The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-30
asQNGER CHARGES BETWEEN COAST
4 POINTS AND SALT LAKE ALSO LOWERED
Iu,ased Tariffs Include Those on Fruits, Canned
Goods, WeoI, Sheep Pelts, Alfalfa and Other
Products in Which State Is
Interested

inning on every poiht i'll i's ease
= bsfore The interstate commerce
--;riou December l6, 1909, the
-.rial club traffic bureau has
4 ,he most signal victory Of its
".
ai.ps!rh from The Tribune S spe-
. snspondenu at Washington Mon
\ conveyed the announcement Of
ing reductions made in various
d and commodities. This de-
br the commission will be hailed
4 dehght BY the shipping interests
f [hA lrd by the people of the state
ally.
\ ,icse conversant with the details
y ease presented before the inter
,cnmerce commission, the latest
La is far reaching In its charac-
j II means, they say. that the
"a vast is soon to be emancipated
! lie ihraldom of oppressive freight
ky1asnger rates. and that the "rail~
q Joke" will be lifted from the
IA II The people.
tEs Of the passenger, and practl'
ll Of the freight rates com
zAuf arc declared, by the order
u Wednesday, TO be unjust. After
"a !, 1910, and for two years
1fwi, the railroads are ordered
SIT from charging the present
hung rates. and to charge in their
y rtzsonable rates.
Every Commodity Affected.
Sry product and commodity that
- MO the expense account of the
NJ consumer IN the state Is af-
e BY the order of the commission,
stlmstsd that the average re-
- y about Is per cent on all
4 zheeted
lsw passenger and freight rates
= operative at the same time.
'5He are the maximum passenger
mt may be charged:
tsssn Salt Lake City and Provo,
nd Los Angeles, Cal. $25. The
i0s IN force between these points
Y and the Commercial club traffic
y asked that the rate be reduced
w from Salt Lake City. and to
NON Provo to lgos Angeles.
Hssn Ogden and Los Angeles,
= lne rate now effective is $31.10,
t,e fate asked for WAS S90.45,
ssn Ogden and San Francisco,
Inc rate now effective is $50,
= fate asked for was $l9.65,
wen Salt Lake City and San
n E' * Nab9: The rate now in force
Sdv' and the rate asked for was
s@n M Provo, Utah, and San Fran
Go,N. The rate now in force is
~ me rate asked for was $2l.70.
- uecislon the commission held
present. passenger fares be
U9a common points. on the one
saa umaha and Portland on the
G'e mol unreasonable.
deduction on Fruits.
"anlsslou holds to he unreason
present. rates on deciduous and
:. ecIH c.rH from points Of produc,
%l'iornia to Utah and common
me rates on these fruits arc
VI a hundred pounds, The
!, saalged is sl,l5 The hundred
saa the traffic bureau asked
,s% OIL 75 per cent of this
a. soH cents. be granted.
.ass aulssion also orders that thr
Fs's railroad companies shall
.p.oportlonal import rates or
tiosN aued articles which dc not OK
" Il, ,son'emporaneously in force
aus on tea and tea dust are
4 L, The rates from San Francisp(
ksoSrl knssl rver common points is
M s,sDted ,ss pounds, IN less than
a, l Fl IN ear lots, with mini
,.mpment fixed at 24,00(
81 -. ~ The present time the rate
latas ~, San Francisco TO Ogden
Era Ny G,,y' Provo and other Utal
IN ia's TX Sl.j0 a hundred
loi. "S r. thnu car lots and s.
Is,.ss, The rates asked by tn,
nf lof. NV were 81 % and 81 for les.
spcl;s.,,ahd ls, and car lots. respectively
!; h no;n, n;ion OF the Missouri rive,
psessr. rate, which was granted
aaaps.u rate on sego and tauioc;
tound, minimum car lot weigh
s isou,; from the Pacific coas
z d Innarrlg rlger common points, i
~ and utea Un pounds, in less thai
: tsn g, H. % cents in car lots, TIL
/ Pnyo francisco TO Salt LAX
h 4, ana ana other Utah common
= cent "i IN less than car lois
Z h Tho N car lots. The rate
Tan ,liic .'aliic bureau were 81 p
4 -, Or ma Tar lots and so cents i.
y, Re ronS. rne same rate that ia give
y alpur;i ;iaus on these commoditie
: hcT h. hlVer points. The rate
q "c IN excess of these fip
teF sss Lines Considered.
IA dS,on ds,,non tho commission hold
, hu,t efmIuing 81 a freight rat
7stipo y necessity be charge
X lines, it would not loo