Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-01-31 | Page 8 | Rate Discrimination Knight Company Charges

RATE DISCRIMINATION KNIGHT COMPANY CHARGES Hearing Is Being Held Before Before Be Be- fore Interstate Commerce Commission Examiner Hearing Hearing- of or the complaint of oC the tho I Woolen en Mills lilis on rn railroad road rates rale on scoured wool from Chicago to lo Salt Lake City was IS begun In the federal courtroom this Ibis morning before Examiner August Auguet E. E Gu th elm of or the iho interstate commerce corn commission lon on Henry general manager of the the- Knight woolen mills was uvas the first witness called He Ile explained that the tho company was compelled to bu buy considerable scoured col wool In Chicago because In this wa way It was enabled to lo secure the l grace or ot wool n necessary for the tho filling of or or orders lie said ald It was vas Impossible lc for tho the company compan to forecast these orders which prevented from rota buln buying Utah wool In the tue fleece Jt It was aHo aio stated that the tho purchase of or wool In the tho H ece Increased the compan company's company's com com- pan pany's s Investment In because of the fact that It hns has to be bo stored from the tho time of oC shearing until the time lime It was needed for forma ma manufacture re The Tho Knight company seeks a rate on scoured wool from Crom Chicago to Salt alt It Lake CIt City In l keeping with th the rate on raw wool from Salt Lake to Boston and the rate rale on en the manufactured product from Salt Suit Lake to Chicago It is pointed out that the rate on scoured wool In ba bags bagn i from Chicago o to Salt Sail Lake Lako City Is per pel hundred The Thc raw rate rote on wool In bR bags s from Utah common points to Boston Dos Bos ton is only The Tho rato on the manu- manu product from Utah common s to lo Chicago is 2 The company claim claims that this i Is a discrimination against manufacturing In ing In Utah Because of or the tact fact that i some Sonic of the thc grades of or wool used must come rr m Utah the company as asserts that discriminatory rates rales prevent it from entering Its Us lawful field of ot competition I In some somo Instances the wool Is 18 shipped In bags baSS to Boston Doston at nt a hundred It Is scoured and sent to Chicago Jo where the Knight company purchase arid and pays a arate arate arate rate of or 10 to have havo it ft brou brought ht back to Salt Lake