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Show COMPLAINT OF STOCKMEN. Were Unable to Make Shipments Be. cause of Shortage of Cars. Kansas City. Numerous cattlemen tcstlfled here on Thursday at tho car shortugo hearing conducted by C. A. Prouty, Interstate commerco commissioner. commis-sioner. They told of their inability to ship to market becauso or tho lack of cars, which most ot them attributed to insufficient motlvo power. Others asserted as-serted that tho railroads did not want their cattle business and wero using cattlo cars to transport cotton nnd railroad ties. Others said that cattlo on tho rango wero depreciating bo-causo bo-causo or the shippers' Inability to get them to market, and one witness predicted pre-dicted failure for cattlemen if cars wero not furnished. |