The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-05-09

President A, r, Haywood. OF the
Weber Club and William Glasmann.
president OF tho Four. State Fair. are
making an interesting fight for a
square deal for Ogden In their effort
TO secure excursion rates az cheap as
Salt Lake City receives. The general
passenger agent OF the Short Line Is
on the run. He feels his case tx so
hopeless that he finds 1t necessary to
write letters TO every voter In Ogden.
Tho Standard and Examiner reach
eight thousand people and TO send a
letter TO each OF those costs S160 in
postage stamps alono and as much
moro in labor and stationery, or 1920
II will be seen that 10 eXpend such
sum of money indicates that either
| Mr.. Glasmann OF Mr., Haywood or
both have pricked the tough hide OF
| the Short Line passenger agent. This
| paper offered Mr.. d. F. Burley free
| space TO tell his story of the DIS
CRIMiNATION he practices against
! Ogden. but he preferred to spend 1920
| for what he could get for nothing.
Why? Did he think we would success
| fully answer him II he told his story
| in this paper? Was that why he pre-
ferred to spend 1920? Yes. that was
| 1t. Here Is the letter he sent TO the
| 5000 readers OF the Standard and EX-
aminer 1t WAS sent out for the cX
! press purpose of pulling the wool over
the eyes of the Ogden people and for
no other purpose:
The Smooth eurley Letter.
"Salt Lake City. Utah. April Q. 1909
Inter Mountain Four State Fair.
MIR. VIM. Glasmann, Pres. Inter
Min. Four State Fair. ogden. Utah
Dear Sir;
Answering your favor of the Sth
Inst in which you refer to my letter
No. A 597. dated April My carbon
copy shows date April 9Th
| my letter of April 9Th, which you
evidently rcfor 10. quotes rates from
Oregon Short Liue points, which We
Will be pleased to authorize for youI
fair. and to make no mistake as tc
| your being advised on tho subject.
am sending you herewith copy of
that letter
In your dual position as President
OF the Fair. and as Business Manager
OF the Standard Publishing Com
pany. In the agitation which you have
inspired regarding rates. you purpose
ly ignore the fact entirely that ouI
rates, based on &c a mile. are the Same
as are authorized for the State Fair
not only In Utah, but for similar
state fairs In Idaho and Montana, re
spectively, You also purposely ignor,
the fact that our &c rate is the same
basis per mile as Is authorized by th'
Denver & Rio Grande. San Pedro and
Western Pacific lines, their loca
rates being ic per mile. while ours Il
&c.
While you may not be advised or
the subject. tho fact of the matter II
that none of the lines west of Chicago
and | question II any of them east o
there. with the exception of the New
York Central who under their charte
have &C local fare between New
York and Albany. have In effect. o
grant, as favorable rates. local, rount
trip. or excursion, as We have In ef
feet on our line at the present time
"As advised In my letter of the ct
inst the Union Pacific officials ar'
agreeable TO authorizing same rat,
from Utah points east Of Ogden. als'
Wyoming. rs far cast as Evanston
Whether they would want to eXten'
these rates over TO Rawlins or not
as YOU request. | cannot say. Suggos
that YOU take the question up wit
Mr.. II. l.. LomaXs General Passenge
Agent. Union Pacific X II, Co, Omaha
Ncb, direct,
I'VE also advised In our letter o
the 9th inst. that We would take III
with the Southern Pacific the question
of rates from Nevada, which we hav
done. and will advise you fully on tn
subject just AS soon as We hear frou
them Yours truly, (Signcd d. Z
Burley."
What Is the object of this letter
The third paragraph tells the stor,
Mr. Burley wants the Ogden peopl
to believe that he Is giving Ogden a
good n rate as is the Denver & Ri
Grande. II We were to take into con
sideration. only. the price per mile
would be the same per mile
The Weber Club. the Chamber O
Commerce, the Retail Merchants AS
ISOLATION and the Four State Fair OF
ficials all have asked the railroads I