The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-23
NOOLMEN ASK
LOWER FREIGHT
Victor 0. Johnson of Idaho In
stitutes Campaign Against
Railroad Tariffs.
FACTORY HORROR STILL
INTERESTS NEW YORK
Like the Slocum Disaster, How
ever, Reforms Required
May Be Only Temporary.
BY RALPH JOHNSON.


BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune
NEW YORK. April 22-The trsnscon-
tinental railroads are TO have another
fight waged against them for a reduction
of freight rates. Victor o. Johnson oil
Shoshone, Ida, general counsel for the
National Woogrowers association, is in
the cast TO lay plans for bringing an ac-
tion against the roads. The complaint is
made that shippers OF wool are discrimi-
mated against in freight rates and that
the roads have perslstenuy refused 10
grant any concessions.
while the freight rate on wool from
the Pacific coast TO the Atlantic seaboard
is 81 a hundred pounds" said Mr. John
son, "the woolgrowcrs OF the in'ermoun-
tain states who produce the largest pro-
portion of wool grown In this country
arc required TO pay s1.65l hundred
pounds from the internlountain territory
10 Chicago, about half the distance the
coast 1t costs our growers 10 ship their
wool from home to the Atlantic more
than double that which the Pacific coast
people pay for shipment across the con-
tinent.
with the Increased cost OF produc-
ton, due 10 the withdrawal for grazing
purposes OF public lands. and the taking
away OF winter pasturage by the cX-
tension of Irrigation systems. and the
decreased price of wool, 1t is time, our
people think, that the railroads should
make some reduction NJ, IN the freight rates
t!on is preparing 70 make strong fight
to bring IL about"
Another Fruit Valley.
THE most promising valley In this
country is situated in western Colorado
and is famiiarly known as the fruit
belt" says n. o. Towles of that state.
Undoubtedly II is the best locality in
the United States for the production of
deciduous fruits. Plateau creek divides
The valley in TWO parts and receives its
supply from twelve tributaries. These
tributaries, together with Plateau, fur
nish water for irrigation purposes Along
the slopes of Grand Mesa, which surround
alfalfa hold their sway. with perhaps
farm building here and there Far away
in the distance can be seen the peaks OF
Grand Mesa, towering like some ancient
castle or fortress. making the picture one
Of unsurpassed beauty. Thus We have
an Arcadia, or, / might say, a mountain
Arcadia.
1.-The fruits of the mid temperate zone
an industry that is highly remunerative.
The valley IN the summer of 1909 pro-
dueed probably 100 carloads of fruit. and
In the future Will Join her sister the
Grand valley. In making record for the
state. It's berries are considered the finest
In the world In 1907 one five-asrs tract
Of dewberries netted the owner $500. The
summer preceding. the second year after
It's planting, II cleared $500. Within a
few years the valley Will present one long
series OF orchards. gardens and FARMS
Back From Canada.
American farmers, who for the past
decade have been lured by the fertile
lands of the Canadian Northwest TO de-
sert their native country are f1ocking
back again. according to Lewis NJ. Por-
Ter Of Helena. Mont.
THE Musselshell valley. which is the
district in the central eastern part OF the |
state, claims 10 be reaping the richest
harvest" said Mr. Porter. from these
returning tillers. many OF whom are de-
serters of WORKOUT farms In the eastern |
part of the United States.
DRY farming in this district Is claimed
TO be now at It's farthest development. |
and on account OF the cheapness of the
land it is proving the most popular terri |
tory for homesteadIne. The land Is fer
tile and sells al 500 and $40 an acre. |
Grain. OF course. is the principal product !
although in some of the irrigated and |
better watered sections fruits and veeeta- |
bles are raised on scale that approaches |
the productiveness OF Washington and |
Ore gon.
Probe Factory Horror.
New York is a peculiarly forgetful city. |
1t takes the biggest kind OF a sensation |
to hold the interest OF the Manhattanite |