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Show All sectio;: BELIEF PL"! ' pnoTEsjEn . National V7 oo!;row? rs' Crlef Oppose Arr - a tion of RallrcaJi Kmphatlc proft a - i',rt t! e in-pTloaiion in-pTloaiion of raiiron e to obtain relief from the fourtn ac-1 ac-1 tlon of the Interstate roinin"v act In connection with tiie r slcnment of wool from the P ! coaat to ths Atlantic sr.n.i- i i contained In a brif prMw.- i in behalf of the Natlnn.l Wo-. -era' association hv It, W. In k." of the ttnffic service buriu tt I'tah, The brief has boon, fiid with ths interstate commerce com-mlaalon. com-mlaalon. Ths case at leans Involves the long and short haul Queatinn. Th railroads In their anphmuon k to hare a rats of $1 70 per hundred hun-dred pounds In carload jot a on wool shipped from th t'Ttfic ports to the KaeU In sllit inn. they sak that the rates on wol from Intermedia to points, aurh aa 8 It Lake Clly and the Int.-r-mountain country, remain at the preaent rale hishor than the pro-posed pro-posed rsto from coast points. RCLIEC OPPOSED. Ths fourth section of ths In- teretate commerce set states 'h.tt It Is In violation of the lew to charge more for a long haul thn Is chsrged for s short haul wltu-In wltu-In a long haul, hut In rert.t.n cases It is not unlawful If reii-r Is grantsd by the Interstate commerce com-merce commission. It Is this relief re-lief that the carrlere sre esklng. It Is slsn this relief that the National Na-tional Woolgrowere of the intT-mountsln intT-mountsln country srs strenuou-ly opposing, fearing that If the carriers car-riers receive relief In one commodity, com-modity, they will receive relief in others. On all commodities, except wool, shippers from the Intermountaln territory can ahlp earn ward at the same rate or a lower rate than coast shippers. With relief granted grant-ed carriers on wool ths shippers from the intermountaln country could ship to California points and hence to th. Kast seaboard at a lower rate than they can ship from I where the wool was originally ehlpped West. FACE SHIP COMPETITION. Ths carriers claim that they must have relief from tha fourth section of th Inter a Lat commerce set in order to compete with th rates by sea from th Pactfie roast to ths Atlantic seaboard. They ask. however, thst the rate remain higher In the Intermnuntain territory, stating that they lose money on tha reduced rats from San Francisco via rail to Boston, but they are oomnelled to do so to meet th competition by sea. Ths brief states thst members of th National Woo la-row era' association as-sociation In California, Orejron and. Washington fa to red ths arrant In of ths spptlcatlon of relief re-lief to th carrier, sine It rives them a better rat. On th other' hand th woolrrowers in th Intermnuntain In-termnuntain country srs strenuously strenuous-ly alllgned saalnst relief and are salting: for a rat equal, if not tower, than th coast rata. Mr. Prickett iinre thst In lieu of th rates proposed by cerri-rn surcests that ths rate of f 2 Kerned Ke-rned by carriers from th I'ar'f.r coast to Rastern point snd t nti th asms rats he charred hv rap-' riers on wool from iniertnoun .1 " points. |