Show LIVESTOCK RATE HEARING OPENS With both sides presenting voluminous voluminous voluminous vo vo- vo- vo luminous testimony a two-day two in interstate interstate interstate in- in commerce commission hearing involving feeder and stocker rates on livestock moving out o othe of the western territory opened Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day at 10 a. a m. m at the Hotel Utah before Chester E. E Stiles and David F. F Copenhafer I. I C. C C. C examiners While railroad representatives were making a plea for hiking the beneficial rates to per cent in instead instead instead in- in stead of the now 85 per cent of the full fuir rate livestock and pleaded that conditions are such we cant can't pay higher freight rates 75 Attend Hearing Upward of 75 railroad men from various parts of the country and livestock growers and from the western states were interested interested interested inter inter- ested listeners as witnesses produced produced produced pro pro- evidence in their favor G. G F. F Vivian of Chicago manager of the statistical bureau of western railroads the first witness pointed out with exhibits that the interstate movement to feeder lots shows an increase over a same period of time while interstate movements to primary primary primary mary markets show decreases His intention was to bring out the point that livestock and have shipped more feeder and stocker animals since being granted an emergency rate Railway Witness Another morning witness was J.D. J.D. J. J D. D Whitmore of Omaha assistant freight traffic manager of the Union Pacific who introduced exhibits Besides Utah stock livestock growers there are representatives representatives' from other other other oth oth- er western states at the hearing who will testify E. E E. E Krebsbach commissioner of I Ithe the Montana railroad commission of Helena and R. R P. P Mahnken traffic expert for the commission expect to testify along with H. H A. A Cohn of Heppner Ore representing represent represent- ing the Oregon and Washington State Wool Growers' Growers associations Charles E. E Elaine Blaine of Phoenix traffic traffic fic tic counsel for the American National National Na Na- Livestock association and the National Wool Growers' Growers association and others opposed to the cent 15 increase |