| Show H. H 1 w. w 1 ON N STAND STAN m IN RATE CA CASE HEARING Manager of Traffic Service Bureau of Utah States Views of Intermountain Cities on Freight Tariffs WITH distances and operating conditions considered the freight rates from Chicago to to Spokane Reno Las Vegas and Phoenix known as the Spokane group should not exceed rates from Missouri river points including St. St Paul to Portland to Portland San Francisco Los Angeles known as th the coast group and rates from Pitts Pittsburg burg to Salt Lake should not exceed rates from Chicago to the Spokane group Such is the broad general statement statement statement state state- ment of ot the Intermountain contention as voiced by H H. W. W manager of ot the traffic service bureau of ot Utah on the stand today in the hearing before Examiners Henry and Harris Fleming of the interstate commerce com corn pierce merce commission on the readjustment readjustment readjustment readjust readjust- ment and grading of westbound transcontinental transcontinental transcontinental trans trans- continental freight rates SOLUTION OF PROBLEM The grading of ot rates according to the witness is a practical and equit- equit abel solution of ot the problem m. m which has held back the industrial development development development develop develop- ment of ot the West Vest for tor man many years rears Taking for example the rate from New York to San Francisco at 4 for miles the rate from New York to Salt Lake 2422 miles or 76 per cent of ot the entire distance should should be or 86 per cent of ot the coast rate These figures are arrived at through an elaborate elaborate elaborate orate system of ot computation which the witness explained had been carefully carefully carefully care care- fully compiled during the past several several several sev sev- eral years He submitted In evidence a large volume of ot data which sets forth the entire case of ot intermountain ship ship- pers The early part of ot today's session was taken up by the cross examination of ot Leonard Way rate expert of ot Idaho Seth Mann attorney for tor the San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco chamber of ot commerce and J. J N. N Teale commerce counsel for tor the Portland chamber of ot commerce were his questioners These men and representatives representatives representatives rep rep- of ot all of ot the coast cities as well as highly paid counsel of ot Missouri Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- river cities are here to oppose the contentions of the Intermountain country in its effort to lift the strangling strangling strangling stran stran- gling hold of discriminatory freight rates COMMON SENSE Mr Way told the examiners that he would not grade the freight rates rate down for tor every sidetrack He said that only common sense was needed in ar arriving arriving arriving ar- ar riving at a Just conclusion for tor towns or cities In a certain well defined shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping district This was In answer to questions by Teale Tealo of ot Portland who tried to make the witness ridiculous by inferring Interring that he would have a different different different dif dif- ferent rate for tor every section house along the line The witness declined to lay down a blanket rule for certain certain certain tain districts of ot the Intermountain country He said they wanted to get getaway getaway getaway away from that In order to distribute ju Justice as nearly as possible |
