The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-04
NEW BULLETIN
ON COAL RATES
II Is Put Forth by the CONNER
cial Club Traffic
Bureau.
COAL RATES MUST COME
DOWN" is THE BATTLE CRY
Freight Charges Here Higher
Than in Any State Re-
ported On.

Alleging that the railroads were re
sponsible for the increase in the price
of coal last Tuesday and that there
was no legitimate reason for the IN
crease, the Commercial club traffic bu
reau. at meeting Thursday afternoon
issued another OF the 'fCoal Rates Must
Come Down bulletins. The bulletin Is
as follows, dated November /.
Coal rates must come down-Utat
coal for Utah people
Constitution Of the state OF Utah ar
ticle XII. section Il, says:
THE legislature shall pass laws es-
tablishing reasonable maximum rates OF
charges Tor the transportation. of passen.
gers and freight, for correcting ABUSES
and preventing discrimination and extor'
ton in rates Of freight and passenger
tariffs by the different railroads ano
other common carriers in the state. ano
shall enforce such laws by adequate pen
alties.S
To the People of Utah-Thc. prices OF
coal In this city were today suddenly and
without notice advanced TO SO per ton
for nut and TO s6-26 per ton for lump,
Corresponding advances were made 81
Ogden, Provo. and generally throuehou'
The railway companies operating. In
Utah are the owners of the chief produc
ing coal companies" supplying your coal
hence those absolutely controlling rnil
way companies are wholly responsible
for these Increased prices
Stand and Deliver.
1t is the stand and deliver policy OF
the railroads toward our people again
given cruel example, and a renewed In
solent challenge TO know what the people
are going to do about It.
Well what are you going TO do about
It? Are you disposed to rneekly submit
to this additional outrageous extortion,
OF Will you. like true men and women,
assert your proper rights and insist that
tho people OF Utah should be treated as
fairly as others living under like condi-
tons?
These railroad companies are already
overweighted with treasure from the eX-
travagant profits arbitrarily wrung from
the gTent and steadily increasing volume
of valuable traffic which you have Gre
Ated, and so hounteous'' bestowed upon
them. and yet they are not satisfied.
Members Of new legislature are TO be
elected In this state on next Tuesday:
steadfastly do, their sworn constitu-
tional duty In these things. and with
honesty and courage guard the interests
and welfare OF the people2 IT is nov for
alone. Demand an unqualified and ia
yorable declaration from every legisla-
tive candidate Of his intentions to carry
out the mandate Of the constitution, and
IL not positively made. snow him under
with your ballots. II is the only way,
and 1t rests with you TO apply It.
Rates In Other States
Within this state. and less than one
hundred and twenty miles from this
city, vast measures of native coal exist,
and from that district now and for the
future the coal you need must come.
Utah being wholly without adequate
laws for the proper regulation of railroad
transportation charges observe, simply
as as example, the railroad freight rates
on coal you are compelled 10 pay and
what Is charged In the other states
named, under their laws, for transpor-
tation haul OF 120 miles. Here are the
rates per ton;