Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-05-24 | Page 1 | Closes Rate Hearing

CLOSES RATE HEARING. Senate Committee Concludes Taking of Testimony. "WASHINGTON. May 23 The Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce todav closed the hearing on the regulation of railway rates, but will devote the remainder re-mainder of th wci'k to consideration of a plan of report and other suggestions to facilitate proceedings when Congress assembles. as-sembles. Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern South-ern railway, today made a brief oral statement, to be supplemented by another which will b- lllrd with the comi.ilttcc. He pi inted out that the railroads were not advocating regulation of rates by the Courts, but maintains that if a question of rates must be passed Upon by any tribunal it should be by the courts, as otherwise th property of the railroads v.culd not b protected A. R Orion, general counsel for the Armour Ar-mour Car lines, made an argument against any legislation which would place the private car lines under control oz the Interstate Commerce commission. He de-manded de-manded exclusive contracts which, he claimed, were In the Interest of the fruitgrowers fruit-growers and other users of refrigerator cars.