The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-26
C|NCH IS DEMANDED
BY PACIFIC COAST
Old Cry Of Water Competition"
Still Being Waited Across
Country.
NO ATTENTION is GIVEN,
TO INTERM0UNTAIN POINTS
Attitude Is Shown by Receu,
Article in the New York
Commercial.

Officials of the Commercial cluh tr.s
fic bureau comment on the sfatemen.,
made by shippers and traffic men .,
San Francisco and other Pacific cos,,
points, in which the claim is made tina,
if the plans set on foot by the shin.
pers of interior points are carried ont
the manufacturing and iohbing houssz
Of the Pacific coast, "built up With
So much labor at Pacific coast points
from Seattle to Los Angeles, would be
swept away and transferred 70 Chica.
90 and other interior points
: prominent official of the buresu
called attention Friday to the ahovs
er, manager of the traffic hurean of
Sau Francisco. in the New York Com.
mercisl, uuder date Of June 10. and
pointed out what lie called the faIlscv
Of the argument ia the following man.
ner;
- am surprised, he said. "tbat p
traffic manager Of Pacific coast cjtv
should so easily give himself awav al
a critical time like the present. when
the competition between traffic bureaus
and shippers all over the country il
so very sharp. The statement of Mr.
Wheeler appears 10 he simply an ad
mission that tho cities of the Pacific
coast are moi able 10 maintain their
commercial supremacy without hayjno
an artificial wall of railroad rates buili
mp around them. In other words. Mr.
Wheeler would have free competition
throt'Ied and is not averse 10 hayino
the railroads protect the industries Of
tho coast cities al the expepse of the
Interior points like Salt Lake City.
View of Situation.
''Tt is rs if Philadelphia. when het
shippers saw the old commercial sunra.
macy falling away, had endeavorcd To
burld up an artificial wall about her.
self 70 prevent business going 10 New
! ork IN the face of greater natural
advantages and ability 10 make better
Inducements to shippers and mannfac.
tureTs. In other words, the complaint
OF the Pacific coast shippers is simply
an attempt 10 coutroI tho trade of Inc
interior points in addition 10 the trade
OF the Pacific coast points and at tho
expense Of the interior cities
III order TO show the attitude of the
Paritic coast shippers in opposition rot
only to Salt Lake City, but 10 all 9th.
or interior points, The statement in the
New York Commercial of June 10
follows;
IN commenting upon the action OF ths
commission IN postponng hearings until
next fall, William z. Wheeler, manager
OF the traffic bureau Of San francisco
The plans set on foot by the interio,
railroads If conSumunated, would near
that the manufacturing and joobing husi.
Pacirc coast points from Seattle 10 Los
Angeles. would be swept away and
transferred TO Chicago and other interior
cen! CcnieIS, NO more yilal question has
Pacific coast. The hearing OF all these
matters under one head is practical and
expeditions, Now 1t is up 10 the coast
TO make its strongest showing in sup
port OF the contention that water COM
petition should he ruling factor in
fixing intermoGntain and through freight
rates.
Remarks Of Stubbs.
Mr.; Stubhs' remarks in urging ths
commission TO grant hearings en- ths
Spokane and related cases were we'll 10
the point. The railroads know as well
as We do that this question Will no, bs
settled until it is settled right They
they are ANXIOUS 10 have IT, over u
would merely rroloug the agony 70 hear
and decide each OF these cases sepaI-
arely- The same principle viii apply III
all OF them. and after the commission
has held hearings at Spokane. Seattle,
Tacoma, Portland. san Francisco. Reno.
Salt Lake, Los Angeles Phoenix, and
possibly other points, rhe whole Ques-
tion may be determined in one opinion
In q nutshell the question underlN
inS all this contention Is whether Pa
cihc coast ports and terminals shall en-
JOY the natural advantages OF their stu.
alton in securing railroad rates based
ON ocean competition. or whether inter
mountain points shall have as low rates
rs II they We're maritime terminals,
Ihe latter contention should Prevail, the
distributing business nj lllc Pacific coast
cities WOULD he destroyed ana such IN
terior centeTs as Chicago would sup
plant san Francisco business up 70 the
very banks OF the Sacramento river
Fly personal effort MIR. WGe@ic. has OF,
aiRed the Co-opera tion Of Cns4uercis'
,rganizat tons in New York. Boston. Fnn
sdelphia and Baltimore N opposing tae
,lans OF Tie tranScontin >nt3l INES 10
oUild up Chicago ar the expense OF ~
sntic and Pacific terminal citlrs.