The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-30
Stephen H. Love Says Saving
to the People of Utah Is
Large.
MORE THAN A MILLION
ANNUALLY, HE FIGURES
Individual Cases Are Set Out
Showing Changes in the
Tariffs.

Comparative figures which give tn
FIRST real evidence OF the importanc
Of the freight rate reductions grantee
the Commercial club traffic bureau wer
completed yesterday at the offices o
the bureau These figures, dull and I'm
| interesting without their full slgnih
| cance being understood, show on an
alysis definitely where the $3.50, ,oo'
saving in freight rates. in the state o
Utah alone. will he distributed in
manner that will give every man, won
an and child his just share In this sav
| ing.
When the joyful news of Salt Lake z
victory was received from Washington
few days ago, prominent members o.
the Commercial club traffic bureau were
quoted as saying the saving 10 tn
shippers of Utah would be Gin excess
of 81 100000 year. y Al TINT time
these statements were simply "goot
guesses,' according to Stephen n
Love, president Of the traffic bureau
but when the officers of the bureau re
ceived copies of the tabulated state
ments Of rate changes Saturday after
noon they realized as never before ever
in their most optimistic dreams, the
great benefits that would accrue to- the
business interests of the state through
the decision which goes in effect Oc
tober Is,
Zone of the most interesting fea
lures of Il careful analysis of the
freight rate reductions, is the complete
ness with which it destroys the sup,
posed foundations for the remarks of
opponents of the traffic bureau, who
have been almost moved to tears in
their predictions that the ultimate con.
sumner would not be benefited by the
changes said member of the traf-
fc bureau yesterday "The ultimate
consumer in Utah. however, has hab-
1t of looking out for himself fairly
we'll. especially when he is assisted by
competition which is growing stronger
every season.
Saving TO Consumer
'Speaking of the saving to the CON
sumner, though. IL may be interesting
to mention a few instances, 1t was
only few days ago that the an
nouncement was made that NJ. H.
Walker would erect fourteen-story
building at the corner of Second South
and Main streets. Now assuming that
this building will require as much steel
as was used in the construction of the
Newhouse or the Boston building, NJ. H.
Walker will save $4,000 TO $4,000 on
one item alone.
"Take another example Of the big
ultimate consumer in the Newhouse
II Hotel company. If the Ne~house hotel
requires as much carpeting as the Hotel
Utah, this amount Of carpet will cost
the Newhouse Hotel company lust
Sl234 less than the cost of the carpet
ing of the Hotel Utah. This is an ac-
tual example, for happen to know
that the contract for carpeting the
Hotel Utah was let on a basis of mill
cost, plus freight, plus a certain small
percentage for profit, and if the freight
had been figured on the new rates or
dercd by the interstate commerce com.
mission, In effect October Is, the saw.
ing would have been exactly 1924 on
this single item.
1T has been stated that Reno will
have an advantage over Salt Lake when
The new rates go into effect. This state.
ment, however, has come from those
VINO would probably give Reno the bet
ter or the deal If such action were per
mitted by the. ruling of the commits
sion Let s figure out this question.
taking the carload rates on agricultural
machinery for example. The present
rate from Chicago to the Pacific coast
Is sl-25, while the rate to Reno is 7
per cent higher, or Sl33 The rate
from Chicago To Salt Lake is Sl.l5.
The rate from San Francisco to Love.
lock, New, Is So cents, while the rate
from Salt Lake to Lovelock is SLIP.
The same basis works out on more than
firty commodities and, although Reno
gets fair deal. Reno has no advan.
tage over Salt Lake in the decision
The fact is that Reno or Spokane do
not get single rate that is lower
than the Salt Lake rate, while $50 or
more commodity rates to Salt Lake
are lower than the Reno or Spokane
rates.
Difference on Books.
Within short time the city of
salt Lake will be buying new school
books, and on this item the saving In.
freight on the books used in the schools
OF salt Lake Will be between $4,000 and
saoOo: The ultimate consumer who,
IN this case, happens TO be every one
who pays taxes in Salt Lake CITY. will
save something on this item and the
saving will be because the rate on
books VIII be reduced from S2.S5 to
Sl.fO This same reduction, which
means S435 on carload Of books. will
allow the Salt Lake iobber TO 90 to
the Montana or Oregon state line or
haf way to San Francisco after Octo.
ber 10, instead OF not being able to get
ten miles away from Salt Lake with
out paying tribute for HE enterprise.
Speaking Of big savings, there is
one manufacturer in Salt Lake who
will save $4,000 a year through the
reduction of the rate on cocoa beans.
amounting 10 s339 g car. The coffee
roasters will profit by a reduction of
slIf a car, while the new rates give a
differentIal Of $45 car in favor of the
Salt Lake coffee packer over the Chi.
eago and New York men. Getting down
TO wire and nails, the new rate Is 40
cents hundredweight lower than pres.
ent rates and every farmer or ranch.
man who buys keg Of nails or a spool
OF barbed wire win get it nearly one.
half cent a pound cheaper.
Cotton piece goods make up one
of the most important of the heavy
commodities shipped into Utah in car.
load lots and on this item the reduc.
tion in freight rates is 1892 a carload,
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