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Show 1CT RATE o;i WOOL BY NEWYEAR Such Is Prediction of Attor-. Attor-. . . ney Harchand of Com merce Commission. GROWERS NEXT YEAR TO HAVE BENEFIT General Freight Agent of Salt Lake Route on Stand All Morning. 4,Do 70a balrtra that the iutenUt commerce comic lssi 00 will hart docidod tti wwl cast 00 that th shipper will har advantage of any adjojrtment by next teaaon, and do 70a beliera that 1 , Ui4 sdjvvtvnnt will' h dowowaid YisJonT" was tht aestlon asked Attor-nr Attor-nr A, t. Marc hand of Wsihlnrtoa, D. C, tb legal represantatlYs of the eon-niasloa eon-niasloa tn the wool rata bearing, at tha 'doss of th morning session. "I .bailers too entire ease will be heard and the opinion rendered by January 1 next, end I boilers that the rate from these points will be red nod . or adjusted to the benefit ef the shipper," ship-per," replied Mr. Marc hand. I The wool rate hearing in the south room of the federal court proceeded this morning with an increased attendance. The entire morning session was takes up with aa examination of T. M. Mloaa, general freight agent of the Halt Lake route. In fact, the entire hearing so far and the results obtained seem to have been centered on him and. his evl- itc nee. Mr. Moan was appareatiy a reluctant re-luctant witness, giving careful consideration consider-ation to his answers, making few state menu of a positive Mature, aad thea only when harked into m eofner by the various examining attorneys. Railway Waa Unfortunate. Mr. rMoan expreaaed the opinioa that the commirinn should take into- con- -deration ths 'hard lock of the Salt Lake route in ennaidertng any new rate. The fact thut hia road haa had many tjithcultiea to overcome was to his mind one reaaoa why the rate should not he listed uirna the cost of operation of the beat equipped road, the Hoiithern Fa-eitic. Fa-eitic. This asms argument, as applied to the fart that the Centers I'srinc Yvas a new rosd, waa used in the hearing yerterday by II. N. Adams, freight traffic traf-fic manager of thst rosd, Atinruer V. t). Johnston, representing the National Wool llrowers' association, wanted to know the earnings and cost of operation of the Halt Lake route on Wool per too per mile, but Mr. rHoai was ss uninformed on this method ef rslrulation in re-nect to his road as was Mr. hceves ia regard Jo the bhort Line yesterday. Bums Up tba Question. Mr. Marchsnd summed up the entire morning testimony in one question when he asked Mr. ftlnan: "Von have stated that the 1.0 rats is a desirable rate for your road. How ran ymi justify the t'-M.l published thrnueh rate from exactly tha asms territory ter-ritory f" , Mr. oan replied thst he did sot Vnow snd could not answer the question. ques-tion. I'enael Cherrington. the Rait Lake attorney. at-torney. i re-rr - 'ing the Halt Lake route ia the hearing. ,jk , . Mo Claims on Wool. T. si. stlosp. senersl frelsht agent of the halt ltHe route, was the first wlt-..s wlt-..s of the pesston this morning. m direct di-rect esntlnsilon hv Mr. Stan-hand. Mr. ton via Los Angelea be would pay 9I.M, and If he ships direct to Boaton m without with-out routing specification, the rate Is U.iar Thia tn splta of the fart that the 11 Ml rate Involves a haul of 144 ml lea further than the 12.13 rate; that ta. from Tooele to lve Angeles anl back over the sam tnnk?" Yee," replied Ktoan. ' "Why?" asked alarehand. hers use under the 11. 