The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-30
REDUCTION MEANS MUCH
TO THE SHIPPERS IN UTAH
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half million dollars, The reduction in
freight rates. carload lots, on this
valuable product will mean much to
the farming interests and the shipping
interests of the state.
The rate now charged from California
terminals TO Missouri river common
points is 81 per hundred pounds, in car
lots OF 10000 pounds minimum, From
Utah common points. in car lots of "a,
o00 pounds, the rate is also 81. The
rate asked for was &C cents 81 hundred
pounds, in car lots Of 10000 pounds
minimum. The exact amount of the
reduction on this product is not known,
but it is doubtless in excess Of the
average of Is per cent.
Reductions were also made In car
lot shipments of clover seed, fax, grass,
hemp, millet and rape seeds and garden
seeds In packages.
Up to Jobber to Cut Also.
Reductions are made on wide range
of commodities that enter into general
household use. Should the iobbers
proportionate to the freight reduction,
it will mean big saving to the average
Utah householder.
Reductions are made in the rates
on commodities shipped into this state.
including agricultural implements. as
bestos, bags. baking powder. bnthtubs.
bicycles. books, bottles. brass goods.
canned goods. including fish and meats.
LAMP chirlneys clothing. coffee. drugs
and medicines; dry goods, earthcnware.
furniture, gIass. plato S;ass and glass
ware; hardware articles structural iron
bolts, pipe fittings. leather. musical in
strumcnts, oil cloth, paints. paper.
pickles. preserves: pumps, refrigerators'
sheep dips. soap. stamped ware, includ-
Ing tin articles; toys. twine. rarnish.
wagons end other vehicles: wire. wooden
ware ana zlic.
Decision Speedily Reached.
The case of the Utah shippers, repre-
scented by the Commercial Club TraIic
Bureau OF Salt Lake City. which was de-
tcrnined by the interstate commerce
commission has been before That oody
Tor ore year and three weeks. The com
mission determined this case In the
shortest time that any similar. case has
ever been determined in the history oil
the commission.
The original complaint WAS filed June
J. 1909. IL had been prepared after an
infinite amount OF study had been gwen
The subject by the bureau. The complaint
comprised sixtyfvc printed pages ana
tables.
The defendants named in the com
plaint were the Atchison. Topeka & san
In Fe Railway company. the Chicago
Burlington &, Quincy Ruilroad company
the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
company. the Chicago. Milwaukee & 81.
Paul Railway company, The Chicaso'
Rock island & Pacific Railway company,
the Colorado Midland Railway company.
the Colorado & Southern Railway com
pany. the Denver & Rio Grande Rai,roa1
company. the illinois cGntrai ad naiIroau na,ISau
company the Oregon Railway II NaVi-
CATION company, the oregon snort Iinc
Railroad COMPANY the jinad san Fearo, no 40 mos
the Southern Pacific company ana tho
Union Pacih: company.
The commission was represented by
A. Prou,y. who heard all the testimony
The law requires that 4 majority OF inc
members OF the commission shall hear all
.ore that body Tho argun'en.s were
heard by Commissioners l.. h. Clark.
Judson c. Clcmons. Charles a. psouiy
and Franklin Is. Lane.
The taking of testimony begun
September 22, 1909 I'm tho United States
circuit court chamber in the federal
Array of Legal Talent.
There was assembled the greatest ;.rray
OF corporation lawyers that had ever as
scmbIed in Utah. Opposing these were
S II. Babcock manager of the trati!o
bureau, and Judge c, c. Dcy, counsel Tor
the petitioners
The railroad forces were beaded by
Judge c. r. billiard. chief of counsel fer
the Hartman system. WIN h"AG1Gall lrrs
In Chicago. Other railroad attorneys who
George II. Smith. II. P. Boyd J.. e.
Pierce. T. y. Clark. r. l.. Phillips, e. NJ
Allison, S. 4, Lyon. s, II, johnson. w
W Cotton, W. Il. Kelly and n IL 90
mis-.
Among the spectators were many of
the most prominent railroad men o. The
country and the entire railroad commis-
sion of Nevada, comprising j. +, ShauSa-
messy, II. r. Bartine and Henry IhurEell
The hearing began September % and con-
tinucd until September %. On October 20
IL was announced that the arguments
would be heard beginning October ~
Tho arguments continued two days,
The opening argument for the peu-
TONERS was made by Judge c. 9, pey,
and the reply for the railroads was mndc
nv Judge C. y. billiard chl5f of counsel in
a.. .,o,,r,nrra, CON, a.Inn mai inrG