Show DECLARES RATE WAR AR HAS JUST BEGUN Fight for Justi Justice e for Utah Shippers and Consumers er erWill Will Be Carried to End Says Stephen H H. Love The e fight for Justice to Utah shippers ship hip pers and consumers consumers' has baa 01 only begun and it will be carried to the nd end Wo We are convinced of at tho the justice of ot our protest against the increase iu in freight rates and will vill carry Calr the fight to the end We Weare arc are t fortified fIfi r by facts and fi figures figures' and aud d have no fears as to tho the outcome of ot the contest sald Stephen H. H Lovo pr president president si- si dent of or the tho Commercial club traffic bureau bu hi- reau today in reference to the he protest fi filed ed with the interstate te commerce commission com corn mission Thursday We TO fall taU to Bee ace where here tho the public pubU got any benefit from rate red reductions which wo 0 made and we e advanced ad the tho- rates in n n some cases and think inline wo wo Justified said said C. C Ira Tuttle assistant assist assist- ant or A Oregon II the Short proter erpa t F J j QS ng When the right time conies comes we will willi try to support the position we have taken I havo nothing to say for cation If IC there is anything to 63 say say- we wo will say MY it b before rore the tho representatives of or the interstate commerce commission when this issue l j brought to a A. hearing bearing Commenting on Mr state ments moats Mr Love Lo said Mr Tuttle would woud bettor consult tho the Purchasing purchasing department of the Oregon Short hort Line Lino railroad Thy They were w ere clamor ing for r reduced prices in all lines which they bought bough even before Defore the rates were put into effect Moreover or traveling salesmen representing Eastern houses had their price books all made mad up on the basis bashi of tho new now rates and were actually quoting goods for delivery delivery ery cry on the new basis before the rates were wore published A little while ago D B. B P T. Winchell traffic director of the Harriman aye sye tem tern made a a. Western trip and after his hia return to Now New York he gave gaio an interview interview inter inter- view to the Wall Street Journal in which he ho said of the tho Union Pacific railroad railroad rail road 41 a It Is one ono of ot tho the finest properties I over ever saw and we weare are having ha all the tho business business busi busi- ness wo we can handle comfortably comfortably- I 1 oX- oX poet peet this heavy traffic to continue Ida- Ida Continued on page 11 U DECLARES RATE WAR Continued from page pago 1 3 ho sl gives s us a bl big tonnage and Colorado also does very well The Tho general mountain mountain moun moun- tain tam district In fact tact produced more than thon enough traffic to make up all the loss los In InI Inthe Inthe the corn belt I J never saw agricultural conditions better at Rt this time of or year ear I October r was as the biggest month in Union Pacific his history tor exceeding October 1912 by a. a very large margin I The last report of or th the Denver Dener A RIo Hlo Grande Mr lr Love Lo continued c covering the fiscal 3 year car ear ending June 30 30 O 1913 13 shows that the time total operating expenses of the tho road for tor 1913 amounted to compared with In 1912 an In Increase of or The Time total operating expenses for the 3 year car amounted to compared with for lor 1912 an Increase of or The total rev revenue nuo for or 1913 Is compared with for forthe the previous year an Increase of ot 50 Time The operating expense per mile mUe of road rose roc from 9 99 In un to an n Increase of ot 61 per mile Expense Per Mile 1 The opera operating tin expense per mile tails of road was In 1913 compared with In 1912 1012 an Increase of or 1410 Tho The ratio o of operating expense to operating operating op op- op- op orating revenue re dropp dropped d from per percent percent percent cent In 1912 to per cent In 1913 When hen these reduced freight rates were granted to us by the Interstate commerce commission the tho contention of the carriers was that the rates would be bo ruinous that losses of revenue re would probably n aggregate aggregate gate in the tIme neighborhood of or The Time traffic bureau insisted that these losses would not exceed 1600 1500 5 OO So the commission in tn its decision In Its findings evidently c taking Into consideration consideration consid consid- oratIon the wide difference In the opinions ions of or each side asked the carriers To furnish an accurate a account for the time months of ot July Au August and September 1910 or for such such-i other respective months a as mn may ho lie determined upon b by the commission corn cora mission after conference with i the defendants defend defend- ants showing the difference between tho tio receipts upon traffic actually mowed moved un under under under un- un der present rates and wha what l' l those thom receipts would ha ha e 0 been on tho the same traffic had these proposed rates been In effect Carriers Carriers Carriers Car Car- may mar also indicate an any changes in III other rates which would In their opinion be necessitated by tho time putting In of or the thera ra rates tes established by bJ this operation and antt may 1111 show the reduction in revenue so 60 occasioned Now the tIme carriers did that Their auditors auditors auditors au au- au- au were ere Instructed to to and did prepare prepare pre pro pare a a. detailed and the commission commission commission com com- mission sent Its experts to check up these statements After Arter getting the Information information information tion they ordered the rates as ns laid down downin in li-i the time operation put into effect etre-ct so 80 the commission slon AN was as evidently convinced cOD t that at Its findings were correct and ami that tho the reduced m rates reasonable ro re 0 ha have o 0 no tear fear that the commission will reverse re Itself in Iii this opinion |