Show y 81 START ART FREIGHT RATE HEARING O OMAHA Jan Jin Dy By 23 By The As- As Associated Associated As Associated The Press Pr is Th Th gigantic task of ot assembling evidence for or II a reclassification of freight rates for foral foral al 01 in western trunk line territory was Willi wa before rep- rep o ot of the Com Com- Commerce merce merco commission I n hero heH today TO G Between and rate ex- ex experts exports ex experts ports from all AU sections ot of the country atten attended the opening ses- ses session ses session sion slon ot of the hearing which will last about ten tl days day The rho hearing l i is III tobe to tobe tobe be devoted de entirely ly for or presenta present the railroads argument 0 argument tora for forI fora fora I a general enral upward revision of oC oCI freight rates At the end cna en 1 o ot of this I hearing another will wall b be an announced an- an announced announced to receive arguments of those factions socking lower ht Cerl rates The Tl hearings are arc provided for forby forby forby by the Smith law which seeks to determine It if present rail rall- railroad road rail road freight rates rate are arc discriminatory discriminatory discriminatory tory to agriculture The Omaha hearing over o by Frank member or of the tho Inter Inter- Interstate Interstate Inter state Commerce Commee commission who Is being aide aided aide by W V H 11 Wagner agner assistant chief examiner of f the the commission and ad Commission Ex- Ex Examiners Examiners Ex Examiners P C and W J WYO WYOMING MAX X L State railway comm commissions from each state In the th territory affect affect- affected affected by e ed 1 by the th hearing he l Wis Wisconsin Minnesota ota Iowa Missouri 1 Kansas Nebraska North orth and aud South Dakota Colorado and Wyo- Wyo Wyoming mine Wyo-mine ming have appointed a IL committee to listen to the rail raU carriers et e ca eI cadence l I deuce dence here for tor their Information In deciding deciding- ater some 19 IS rate cases of ot purely intra intra- state intra tate nature This committee l Is composed of ot LII L I n Ii Hussey Hu sey Kansas l chairman challman Louis B D Wisconsin Dwight N No Lawis Iowa Claude L Draper Wyoming and J J Mur Mur- Murphy Murphy Mur- Mur Murphy phy South Dakota While Whilo the majority of those present today can only listen to te the oppositions opposition's evidence they resolve to to remain through the sessions session here to take notes for use uso in the tho arguments argument to o come later They plan pLin to study railroad exhibits and make mak many them them- themselves selves on |