Show EDDYS EDDY'S REPORT ON GASOLINE AND OIL Ol TARIFF PROTESTED Utah Uth Official Contends 1 Refining Re Refining Re Re- fining Company Has HasIn Monopoly y In an argument obJecting obJecting- to the re report report re- re port of Special E examiner allner R. R n T. T Eddy of or the interstate commerce commission and ind a br e in support o of the same amo saro the report involving reasonableness s of ot ol In of or refined rates for the transportation products of pf petroleum m to Salt Lake and In California Cali Cali- other Utah points from Crom points Cal Cal- fornia Comm Wyoming and tho the field of oC I Kansas and nd Oklahoma II 11 I. I W. W manager of or the traffic service ice ico bureau of oC Utah asks s for a a. 1 readjustment read read- ju tm nt of or rates on gasoline and o other her herren ren refined d ois oils The complainant Is tho Utah Slate State Automobile association which alleges that unfair frei freight ht rates on gasoline anti and crude oil 01 give gl the Utah Oil 01 Refining Refining ant ing Ing- company compana a practical l monopoly In inthe tho the handling and sale falc of ot gasoline g Inthe in inthe the tho start stare stat Adjustment on Oil Oils 01 Mr 11 Prick- Prick In his hia general argument ctt ott maintains mcra that tho the present relative I adjustment nt In the tho rates us ns bet between the heavier and lighter oils ois precludes the tho Importation by b complainant and I other shippers of gasoline to Salt Lake and that while the S Utah refinery docs dOes not sell gasoline to o the consuming I public that it does docs soil oll t its entire outI output output out out- I put pUl of or that tha commodity to its Is affiliated I company compan tho the Centennial which In turn turnE E lS it to other ether Salt S Luke LILkO jobbers and the consuming public and there therefore Core It gives si to tho Continental a a practical monopoly in the sale sate of or gasoline In I ISalt Salt Lake He therefore respectfully submits that the commission slon under tho the law has no right to lo perpetuate a arate arate n rate adjustment that thal results In a 3 monopolistic mo mo- condition Eddys Eddy's Conclusions Conclusion Wrong ron As to the tho the conclusions reached by the examiner that tho the record does not In Indicate Indicate in- in tho the rates attacked have been diate shown to be bo unreasonable unjustly discriminatory or unduly l prejudicial Mr 11 points out that this conchis conclusion con con- chis elusion Ion is founded upon the tho theory that comparatively little gasoline moves mo to Salt Lake He also point points out that Itis it itis itis is unreasonable to even presume that thal I from a logical business standpoint gasoline can be shipped to Salt Sal Lake under existing rates and sold old except I at a financial loss in competition with wih oil refined at Salt Lake i oi It I has been shown continues Mr that a comparatively small amount of ot gasoline g moves to Salt Sal Lake LakeI I I under tho the existing rates Usually a aI arate rate to be reasonable should permit the free and unrestricted movement I o of a n commodity Therefore it cannot be consistently contended that the present rates on gasoline g to Salt LakeI Lake arc reasonable The reasonable rates I would appear to be tho those o which move this cla class s of ot traffic in its crude crudo condition con con- an and tho rates under which such J traffic crude and petroleum gas oil 01 now freely moves arc are those that should be bo considered reasonable and with will with which comparison should bo be made in arriving ing at reasonable rates on gaso gaso- line i lne Rates to be reasonable re within th the contemplation of oC the act acl must bo relatively reIn rela thel reasonable The Tho question presented presented pre pre- therefore I Is what rates ma may be bo I properly used use with which to compare compre I rates that ma may be considered relatively relative reas reasonable on gasoline to Salt LakeIn Lake I In this connection complainant re respectfully re- re submits the acid t test st o of comparison should be with wih tho the rates contemporaneously in effect from am and to the same related points on crude oil oi and tops which contain a considerable considerable con con- percentage of tho the commodity with wih which the comparisons are made and which arc refined at nt the tho destination destination destina destina- tion ton point and sold In competition there with the refined product thereof As S viewed b by complainant the re remaining remaining re- re question to be disposed of ot i is what rates should be bo provided pro on refined refined re re- re- re fined oils ois th that t arc relatively reasonable reasonable reason reason- able compared with wih those contemporaneously contempo contempo- ran in effect on the commodities from tamed which the refined oils ois arc are obtained ob ob- ob- ob He answers the question queston 1 by saying The addition additon of 5 S cents p per r pounds to the heavier oil oi rate of 3 34 1 cents per pounds from Casper Wyo to Salt Sail Sal Lake Utah would produce a rate ol ot oC 3 39 cents per pounds which complainant complainant com corn contends should be the maximum maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum rate rte on the tho refined oils ois from rom Casper to Salt Lake Adding Adding- thereto 20 cents per the established differential between the thc Casper field and the field 29 9 re- re suIts in a rate rte of 59 cents per pCr p r pounds which rate as aforesaid comI complainant com corn I submits should be established I In lu refined oils ois from the thc field HeM to Utah Utah |