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Show HAS THE POWER TO FIX THE RATES Washington. The' senate Interstate commerco commission met Monday to begin a hearing on,, railway rato legislation. legis-lation. Tho committee will meet at 11 o'clock each day "and the sessions will continuo until 5 In tho afternoon. Tho power to fix, rates 'to private car linos and tormlnal facilities and other cog-pato cog-pato matters will 'be considered. Attorney GenoraljMoody, at tho request re-quest of tho cotnmlttce, has prepared exhaustive opinions' on several points to 'bo covered ln tho bearings, which Will bo submitted to the committee within a fow days.1 Tho opinion will cover the power of congress to delegate to a commission tho fixing of rates, Including tho right to reduce rates and forco a reduction of expenses; also tho constitutional question as to tho right of tho government govern-ment to allow differentials betweou different ports In enso rates are fixed. At presont differentials In favor otj somo ports aro allowed by agreements among tho roads. Tho question ralsod Is whether tho government can allow1, such differentials if It fixes tho rates.' Chairman Elklns was asked it ho knew what the opinion of tho attornoy general would bo and gavo It as his opinion that tho attornoy generul would hold that congress had tho power to delegate to a commission authority au-thority to fix rates. |