The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-09

and methods, must be Judging and meas
urlng others up by their own standard
Of character aud moral ethics. However,
In fairness TO nll concerned I wish to
gay that tho railroad dinners I have par
taken OF were different in one respect at
least from the traffic bureau dinner. IN
that the railroad companies did not have
their hired men harangue their guests
with the, urgent necessity Of immediate
and spec!n! legislation In their behalf ano
against the other fellow.
Winslow Pierce Bill.
One moro occurrence at the traffic bu-
so must use short quotation from one
OF the bulletins. as follows: How the
railroad officials must have chuckled at
their really unsophisticatcd simplicity.
This has reference 10 the libelous and
false iDsinua;ion In the hired defamers
bulletins of how easily the last legislature
and the governor were bought over by
the railroad people with free trip. din
ner. etc. TO the salt beds on the West
ern Pacific railroad. Going back to the
traffic bureau dinner and before the
Of the bulletins haranguing them on the
evils Of the railroads and condcmning
those who might have any sympathy
friendship for the same, when some one
e.ked how about that favora BILE railroad
legislation known as the Winslow Pierce
bill passed during the incumbency OF the
ex-senator under which the Union Pa
cific was TO be reorganized in Utah. On
being reminded that the bill was intro
duced, and unGer suspension Of the rules,
made 10 appear as having been read tn"
first, second and third times. and passed
In both houses and signed by the gov
ernor all In cne day, the speaker paused
for moment and then, with n blandly
pleasant expression on his face, said Of
Mr. Pierce He fooled us all into passing
that bill" Now. bear in mind that Mr.
Pierce was in n hurry TO go to other
fields Of operation when he was here that
time and could not stop over another day
hS wa hffn b,-
left. and. sure enough when he shook
the dust of Zion from his feet that night.
he had a copy Of the new law in his
pocket, signed. sealed and delivered.
How the railroad officials must have
chuclsled at their really unsophisticated
simplicity" And the ex-senator was one
Legislature. Now l do not care TO critl-
else particularly the act OF passing this
law. as l think II has been benefit to
the state, but l do strongly crlticse the
methods employed. viz. repudiating a
worthy act for the purpose, apparently
OF working up a sentiment for personal
gains.
Former Employe Short Line.
With regard to the other man who
signs the bulletins. l think he used to he
hired man for the Oregon Short Line
Railroad company. but left the employ
OF that road TO become hired man for
the hardware company he is now witt,
and most likely the main reason why he
cessions" offered by the hardware com
pany were greater than those he was
getting from tho railroad company. and
not because the dear old public was
calling for a Moses to lead them out
OF bondage Al any rate, he left the rail-
road company and went to the hard
ware company with the special duty rest
ing upon him Of looking after the collec-
ton of rebates for his company, This
kind OF traffic, however, was short lived
for him. for soon after going 10 tho hard
ware company Uncle Sam got busy and
put an end TO the rebate Industry: but
II seems 10 be an undisputable fact that
these patriots over whose names the traf-
fic bureau bulletins appear, for some
mysterious cause or other, were never
known TO champion the cause OF the
dear old public while the rebate busi-
ness was in flower. Then it seemed to
be their motto TO do all they could for
the big corporations from which they
got their money, while the public might
be damned.
Price Of Coal,
Now. II the price Of commercial coal
Is too high which think II is. why not
t2!l9R The s2.39 you Day for lrr Of