The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-25
A TIME FOR ACTION.

in other parts of the are being robbed of like adj
dtona sum by the combination, it time somebody
was doing something to put end to this gigantic steal
Since November l. 30 a ton is being collected by
such unlawful combination about 5000 of coal
month in Salt Lake. and larger amount in the
state outside Of Salt Lake That Is than $4,000 month
is being exOrted from the people by the unlawful combination
of coal dealers.
This is exclusive of the advance collected by the retail
dealers of the coal trust who collecting 70 in
stored before September and so cents ton on
coal purchased in October
The law provides that wherever any persons or corpora
tons enter into combination that has its effect the
trolling of any products of the soil any article of commerce.
such combination IS unlawful and such persons and corpora
lions liable to criminal prosecutions it is further provided
that the of corporations these shall proceeded
against by the secretary of state for of
pOrae charters This provision of the law mandatory
The Herald Republican supports the policies of the Re
publican party because those policies for the best interests
of the people in conserving and promoting the atters welfare
1t supports public officials only far these operate
same line
Here facts evidence in support of which is with
in the reach Of public officials county and state:
J. During the summer months coal brought into the
Salt Lake market under 25cent reduction cost of trans
portaon Many thousands OF tons thus brought in by
tail coal dealers Salt Lake and stored for winter
Some of those retail coal dealers hold corporate fran
chses from the state
3 Since November l. those retail coal dealers who had
stored coal at the reduced rate have been selling and
selling it, at advance of IS cents On and they
abed to do this by of the combination which increased
coal from the mines 90 cents a ton November l.
The retail coal Dealers in unlawful combination raised
the price of their stored coal 70 cents ton and such coal
they purchased October 30 cents They did pay
cent ton to the producers That division of
the unlawful combinations in which retail coal dealers per-
formed chief part of the robbery going These deal
raised the price by uniform action previously agreed upon
These facts the evidence of which is public easily
obtained concusvey establishes the guilt of the
dealers indicated They now by of criminal
bnaton robbg the Salt Lake public of $4,000 and each
month
The public is waiting for its chosen officials to do their
duty under their oaths of office If these do it, and
that quickly there will be something doing the part
public before this matter ended and may be something
very stringent.
Here is suggested parallel albeit of much less magn
tude in the injury done:
L Suppose citizen is accosed the highway, held up
and robbed Of his purse containing 500
p Suppose the purse and the money found on
other individual and the unlawful of taking it and
retaining it is within definite proof easily obtained.
How long would ordinarily digent prosecuting officer
delay proceeding against the highwayman2 Not an hour
long would be before the rObber would be deprived
of his gOtten cash and of his power continue his game
of hghwayman9 Not hour after the officer could the
warrant
Is coal trust robber any better than the other that he
should be immune continue his nefarous busness7
So much for the retail division of the unlawful coal
combine
Here is another statement of facts:
l. By an unlawful combination, certain wholesale coal
dealers known producers to control the price of coal
and do control it, that they make arbitrary increase of
30 cents ton.
BY this action, at the opening of the winter season.
10000 families IN the state robbed of 30 cents for
every ton of that winter necessity, coal.
g. That unlawful combination is entered into by corpora
holding state charter and acting in direct violation
of law
That combination is further aided in its unlawful pro
csedng by the action of transportation companies operating
under state charter
The evidence of these facts public and easily obtained
by officer of competent jurisdiction So much for
tho of he coal
What are you going to do about it,
Well the people going to do something about it, if
some effective remedial action is not taken quickly
The people Of Utah going TO have this fight their