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Show WD LAWYERS IIITJliENTS e Government Owner-Is Owner-Is Only Alternative to VHvance in Rates. DEIS FILES BRIEF the Carriers Have d to Properly Con-rve Con-rve Their Revenue. Js'GTOK. April 27. In arpu-rl arpu-rl briefs submitted today to the commorcc commission by coun-ic coun-ic eastern railways in tho ad-Le ad-Le case, government ownership ds was suggested as the only c to an increase of the net rcve-1e rcve-1e carriers. On the other hand, Brandeis, special counsel for iISHion, offered a brief contend-If contend-If the railroads conserved the properly derivable from exist-, exist-, there would be no necessity ivancc. ration of the opposing conton-he conton-he commission will begin imme-vlt.Ii imme-vlt.Ii the view of determining e question of whether additional are needed. If the decision Is r must be more income, then isslon will talec up the problem Is to come. Stuart Patterson, general coun-Peansylvania, coun-Peansylvania, and O. E. But-' But-' the New York Central, occu-ntlre occu-ntlre day with their arguments. P Brandeis. J Brandeis, In hla brief, declared J tjls shown that the aggregate freight j-, ties of eastern carriers In 1313 was .1 i;000,000, and that the 5 per cent ad- ifwould increase the revenues about 0,000 a year. i. rls true," said the brfef. "that rails' rail-s' taxes ha.ve Increased largely In re-- fycars; but the Increase has heen 7 pi In all businesses, and the ratio of fc'd taxes to gross revenues still is .if 1 "Railroads have, in common with f Ubuslnesses, been necessarily af- If by the increasing rates of interest any prvvaiuiig in iul'uiil years, out. rV St be remembered that interest rntcB V s well as rise, and we appear to entered a period of declining rates." J flue Expansion." fB andels suggested that many rall-i!ti rall-i!ti Jhnd strained their credit by "unlit "un-lit expansion." Instancing the New ,! 3) Boston & Elaine. Frisco lines. U) Island and Pcre Marquette. He t d. that the Increase in the several mts of cost of operation of railroads jot account fully for the Inability J5 companies to earn adequate profits "i listing rates, and that the general i tot existing wages on railroads had hcreased moro than In other busl- fBrandels also contended that rall-r. rall-r. :lln declarliig that they are weak ihipared with manufacturers, "do ijt now the cost of any services which furnish." ii ire potent as a cause of unsatis-lit unsatis-lit v1 net income than those onum-jby onum-jby the carriers Is th-Mr failure ift iBerve revenues. That failure re-f4C re-f4C In part to the oinnilsslon to effect Ud nles and to advance efficiency In 13 ion and In part to the omission t cure payment for special or 1m-m 1m-m service? " ion as to Advance. JP1 he 5 per cent advance Mr. Brandeis v-. Iwould Intensify existing injustice ?; Iscrimlnatlon In rates. It would ; t'ddltional revenues where relief Is seded .ind would fall to give ade- (revenues to carriers who arc most IIIHF of re"cf The Prosperous coal-Uiwis coal-Uiwis roads would have their revenues 'Jpr Increased. Other roads, less pros-MnBr pros-MnBr would set a much smaller nddl- .iMthelr revenues. investigations already made make iBr tliat by conservation net rcve-'igKiay rcve-'igKiay be largely and speedily In-lml: In-lml: and that the sources available i v.Im'ludo revenues far in excess of JiEP.OOO.OOO which It was proposed to n' tariffs llled." |