0 rale the company gets the cents for the haul lsoa Atiseles, plus Its a hire of the -II rate. Thl., ta greater than the total ahare tha 'company would, get of thv l-.U." Eedactloa Made an Lone Hani Mr. tttoan volunteered the statement later that otiaineUy the baling and com-preaelr.g com-preaelr.g barge at Los Angeles were 2ft cents per hundred, and the transcontinental transconti-nental rate waa fi le. Thia added to tlie commodltr rate from Tooele made a total to-tal cost of i.t&, or t rente per hundred stealer than the through routing, later, however, the Iranacontlnental rale waa, reduced tn tl Pr hundred to meet water competition, and the lot Angeles ware-houeenwta ware-houeenwta cut their price to 1 j cents per hundred owing to competition. This makes It 59 cents eheaper to ship to Boston Bos-ton via !oa Angetea, aad pay for com-pressing com-pressing titan tha through rate allows. Telia of .former aWbeten. Yesterday afternoon J. W. umm. rhys. msnaaer of Kawe-ktorria-Biinimerhava Mrtein staled that thera had been practl-c practl-c M no clalma made to hia road for 0;t mass to waxil In transit. This was brought out to combat the atatement m .! yenlrrda.v bv J. A. Reevea. general freight ssenl f the O. S. Is., that live re wa" a cormtant danger ef damage to wool In trsneit. partit tils rly frum fire. THr. Reeve, teetlfled to I Ilia aftVct In ea-piantation ea-piantation of ttve fact I'mt bullion, a very mu'h more deelrahln freight than Wool, lafs-HUMe It waa alupp-d 3rt daya tn a V'sr and there wan im danger of fire, al-thnugh al-thnugh the frdgiit chaaes per car ap-I'l-ox iniated tbo iu-nie. "What la the through won! rate to Boa-ton Boa-ton (mm TooeleT" whs naked. "Two d'tllara and thirteen cents. "Hnw wotlkl thia Oul go?" "Through Kali Leake, thirty -five mils. . and then egat. ! "What la the d lata nee from Tooele to "y Angek-ar Ser-ve-n hundred and forty-three mlleg." "Wltat la the cvmmMllty rate lo Los Anir-lmr ' lahtjf cents. "Wiwt Is ttia combination rata frors Tooeiet and Los Ange-iea to BosUn?. "(jne dollar and eighty cents." Compaiiaoa of Ha tea. "Then It s a fact. Is It. Mr. Sloan, thut If a ehiivrscr route hia wrvil in Boa teettited under protest concerning certain rebate a a re" meet a which h I tad with the I'nton Pa-inc tea yeare ago. He gave ppetr)c Information concerning one such caae where a rebate of ft ui-rvn the ehtp-ment ehtp-ment of several ZS.eoe-pound cars of wool snd hide. I'pon cross sKamlnatlon he admitted that the Orvn Mhort Line die not appear to have Indulged In rebating. ! Kummerhsvs further cited a case uf a shlment of wool from Moderta to Boaton via the Pacific coaet. In which It was found cheaper to ahlp tha a out to Los I Angeles at the local rate of So cents per hundred, hale It at a cost of li cents a hundred and take the 91 rats to Boaton. TIk throiHfh rat frrnn Mortena la $2.M. wliereaa the reahlpment rate would aggregate ag-gregate but tl-M Co tn para Wool and Bailloo. J. A. Reeve general freight agent of the Oregon klhort l,lie, waa the principal witnM of yesterday afternooa. Mr. Reeea gae oeltiiled information concerning concern-ing the policy of the Harriman avstem tn fostering tntermountaln Industry by giving rawrable rates. A great deal of time wsa spent by the attorneys for the aoternment and wool growers In questioning ques-tioning Mr. Reeves as to the reasons for having a freight rale, a hlch on copper aod lead bull ion snd wool netted psactl-eailv psactl-eailv the same amount to the railros4-. snout $r0- per car. It waa -on tended by Mr. Johtiatnn that the relative alus of tle commodities, bullion being aeveral limes the worth of wool, should ha cm-Side cm-Side red. Reee explained the railroad poaltlon bv atatlnr that bullion waa a very deeira- I bla commodity; there was never anv dtn. j ar of Hre and shipment of tha but Hon was made every day in the yer. ool. ion the other hand, a aa a hipped for a season of only about alxly daa and thera rae a t-onananl danger of kiss to lb railroad rail-road b hr aad oUkcrwlaej. |