Show RATE INCREASE PROTEST FILED B Brief i f. f Sent Sent to W Washington t Following Hearing In Salt Lake 7 fA A brief of Utah's protest of ot a fre freight rate rale increase re asked by railroads railroads rail rail- roads was forwarded to the he interstate inter interstate s state ate commerce commission commissio at WashIngton Wash Wash- Washington ington Thursday night Ernest D. D Salm executive secretary of the thet t Utah Citizens' Citizens Rate a. a association said Friday Its submission was a consequence of ora ofa a p public hearing hearin held by the federal ted fed eral commission here late lafe in October O tob r one of oC several conducted in inkey kc key cities o of the m mUon According to di dispatches dispatches' frog Washington t n. n the proposed d increase increase n e c cb is b i estimated at 67 per cent Railroads Railroads Rail Rail- roads d claim tm it is necessary sr to maintain maintain main main- t tain in their credit structure and m meet et increased operating increased opera ng exi expenses arising largely from restoration of ora ofa a 10 percent per r cent wage cut It is also atso estimated that the increase e v v. would cost shippers ship ship- shippers pers enl p per r year Utah's pr protest test was based on economic eco inability industries of-industries of stand to-stand an aD increase Mr Mt Salm said The brief compared economic conditions obtaining ob oli- at present with those of 1931 when the commission denied a proposed pro posed oed 15 per cent rate increase e. e showing show how lug ing that they are ar arc now nV w much more stringent At the hearing here testimony was offered by the Utah State ers ers' association by b cattlemen coal operators and representatives tives of ot other industries Oral arguments on the protests will be heard in Washington early next week eek Mr Salm said Utah will not be represented A decision will probably not Lb be had hadj for lor at al least 30 days after alter the ca case is submitted |