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Show COMPETITION OF RAILROADS ILL BE SAFEGUARDED Commissioner Altchlson of I. C C Outlines Commission's Commis-sion's Attitude Relative to Central Pacific Operation WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. The In-' l terstate commerce commission will .snaturally give weight to the decision of the United States supreme court yesterday In refusing to reopen the Southern Pacific-Central Pacific divorcement di-vorcement case, according to Com- mlssloner Altchlson, but in working , out a esgeeeslnsj e the can lei wtlt endeavor to combine the roads In such manner as to Insure competition. The ruling does not affect the rights of the commission under the transportation trans-portation act of 1920 to arrange the roads as It msy choose, Altchlson said. The legislation wss enacted ten years after the suit was brought Involving In-volving the railroads, and long after tha Sherman law. under which tSe supreme court handed down Its de- clsion. It cannot be blocked In its operation by tha Sherman law. he KB Id. The Interstate commerce commission commis-sion views the ruling as having no connection with the regrouping of carriers, Mr. Altchlson asserted, other than the evidence it may bear upon competition, and the commission does not interpret the court's action to bar It from grouping the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific if the facts brought out by commission hearings seem to make such an arrangement advisable. SAN FRAN'CISCO. Cel.. Oct. 10 Prenideat William Sproule of the Southern Pacific company Issued the following stntement: The decision of the supreme court that a rehearing would not be allowed In the Southern Psclfic-Central Pacific Pa-cific merger ense leaves us In the same position that we were when the decision was made on May M last. "The court was good enough to setrmnt nlxty days m which to make r an appeal for a rehearing, but evi-dently evi-dently h fnttnA finrhtnay rw in enn-nectlon enn-nectlon with the Sherman antitrust net. under which the decision was made, to modify Its conclusions, f Of course, no new testimony could be w"Mhmltted. The decision will now be landed down to the district court, nnd the attorney general will pre-Mmnbly pre-Mmnbly suggest a proper form of decree. DETERMINE PROBLEM. "It Is quite obvious that the Central Pnrlflr; problem should be determined for once nnd for all. and that any plecemenl dealing with the situation I would be very destructive to the Interests In-terests of. the public snd the Southern Pacific and Central Pacific railroads. "Congress In 1920 passed the railway rail-way transportation act. six years after the stilt against the Southern Pacific mas begun td force It to sell Ihe Central Pacific. This acts directs t he In terstate commerce commission to prepare plans for the consolidation of the railroads of the Fnlted States Into a limited number of groups. It further specifically exempts the railroads rail-roads entering into such consolidations consolida-tions from the provisions of the Shermnn antitrust set. under which the supreme court has ordered the Central Psclfle stock to be sold by the Southern Psclfle. Therefore, through constructive action, relief from the separation can be had by action of the interstate commerce commission if the commission finds It In the Interests of the public to main-tsln main-tsln the association of the Central Psclfle and the Southern Pacific. "In August 1921, the Interstate commerce commission served the railroads rail-roads with Its tentative plan, under which the Central Psclfle and the Southern Psclfle are kept in one sys- j tem. Public announcement has been' made of a hearing upon .this tentative nlan to be held within a few months. It Is reasonable to suppose that. In order to dispone of this subject finally without confusion, there will he coordination co-ordination of government efforts. "We believe the overwhelming Interest In-terest of the public Is In behalf of the continued operation of the South- ern Pacific and the Central Pacific as Anne system, and that the weight of facts will be found to be such ss to wholly Justify maintenance of the present situation, under which these companies, managed and operated as one concern for flrty-two years, will : NEWDISTRICTS ! Continued from pg I.) ", lilng factories. Thlrty-sl factorlea i hav been In operation and the have been visited almost dally. It Is eetl-' eetl-' mated that these plants will put out I atrout one and one -ha If million eases V of twenty-four cans each, or J 000.000 raas. This output will bring between ' four and ftv million dollars. This la, one of the best seasons this Industry i ha a aver seen. - "On July 1. HO, there were J2.7M f j eases of eggs In cold storage, nearly) ( twice as many as were In storage the! J - rear before. By Heptember 1 I If rase had been taken out of storage c and during September C46C more case ' went onto the market. This depart - ment will endeavor to aea that these , f rags go onto the market as cold stor- 5 a lie good, bnt with the limited help I . t our disposal It is quite Impossible I to give the matter the attention It de- serve. ! "Several hundred sediment tests J ""nave been made by our Inspectors of t milk and cream coming Into cheese 1 fsctorles Snd creameries. Much of ' f I hla product Is In a satisfactory rondl- ! tion. but this department haa written i many letters warning producers that ! they must exercise more rare about i their barns and in their milking. W. ; j y. Jensen, head of the Mutual ( ream--. j ery cnmpAny. made the statement to j I me that there la an economic loss of f not lens than $16.0s snntinlly bec-tuse e - ef he smwunf rrf weennd grade butter' i I snd cheese which his company Is . obliged to mike, due to Inferior milk I , ; and cream. The loss In the entire state, due to this cause, according to 3 Mr. Jensen, will approximate IMt.OOO J .Annually. ' 1-Ycd W. Merrill, secretary of the i ..dairy pro1 nets campaign. In a verbal ; --report outlined the plans of the catn-i catn-i 'palgn. The campaign, aald Mr. Merrill, "Is to be divided Into two I -sWta: First, the Increased eonsump- eon of dairy products, snd, second, to develop ths dairy Interests In the stnte.' Mi". Merrill pointed out the need of -v. dairy campaign by showing by fig-urea fig-urea that In 1920 there was produced J In the United rliates 112,451,000 pounds T.'.fit cheene and that In the same time the lrntted 8Ut--s Imported 16.9f3.725 pounds, and that there was prrwlureit in t'tafi during the same ear I ft. 000 pounds c.f cheese and an Importation of 2,000.000 pounda. while the exnorta , mm the atate totaled 600,000 pounds, .Jeavlng for consumption in the stare 2.3Sr.000, or a per capita consumption of ft 34 pounds. Alt this Is to be great -2 "TV Improved In the standardisation of . ""cheese and the betterment of the dairy herds in the state. '.Chief Sheep Inspector Thomas Red--tnond. In his report, showed that during dur-ing the quarter ended August 11 all infected nd exposed sheep in. Carbon and Emery counties had been dipped, the total aggregating 21t,m and ths camber inspected 112.217. |