The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-14
Adverse Committee Report Is
Adopted by Vote of
30 to ).
MEASURE PRODUCTIVE OF
NO LITTLE DISCUSSION
Few Members Give Reasons for
Wanting Maximum Tar
ifs Fixed.

House bill No 1913. by ilardIey, the
coal rates measure. was killed by "a
decisive vote in the house Monday af'
tcrnoon by the adoption OF an adverse
report br the committee on public utii'
ities. The majority report, recommend
ing the killing of the bill, was signed
by Allison, Anderson, Pope. Spencer and
Nebelser, while the minority members,
recommending the passage of the blR,
were Tobias. Russell and Wooton.
When the bill was taken up Anderson
moved that the majority report be
adopted, which was seconded by sew
cral members.
Russell then jumped 10 his feet and
declared that he did not propose TO
stand for any 'railroading. The peo-
~. he said, were entitled TO cheaper
conl and he proposed TO get IL for them
if possible. He furthermore sald that
he had bought coal in this city for
$3.50 a ton when the railroads were not
in position to haul the quantity they
can haul at this time.
But, if we lower the freight. rate
won { the companies raise the price Mt
the mines?' asked Dahlcuist.
~ don think So was Russell s
reply.
"And wasn't it under Democratic
administration that coal VS. so cheap1
DahlQust persisted.
II don't remember about that
either replied Russell
Matter of Rates.
Funk wanted TO know if decrease
in freight rates would LOT place the
mines n long distance from the city to
Il great disadvantage.
Russell again thought not, and de-
clared that the Denver & Rio Grande
was hauling coal TO Grand Junction for
the same rate that it was charging TO
Salt Lake City.
Anderson opposed the bill for the
reason that the committee had not had
time to go into the matter with suf-
filicnt thoroughness to enable it to make
an intelligent report. The Interstate
commerce commission, he declared,
would take three months ut least on
such case.
At this point Ekman moved the
previous question. which prevailed, and
Eardley. the author of tie bill, closed
the debate
EardIey said that the people of Salt
Lake City had been kind 10 the rail
roads. and it could not be said that
any railroad ever had been given the
worst of il. In this connection ne re-
ferred to what the city had done for
the Denver K Ri1 Grande. Oregon Short
Line and Salt Lake Route in the mat
Ter of terminal facilities He thought
the bill fair to the roads and thought
it should pass.
Vote Is Decisive,
Following is the vote on final roll call
on the motion 10 adopt the majority
report and kill the bill:
Yeas-Allison, Anderson, Bickmere
Crapo, Dahlqust. Dav. Ekman, Farms
worth. Grow, Hayes. Harshberger, Hen
rie, Holman. Jones, Kearns, Langston,
Madsen, McRae. Meeks, Miller, Morris.
Nebeker. Page, e: rsJn, Richardson,
Sanderson Seely. Smt,,. Spencer. Stack.
Thornley,, yelling, White, Wooley. Mr..
Speaker-35.
Nays-Eardley. Packard, Russell, To.
bias and WootoD--5.
Absent and not voting-Cole. Funk,
Hines, Pope and Ziemer-5.
In explaining his vote Russell said
that Abel John Evans should not have
been allowed 10 do so much lobbying;
while Mr.. Tobias, in making similar
explanation, said that he objected to the
inequality in freight rates