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Show pan I CENTRAL PACIFIC DECISION M i 1 COMPETITION RESTRAINED 1 BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC J I OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL C3 S3 S3 I T Y ITS denial of the Southern Pacific's petition to reopen 1 i the Central Pacifb case the Supreme Court of the United States is j eliminated as a possible source of relief from the decision separating s 1 the Central Pacific from the Southern Pacific. Efforts which have been g i centered on the Supreme Court to grant a rehearing are now being directed s; j . infn nfW phnnnpk in t.h hnpp that the effect of the decision will be m nullified and that the Southern Pacific may yet be permitted to do what g; i the Court has forbidden. H It is not our purpose to prejudge the result. So many requests have . j g been received, however, for a statement of our position that we are at- j; H tempting to clarify the situation by a series of public statements. jg H There is abundant evidence that the best interests of receives 10Orr of the compensation for freight transported by its p; E Ttah and ttve intermountain region will be served if the sep- road and water lines. Over tho Central Pacific route it re- E aration decreed by the Supreme Court" be made permanent. ceives but a fraction of the freight because the Union l,'fa sj S with its eastern connections take up the carrying from Ogtien ss1 It is. admitted by both side" that active competition is to the east. Self-interest dictates the solicitation and procure- 3; Ej desirable, but it is claimed that a competitive condition now ment of freight for the longer haul by the Southern Pacifia exists which would be destroyed if the Central Pacific were lines." ' g rs ' freed. Kxactly the oppnnite is true. Competition is now re- . . . . j fh ss S3 i i xi. .1 o r . i. j Frank admission that this situation exists is ionna in xne , 3 strained and on that ground the Supreme Court based its " ' ' " l V. T-i t TVoffi f .11 tn S! . . ,. . . . testimony of Mr. L. J. Spenee, Director or Iratnc or all tne 3, s . decision. Such combinations . . . says the court, i Mimuuv l .n. i , T rmmi.. rm . .. . . i i u i r i t Southern Pacific lines before tho Interstate Commerce Win- S "constitute 'a menace and a restraint upnnythat freedom of ..ouineni ia.un jnu, n nr S commerce which Congress intended to recognize and protect mission, as recently as April, , and which the public is entitled to have protected.' " "Question. In connection with the movement of traffid Sj 3 ... ,. ., , . . .. . - . - ; . pii10I. direction bctveen the Atlantic seaboard states on pa, j , More specf.cally Uie decision recites that: one h.n and the Gulf or Pacific Coaat State, and inter, ( p: ' "The proof is ample that tUe policy of the Southern P.v mediate territory on the other hand, where does the interest p; eific System hgl been to favor trmisportatinn on its line by of the ?kuthcm Pacific He in the movement of that all'rail E2 securing for itself, whenever practicable, the carriage of freight 0r in the movement of it by mixed rail and "water ronta through Sj 3 which, would normally move eastward or westward over the Gulf portsl : S ' shorter line of the Central Pacific Railroad and its connections, , 31 for its own much longer and wholly owned southern route. . . "Answer. The interest lies naturally in Hie mo-reroent via E! S The compelling motive of this course of conduct is obvious. the Oulf Route jnorder to secure the entire revenue for the gal 3 The Southern Pacific ohis and controls the southerly route, and haid of the traffic." eal f A circular of the Southern Pacific Freight Traffic Department, issued September 29, 1921, ad- j H dressed to agents and signed by G. W. Luce, Freight Traffic Manager, says: g; H "The term 'Sunset Gulf Route,' heretofore applying to eastbound routing via Galveston, has been - , S S Hiscarded and in the future our 10C-PER CENT route will be known as 'Sunset Routa.' This route g. S includes the Southern Pacific rail lines to Galveston and Atlantic Steamship Lines (Commonly called S: p ' Morgan Line) to New York." g1 The circular closes with the direction: g "SOLICIT ACTIVELY FOR OUR ICO PER CENT ROUTE." g m 1 We shall furnish additional 1 g information from time to time I Umion Pacific System I 1 SALT LAKE CITY 1 S3 S3 g 2 0:i!lIlI!IlUllI!lUll!II!UIlI!lIiniIlIlllIIIlllllllll!III!l!ll!II '. ' - MOTHER Your Child's Bowels Need . "California Fig Syrup" .v Hurry, Mother! A tsaspoonful of "California Fia; Syrup'' now will ihor- ouKhly clean the little bowels and In a frw hours yru have a well, playful child" again. Een a cross, feverish, ronstitpated child loves lta "fruity-taste, "fruity-taste, ana mothers can rest .eaav r-rause r-rause It never falls to work all the sour bile and poisons rlajht out of tne J stomach and bowels without (rlplng . or upsetting the child. 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