The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-18
High Price Due to the C0nserya-
tion Policy of Republican
Party.
UTAH CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION ND0RSE 1T
Federal Bunch and Band of
Twenty-Six Do Likewise, and
People Arc Robbed.

At the meeting Of the governors of
the western states held in Salt Lake in
| August, at which meeting Apostle Sen
ator Reed Smoot of Utah was present,
in the proceedings in which he Partici-
patcd, series Of resolutions was adopt
ed. portion of which follows.
| Third, that the experience OF the con-
scryation states demonstrates that dis
positions OF public property made under
| existing national conservation laws end
| regulations, have tended TO cntrcnch
| monopolcs and interests mcnaciDG tho
| common welfare; and that notifications
| OF such laws and regulations should be
promoted by the conservation congress
! Sixth, that the privilege OF American
! citizens to seek and develop mineral
wealth wherever it may be found should
| be fully amDlibed and secured by laws
smoot for Conservation.
The action of Apostle Senator Smoot
in all his talks in this conference was
decidedly against these resolutions and
was squarely in favor of the Pinchot-
Roosevelt-Taft theory Of conservation.
| In this position he is backed by the
| Jack Mormon, Senator Sutherland, and
by Elder Joseph Howell, representative
in congress from Utah
The congressional delegation is in
dorsed by the federal bunch and the
masters Of the federal bunch the band
of twenty-slx ecclcsiasts who dominate
| the Mormon church.
This gang believes that il is right to
tic"up y per cent of the lands in Utah,
1 prevent the development of these lands
and thus create coal monopoly which
exacts S6.25 per ton for coal in this
city. This is done in order that the
church Republican party in Utah can
| hold up the collieries and demand cam
paign contributions from the coal mo-
nopoly as they did from the brewers
and liquor men,
Lands Should Be Opened.
We're the 1894 ,675 acres of coal land in
Utah which have been Withdrawn from
entry opened so that capital could en-
| ter upon the land, free from being
blackmaled by the church Republican
party, and develop these lands the price
of coal would at once tumble.
1t should be said in this connection
that the transportation charges from
the coal mines Of Utah to Salt Lake
| City have not been changed for seven
years. They are the same today as they
were on November 25. 1903 Up TO that
date the transportation charges for coal
per ton from Castle Gate, Clear Creek
and Scoficld was:
Old Rate for Transportation.
Mine run and lump mp.....S2 So. 90
NuC - '.-'.'.-- .,-'".-..... l.Io
SldcR ...........s.. 30
| On November %. 1908, The rate on
mine run and lump was reduced to
Sl.75, the nut and slack remaining at
the same rate as before, and this rate
continues today. The cost of coal today
per ton is as follows;
At the mine &, TS
Freight to Salt Lake e175 rs
Transfers haul from yard... IS
rNe'a"er ''''' '.'','--''-..-'''... LOO
lotal -. ..-...,.'..-. sG-2o
II VIII be seen from this that the
colliery receives $2.75 per ton at the
mine. In the year 1909 the consump.
tiou of coal in Salt Lake was 8O4. .ois
tons. On November l the coIlieries ad
vanced the price of coal 80 cents per
ton at the mine. This caused the re.
tailcrs to advance the price the same to
the consumer Transportation charges
remained the same.
Wants Money Bad
1T will be remembered that the col
liery which supplies Salt Lake with
most of its coal paid TO the government
100000 in return for which the gov
ernment made the coal company n pres.
lands. This it is well known was due
TO lmbecile work upon the part Of fed
eral officials, some of whom were and
are members of the federal bunch in
Salt Lake.
he coal company wants the $500, 900 |
back. The consumer therefore must |
ante. On the assumption that the con
sumption of coal from Utah mines in !
Zion reaches the same as last wear. and |
there is no doubt but what it will bo
greater. the coal monopoly will get back |
this year $4,000 of the $1,000 900 paid |
for their gift.
In otlcr words Salt Lakers will this
year pay $4,000 10 the coal combine
on account of imbecile action upon the
part of members of the federal bunch
and on account of the foolish conserya-
ton policy of the national administra-
ton which has tied up over five and u
half million acres of coal lands in Utah
absolutely barring out competition in
coal production. will pay at the least
$l50,000 more. making S302 900 in ORDER
that the administration and the federal
bunch be sustained.
Bunch Comes High
This federal bunch this congressional
delegation and this band Of twentv-six
who arc responsible for the high cost of
living, for the eXorbitant price of coal.
arc expensive adluucts 30 state But
the eyes of all the people in Utah are
opening.
KEARNS RIJIIOTNC