| Show AGENT MITS GRAIN GRAN R TES UNfAIR I In K in n Pacific Road Isy Is idy dy y to Cooperate With them Pacific I I on grain tion Uon charges grain e.-aln 1 products to Interior Call- Call a. a poInts from Idaho and Utah I IS S l are re e unreasonable and I to o the intermountain coun- coun n. n T T. Wilcox freight traffic Union Pacific iger g ge r. r of ot the SS ss- admitted on the witness stand ii he rate ate hearing before Exer Ex- Ex C er Myron yron WAiters in the fed- fed bu Iding Saturday morning hea hearing is not expected to beI be I until Monday e egden grain exchange is isi complainant i seeking to reduce Son on westbound grain from and nd Idaho points e e policy of ot the Union Pacific m in has always been to obtain through rates to this terrI tern Mr Ir Wilcox declared believed It just gust since the base of ot the Los Angeles I ke line that the Union 1 was entitled to the longest longet ble haul on traffic originating Short Line destined louthern California said the thc Union Pa- Pa ready read to join with the hem them hern Pacific line providing ti i Bakersfield and Santa ajJIa t. t Cat Cal and points south southe bese e cities be carried over the Angeles Salt Lake line from mountain cities while the was vas willing to divide I traffic with the Southern Pa Pa- i destinations north of or those ts h J AGE BASIS C Union Pacific was willing w i iI I t the mileage basis be used In Ining ItU ing i the points of ot division granted to Canadian fe sEare lK re the causes of ot northern rev g ng Tower rates on grain x testified It was p pointed tn s session that the then them lines carried grain to the I ie destinations in the North North- t rom Montana and Dakota at atco atco co cog than did the Or Oregon Short Oregon gon Sh Short rt cause the Canadian railroads folded ded b bv by the government go and uJ ug bond underwriting sid sidles s for construction the th jarriers of or the United States Sli forced ed to give gie lower rates to competition on DS TO RUIN i ted the Great Northern II n endeavor to be bo a a. r feeder feder eder Canadian dian lines saying Its lower 3 were reflected in thc the finan embarrassed condition of ot the thene therle ne E rleE w. w counsel for the H nant pointed out that the I cw Railway and company had entered I agreement with northern lines tes ites to Portland A Astoria storia andr and r points which were I Ie han ban over the Oregon Short froni from POIntS in m Idaho fr r ir explanation of Canan Cana- Cana n 1 subsidies and the necessity of ot Northern northern lines to meet the p was In reply to Mr ke Jt's ts t's statement rate schedules based upon I l Land il ItO per c cent nt Ot f the Okla- Okla arkansas rate scale were PW y Mr Ir at Friday s s 's ring ng He lIe declared that the new of ot charges would re- re I injustice of oC present rates Pi atts s to Portland Seattle andr andrLa and andrs r rs a and certain California tJ tX would be per cent of ot Arkansas scale while Tro points pointe such as the Imperial Ic Hr of C California and Arizona wt ept would be assessed under nt plan URES PRESENTED l keU took up the discus discus- on 01 0 of rates from points rn in fl Utah and ansas points ih show how the tho discrimination schedules He lie also present- present If re citing the comparisons fates from Montana and Idaho I Portland I rate adjustments oy n y fiM ton Pacific system were sere cited Harry E E. Godwin assistant get get- trel ht agent of ot the Union I em as s an 1 indication 0 of his railroad to aid ald Utah and Idaho Wheat growers grower and millers m Mr Godwin declared that the re revision ro- ro vision Islon of ot rates to the present level to 0 be so adjusted to allow Idaho and Utah millers miller to meet with competition competition com corn petition all over o the United States The earnings on transportation of or grain grahl arc not out of or proportion to the ch charges on other commodities Mr told the examiner Freight rates rate do not regulate the price for tOl wheat Mr 1 Godwin lied fied The rhe Increased costs of operation on the Southern I Pacific ll lines lilies e from froni fromI n Os to San Francisco ore arc caused I by ly the many curves and grades fradel V.P. V. V V P. P AndruJ assistant superintendent I of or transportation declared on the he Hand Mand ITo said similar physical characteristics were wera found on tho the Union Pacific In Wyoming I and nei the Western pI Pacific between Salt alt Lake Take and San Francisco j MUCH OPPOSITION I Northwestern interests are opi op- op i I to a 11 rate structure based on onn n I mileage basis I. I L. L S. S Mcintyre 1 dl- dl ro tor of traffic ot or the Seattle c eh h of ot commerce said He lit said saidI 1 I I TI that a t uch a Cl proposal would wohld Int i j i th th differentials now in effect be between hot heI ho- ho I t ten tween en luSH t sound and Portland Portia 01 Others tc te tc express opposition to toh sr Mr h schedule le W wore were H. H I D. D I T. T LUIe tIe T TaComa ooma represent ins ins- the Northern Pacific Millers Millers' a asola tion lay Jay W. W representing chamber of commerce the Tacoma an am ani C J II If I. I Work ork Denver of f f tI th- th Colorado and rom rom- omIn p Ini In i E Uarl II J J. J Smith of or San Francisco I manager T r of ot the Flour Fluur FlourI I I iny p l d t that ha t Ca 11 Corma Interests would be willing in to adjust f i- i bound it if similar cuts I were made on westbound |
