Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-09-13 | Page 2 | Stock Freight Case is Heared

STOCK FREIGHT: CASE1 HEARD Packers Seek Lower Rates for Cattle . i CHICAGO. Sept. I!. Further testimony was heard today In the Interstate commerce commlss'lon hearing of tha petition of tha John Morrell A Co, packer, against tha New York Centra) and other railroads, rail-roads, seeking equalisation of rates on livestock and fresh meats and other packing house products. Numerous Nu-merous other packing companies filed Intervening petitions. Omaha has asked for the next heating, the packers asserting that present rale schedules favor livestock a compared com-pared with meat product B. E. Reed, assistant transportation transporta-tion manager of the Cudahy Packing Pack-ing company, submitted exhibits today to show that present rates from Kansas City to New fork, favor livestock over fresh meets by ! ( nils a liundi ed pounds i.l firn4 mum carloads; i t cents over cured meate packed, and It cents over cured meats loose. Ha said this case was typical of the raxes from Midwestern shipping points. The difference between rates an hogs and bulk meals hsd Increased since 111 front) As to l.t cents, he eald. and on cattle and fresh meats from li t to 10. cants.