The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-11
NEW FREIGHT RATES
WILL AID SALT LAKE
Jobhers of This City Certain
10 Profit Under Latest
Rulings.
EXTENDING TERRITORY
Advantage Now Held Over
Pacific Coast Points Will
Mean Much.
EXTENDING TERRITORY

1oDblnE trade IN S2Jl Lane ~" mp
such as II has never before experience
seems an entirely safe prediction i>o
alone will the salt Lake ionoer De e','
ablcd 10 compete on equal terms WIZ
eastern poInts and Pacific coast points
but also he viii be enabled TO extend ms
tcrritor, 10 bring to this city trade "ilIoi
has bIthcr,, CONC 10 the coast or 10 Ch
cayo and Missouri river houses me
greatest benefit perhaps, VIII lie III VIC
prcstis,, which the new rates ENc .ar ,i,,
Lake as n jobbing center, NO Ionsen
Tho salesman for the salt Ldhc h"uSS
hc con{routed With the statement OF tne
Idaho retailer that the Idaho man Se's
lust as low rate ana Io"oV tIan ,',r ,i,.
Salt Lake jobber gets. and conselpe"'n;n ~
there can be no aoNanthSei 10 '''' ~
buying ir salt Lake. =,
III Is tho opinion OF a large nutnOer vi
iohbers IN salt Lake that the favlnc
altogether which heretofore they have
sold under the very noses or inc Salt
Lake wholesalers. II is said that there
arc tNcnty-clSht resident agents III SAT-
Lake Of Pacihc coast lobnins n9usIs ti,a
Inasmuch as the manufactures OF tile
Pacific coast do not surpass thosc OF
Utah. il. indeed. they equal them. !, rs
apparent that these agents arc seil1ne
eastern goods in territory belonging 70
salt Lake and that they are cnsb bied
10 do this by reason Of the freight rates
which have been so greatly in their
favor.
View Of Jobbers.
Mos, Of The iobhers in salt Lake are
not vet prepared 10 defiue the eNtent o,
Tho boue6o,al effrct the new rates viii
have on their business. because they say
Inc new tariffs have not Yet been MADE
available. but they agree that the oene-
flts will DC great. II Is NOT generallE
known what specific reductions arc nlano
in particular classification or what de-
creases the ncw Tariffs make or com
modify rates or carload lois. III Is known
in general way that the rednc,ons
viii amount 10 about in per cent ON com
modify rates, whereby is meant carload
lots and To about H. nor cent on class
rates. \ comparison made on totals Tor
ton classes between the old rate and the
new rate shows decrease Of about Is
per cent. The total for the ten classes
under tho old rate Is Slt.Ss. while under
the NOW IT Is $l,Ss. on ton commodities
show total of si1.6a. and The new a to-
tai OF sl01s. which gives a reduction OF
about so per cent.
Th. reduced tariff is pide in lis scope,
7, is based OIL aos different commodities.
and includes everything that Is shipped
into Utah
Save on Iron Pipe
For example. iron pipe Is commodity
much needed in Utah at the present time
and It's use win. grow as the towns of
the state advance and the need for Wa
'er~orks and Other municipal lInproye-
viii reap the benefit Of lower ,n,es On
pipe. When IL is known that from $50
30 sl.i per ear in freight VIII I've saved
under IN" ne" rates. il viii readily be
eeen that in this one Item alone vast
saving will he Effected. The new ia tcs
are al reductions from the old. and the
decreases range from cents 10 81 80
tho hundred pounds.
-,s.rH< ftFala af,tF i1la. sol
Lake tobber can extend his territory Is
shown In suppositious shipment OF
canned goods OF eastern origin from Salt
Lake 70 Calien;e Nev.. and from Los
the Salt Lake iobber paid n rate nj $i.JS
the hundred from Chicago TO Salt Lake
nnJ the local rate Of % cents Salt Lake
To Caliente. making total OF SIS. The
81. Chicago TO Los Angeles and n local
rate to CalIepte OF sl.12. a total OF S2.13.
or 10 cents tho hundred less than the
Salt Lake man could lay his hundred
pounds down in Caliente for. Under the
now rate tho Salt Lake jobber will pay
90 cents from Chicago TO Salt Lake. 25
cents 10 Caliente. a total OF Sl.s5. or Is
cents less than the Los Angeles man
pays. Thus. II viii be seen thai an ad-
vantage held by tho coast jobber Of Is
cents Will be turned into an advantage
for the Salt Iaker OF IS cents In other
words. the Salt Lake jobber oyercomes n
disadvantage OF ~ cents
Ia brief under the new rates. the Salt
Lake iobber enjoys no, only the same
saler. but also has a considerable shade
the better OF IL.
Extend Trade to Idaho.
Heretofore the Salt Lake jobb"r selling
In Idaho was compelled TO shade his
PROFITS 10 a very narrow margin and in
some cases had 10 be content without
any PROFIT al all because the easterner
-ah 1..a 81 ha ,-I..
For example. the salt Laker he'd 10 paw
rate OF N-S0 Chicago 10 Salt Lake on
certain article To this was added
80 cents. Salt Lake 10 the Idaho point
The Chicago rate 10 tho Idaho point was
81 90. or 90 cents less than the Salt Lake
wholesaler enjoyed. Under these over
whslming disadvantages II can readily he
understood TINT the salt Lake joober
had hard shedding TO get his goods into
Idaho. Inder the new rates the Salt
l,aker VIII be able TO compete With his
Chicago rival.
Another advantage which Will accrue to
tho Salt Lake jobber under the reduced
rates viii be his ability 10 do business
against Missouri river points houses. I'm
ner Inc old system the Missouri river
man enjoyed class rate that made IL
extremely difficult for the Salt Lake lob
pet receiving his goods taking carload
rates To meet the castaruor With ,bc Is,
tcT class rates. Under tho new sys-
tenn, however, with the salt Lake iohbar
setting tho advantage Of a 40 per cent
'NtN ~" III carload lots 10 Salt Lake.
ne can pay the local rate 10 point Of
he1tnat ton and successfully compete with
me aiesour river whole saler whose ar
aers IN the great proportion OF instances.
ar, IN less than carload lots md there fore
take the class rates.
Means Big Boost,
Altogether the Salt Lake iobbIuy ,r,d.
may expect an Increase In lis volume 81
business that VIII make this ci,v indacd
/. ~hoifshle center. With the epIar-c
ln"nt Of the territory served by Salt stc
loDosrs under the new conditions ~.
inauguration OF the new raies viii b-Sro
10 THIS city hundreds of thousands ~ ~
lars annually that now 20 10 Sap E-.t
cisco. Portland or Los Angeles or iIc
west. and Omaha. kansaS civ oud cThi
"aGo on ihc cast As a rcsul, ~ !. c,,,,
Dtnation of tho f3Vornblr conditious ,,hih
Will bring about this ueN ora sal, IaLn
all take IL rlEh,fui place as ibc d.
iributinG center 90 vas, tcrriior1. TI,
money from a large par, OF yyhloL 49,.
heretofore wrnnCfully gore else where
And that which dement's the 1hojesat.-
must necessarily rebound also 10 tha hsn'
.nt OF tho retailer and the consumer.
Salt L7kcr in New York.
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