Show t RAILYiAVANOEXPRESSCO A O 1 GfTS CREAM OF PROFITS I I Such Is the Charge Made by the Creamery Companies Which File Charges of Discrimination and Conspiracy Washlnston Charged of dl < rlmi nation and coniplmcy art maile in a petition flied with time Interstate commerce I com-merce commission on Saturday by tho Fairmont Creamery company and several sev-eral other creamery companies against a number of northwestern and western west-ern railroad companies and the United Unit-ed States Adams American and WellsFargo Express companies The complainants secured an Injunction from the federal court at Chicago restraining re-straining the railroads from putting Incieased rates Into effect until the matter Is passed on by the Interstato commerce commission The petitioners petition-ers have tin aggregate capital of fi 000000 They produce annual GO OOOOUO pounds of butter the net pi of Its on which Is asserted to bo less than onehalf a cent a pound I It is uswited that the ptopoail Increased rates are unjust unreasonable anil disciImlna tor and will talu I absolutely all tho piullts from the cieamery business The charge K I made that the Illinois I I Central the Hock Island the Chicago Gnat Western the Hurllngton and tho St Paul In order to retaliate against tho complainants consplied to destroy de-stroy antI terminate competition among all bald defendants respecting the transportation of cream and also to Increase the tariffs for transporting transport-ing cream and so to discriminate against tho complainants as to drive them out of business They ai k tlut the proposed rates bu declared Illegal |