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Show Armour Rebate Code Causes Merriment Secrets of the Car Line Enliven Commission's Com-mission's Session Former Employee Em-ployee Tells of Profits. CHICAGO. May 12 Sensational testimony testi-mony as to an Rllrgr-d secret code used by tho Armour car llnc3 ln making, rebates re-bates was given today beforo tho Intersil Inter-sil to Commerce commission here. The leMlmojiy was Ivon by H. Streyckmans. formerly employ I b; Armour & Co. ns stenographer Witness read from a book some of the code words and their meaning mean-ing :IS fr.ll Meaning of Code Words. LauEhsomo Rebate Launch Better arrange rebate there. Launching Can make rebate. Laura H.mdlo rebate matters very carefull Iaada Pay rebates from cash on hand Laveafto Rebate must he confidential oodpath Interstate Commerce commission. com-mission. Commissioners Smile. Hero there was a rlpplo of laughter r.monjT the shippers present. The Interstate Inter-state Commerce commissioners trolled Mr Streyckmans cottt Inued Woodprint Avoid service of summons from Interstate Commerce commission. Laughter Becomes Audible. The lnughter grew more audible. Footnote Meet Interstate Commerce commission Imprinted -Judson C. Clements of Georgia. Geor-gia. Imprlntlnss J. C. Yeomens. Imprison Charles A. Prouty. Irnr.robltcs-J W Flf-r Improbity A R Moseley. Has to Rap for Urder. When the code words standing for the names of the Interstate Commerce commissioners com-missioners were read laughter and hand-clapping hand-clapping among the snippers caused Ch-'lrman ' lent, at to r i;i for order. Questioned regarding prices paid by various railroads for icing cars. Mr. Streyckmans replied: Gave Large Profits. "The Northwestern billed Ice at SI a ton. That furnished b the Chicago Milwaukee & st Paul was billed at $2.50, With a rebate of $1 being granted on a counter-claim. In the case of the Erie It was $1.25. This gave large profits to the Armour lines." Showing what he claimed to be discrimination dis-crimination among shippers. Streyckmans Streyck-mans declared that Lieut. -Gov. Alden Anderson An-derson of California paid 55 per cent of tho tariff rate on his shipments. Receive Large Rebates. "Among those who received more than e :f' per cent rebate." said the witness. "were Frank H. Buck of San Francisco, the Earl Fruit company, the Porter Brothers company, the Producers' Fruit company an 1 others Those who paid and received leas than a 50 per cent rebate were Stephana & Humphreys, S R. Ro-t Ro-t er, Sehnadel Brothers. George D Kellogg Kel-logg and others " Prouts Are High. He said that the cost of ice to the Ar-n.our Ar-n.our car line on the New York Central was $2 a ton on the West Shore ro&da 2.M a ton. on the Baltimore & Ohio $2 50 a ton on the Pennsylvania lines $2 and $2.50 n ton. Streyckmans d.- lared that I the profits to the Arrrour lines on the Kings ran as high as 500 to (M) per cent "The profits pet car on shipments from California to New York." said the witness wit-ness "were on an average of $$6.50." |