Show HARRIMAN MERGER BEING ATTACKED Western Lines All AU Show Startling Startling Startling Start Start- ling Resemblance in Their Community Rates New v J Jan n. n 6 EdwIn Ed Edw In Hawley president of or the Minneapolis and St. St Louis r railroad testifying today at tho the governments government's nt's hearIn hearing on the Harri- Harri man nn Union Un Ion Pacific merger merser told tol 1 how bow competition had been boen general amon among rival railways In the west prior to the forming of oe tho the combination Through h Mr Hawley formerly with the tho Southern Southern South South- em ern Pacific the government Ro sought to I Isow sow siow how tow much greater was the competition competition com corn petition between the Union Pacific c and the Southern Pacific In days before tho the mer merger er and how all competition was killed by hy the tha merger Did not the Canadian Pacific take freight ht through to Vancouver er and then ship It H down th the coast to San Francisco Fran Fran- cisco cor asked Mr Severance that la is my ray recollection answered ans ans- vered the the witness s. s Mr Hawley admitted ad nd- that If Ie t to e Union Pacific had over attempted to force torce an nn issue with the Southern Pacific the Southern Pa- Pa Pacific Pacific could have diverted Its traffic at Portland to the Denver Den Rio Grande I Witness b said ld that th t he ho remembered existed for transcontinental that ii a pool business a Cow w years ago and railroad thE SO Jt Southern the Union that the Short Lino and the Ore Oregon on anti and Navigation Na and Railroad Pacific had an u the Northern o the profit share of oC therein ther for tor a the tho In- In of Frank M if I. I White auditor of it commission pre- pre i Commerce as to commodity c a 3 east eRst of ot th the points en i between rates rates and California tor- tor lIst rIver statement sho showed start Blurt minai resemblance The ric 1 bel rates I from rom Hn hug all pOints ou to te the the blues U East ca included to lu In tb tM merger I t. t |