Show FIGHT ON THE PRIVATE 4 CAR LINES Strong Address of President Charles B Ayers at the Annual Convention National League of Commission Merchants I q MEW ORLEAS ORLEANS Jan Tan IThe annual NEW I convent conventIon on of the National League of Commission Merchants be began an here today President Charles B Ayers in his annual report discussed very cry vigor vigorously the question or of 1 private car lines He said Yo We have Instituted a eight Ight against one or of the most unrelenting and uns unscrupulous monopolies of the agea agea corporation that terrorizes the railroads of our land and even ven goes so far as to say to the inter interstate interstate state commerce commission Keep your hands or oft You have no right to inter interfere fere Cere no matter what our transgressions ma may be We Ve are a 1 private car Un line and wi wilt continue to charge the limit we ve think I the wil stand ud and if perchance yOU are arc not satisfied to pa pay our tol toll for forthe forthe the privilege of living you OU cn caa let your our I goods rot as you OU must do wih with us or quit This Is what the Armour Armour exclusive I contracts mean and the agitation of this mater matter and the publicity the press of te the theland land has civen Iven to the investigation ha has started startled the countr coUntry 11 Mr Ayers said the sympathy or of the interstate commerce commission was wih with the commission merchants but the corn com commission mission doubted the power to give relief HI lIr highly extolled President ge Roosevelt Roosevelt In him Mr 11 Ayer Ayers said we have a aman aman man with whom wheat we Can wih with confidence I res rest t our cuse cause believing that sooner or later he be wll will rind the 1 proper rODer means to carr carry out that policy ot of which was no o clearly outlined In his message |