Show SAYS ur An j Witness Before Ju Inters S Commission Rate Pro Charges Instances of Unfair Rates Rat Rate Local Markets Cited it in Federal Examination nation 1 G that alleged DECLARING D freight rates on 1 at the tile state contributed to keeping tho the alI Utah coal fields felds down to MOa a year ear when equitable 0 would result In the pro product or f less ess than tons a y state F. F J. J A. A Sweet president a or In o. o Standard Coa Coal company cr crt lMa J sensation ensa at yesterdays yesterday's s ni ton t i transcontinental rate rato case u examiner for tor th the beroe J tu 1 cc commerce commission wi r-wi Questions repeatedly ask asked aske O. O Sweet by Examiner bt that h he was surprised that were without coal rates rate to tb Hi In river points This fact wa wai Wl l lud in the tire testimony of orr Mr Sweet that if i Utah coal mining conna were given full ful advantage coa of j freight rates the cr not only would b be nearly ij fir greater in the tile state but that IN t of Carbon county countr alose te be more than doubled In Tn ad addition ilon to the tho alleged coal rates out of oC the tutt ruti 2 Sweet Sw zt added that the Ii hit actual actually have a much more fa rate basis at points north of Od tho the Cache district and southern U HH lii than the Utah mines are accord testified that the Wyoming liae lles the same rate rat of ot freight namely 1 i a ton from Rock Springs Wyo Wro Wyota t to points in Utah county a e something like OO miles mleE as lava have I Utah mines into the same thou though h the tho distance from the r count county coal fields to Utah c conly n tr only about se ent seventy five Ye mie miles He lIe Tc added that tha In other w word Wi rin mines were enabled as of ot discriminatory discriminator freight rat busy dl digging coal for people o oCl while Utah mines an and miners miners- 0 lying idle Irle E Exhibit Hal Jal W. W traffic maM r the tho Traffic Service Bureau ot of t t took the witness winess stand and m s twenty exhibits exhibit of freight rate rate ore in iii the tile form Corm of ot d bour volo 36 6 pa pages eg e ech ch containing anc of ot 20 rates to a page or a tour iott SOO rates Shippers from staten side of or Utah etah expressed the time these exhibits may be consider most extensive and most Im r reer ever er presented at a rate In the tile course of ot Ms Is testimony Pricket endeavored to show that thit earnings of ot railroads on freight many instances 3 was WS 10 per cent 05 or average haul haul He lie gave ave many man other conditions As an m iTh he showed that it cost cort S 1 St a ato t to ship a piano from froni eastern Ii factories to Salt Lake Jake than it co C ship Instruments from the same rice ries to San Francisco and that la in a instances It cost GO more a car C. C ship goods to Salt Sal Lake from t tart points than It cost to ship t the then n goods from the time same points S SO of farther to San Francisco S. S Stephen H. H I. I Love president of 1 I traffic bureau told of ot the tho business of ot Utah Jobbers and of I competition that Utah dealers dealer t a obliged to meet on the Pacific PacIe ca Co with Jobbers and dealers In Chi and zinc other eastern e points Mr r Loie u the handicap Utah d deal are under by bv exhibiting a frei freight ht hills bills his which he lie said sho showed e S crimination In favor of ot San Frn dealers to the tue extent of from UI il U SO a car Shonu ShoU One particular instance In this thi tl fl was wa shown to be le a car ear horseshoes shipped from Erie Erie J something like 00 miles w west wert ft of ol S mies York to Salt Lake on which a lid fret Sal chal charge e of oC SOO was exacted He Se ored to show that had the tt- tt car of ot goods gone through Sail Leand W Le Wand and on to San Francl Francisco co the rr char charge e would have havo been under present rate now In effect ai at JIll U points 01 n t of or t session During the evening e hearing which opol opened d at nt S I u night W. W Eardley the Manufacturers Manufacturers' Af of I Ut LU testified in i references to the thO th moU of ot Utah and their development j said that with wih favorable freint Tithe n Ti the development de of resources aaa and r cw ml would pro in particular with wih leaps and bounds k Melvin Melvln H H. secretary O 01 J a Salt Lake Lako Hardware company to gave testimony in reference V scope e a of ot successful tul competition t 0 enter In Into Salt Sll Lake may ma Jobbers ma 1 n said that alleged dis discriminatory onlY as limited this competition t west as ns Wells Veis Nov c cand and that mor more rates to eastern jober It possible for them to P ps Salt Lake and go Into Nevada e hO Sal 10 10 California fields nelds an and enjoY freight rates P Officials Many Inu Among those present at the th hel Q were Alex Rams teat president J. J commission commission- Idaho public utilities connected wih with the th J rate rat commission Leonard ay ar for tor the tile Idaho commission h hg mons president an and J. J I L S i aU aUsey g Sc sey member of the public I mission of ot Nevada Nerada Nevala W. W C. C C I member of or the time transportation chamber O of of ot tho the Denver merce merco J J. J C C. Campbel Campbell of or th k S1 association or of orv v chants chants' Traffic as Tt Wash Sash J. J A. A Reeves Reeve general tile 0 r and passenger agent of ot th 11 1 return Short Line who has e Portland J. J A. A of ot Oin On h t p president In charge ot of H. H A. A S Union Pacific system attorney fO tor interstate ta commerce of ot tho the system J J. B. B Jones s i road comm commission Fred Wooi attorney for tor fr S 'S state commerce I- I em orn ern Pacific Charles onne bonne the X state commerce Attorney for inte Hastings n P. P P P. em ern Pacific U theand the t commerce attorney for ad Od ana and a n number of or subalterns ubal rn an their s side ide Ide Shippers presented orally during during- yesterdaYS yesterdaY'S their 81 e t railroads ads v will wB present I |