Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-04
SENATOR SM00T
BRINGS RULING
c,,v Of Interstate Commerce
Commissions Action in
Rate Case Shown.
EVERY ITEM is INCLUDED
,,1. orders Reductions In Fruit
From California Points-fas-
scngcr Fares Reduced.

AMY OF the decision Of the inter
-. commerce commission In tho case
,he salt Lake city Commercial club
"a, bureau against the santa Fe
..c,-,y company. ct al. has been
"a, M salt Lake by Senator Reed
e., The report Is a very compre-
Slrs ono and covers every itcm III
'.,it-.,Id freight schedule proposed
a mr ah ..,~,.,., a., ,bo
~, r,tas from California points to
~ snd I'm passenger rates between
W. mi california, and proportional
,1n r1tes are established through
ma coast ports TO Utah, all these
It,@,lors a. 80 into effect oct. l.
clsss ard commodity rates be-
-, eastern points and utah, new
.,bs5ules are proposed by the commits
s,a but not ordered into enect. kul-
,oads. however VIII De required 10
loc.. rsports 10 the commission for
,1, August and september. showing
lop,r,rlson Of the rates now I'm eN-
1000 and those proposed. AZ the ex-
.top NJ that time some action is
tls,ti. contemplated by the commits
ir rsgard 10 westbound rates, de
s.rssnt apparcntly upon the result of
4 hs comparison to be made.
THE COMMISSIONS ORDER.
ronowing il the gist OF the order
n the commission.
This case being at issue upon com
4 rsint and answers on ME ana haNlhe
-, aulv heard and submitted by che
.s-,les and full investigation OF the
~@,,srs and things involved having
y I'm mad. and the commission having,
~ M date hereof. made and filed
-.ro- containing its findings OF fact
IA nclusions thereon and having
sy,., that defendants rates on citrus
f,1ts and declduous fruits In carloads
sr,r, PRODUCING points In California to
s,f. t1ke city. Provo and Ogden, Utah,
-ls 10 the extent that they exceed 81
rs- lO0 pounds. unreasonable and IN
lust. and having found that defend
ants proportional import rates upon
go tap'oca. tea. tea dust, and other
t1f nc coming from Asiatic points
through Pacific coast ports to salt
f,ke city. Provo, and ogden are un-
rfosonable and unjust to the extent
hst they exceed proportional import
rates from the same ports on the same
f6c now In effect 10 Missouri river
r,.n,5. and having found that defend
rris f~st class one-way passenger
f1res between said Utah common points
ana Los Angeles and san Francisco,
CsI. are unreasonable and unjust TO
the extent that they exceed the fares
mentioned IN said paragraph L.rsin;
Il Is ordered, that such OF said de-
ftndanis as participate In the traffic,
acc0rding as their various lines or
routes may run, be, and they are
hereby. notified and required TO cease
and desist. on or before the first day
Of October. 1910, and for a period OF
mo-, less than two years thereafter alb
stain from exacting their present rates
on citrus fruits and deciduous fruits
10 carloads from producing points in
California TO salt Lake City, Provo,
| and ogden, Utah. and from eNacting
any higher proportional import rates
on sago. tapioca, tea, tea dust, and
CHER traffic coming from Asiatic
Forts 10 salt Lake City, Provo. and
ogden than those contemp oraneously
10 force on the same traffic over their
lines from the same ports to Missouri
river points, and from eNacting their
present first class One-way passenger
fares between salt Lake City and Los
Angeles. Cal; between Salt Lake city
and San Francisco. cal: and between
Ogden and Provo. Utah. on the one
hand, and San Francisco Cal, on the
ether
FRUIT RATES.
i is furthe. ordered that such of the
oeiendants as participate in the traf-
he according as their various lines
or routes may run, be, and they are
hefeby, notified and required TO es-
aohsh, on or before the first day OF
october, 1910, and maintain in force
hereafter during a period of not less
man TWO years, rates for the trans
lOr'auon OF citrus fruits and
ueclduons fruits In carloads from
PRODUCING points I'm California 70 Salt
lake CITY. Provo and Ogden, Utah,
nnlch shall not exceed 81 per 100
Iouhus' with minimum carload weight
1o' exceeding that contemporaneous-
applied from the same points OF
",sin % eastern destinations.
further ordered that such OF
,s a,s ueiendants as participate in the
iWel'', according as their various
"ues or routes may run, be, and they
'' H1erebN notified and required TO
- os9' on or before the FIRST day
". octooer 1910, and maintain In
,l, thereafter during period Of
~, Iess than two years, no higher
,t.'oPoIuonal import rates on sago,
e,,.9' yen, tea dust and other traffic
paal,slg IRON Aslatic points through
s.S '',S ports 70 salt Lake City, Provo
,sn,. Osuen. Utah, than those con-
n"a'IpoIeneously In force over their
~" ON INC same kinds Of traffic from
points "issourl river
anu It is further ordered that such