| Show MISSOURI RATES NOT REMUNERATIVE u Ii S Judge McPherson Holds Hods They Thoy Do Not Give a Ronson able Return I 1 DECIDES SIX PER CENT IS ISI I All Roads Involved Properly Built And Are Economically Managed I I I f Conn I II It Nut Xul Oter Oler 1 KnI City Mo IA L not notI I In tt SO 01 of 0 the l own down tody by Judae I Mc 1 ron of the tat Itt t In u th I cent and ht rt rale oa Involving 11 MII The railroad that tbt the thu thuI I by the or of tIe Mate 1 not bet best I I 1 t the enforcement of the tat itt itta a 11 be enjoined d The Th Mate brought J to have hV them enforced The Id ludge JUdae II In 10 lit i i tu le whether thu within the of MIS p referred to In the ei eid 1 d 01 a ai 10 local tram can be carrIed I th the rate Of 17 id 11 the tho fare Mute of 7 t I such aa a will give lve a robIe lIle r I urn turn after paying ex expenses upon the or eum tra lc I Ia I ii id at a mae ION or 1 Ieee than lIch auch rea Na I The court baa th Ii Ut apon this I a fixed by arid and 1 h 11 are re not OP PROOF i in the fw fu audi aUM con III inn Ion th thu ays ay The and undoubted is a that th thure I Ia a presumption both and anel Of law III favor or of tile the theof of every F h have the th bUr bUrnt of nt removing thI end clot in that tIN tb clearly crl or M fIne y palpably othere I beyond a Milt tbt Ip ie Matute tut I Is itt III thee oscea urt ourt hac I till thu rule Tho upon un thu form a and nd unbroken line with the eInie of the majority In nail flie re rena decided a year yr 0 AU At Rep eM And that cue au aut t la I not percussIve GAS CAB CA CAThu Th Thu court durIng the es est PI t yr in n the rena NM ot of CIt City of few ew Y ok k v k Gem of Nw York decided thet 0 per pr wee fur Ir and to ho given to the th In I he true valuation X My I Ithai is that thai while a gas plant I Is In some re is ret pct t different front from a that F properly built anti and antiI J I r perty mana should boul or and e make a return of 6 per pr nt nl pr annum And considering all Iha hI i the evidence fairly Ial all II of th these roads road were lid aid built and are e being nd mallA mallAnd managed nd that after payIng the expenses for end and operation that there therel l I le ea than S I per pur nt of return and andt andI I 4 t mot more titan S per tent upon any of and a to come of them a deficit I In th thu r above elated the tote state of at al Ita It fair And Lids I so eo ret f fn r n fl fl to La bonI bel in net no case do doft 11 ft In linda bear S per cent Th nr seining ml under the I 2 tare I law of 1007 allowIng nothing fn ext over Interstate lve he no return whatever to the Rock O k kIland Iland Rt Luul Hannibal ty Clinton ti and the thet It t The 1 OUI oth a ill hay have the following lit t Loule Loul il n fl between S 3 ae 4 per nt tM the lente t JIe P bet 4 end and i Irr ir cent it the x ClI City a etnaR 0 ever 2 per pr root Ui M Mx 1 x II T i I end 2 per par t th the Ilu bet I emil 4 pit per r rI rent I JUI uL All thie le I arrIved Mt at by slowing cO cost of ervio Rut to add addI I it at coat for freight and rII 1 tile jIl are no bO In 0 e ensee Jn This Ii Ie the It a act cl and not one thle thia nourt cannot fix rte rat If It C cent t tM wod d be Iliad fIed for or the at and S I for tile the oth others But that j fr for the wIth X I such as tb the aiMs employed In these cases or through a It ith It like lda says In the cIe 4 When tile the tut In InIn In were pre nac It wu believed by byn n that b by th the tan fare 1 be much mo more Jor a ani ni nth or NI io this proved to be b true tru nul flut with wHit t th novelty gun the they tush y w that th the Iner ha been beena a than I 3 per petr cent a eM more nearly 1 I Dr I cent H yi further ii to the abolition Of TH that tM Ut chow ho the 1 revenue renu I Ii d by rca ra Soil thereof tucu A than tUn 1 per pel WHAT LAW DID Th I law a by the Involved front per cent to O IQ per rent