Show u james mcrea appears before committee philadelphia june 7 new liblit ligh t was shed hed today on the motives leading to the abolition abili tion of freight rebates by the railroads when jas james mccrea first vice president of the pennsylvania kI company appeared before the interstate commerce commission mr mccrea favored publicity of the rating of mines and the distribution of cars he surprised the commissioners by announcing noun oun cing that for nearly two years and up to the time of president cas batts recent departure for europe the board of directors of the pennsylvania railroad of which ho Is a member had been considering means for ellmIn eliminating at tho the private car he declared that the company has concluded that the uso use of these cars is unwise toward the conclusion of ills his testimony attorney glasgow asked mr mccrea when president cassatt decided to stop rebating just as soon as he got control of the ho pennsylvania railroad that was in 1899 said mr mccrea he H declared that tho the directors pt other roads pleased with tho the idea of abolishing rebating when the subject was brought to their attention mr mccrea admitted finally that the rebating stopped when tho community of interests plan started he asserted that tho the shipper was waa never so fairly treated as now he has hag stable rates and Is placed in a fair position with his competitors there were other interesting developments 0 lents during the session which was protracted piotr acted until 6 joseph joca K aiken chief clerk to A G mitchell superintendent of tho the monongahela mon river division admitted owning stock in numerous coal companies some of which was given to him while for the other shares ho paid a privilege price he also testified to having paid to jos boyer former chief clerk to A W gibbs 5 cents a ton as commission for fuel coal which one of his companies furnished to the railroad S P potter president of the donohue coal and coke company charged that the pennsylvania railroad had practiced gross discrimination in the distribution of cars to ills his company ono one car a day was his allotment for seven months ho he declared |