Show I MISREPRESENTATIONS MISREPRESENT A Interstate Commerce Commission Commission Commis Comm s- s sion Investigating NewYork NewYork New NewYork York Merchants New York Mardi March 23 The 23 The Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- state commerce commission lon which lodo today began beson an Investigation In of oC the Iho charge made mado that n a largo large number of uC m merchants anti jobbers and jobbers In this city ore are dally daily shipping goods to rl points ints In iii the tho I west wesl under misrepresentations of oC the time classification in iii order to tu obtain lower lo rates will hol hold another session lon tomorrow to to- to morrow It is expected that at this tills hearing members or 01 representatives of or firms Who are charged with persistent offenses of oC this character will he be pres pres- eat ent Robert rt r CT ln Stevenson general in inspector Inspector Inspector In- In for COl the trunk line IIno roads In charge of or the time inspection of or freight at atall atall all nil eastern eastIn shipping points In Now New England Englun and anti the north Atlantic He lie states was wal the tho chief witness cited ca cases N where goods were misrepresented giving tho ho names of or orman in this city man many prominent hou houses hiottes es who ivilo welO offenders From tabulated led statements produced ed by ly him him ho lie showed that In Ja last there were wore 44 G cases in city where goods OO N were wc-re misrepresented and the difference In rate amounted to 17 The evil e vas cont constantly growing he sal said In Tn January 1904 I cases C with he said there were t cn differences In ral rates of or S1 In tho Ito figures were January 1301 1911 Shipments l cases caReR difference 31 12 in January 1902 shipments cases casel differences January 1903 shipments ca cases c difference 1529 Ho had not for Cor obtain tho the statistics been able abl to January 1904 1 or 01 1905 Mr Mi ra Ht Stevenson on told of or shipped o as crockery shipped shipped ship ship- cushions shipped as 19 a as tobacco ped Japan Japanese e goods and anel gave c a several othI oth- oth of uC misrepresentation Illustrations eI r I Three Thice of Mr 11 assistants a were called cled and a d gave corroborative testimony J. |