Oil Oh heavy freight In III lot The Ther r reay ya SeCured u curt Court r lily lIy all lit Male putU at Into Wet t end nd II JUDe Jun U 11 1207 Prank Tsp p tb lb tou raU pets 1 tI the thu court to mail order n J JIh t Ih the ul of ruu ho ha desired to 10 a practical I I II I Ilic r rat law lal wee a into eec on lines It 11 tu run III th At AI the end ond of that period bu both h hohl ohl ILd d to th tb rIe I itt III t aa t the results hsI nut brn n considered sad and I the he I law lawis w wI I is still being an 41 many maa dt delays j the ses 10 atro to I trial beti Jud iloth side Ii a lun long array ot I to uphold their Th Tb Courtroom was crowded 1 0 wIth 1 tao C Mild aRid railroad men u tu 14 bear r JuIf Id oun tJ It I I Ih 1 oJ 0 o 0 II t tie u ot of lb a t I f 10 itea 1 ut uC II lb I I were acre I I 1 1 q h hat t hn v 1 vI I I attorneys that h railroad II would I so Iek hk to I the rte rat none non all Ibl to 10 StatS It that Ihl would he be done don or It If 00 done when lit littlon at tion would be tan taMn noV aOP TK City Mu 0 J HadIe did not appear when hn informed that th the IneSt t JIll pus rate rata law lied hd bee be out b by Judge In the state circuit court at ity t tAU AU I can CUI At this tI time said td the Ule governor ie I t the t it not a cOrrect one Jl It doss Sot 0 end the light however The Tb Mate wIll surely ul 1 to the w cu wI I court coun or Of coerce this question I is In the bu hands of the 1 at some length on the d decision Ilon 00 cud Id WhIle the decision on Ju Jude M Mc Is Ie simply the opinion Of one Jud judge It be accepted II aa tile the law lew until the question Invoked are re wb sub submitted to tile the supreme court or of the that I think th the lJ Is Ie wrong goes without saying The claim that tilt the rate by the and pu pae lIger rate laws law lle were low and therefore Wail we upon expert testimony a to how bow the common should be divided between tate state and TIM The theory of the railroad perte is that th ex pen common to the Mate aWe and nd bould Ie be divided In Proportion to the revenue produced by tM the two cl of with an n added Increase of oat cost for tor the doing of 41 tat business This theory seems lIm t to m me manifest ly Iy wrong and u ie Ita Ha and M logical result ta Ii that the higher rat and nd the greeter the revenue pro pro du d by the tate elate the larler would be the fU or of x al signed to 10 that A number or of the witnesses th the lied that the on only way y that the Ule rates rate for the state could be made ye would he be to make them so 0 hl tt that they would be prohibitive It would therefore uto be jut Just a as easy euy for tor the railroads to by this theory that the he law was wa un an unable able to prove that the law lew waa we too low The tate state that Ute the expenses of dol doing State bu bus Iu In should bl be d on the bRa be beIs I Is or of cot cost or Of service rendered to the two classes Ia of Th question as asto to baa bOM tho those expenses should be divid divided ed ad was the one controlling question Involved In the litigation So 80 It Is Ie ap p parent that these theae la law which were regularly enacted are declared looper aliVe on a theory supported alone b by the testimony or of the tho expert witness ell 5 So long Iona as Ihl this method obtain the right of the Claire to regulate the charge b ot of public service dolog bulna therein amounts amount to but little or 01 nothing OPINION W Me Ma att we I si I lit up e is t AaM ee I ree 1 in U J I t tai e t tee s t tansy we tine I If tt St M ft anti ansu u 11 1 w v haur two 1 I itt wb ta At rhe is Ie Is 1 tp I IC tile re republic public c th the Ute ties ot of the M rl The I now In a I 1 wi whit to fl have aetna me tan It possible the p present nt sessIon We W A are two Iwo years M In which to A appeal the rue cape to the UnIted d States HI court but Ire we Mall 11 take hike out our Ume |
