Show ii T ADVANCE ON OM OM JOM CORN PITS HITS SOUTHWEST GO April 10 Testifying Testifying In Intorn Intorn Intorn torn freight ht rate case before Daniels Interstate commerce oner C A. A Steel traffic manthe manthe manthe man- man the National Broom Droom of Davenport la Ia that the advanced d asked on rn falls heaviest let on the stara states is Oklahoma Texas Texan Colorado Mexico According to cello cell cell- o e said fI these theao five states prom pro- pro m 85 to 95 per cent of thern thern the tho rn irn crop of the country countr country t the tho plea PIca rs II a generally set act up II 1 broom corn freight rates rate are remunerative With o th the li L per cent Increase In Ined Ined Ined ed b by t the hl railroads the ship ship- end tend that tho the advance r r cent Increase ase In rates which b by the value ulue of ot the theor theor theor or the coat coal of transportation eel gave O ex expert rt testimony on per mile ns nil follows hawl from ts tR of origin to Kansas City k r Chicago and Memphis In III 7 0 The he average average- rate to Is if cents cenis Ired red pounds On the basis o of bushed car carload I o. d minimum of this gives an nn average R evenue per leer car ar of The earnings average cents B II as nearly Jo to o broom nn any commodity we wo ml might ht e- e plying the same namo test to ha hay hayn n this territory we get fret et an rate of 29 92 2 cents cento as II n against s 3 on oft broom corn an n average e Ing of or 33 iO less Jets than thann ma man n corn and average car mile filc e of ot of 9 cents as s aga 13 8 broom corn i the witnesses called h by the theto theto j to t testify to tho the cost ost of broom brooms Ix s A Clinton R Il r. r Lee C of ot Lincoln broom corn manufacturer Ho lie Heman man many carload purchases of orn ern made b by him and testified price paid p at tho points of New Nev Mexico and nd the South- South s s 45 5 to 50 a ton s 5 of or complaint from various orn ern manufacturers and grow grow- were admitted to the era erF file tile of ot correspondence cor cor- In the case A tabulation of or freight ht rates on ha hay was waR presented but hut no witnesses were celled called to testify regarding rJ th tho e proposed advance ance of or 1 cent a hundred In ha hay |