Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-08-07 | Page 2 | Wheat and Hay Growers to Ask Lower Freight

WHEAT THEAT AND HAY HY GROWERS TO ASK LOWER fREIGHT I I and Idahoans Leave I Tuesday to to Attend Interstate Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- state Commerce Commission Commission Commission Commis Commis- sion Hearing on Rates I Headed h by H H. W ett manager mani man- man i a apor ager er of oC the Traffic Service Bureau Dureau of oC I Utah a group of oC and Idahoans I will len leave lenC C Tuc 4 Tuesday for Cor Washington D C C. to attend what Is expected to prove I one of or the most mORt Important Interstate commerce commission hearings ever I Instituted on behalf of oC the wheat and of oC the thc intermountain n countr country coun coun- tr try Accompanying Mr to testify tes ten tiC before beCore the commission at the hearIng hearing hear hear- ing lug to be begin ln August 15 will vill he be Frank S. S Johnson Boise Dolse Ida banker r James Alton of oC thc the Globe Milling company compan Ogden and W W. p. p S. S Hansen northern Utah producer of oC wheat and hay Mr John Johnson on will represent the banking Interests of Utah and Idaho on behalf of oc th the two state banking associations Mr Alton will the milling and grain interests of ot the intermountain country and Mr Ir Hansen the farmers farmers' In interests INTEREST KEEN Tho The hearing Instituted b by the thc Interstate Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- state commerce commission to determine determine deter deter- mine if Ie existing freight rates rats on wheat and grain arc are undesirable ble from Crom on nn economic standpoint is considered one of or the thc mo most t Important as fiS affecting wheat and grain producers of oC this section section sec sec- tion and It Jt Is exciting great reat Interest among Utah and Idaho farmers The commission will hear testimony from Crom the Salt Lake delegation on the cost of ot producing wheat and ha hay In the In In- In section with a a. view to toI readjusting frel freight ht rates on these thee commodities com corn I in that sr up west of ot Chi Chi- CaIro cago I Conditions are Ver very serious and Unless un unless un- un less relief relict Js Is a afforded It will III be bo beears years ears before the Utah and Idaho farmers can liquidate said Mr The selling price of oC wheat and ha hay Is now I back to a prewar basis while freight t rates have advanced twice once InI in I Juno 1918 and again In August 1920 I If It tho last advance were repealed It would help the thc farmers to the extent of at least 3 per acre HEARING IMPORTANT The Tho result of or the hearing means mEnns a great deal not only to the tho farm farmers rs I but to all lines of oC business In Utah and Idaho continued Mr aIr I It means much also to tho the railroads railroads' as there will be but little shipping of oC wheat and ha hay from this section unless the thc freight rates are arc re reduced uce l. l That the thc commission deems It Important Js is seen In the fact that the hearing was instituted b by It It will t Inquire into the desirability of ot existing rates Croman from Crom froman an economic standpoint This Thin Is an nn exceptional procedure In Itself Mr will vill head the party to leave next Tues Tuesday s as as the representative tive tivo of oC the Utah Bankers' Bankers as association and the Salt Lake Commercial club He ex expects the party part to be In Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington in attend attendance nc at the hearings for about two weeks He expects testimony tea tes to be adduced b by the and b by bIr Mr Ir John Johnson mn to show that the tho cost of ot producing and marketing wheat and hay exceeds the he present selling l prices