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Show GRADUATED RATE HEARING FIXED Examiners to Consider Complaint Com-plaint at Salt Lake November 7. Intermountain Association Seeks New Tariff on Mileage Basis. kui-ins o-i a complaint fdod Ausust -j ;ig:iinst I Mo director general of tiio feUural con t roiled railroads and about r.OO railroad lines cnurolled l- tnc federal fed-eral povernnient, by tbo li ermedlato Tlatc association o: tiio int ermouiUair. district, uskin? for a graduated Uiriff :'ro:ii all points cast to ail points vest. accordiuL,' lo the distance in miles. Is .scheduled before Chief Examiner Henry Tluirteli and lOxaniiner JlemiiiL; of the interstate eunnnei-ce commission, at Salt 1-ake, November 7. according to information informa-tion sent out from Washington last T;:e heari n:,' as first designated by C:e com mission to be held in iSpokane. A'ash.. but ioon the urging of H. AV, I'rickott, manager of the traffic service )',:reau of I tah. who poinied out that Salt Lake is more centrally located, the ennmussion consented to transfer the hearing to this city. DelfpiU-s from the chambers of commerce com-merce from New York, Chicapo. St. I.ouis, Kansas City, Pittsburg and other eastern points, as well as from Seattle. Portland, San Francisco. Los Angeles and Spokane, are expected to be present at the hearing. Representatives from the state public utilities and railroad commissions com-missions from Nevada. Idaho. T'tah, Arizona. Ari-zona. New Mexico aud Montana, al! of whom signed the complaint, also will be present. Reduction Material. Ti' the proposed uraduateu s--ale is adopted, freight rates to Utah from all point s eatt will be lowered materially, according to .Mr. Prickett. Tie points out. for instance, that under the present rate to riah. first-class freight per U0 pounds from New York to Utah is .S4.2-". and under the proposed schedule the rate will he lowered to S -1 5 per hundredweight. On dry goods from New York to I' tali the present rate is per hundred weight, and under the proposed rate, toij pounds may be shipped for ?1.4G. On under un-der w ear and hosiery the present rate is .a" per hundredweight, and under the proposed new rate. ? J. 1 On iron and steel articles shipped from Pittsburg the rate may be changed from $1.25 to ?1-0T5. avoiding to the schedule. The graduation is based on 1 00 per ot from New York to San Francisco. ;':;. according to the mileage, is lessened, less-ened, and provides that the i ates on all ,-htsses and commodities from Xe-v York and l-'iUbur-j: to I tail will be per e:.t or rh.e rates on the same class from t ie same points of origin to the west -ast -i ties: from Chicago to Vtah, si per rent of the rates from Chicago to the v est from the Missouri river. To .'.". ce::i, and from L'enver, OS per cent. Hearing Is Culmination. U.-anng on this complaint is the ci::-'iiinaiiuti ci::-'iiinaiiuti of a te-i-ycar struggle for establishment es-tablishment of nondiscriminatory rai s. n-.-urdmg to Mr. Prh-kett. the city i"fitioiier.'ial club traffic bureau was organ: or-gan: zeJ. '.' e says, in nrdr to con--en -i :-;t t e the fight for the removal of the j . . i : fl i : i t- n t against Ttah's progress, i'. i i ; i CA'.st - uT'i'-r C-e f reitriu rat vhii.-i; allo'.vd California anrl other west-e-n staies Tn r-"'-i-(' shipnientf of iroods f'-r.-,, ea.-ter:! ,-tate aud redistribute them iii t'tah at a lower ra".e t!;an T'taii : n e r- i a r i ts o u Id re-e ice them d i rec t :'io:ii I';.- east. Pi l:'"-; t fed-Ta! statute was so :i:iiei'd'-d tiuif it bc-anie un'awful for a railroad to exart 1 rans'M-taiion cho.rires. or foi' tee s.,ii'Pf t a.v'cpt transporta-; transporta-; ion a, i at -s oi - ;-r t.ian those published in the hst of la ri f fs. On Novo:ul"'cr 1 h. V'!;, tio interstate com rnerc' rommis-'.j:: rommis-'.j:: o-iier.-d a material re iur-tion in r-ight tran-portat'h'i: rates ro Ctar from P"hm s east : ; :,-i..f-r substantial reduction : f;.-n ' i-: eT ti'-p in July, P 1 2 : a n other i". ove;noer. and vet anrdiier in .f.'h.-, r Mar--.; V,. the rail- '';ois. Ie r:- :' of i he eom miss' on. puh-i puh-i ra;. s to Utah that v. ere not any hht-r t.,;;. to point.-; on tiie western New Reduction Sought. ."o" .;tt " ii. X'..r: rnt- s be;..g '. - to I' t a h as to i.oa-.L ci ;es. a p-t j -; i"-j v u : ;h-d 'h;;i ti.'- 1 nited States i r; a 'Imi i i, i - t ra ! :nn h'-re:n tiio ra'H '""ot " t ie --t to P'fJn .'.re ashed to be; ..id" I...-s !na:i L.ie :ates. to points on tiie A . -;ir"r.-' on l! : perition v;i i;eld In .!.h- i -i rni'H:'-, a: t.-r v.'ii i - - h i rift ru -t ions :(K- -j-i --'.ri tf Sn Frniie;s-o and Poi-t-h:'.-i dist:-'''t f r-ighi fOininittees of the r;ih'"o;ej ;i d :n i n:.. ' ih i i o :i to proe.-r with a !'bi r"'r ti"' t "-Hd.pj-,: u.r-nt of transonri-. transonri-. i i ; i .ound rates on n sea if graded v,.r ; '. ;i'--ordiug to distanee, the ."-:..-.- p'-r t on - 'j n to o.f "ii ne iiio-e rap- ; I fo: ; ' 1" di-'atc-f. T ly - : " h'-lt is now being pre-r. pre-r. -1 t.j r i !, i .-r-r;i t c cur. U.i--rct: n:i- -,,, ..,;,,pr.-j. ..! bring h. nefi; to .;, . -i grh nit ur-;. , and tninlnar : : .-t i'i tali, its ad-, i, ates ;.y. ;.l . ;.' :t. v !io r turned ,u S:j;iday ;" on ?i - . . t s t h;i ; i " h .r-.- ,, I.-. '-,. :.!) 'I'anh-e.-!. director ' t ;i ! ';, -i irj .1; r. T'i'-i-ti, 'i i re-tor of dec- ..f the f-'. rai rai'rond aI- . h-ri :o- .If ; fforf v onld 1 1 id- to ah'-. i.Mi' tio- f-oiiij ; r ions In - o.t ; m 1 1 i ' h i t -.( 1 1 bro-:i,-,it a lion t by a ')""',:- c;i- llOW- t ' ;.'!,; if a. i ' on i non to the |