Show I AUTO ASSOCIATION BRIEF ALLEGES OIL TARIFF TOO HIGH Ultimate nt Consumers Con Seek Seck Relief From Interstate Commerce Body of or the caso case of ot tho Utah Utah Automobile Auto Auto- the director against mobile association ag United States railroad administration general of oC the tho and the tho Atchison Topeka To- To peka Santa Fo Railway company filed CUed yesterday ss were ere tho first Is ona of at Tho The case which com corn commerce the Interstate erst brought commission In which relief relict from froni merce merco rates Is sou sought ht b by tho ultimate freight filed September 4 4 c 1919 consumer CO was The case Involves the reasonableness of at refined re refined refined re- re transportation of oC rates for tor th tile tho fined products of or petroleum to Salt other points in the state and Lake City California from points in of at Utah field tho the and Wyoming Oklahoma The br brief ef and of oC Kansas are unjustly discriminatory dis dis- that the tho rates alleges of at section and in violation In JI It of at the act to regulate commerce that tho the rates on petroleum crude gas gaR I and fuel oil all to Salt Lake Lalta from Utah points Oil named n. favor the in the states Refinery company to the Injury of tho the complainant Preferential Rate Allied alleged AlI ed edIt rates are that the tha It Is also charged preferential to the tho Utah Oil Refining and prejudicial to tho the com corn company Hearing was had in Salt Lake January 5 and 6 6 1920 before Examiner Examiner Ex Ex- Richard T T. Eddy Eda It is declared that the Issues Issue Involved In Involved In- In I II ol ed differ from any other proceed 1 I ine ing In tho rates on products of or petroleum to Utah points and that the gasoline and other refined rates on aro arc improperly 1 l' l products of at petroleum and the tho rates on crude gas related to fuel it It oil Is s charged ed that tho the quality of at the tho gasoline offered for sale in Salt Lako and that the present rate rata structure structure structure is poor eliminates competition and establishes establIshes establishes ture tur-e lishes unusually wide Id differences between between between be- be tween tho cost and selling price of or gasoline Rates Rate Unjust Charge e It is 15 declared that conditions do not t of or rates greatly grea t 1 Justify the exaction higher to Utah from oil all producing the thEl points In California Wyoming and field than from tho mid mid- field and Casper Wyo east east- bound hound for similar distances The complainant in concluding the brief which Is submitted by b- the tx-a- tx traffic traffie fic fie service bureau of at Utah by IL II H. H and attorney forthe for forthe forthe manager manag-er the association submits that the allegations alle allo- as made mado in the complaint were 1 I I fully proven prove i by bt w. w the the- tho evidence Vi A. A adduced 1 rm a n 01 oi t r w. w A A t ti u e practices r a 1 at the nearIng p 11 I i defendants In endeavoring to maintain a a- relationship In la tho the rates between the heavier and tho the lighter oils that is shown to be le and to have hare been so ex ex- exceedingly favorable and preferential to the Utah Oil Refining company compan to the disadvantage and prejudice of at complainant com corn and the public should be bo se severely se- se vex ely condemned that as a result of ot this proceeding the commission should establish rates on refined oils from in the states of at 1111 shipping points hereIn herein here here- California and in tn to Salt Lake City Provo and Ogden Ogden Og- Og den Utah that do not exceed by more than 5 6 cents per pounds rounds the rates o oo the heavier oils from and to the saId points and an 1 that 59 cents per pounds should bo be fixed as a maxi maxi- mn maximum I- I mum rate rata for the transportation of re refined refined re- re fined tined oils from the field to the said asid Utah points |