL stopped atsGIand Junction.
ft,,f.
Will find there Is an error of s. The
rate from Boston TO Denver on rubber
| boots and shoes In $2,73. while from
| Denver to Grand junction 1t is S1.45.
making q total of s4.1S. Now the rate
from Boston to Sacramento via Grand
Junction is s1.35 making, $3.50 in favor
| OF the longer haul. / was looking for
some railroad man to challenge my
figures. but so far, none have APP
| peared
II you want to render quick assist
| ance to your state of Utah and this
entire transmississlppl section would
suggest. that you use your influence
with the intertnte commerce commits
sion to render a decision in my case,
951. heard over two years ago. OF what
avail is the interstate commerce COM
mission to the people OF this section,
while it is 50 tardy Acknowledgement after
attention Ia been repeatedly called to
stiie BIosS III usliSe ny lile tTailIoauS Lp-
wards us?
II we must continue to submit to a
commercial division of this country at
the Mississippi river, which advances
the rates and clasifications from 100 to
800 per cent to the people of the inter-
mediate, transcontinental territory,
then we might as well prepare our
selves for a division of government,
which must inevitably follow, il the
present handicap Of our section Is per-
sisted in.
The people Of Nevada, Idaho, Wash
ington, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and
New Mexico are slowly but surely get
ting aroused to the needs of a square
deal. and I hope, will soon insist upon
getting justice.
If at any time you tlinklI could be
of assistance in furnishing you with
data, trust You win be so free as to
avail yourself of my readiness to give
you what ] may be able to furnish