Show INRAILWAY CIRCLES 1 Interstate Commerce Commission Again in Session RS5TJ3CES HEARING ON DIFFERENTIA DIFFER-ENTIA FREIGHT BATES New York Complains of Being Discriminated Dis-criminated Against The Western t Joint Traffic Association Agreement Agree-ment Hot a Success Executive Officers 2 eet to Reconsider it Railway Conductors Entertained in Salt lake Philadelphia May 1OTie interstate commerce commission today in the United States court rooms here resumed re-sumed Mrs hearing on the subject of differential freight rates A preliminary prelimin-ary hearing was given In New York m March last and a postponement was taken with the agreement that the commission continue the hearing in this city today The case at issue is that of the produce exchangeof New York against 31 railroad companiesJor maintaining main-taining In alleged violation of the interstate in-terstate commerce act a system of freight differentials in grain flour and provisions from the west to Philadelphia Philadel-phia Baltimore Newport News and Norfolk which the New York produce exchange allege has operated to the disadvantage of the commerce of New York All of the railroads in the joint traffic association are named in the petition pe-tition of the New York exchange and In addition to these a number of railroads rail-roads are also included which are not members of the traffic association The differentials complained are 2 cents per 100 pounds in favor of Philadelphia and S cents In favor Baltimore Norfolk Nor-folk and Newport News The petitioners also allege that shippers ship-pers of grain to Boston are given the advantage of the same rate as is charged to New York and are granted certain privileges in the way of terminal ter-minal facilities for export grain |