Show INCOME i t WOULD fOLLOW EFFICIENCY t r Declares Bad Man- Man ManI gement ement No Ground for I I t R Raising ising Rates NEITHER Jk jUST NOR REASONABLE Clippers Clippers' lippers' lippers Side of Eastern Rate R te Controversy Told i Before Commission Sr r ti t ASHINGTON Nov Nor 21 The Tho open open- statement of Louis D. D Brandeis el for tor the tho traffic committee of the organizations organisations of the tho Atlan- Atlan boad told the story of the tho ald al al- d injustice of the suspended rate ti ces when the interstate commerce I sion today resumed its ita hearing hoaxing subject of ox the increases proposed it eastern trunk lines I ie Brandeis declared that the pro pro- P Y rate rato increases were neither just justl l 1 and that greater effi effi- l' l Y would yield greater income to Mil roads Ho He contended for scion scion- ana ement of tho the roads and said should operate co-operate to tore re 1 costs instead of combining to in in- ae rates r el what he said aid was the I eld for the application of cien ien's ien- ien s 's and the rich fruit in mies' mies and improved service which to result economies havo hae bc been u said to a regate more J dollars a day e promised evidence that in railroad operation are pos- pos z he e aiH gaia the pending in increase in inS in'S S 'S rates should ld not be a approved subject should bave hav been fur fur- Si 1 cpm 1 r o its its own own initiative I 1 II rg d independent opera opera- t- t auS a- a al r a Jb bA e av av available to t the tho thea commission a Us not available to the tha shippers son experiments a in scientific in nt hv Kr 4 h VAO f r J Railroad Contention co tho the railroad contention on 9 D cw w source of income through h ind in- in d ht rates must be found d i es where such actual need may mays I t be s said Baid df hayo have resulted Dot not from irom hat present rates arc are too low fl jat t the tho mana management ement has through I Mis or other waste and aud inefficiency impaired i ancial condition of the roads and jho h burdens so arising should be I by the stockholders through re- re eD of f dividends and not by ship- ship iaria tand a consumers through h increase in 0 Brandeis char charged cd that tho pro- pro horizontal b increase in class rates 01 burden en the small producer aud and iDer that it makes wakes arbitrarily a ii rung chan change c of long Jong dista distance e r rates tes tJ large el bee been in effect for fora a Ii generation J that tho the ehan changes es ill linage without evidence whether thc the jl ar are arO compensatory that banges ian os affect more than 4 OO dif dif- made without adequate ou into the effect upon the par industries industries to which they the ap p- p 4 ni that bat they involve e grave grave in indiscriminating In- In discriminating unreasonably in nr f to which comm commodity ity PJ lr and ad to some extent dis dIS- dis- dis in in fa favor or of local aJ traffic the railroads need additional additions o and some rn raise se in in freight ht a proper m means ana he be ar argued ed should not Dot approve o the Ja tariffs now under 1 mica Methods Needed l declared J red that under e the would errors be prel pre pre- l and accidents avoided t b much of the economy would m a fuller use use of of plant and aud et t and the lesser employment t as assets l urged use of appropriate machinI machin- machin I loading ding and unloading jing sin ind a accounting to reduce c cT and nd d con congestion estion of terminals II Bi statement had bad the J of the Catherine i iam-A- iam mA Glasgow Jr of Philadel- Philadel 5 led a brief with the interstate ru commission today comparing and British railroad if tended contended o that under the amend- amend r. r restate commerce law the burden eL Jon on the carrier would not Dot be r Jl cd by proof of increased cost n or apprehended increased s but that the carrier must hat t the rate was just and t rca rea ea- ea or III the service serice rendered just lust 6 act of f ac congress the compers com com- 1 pers were required to show je ff rate rato was ivas unjust and unreason unreason- r the service ren rendered ered |