Show ARGUING SHIPPING RATES FROM ORIENT I SAN SAK FRA FRANCISCO CISCO Oct Oc 29 A After After er erlen len lengthy thy argument on demurrers against indictments embracing 10 counts of rebating rebating re re- re bating on shipments shipment of matting from front the orient to Chicago o a against a the tho Pacific Pa Pa- Mail Mai Steamship company and aud the tho Southern Souther Pacific Railroad company the cases eases have been submitted to Jud Judge e Do Haven of tho the United States district court It I was argued l for tho the transportation ion tion company that the rates fixed x d by tho the interstate commerce commission can- can not be applied to an ocean carrier carier and hence the violation of that rate as a charged in tho the indictments cannot bo be construed as a violation of law In reply the federal attorneys hel held that as the rate originally filed by tho the companies with wih the commission were unitary rates and accepted as such the they were la lawful ful and aud the tho lowering or 01 any part of such rate was a 2 violation of the law la laThe The federal attorneys decare declare de do- clare chars care that if they are not sustained by the tho court they they will wIl bo ho in in position to in I dict diet tho the companies for failure to file a. a lawful rate 81 |