The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-22
TRAFFIC BUREAU
GETTING SUPPORT
Eastern Associations Are Join
ing in Request TO Presi-
dent Taft.
AMENDMENTS ARE ASKED
To THE INTERSTATE LAW
intention Is to Protect Shippers
in Every Way Pos
Sible.

That the action of the Commercial
club traffic bureau. in sending TO Presi'
dent Taft petition setting forth It's
grievances in behalf of the shippers OF
the state OF Utah. who claim that they
arc being treated unfairly in freight
traffic charges by thc railroads Of the
state. is attracting attention all over
the country. is evident from the action
OF representatives OF the traffic asso-
ciations OF the leading cities OF the mid
die west III presenting TO tho president
y petition asking for his influence IN
bringing about amendments 10 the IN
tcrsSatc law dealing with certain phases
Of the freight traffic situation IN the
states of that section.
The action OF these traffic assocla-
tions is set forth very clearly IN the
following statement published i'm the
New York Commercial, under date OF
May Ii, as follows:
Petition TO President.
Representatives, of traffic associs tions
Of fnanufs ctur!ng interests in st Louis.
Chicago, Toledo. Pi,tshurs. Philadc!phia;
Indianapolis and Cincinnati have asked
President Taft to favor three amend
menls 10 the Interstate law. which VIII
be embodied in bids to nc introduced IN
congress.
The first of these is TO give tic inter-
state commerce commission power 10 Sus-
pend an increased rat" by tn" railroads
before il goes into effect which. accord
Ing To- the law. Is within ihiply days after
notice IL served OF the proposed increase.
pom u prna iacic case being made that
The proposed increased rate Is unfair. Tie
commission should have The power To
suspend il pending later investigation
Tie second is 10 give the shipper au-
thoriiy TO route his freight according TO
the quickest and most suitable route, IN
stead al permitting the roads 10 send IT
jn any direction Jhcy desire, The third
s. 10 hold the roads responsible ior errors
In rate quotations u that can he ooll"'
The shippers state that irresponsible rep
'rcscnratives Of the roads ircnucntly quote
8, rate ON a shipment UPON which man
bases his business. and when the snip
meat is made il rs found nj the other end
2 big mistake has been made, The riglt
10 recover damages from tho roads Tor
this situation is advocated.
The amendments have been the SUBJECT
OF frequent discussion and formulation
for at least n year. and have been advo-
Gated strongly by the interests mentioned.
hut this IS the hrst time that the move
mcnt has been carried TO the point men
toned.
Officers OF the Commercial club trat-
fic bureau Of this city State that the
action was being taken under the lead
crsbip of the National Industrial Traf-
fic bureau, which includes the traffic as
sociatlons of practically all Of the cities
of the middle west, including those of
Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, ST. Louis,
Kansas City, Louisville, Cincinnati,
Cleveland. Pittsburg, Toledo and other
cities.
At Head Of League.
The president of the league is James
G. Lincoln, formerly freight traffic
manager of the Missouri Pacific rail
road. who is sand 10 be the best known
traffic man in the west. Mr.. Lincoln
has written the officers Of the CONNER
cial club traffic bureau stating that
the traffic bureau of the merchants
exchange of ST. Louis, of which he is
commissioners. was in full accord with
The traffic bureau of this city. and
heartily interested in the action Of this
association.
Officers of the bureau here comment
on the fact that the action of the
bureau is being watched with great in
tercSt by traffic bureaus all over the
country, and that The recent action Of
the National Industrial Traffic league
is practically following out Of the
precedent set by the bureau Of this
city.