Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-17

DRUG STORE.
The Pure Drug Dlspensary
iIe-l14 So. Main Stree,
stand up and fight for his rights is a
chump and they despise chumps.
Utah citizens would be aroused TO
the situation IL they only studied into
! this question. The trouble is that
you're mentally lazy
Mr.. kindel challenged any railroad
man--and there were a number present
| Ito dispute any statement, he made
/ He personally challenged General
| Freight Agent Reeves of the oregon
| Short Line to substantiate or dispute
lis statements.
u came here for information" re-
! piled Mr.. Reeves. snlilingly.
| The Very vitality of a community de-
| bends, said Mr.. kindel. upon fair and
equitable freight rates, this being the
| leans Of assisting business. while a
| negative condition means the riiination
II all that is vital commercially. Far
transportation he said, like free circu
| atoms, means life, while discrinnativs
| transportation means death. The fight
sor fair rates. however, he commended
vas often jeopardized by those who
are willing to adjust with slight re-
7uctions rather than fight for fai-
'reatment.
GOES AFTER COMMISSION.
He characterized the work of the in
terstate commerce commission as of no
effect and wasteful. The members are
laid 5000 a day for doing nothing, he.
aid. InS1nany cases, he said. they had
lone good service to the people, but
n considerations of great moment, he
5l,o, tYo ler
hey should have insisted upon better
'atings
DISPLAYS TABLES.
Tables displaying commodities in
which peculiar freight conditions pre-
ali, We're shown; and Mr.. Kindel de-
alared that these situations cannot be
explained by railroad men.
In the case Of tirst-class freight
'ates. he showed that the rate. per
Zen. Il distance of 1900 niles, was
2.S5, divided so that between Chica
% and Missouri river points, a dis
hnce of 500 miles, the rate was so
ents, and between those points and
'gden, Il distance of 1000 miles was
2C5
On the other hand, the rate between
lgden and Colorado points, distance
500 miles the rate was $154, and
,etween those points and Chicago, was
ZOE. Mr.. Kindel said that he would
oncede to the railroads the right IT,.
harge greater rate for localities II
some parts of the west where there
we're high grades, but asked why the
i.atc for the 1000 miles between Chi
ago and Colorado points should be
the same as between Missouri river
points and Ogden for the same dis
ance, when the rates for the shorter
distance were so different. In this
fase Mr.. KindeI claimed that If the
trades and difference in density of
population made no difference in the
ong hauls. 1t should make no differ
nee In the short hauls.
OTHER CHARTS SHOWN.
Other charts showed that it was
% san Francisco and back again to
salt Lake City at a slightly less rate
enan that charged by direct route from
Chicago to Salt Lake City. One means
of bringing the railroads to terms was
20 erect a warehouse at Sacramento
ship goods from Atlantic coast or 9TH
Ell eastern points to the warehouse,
and reship to Salt Lake City, thus
securing the benefit of the long haul
over the railroad lines and gaining
a slightly lower freight rate
Some of the freight rate handicaps
imposed on Utah were illustrated by
Mr.. Sindel as follows:
Bar iron from Pittsburg to Utah,
il.27la; to San Francisco, $50 miles far
ther, Is cents.
Bolts and horse shoes to Salt Lake,
Sl.2lH; to San Francisco, 80 cents.
Fruit Jars from Missouri river Ono
water competition) to Salt Lake, s1.O6;
to San Francisco, rs cents.
Beer, Chicago to Winnemucca, New.
81; from Salt Lake to Winnimucca, -
cents; from Chicago to Salt Lake. Is
cents.
Wool from San Francisco to Boston,
ali rail- or via Galveston, 81; from salt
Lake to Boston. s2.l2la.
Cotton piece goods, New York to
san Francisco. all rail, ST. from New
fork to Utah points, sea. ana rail- Sg.l5.
Books. New York to san Francisco.
81; New York to Salt Lake. 1888.
Carpets, New York to san Francisco.
car lots. sl.75; New York to Salt Lake,
1852.
Rubber boots ana shoes, New York
to San Francisco. sl.35; to Utah s3O2
BY shipping in carload lots from New
York to San Francisco and then re-
shipping back to Salt Lake, local mer-
chants can rave Is cents hundred
weight.
In the case of thermometers the
railroads allow them to be shipped to
San Francisco as hardware at So n
hundredweight When they arc
stopped In Utah instead Of going
through the additional $50 miles they
are classed as scientific Instruments.
and the railroad charge the Utah deal
err s6.1S instead OF 50 to the coast.
Mayor Bransford and Mr.. Halloran
president of the Commercial club sat
near the speaker, and Joined in laugh
ing and applauding the points he
scored Mr.. Kendcl was not slow in
referring to Salt Lakes business men
as "chumps." or something worse. and
he advised using the papers constantly
to hammer the railroads till the
wrongs We're righted.'' A voice in the
back of the room crled--"Wha, il the
papers are owned by the RAILROADS.&C.
start another paper was Mr.. Ken
deFs response. They'd soon own that"
came back the voice. Then print cir
culars by the thousands and flood the
country with them. answered Mr..
KendeI. and the voice subsidized. This
episode by the way was not reported
by any one of the morning papers.
MIND YOUR BUSINESS,
If you don't nobody Will It Is your
business to keen nlIf or a ba trn,,I>I,