Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-08-17 | Page 1 | Steel Firm Flays Rail Rate Boosts

STEEL FIRM H M FLAYS Fills Il TE BOOSTS Official Brands Plan for In Increase Increase In In- crease as Discrimination Between Companies Compani s 8 Br By Associated Press WASHINGTON Aug 17 17 Testimony mOD mony that increased sett rates on Iron ron ore would be rank discrimination tion ion In favor of the United States Steel corporation and furnaces furnace on the he Great Lakes over inland producers producers producers pro pro- was presented to the Interstate inter inter- state commerce commission lo h today bythe by he the Jones Laughlin Steel corporation corporation corpora- corpora Ion tion tion of ot Pittsburgh F F. F A A. Ogden representing the Pittsburgh concern began the second second sec see ond week of ot opposition to higher rates ates He testified that the increase of pf 15 per cent asked by the railroads would not only discriminate between steel companies but would hamper hamper hamper ham per industry generally He said the railroad troubles did not result from rom low rates but from lack ack of business and that an advance in n rates would throw more business to o the trucks trucks' and arid other means of transportation transportation- A A. reduction in rates would be better for tor all nIl concerned he said aid J J. J G. G Barbour of Canton Ohio I Continued on Pale Pace Two I I STEEL FIRM HAYS FLAYS RAIL All RATE AT BOOSTS Continued from rue Fate One Ont representing the National Paving Br Brick ck Manufacturers Manufacturers' associations presented a statement in which he claimed much brick hauling already had been over by trucks because because because be be- cause of high freight rates He said the paving brick business had been restricted by inability to compete with cement and asphalt because of hi high h freight rates George E. E WIlley of Boston Mass 1 I president of ot the United States FisherIes Fisheries Fish Fish- eries cries association predicted almost complete diversion to trucks of ot shipments shipments ship ship- ments meats of or sea food l if freight rates are arc increased Shippers Gather in California Protest SAN FRANCISCO Aug 17 Iff IP- IP Shippers of California products gathered here today to oppose in an interstate commerce commission hearing the proposal of ot railroads to increase freight rates by 15 per cent Commissioners Ernest I. I Lewis and William E E. Lee Lec were to hear the w wit wit- t- t nesses California shippers are generally opposed to a freight rate increase particularly shippers of fresh fruits and the state railroad commission has gone on record against the increase increase in increase in- in crease on the ground that an undue and disproportionate burden will vill be placed on long-distance long shippers