The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-09

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| in this Dear Old Public" farce put il tn,
other day, when asked him why they
| should slander and bear false witness
against innocent parties, His answer was
that 1--WE must create public sentiment
before we can accomplish anything" and
| this may be the answer 10 il all.
Have Lived on Concessions.
Because the Denver & Rio Grande Rail-
! road company has not yet seen 1T tC
| adopt the advice of the traffic bureau as
| TO Just how that roads business shall be
| conducted, and because the legislature
has not yet taken steps to compel such
pany the hired men of the bureau charge
that the only concession yet apparent
from that roads interests was the dead
head excursion. with free lunch and free
drinks accompaniment. etc, on the West
ern Pacific. Now, lot us sec for mo-
ment If this statement is true or false
names the bulletins appear. have not been
living for years largely OH the "conces-
sions" received from this and other roads,
@ Hs have been For the good so o ali sa OF
mon who are now % bowling since their
concessions" have been cut off.
Why Change Of Heart,
Going back TO the time when one OF
these same hired men. now Of the traffic
bureau, but then OF the railroad he now
denounccs was traffic manager for that
road. we find that he himself made and
maintained q " rate OH coal, just 20 cents
per ton higher than this very identical
rate OF S1.75 which he now denounces as
unreasonable, oppressive and excessive:
and or5 he did this at 1t- tin time when |al OF
now, Was he so jealous then for the
public? ] think so; think his interests
In the public were just the same then as
now, simply a matter OF holding the job
and drawing the pay; then he was get
ting his pay. from the railroad company.
and. taking his own word for 1t over his
y-ny IN, t1,.a ntt IA
the people then with this more than un
reasonable and excessive rate: but now
that he is getting $500 per month from
astonishing change OF heart in favor OF
"all OF our people" At that time he had
the power to sive a lower rate on coal ii
you could notice; and why not? Appar-
emily because he was getting a "conces-
SION from the road, which he forgot to
mention in the bulletin. It seems now
that he is acting the part Of hired man
who is trying TO please his paymaster.
just as he was in those days when he
was depressing the people by making.
maintaining and enforcing this more than
unreasonable rate on coal And even
now, should this same railroad company
offer tomorrow a little more liberal Con
cession' than the traffic bureau makes
TO him, no doubt this champion voice for
the good OF all Of our people" would
become suddenly and painfully silent and
preparations would soon be under way
And in speaking of concessions, there is
the strongest kind OF suspicion that an
other concession was made TO this man
by the same railroad company. or its
predecessor. through the instrun1entality
OF General Palmer which when written
down looks like S25, 600. and. strange as
II may SEEM after all OF this. he attaches
his name to a slanderous and insinuating-
ly false bulletin, condemnins the railroad
that succored him for years. and charging
as dishonest people OF whom he knows |
he Lon ct
appear TO earn the $500 per month paid |
him by the traffic bureau, and TO register
his kick against being weaned from the
railroad company and Its ife-giving fluid |
which he has been sucking for years.
Stand Up, MI. Babcock.
Now, Mr., Babcock. why did you COM
nit the crime OF depressing the people |
Tor pay, By making and maintaining |
higher rates on coal than those which |
you now denounce as unreasonable. op- (
now take such an opposite stand from |
what YOU did then? Why do you blow |
hot and blow cold as your different pay
masters direct il It is not for the money |
that "all of our people" may know what
credence TO give to your bulletin talk
II is all right TO work for pay, but while |
doing so try 10 confine yourself 10 the |
reformcr. and especially. in opposition |
to your previous life. when people are
satisfied that you are working the game
Tor pay as this knowledge might de-
tract from the value OF your moral utter
anceS.
Now, after all. what assurance have
we that should the legislature ask the
railroads TO make reduction in freight
rates that the consumer would, get any
Denefit from that source, unless we reSu-
lated the amount also that the dealers
might charge? Last year, if mistake
not. the railroad cut down on It's rate |
cared TO store, but l do not remember |
OF the consumer getting much benefit |
from this, and l fear this might con-
time to he the case If the railroad rates |
alone should be regulated. Last year
this 25c per ton amounted to perhaps
80, 900 90 and went neatly into the pockets
OF the dealers and these traffic bureau
patriots were as silent about IL as the
mummy OF old Cheops.
AS to Senator Love-
Now. referring again to my friend who
served in the state senate ror eight years
and from whom l had expected better
things than abuse, and who had never
been known TO have discovered Article
XII. during his incumbency in office. il
appears in rather bad taste now for him
TO begin his railngs at the members OF |
the last legislature, when he Is out after
eight years OF suffering In official silence
but who was never known to have made
any effort TO accomplish what he is now
clamoring for during the time he was
IN olflce. during these eight years he
was traffic manager for the Z. c. NJ. l..
and his special duty was. by virtue of
this position. to collect from the railroads
hauling goods for that institution. Just
as many and as large rebates as pos
sible. together with other and personal
perquisites, no doubt, such as he speaks
Of, viz: railroad passes. free tickets to
cheap shows and dinners at second class
restaurants. At least his familiarity with
these things would lead one TO believe
that personally he is no stranY'r To them.
These facts, together with the further
facts that rebates were collected then
and arc not now, that he was In office
then and Is not now, that he was pain
fully silent then and extremely noisy now
could not be brought forward as the rea-
son why he was such a good and con-
slstent hired man then and such a loyal
champion OF "all OF our people" now
II would require a fertile brain. indeed.
10 even think such thing. or to imagine
for one moment that the loss of the most
Of these concessions. as he would call
them. not TO mention the fact that he
may have been worth less as "A hired
man since the Interstate Commerce law
was amended whereby rebates were pro-
hibited, could so influence his actions;
still, ii surely looks as IT, In those palmy
but quiet official days there must have
Als....