Show COMMISSION IS ISNOW ISNOW NOW NOt AT AIDES DES MOINES Prove That Railways Assisted in Establishing a Shipping Shipping Shipping Ship Ship- ping Monopoly Des Moines la In Oct OcL 26 The The In Interstate In- In ter state Commerce Commission represented represented rep rep- resented 1 by members E. E E. E Clark an and F. F K Lane Lano and antI Attorney J. J II H. Marble Mmble began a session here today for or the purpose of determining the charge that the railway eom companies and the thc grain associations are arc in a combination to the tho detriment of other grain interests That the tue Chicago Milwaukee St St. StPaul Paul railroad ha had assisted in establishing estah- estah lishing a n virtual grain shipping mon mon- I opy at Kansas City b by placing Its grain shipments from that eft city in the tle hands of the thc Simons Shields Elevator company that Shields was Informed In advance of ot a reduction In rates last fall which permitted him to make an i enormous profit on bushels of grain fn In n Chicago that Shields as elevator cle agent of the tho company compan in Kansas City collected no tariff from Crom himself for grain passing through the elevators but forced force his competitors who shipped cd over the Milwaukee road t Ja ot fall fail S Ail 1 to to p nr cr a 4 or or ih th schedule le the tha Milwaukee road toad lia had ha violated the thO terni terms terms' of r the contract which is not permitted IJ by the federal laws lais These were were the points paints brought out in the hearing to today today to- to day In the testimony of J. J J. J Hyland third vice ice president of the road Mr Hyland was upon the stand I most of the day dare lie He stated that Shields of the Simons Shields Elevator Elevator Elevator Ele Ele- vator company had hind been appointed elevator agent for or the Milwaukee l road in Kansas Kantas City Jus Jut t prior lulor to n adjournment tonight ht several members o of the Iowa Grain Dealers' Dealers association were placed upon I th tho witness stand and evidence was secured that a card system of fixing II prices for fOl dealers denIers had been maintained maintained main main- tamed members of or the association getting their orders concerning the I price to be lie paid from flom the main of of- of I thee nee The Tho Iowa situation will be gone Into thoroughly at the hearing to to- to morrow |