The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-29

Plants for the making OF pressed brick
and vitrified brick, cement blocks and
sewer pipe and drain tile and Quarries
of building stone and phosphate rock NOV
ing their products for long distances on
low rates made by these lines
Lime burning plants. ice making plants
and industries Of similar nature. the out
put of which moves long distances which
rates established: breweries and mineral
bOttling works and vinegar works rates
for which have been put IN from time to
time to enable them to reach out and meet
competition.
Flour milling industries strung clear
across Utah and Idaho. whose output
seeks consumption not locally only, but
in centers reached on long hauls and al
rates which it has been found necessary
10 reduce repeatedly, with milling in tran
sit privileges which have been established
and which are continually being extended
in order to facilitate their business.
"One of the largest pickle works in the
country here in Salt Lake. doing thriv-
ing business in products sold locally and
shipped hundreds of miles away. assem-
bling rates for its raw materials and rates
out on its products having been estab-
lished which enable it to prosper.
: "A great candy manufacturing business.
of which Utah is proud and has right 10
be- an enterprise great and profitable not
withstandng differences Of opinion con
corning some of the rate adjustments IN
which these concerns are Interested, fea-
lures OF which are at this time under dis
lcussiOn and likely in the end to be ar
ranged approximately, If not entirely, 10
the satisfaction of the cOmplainants.
1t would show n flourishing mattress
factory here. doing a large business
throughout an extensive territory, the ra-
dius of which has repeatedly been ex-
tended by concessions in rates granted by
this company.
"A large packing and slaughtering plant
in Salt Lake and another in Ogden. which
are reaching out for distant markets I'M
der the stimulus OF rates already granted
and others in contemplation by the rail-
roads.
lone Of the largest salt producing in
dustries in the country. the operations OF
the several companies engaged therein
spanning half continent. rates for which
necessary 10 the development which has
taken place, have been published by the
railroads in every direction
! 1T would show fields and gardens and
orchards titled and cultivated by prosper
Gus people along our lines. producing at a
| profit because the rates enable marketing
Of surplus to be done at farCway points.
1t would show a flOurishing Jobbing
business done throughout the intermoun-
tain region by home cities and home mer-
chants. which has. been built to handsome
proportions under a system Of distributing
rates established by this company. which
those maintained anywhere in the United
States.
A Business Partnership.
Finally. it would show. I think. con-
clusively. to the fair minded, that we real
ize our business partnership with the COM
munity, that we know our serious prob
lem is to contribute our share toward
making conditions here such as will rem
der prOfita BILE the immense prOductiVeness
of the country served by us; that we
know we cannot make money unless the
producers along the line make money.
that our prosperity Is bound up IN theirs
and that we must thrive or languish alike
Not all that we would IKE to do has been
done. Much yet remains Much is con-
tinualy under negotiation IN a growing
country like this. where new conditions
spring up daily. Much. probably, which
many will think We should do. we will
remain unable to accomplish. because we
also have our bounds and limitations. and
We are not always able to convince others
or 10 win over diverse interests to see as
we do.
1T is not fair, though. to denounce us
and discredit our sincerity in such whole
sale fashion as is sometimes done. nor IS
IL encouraging 10 the conscientious rail-
road representative. who is trying To dc
to his responsibilities and his opportunities
to act for the general welfare while serv-
ing his own. No one has or no one needs
a broader understanding of the interde-
pendence of the transportation company
and its patrons than the up-to-date rail-
road traffic man OF today. and I am
speaking not OF We who live here in Utah
any more than of much maligned super
iors who do not live here. but who lend
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