Show COMMISSIONER CLARK CLARKIN n OGDEN Will Reach Salt Lake Today and the Coal Investigation Will Begin SCOPE OF INQUIRY IS GIVEN CONGRESS MAY CORRECT THE TH EVILS EVI LS Special to The Herald Ogden Nov 20 2 E E Clark Cark of at the Interstate commerce commission on his way wa from Washington to Salt Lake to conduct the Investigation of the coal car carrying carrying roads of the west arrived In Og Ogden Ogden den early this morning He will go to Salt Lake tomorrow afternoon where the Investigation opens Tuesday Mr Clark said that he was to sit lt as a Judge In Jn the Investigation and that the therasa rasa ease would be worked up and presented to him by the government attorney J JT JT JT T Marchanil and arid his lila assistant E E EThomas Thomas Thoma who are arp now no In li Salt Lake In hi Inlew view lew of this fact tact ho hn did not venture to toBY say BY how deep the Investigators would probe By Authority of Congress He stated that congress co authorized the interstate commerce commission to look loule Into this matter First to ascertain whether In any an section ot of the tha country there existed a practical monopoly of at the coal coat business whether there was a com corn combination or d trust Second whether the holdings that the companies may ma have ha were properly acquired whether er or r there was occasion for tor congress to leg Ial te for the protection of the tho national fuel supply l and the tho manner In Hi which the same Bame is I handled in getting to the consumers era ers Purpose of Investigation He also said sal that the Investigation was purely to correct any evils that might result from a curtailing of the supply or from unjust charges charge that might be bo b made by the coal mining or coal carrying cor corporations corporations so far as it affected interstate traffic Mr Ir Clark further stated that the Investigations investigations were being held in all aU parts of the country After Atter concluding the investigation investigation tig atlon at Salt Lake he will go to PueblO 10 lO in company with the government at attorneys attorneys attorneys where they will sit one ono week eek from Tuesday The Investigations in Salt Lake and Pueblo are expected to occupy one week each A third meeting proba probably probably bly bl lasting three days das will be held in InD Denver D nver The commission will then return to toY Washington Y and prepare preparo Its it report pre preliminary preliminary to submitting It to congress In providing for the investigation the com corn commission commission mission was authorized to conduct the same Saab siLme between 8 sons of at congress and should any matters bej be unearthed that would require Immediate attention they were ere to report direct to the president The Coal Shortage In t speaking p of the coal shortage exist e ing leg In this section of country coun he attrib attributed attributed attributed it to one of ot three causes as follows If hf all of the consumers wait until cold weather is here before laying In a n win winters winters supply they all cannot be served at atone atone atone one time If the coal dealers wait walt until cold old l weather Is here before they lay in inan nn an stock they cannot expert expect to serve nerve all at the same time If the mines and rail railroads railroads railroads roads wait walt until cold coh co weather gets here before mining and hauling the coil coal they the 1 cannot expect to supply the dealers all allet ft et the same time Eastern Method He said that the railroads were in bet ter position to handle the product from the mines in summer and that the coal could be mined cheaper during the sum surn summer summer mer iner months In his opinion the practice In vogue in the anthracite regions should prevail here In that district the price of or coal coat is set the th thee first of each April and advances 10 cents a ton per month there thereafter thereafter thereafter after making it an object for the con eon consumers sumers to lay 10 in the winter supply during the spring and summer He could see no plausible reason why wh a coal shortage should exist in any portion of the United States In connection with the reported shortage of cars Mr Clark said s ld that where it affected Interstate business such as the handling of Wyoming coal In Utah a complaint on the matter made to the commission would result In an investigation tion by that body bod but that nothing of this nature would be taken up at the in investigation Investigation investigation In Salt Lake Railroad Rate Law Commissioner Clark referred to the rail rall roa rate law la recently enacted be becomes becomes becomes comes effective Jan 1 and said that it was purely purel optional with the railroad companies whether or not they granted special rates to theatrical companies He said eald however that the commission in insisted that where this practice was fol to 1 owed lowed any party of an equal number Dumber was WaB entitled to the same consideration Ho no maintained that if It the tho commissions decision was as reversed the tIle decision of ot the supreme court of the United States also would have haYe to be reversed |